fishing sloop build

[Robberdebop]

goodmorning all,

let me first introduce myself. My name is Rob and I am living in the Netherlands. About 30 km above Amsterdam in the Northwest part. My english is rusty but I will do my upmost best to make a story what is worth it.
I am already for a longer time following this site and it's helps me a lot answering questions how to make a model. So, it is about time to start a thread from my own build. I am interested in old fishing boats from the Dutch history. Because the waters in Holland are often very shallow they build in the early days fishing boats that are not provide with a keelson and with a flat bottom. These ships were able to run dry when the water was low during the tide.

In Holland (aka the Netherlands) we have also a modelbuilding site and on this site I already have finished a thread from another build of an old fishing boat:

Bouw van een blazer

Goedenmiddag, zal mij eerst maar eens voorstellen. Ik ben Rob, 57 jaar, vader, getrouwd en heb naast een drukke baan een paar hobby’s. Waaronder het modelbouwen van oude Nederlandse vissersschepen. En dan wel platbodems. Ik zit al een heel lange tijd op dit forum te kijken met respect hoe...

www.modelbouwforum.nl

At this moment I am building from plans an a few books a fishing sloop. This ship was capable for a longer stay on sea and they went further from the coast, much further. This model is based on a replica of an old ship. This replica is build by a group of volunteers under the leadership of an experienced ship carpenter. The volunteers were unemployed and the idea was to help them to a new job in this direction. About this build there is a book available with a step by step explanation how the build was realised.

Without few advice from the author, this book and the threads about ship modelling which are available on the www it was for impossible to start building myself. So also thanks to you all.

It is the first time for me to build a model plank on frame, so it will be an exciting try out. At this moment the build is already in an advanced stadium. the scale of my build is 1:20. All my models are in this scale. This sloop is in length approximately 18 meter, so it will be a large model.





Thanks.

 

[AllanKP69]

A warm welcome to SoS. I look forward to seeing your build log.
Allan

 

[Robberdebop]

Thanks Allan!

the first thing to build was the stern, the bow. These parts where reinforced on the keel with steel by the real ship. As I build the ship in oak ( the original ships were also in oak) and I want to leave it in oak color I made these reinforcements in brass which is chemical coloured. Carried out in steel make stains on oak.
The bow and stern attached on the keel together with the reinforcements. In combination with the deadwood.
In the later days these sloops had an engine. The replica certainly have an engine so I take a facilitie for a propeller

 

[AllanKP69]

Thanks for posting the photos!. Sometimes it easier to use copper than brass. It is softer, easier to work, especially when making rings and can be blackened in situ with diluted liver of sulfur. A $10 small jar of LoS will last you about 100 years in our hobby.

 

[Robberdebop]

Happy to share it Allan and glad you like them and thanks for the likes and interest

The keel from this ship was to long for making it out a single beam oak. So it was devided in two pieces. They were connect to each other in a way that was both strong enough and watertight. The keel was also provided with a saving for the first plank of the skin. Due the changing corner from this plank towards the keel this saving also provided a changing corner. The keel is also provided with free spaces to insert the rafters
Hope everything is clear despite my english I use Google translate sometimes

Best regards, Rob

 

[Ted Robinson]

goodmorning all,

let me first introduce myself. My name is Rob and I am living in the Netherlands. About 30 km above Amsterdam in the Northwest part. My english is rusty but I will do my upmost best to make a story what is worth it.
I am already for a longer time following this site and it's helps me a lot answering questions how to make a model. So, it is about time to start a thread from my own build. I am interested in old fishing boats from the Dutch history. Because the waters in Holland are often very shallow they build in the early days fishing boats that are not provide with a keelson and with a flat bottom. These ships were able to run dry when the water was low during the tide.

In Holland (aka the Netherlands) we have also a modelbuilding site and on this site I already have finished a thread from another build of an old fishing boat:

Bouw van een blazer

Goedenmiddag, zal mij eerst maar eens voorstellen. Ik ben Rob, 57 jaar, vader, getrouwd en heb naast een drukke baan een paar hobby’s. Waaronder het modelbouwen van oude Nederlandse vissersschepen. En dan wel platbodems. Ik zit al een heel lange tijd op dit forum te kijken met respect hoe...

www.modelbouwforum.nl

At this moment I am building from plans an a few books a fishing sloop. This ship was capable for a longer stay on sea and they went further from the coast, much further. This model is based on a replica of an old ship. This replica is build by a group of volunteers under the leadership of an experienced ship carpenter. The volunteers were unemployed and the idea was to help them to a new job in this direction. About this build there is a book available with a step by step explanation how the build was realised.

Without few advice from the author, this book and the threads about ship modelling which are available on the www it was for impossible to start building myself. So also thanks to you all.

It is the first time for me to build a model plank on frame, so it will be an exciting try out. At this moment the build is already in an advanced stadium. the scale of my build is 1:20. All my models are in this scale. This sloop is in length approximately 18 meter, so it will be a large model.

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Thanks.

Welcome to SOS. Interesting story. I'm all in. Neat precise milling, how many models have you built in total. Is this work by hand or milling machine.