My dear friend Shota, thank you. I too wish you a merry Christmas with your loved ones and a happy peaceful New Year.
Dank je wel Johan. Ik wens jou ook heel fijne kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar toe.
Geniet met volle teugen van je orgel en wie weet vind je binnenkort toch weer inspiratie voor een nieuw scheepsproject.
Hi Herman,
You are fully correct here. The last part of the gun deck was flat to easily enable to reposition the gun carriages from the aft gun ports to the stern chasers. On earlier ships the aft part of the deck was not only positioned flat but also lower creating a step in the deck.
Have some wonderfull days and continue the fantastic work.
Thank you Maarten. The fact regarding the lower deck on earlier ships is new to me.
I too wish you happy holidays.
I too wish you happy holidays.
Prettige Feestdagen, Herman. Up to a healthy New Year.
Regards, Peter
Regards, Peter
Heel fijne feestdagen Peter. Ik wens ook jou een voorspoedig en vooral gezond 2024 toe.
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The Prins Willem is an example of the lower deck in teh back. In the book of Witsen by Ab shows a illustration of these decks.
Further 4 more rows of planking on both sides have been completed.
Two more rows to complete the planking below the wales. But first I will have to make a sternpost as the two rear planks envelop that sternpost.
Two more rows to complete the planking below the wales. But first I will have to make a sternpost as the two rear planks envelop that sternpost.
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Hermann,
I love your planking work but I am a little surprised. I have expected that the bottom two planks go into the Sternpost as I have seen on different Netherlands models.
I love your planking work but I am a little surprised. I have expected that the bottom two planks go into the Sternpost as I have seen on different Netherlands models.
Hi Christian. You are correct, maybe I expressed myself unclear. The last two planks still have to be made and will be installed into a recess in the sternpost. A picture says more than a thousand words, this is the general idea:
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Thanks for the picture. I was so fascinated by the fotos of your planked hull, that I have overread the last sentence
Wow, Herrmann that looks just great, very clean work.
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Lovely. It will probably come as no surprise that it is this phase of work and the resulting underwater hull shapes that I personally find most attractive. I should probably start analysing the shapes of Hohenzollern model ca. 1670, Amarant/Spees model ca. 1650 or Vasa 1628 soon (all warships sporting relatively sharp lines as compared to fuller bodies of merchant vessels). It's about time...
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Thank you @AnobiumPunctatum @Mirek @Tobias @-Waldemar- @GrantTyler and the others for your comments and likes.
@-Waldemar- A further analysis of the hull shapes will be very interesting. In this respect I must say, besides the planking around the top of the bow, which needed serious edge bending, the rest of the planking was relatively easy, nicely following the line of the hull shape including the rear part, which only (partly) needed very minor edge bending.
The last two rows of planking including the stern post will be interesting/a challenge again.
@-Waldemar- A further analysis of the hull shapes will be very interesting. In this respect I must say, besides the planking around the top of the bow, which needed serious edge bending, the rest of the planking was relatively easy, nicely following the line of the hull shape including the rear part, which only (partly) needed very minor edge bending.
The last two rows of planking including the stern post will be interesting/a challenge again.
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Herman, as far as I can judge, you have designed the run of the strakes in a realistic and at the same time rational way, as your comments confirm, which, incidentally, gives great pleasure to my eyes. But why should it have been different then? After all, as a general rule, one can hardly expect that planking was deliberately made difficult way in the past...I couldn't help myself, and enclose a reproduction from a fantastic album published in 1815 – Drawings of merchant ships used in Holland for navigation on the Zuider Zee (this album is Martes' recent discovery). The ships are of various types and sizes, and in this era already designed on the basis of diagonals, but in this particular case the run of the planking is also partly drawn. For the bow, this is precisely the variant you have chosen for your attractive model.
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Hi Herman, in reference to my ossevation on gunboats,by doing a research on Dutch ships and following a site pointed out by Waldemar whom I thank for his report , hot found two pictorial images that corroborate Your clarification of the gunboats on Your model.Frank .images found on the net
Herman, your plank work is exquisite, and I love the perfect symmetry of the underwater lines of your hull. You are really doing an amazing job, here.
Waldemar - as always, I appreciate your particular insight and historic frames of reference.
Waldemar - as always, I appreciate your particular insight and historic frames of reference.