Halve Maen (Half Moon) 1:50 Corel kit [COMPLETED BUILD]

Ronmedge · Sep 16, 2020

Drawing not accurate

The length of the masts is not indicated in numbers on the drawings. Therefore I measured the lengths from the drawings. There are two drawings, and the length of the masts differences on both drawings for about 10 mm. Not that much, but confusing.

slightly longer masts on second drawing

Uwek · Sep 16, 2020

Ronmedge said:
Placing the masts

the mainmast I placed first. For the correct alignment I placed the hull in front of the Corel drawing.

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Looking very good - and very good, that you check the measures

Ronmedge · Sep 16, 2020

Uwek said:
Looking very good - and very good, that you check the measures

Yes thank you Uwek. I believe the front mast is now 7 mm too short but when finished it won't be noticed anymore.

Ronmedge · Sep 16, 2020

Placing the masts part 2

And now it is starting to look like a sailing ship!

Ronmedge · Sep 17, 2020

Masking the mast foot

Unfortunately the deck was damaged around the borehole for the Mizzenmast foot. So I placed a deck box in front of it

Ronmedge · Sep 17, 2020

Bucket out of scale

The bucket under the water pump seems out of scale. Also the material from what it is made from seems Yellowish plastic. I think I need to construct one myself from wood

Heinrich · Sep 17, 2020

She looks beautiful, Rene. You have really done an amazing job!

DocBlake · Sep 17, 2020

Very nice model!

DonRobinson · Sep 17, 2020

Looking good, I agree the bucket is far too out of scale. Another bucket or even a little platform covering the injury

Ronmedge · Sep 17, 2020

Heinrich said:
She looks beautiful, Rene. You have really done an amazing job!

Thank you Heinrich. Now I have to finish a lot of knots

Ronmedge · Sep 17, 2020

DocBlake said:
Very nice model!

Thanks!

Ronmedge · Sep 17, 2020

DonRobinson said:
Looking good, I agree the bucket is far too out of scale. Another bucket or even a little platform covering the injury

Thanks! I will make one out of wood. I have some walnut wood I only need to make a hoop ( I hope thats the correct englisch term for the metal band). I know they made buckets from wood those days

Ronmedge · Sep 20, 2020

Rigging the masts

Corel provides clear drawings and advices rigging the masts in strict numerical order from mizzenmast to foremast. I completed each mast as much as possible prior to attaching the masts to the ship. In this way finishing the masts is much easier .

I finished all possible component on masts and ship

Furthermore I decided to assemble all the deadeyes first. By doing this in ‘serial production’ I could achieve same dimensions for all.

Now it is time to start rigging the masts from Mizzenmast to Foremast. So in strict numerical order as indicated on the drawings

DocBlake · Sep 20, 2020

You're making good progress!

shota70 · Sep 20, 2020

Dear Ronmedge
you are doing excellent work & Achieves successful and beautiful results.

Ronmedge · Sep 21, 2020

DocBlake said:
You're making good progress!

Thanks Dave

Ronmedge · Sep 21, 2020

shota70 said:
Dear Ronmedge
you are doing excellent work & Achieves successful and beautiful results.

Thanks Shota

Ronmedge · Oct 6, 2020

The ship is finished

Ronmedge · Oct 15, 2020

Pictures of the finished ship

Ronmedge · Oct 15, 2020

The Half Moon Corel kit

I do recommend the Corel kit as a first build. It took me 3 months to build. For me it was a second build, but my first build was 30 years ago.
It was fun to build and I am satisfied with the results.

The double plank method is suitable for an first build, the first layer is made of 2 mm planks. You probably need to sand the first layer ( I needed

) The second layer is made from 0,6 mm planks witch are easier to bend.

The 10 drawings are very clear and accurate