HIGH HOPES, WILD MEN AND THE DEVIL’S JAW - Willem Barentsz Kolderstok 1:50

Thank you so much for kind your words Maarten and for the R&R comparison! I do believe it is important that the individual strakes be selected with the oak top ensure a uniform grain pattern. Funny thing you should mention R&R. I have never been a Rolls fan, mightily impressed yes, but not a fan. My knees go weak at the sight of a Bentley - probably because of the Barnato/South African connection. They once built a dashboard where - purely by chance - the wood grain reflected a ghost-or phantom-like image which has obviously never happened before, nor will it ever again. I will scrounge around and see if I can find that picture.
 
RDN1954 said:
Nah, don't think so, Heinrich now first has to prove that he reaches that same Rolls-Royce finish after twenty+ sanding, polishing and lacquering operations of his transom...
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You are right Johan. I still have a l-o-o-n-g way to go to achieve that kind of finish. Luckily a 1600-century Dutch ship does not call for that kind of finish so I'm off the hook! :D
 
RogerD said:
What an excellent “recovery“ Heinrich, that transom looks great. Your rework is a wonderful example to those of us who may hesitate to re-do parts of their build.
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Thank you for the kind words and support Roger. In an ideal world there won't be any makeovers, but reality sometimes dictates otherwise! :)
 
Heinrich said:
Thank you so much for kind your words Maarten and for the R&R comparison! I do believe it is important that the individual strakes be selected with the oak top ensure a uniform grain pattern. Funny thing you should mention R&R. I have never been a Rolls fan, mightily impressed yes, but not a fan. My knees go weak at the sight of a Bentley - probably because of the Barnato/South African connection. They once built a dashboard where - purely by chance - the wood grain reflected a ghost-or phantom-like image which has obviously never happened before, nor will it ever again. I will scrounge around and see if I can find that picture.
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As far as Rolls-Royce cars go, I'm with you. But the almighty RR Merlin engine is a different beast altogether. My very biased opinion: one of the best engines ever.

Cars or planes: I'm easy to be pleased with a Mustang, either with or without wings...
 
RDN1954 said:
As far as Rolls-Royce cars go, I'm with you. But the almighty RR Merlin engine is a different beast altogether. My very biased opinion: one of the best engines ever.

Cars or planes: I'm easy to be pleased with a Mustang, either with or without wings...
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Hi Johan., My son will fully agree with you on the four-wheeled Mustang variety - he is onto his second one already.
 
Hello Heinrich. Whenever I catch up with your log I find I have at least five or six pages to cover ROTF. Anyway I caught up with it all this morning and re-lived the trials and tribulations with your transom re-do and re-alignment. You made a great recovery job indeed, well done! And I like how living with the flaw simply wasn't an option for you. No debate, just straight up strip it all down and re-do. A great attitude and fine example for us mere mortals Thumbsup
 
Thank you very much for the very generous and kind comments Mark. This log is truly special and all the credit for that goes to all of my friends on SOS. They are the ones who participate, comment, criticize and suggest. Also, I try to show it how it really is - and that includes all mistakes and blunders. With both these builds I have adopted a zero-tolerance rule for myself - if I am not 100% happy with something, I will do whatever it takes to be satisfied.
 
Hello Dear Friends

I have finished the lower deck ...

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After which I have given it a layer of shellac for protection. Honestly, I don't really see much of a difference - maybe the shellac has made it slightly darker and given it a slightly more "honey" color.

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Bear in mind that the only two parts of this deck that will be visible, are the two hatches. The rear hatch can theoretically be viewed through the gratings of the rear canopy, but in reality, you see nothing. The front hatch will be visible, but only if I do not install the front deck grating. Once that is in place as it is on WB #1 there is nothing to be seen of this hatch either. Therefore, I have made absolutely no attempt whatsoever to incorporate and deck planking pattern, do caulking etc. In fact, I have used much longer strips, and I quite like the smooth uninterrupted look.

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I installed the rear keel permanently and, as with the rest of the transom wiped, it with a tissue (non-fluffy kind) dabbed in shellac. Right at the bottom of the keel (where it rests on the table) you can see the two 1.5mm recesses that have been filed on either side to accommodate the garboard strake and the one immediately following it. In Dutch shipbuilding tradition, these two strakes run all the way through to the rearmost end of the keel. After the glue was dry, I drilled two 1mm holes through the keel and into the false keel and hammered two toothpicks into the holes to secure the keel permanently. Those two were then sawn-off flush with the keel and the whole keel sanded.

You can see that the keel has a very pronounced and heavy grain pattern that I don't quite understand. It is almost like the char from the laser-cutting, but no matter how much I sand, I can't really seem to subdue the effect. I don't know whether the laser-cutter is set to a higher temperature when cutting the oak, as it seems much more difficult to remove the char from these pieces than with the walnut. In any case, this will all be covered by the rudder (I just hope that the rudder is not the same), so I'm not too perturbed by it.
 
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