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

pingu57 said:
I see that part of the crew has arrived, and off course, no rush intended, the less rush, the better the planking can be :):)
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Indeed, my friend! The crew cannot wait to get onboard. You are right, Peter, I won't rush anything. I am working consistently, but I am taking my time. I've run into a small problem in that I won't have enough Paulownia wood for the boxing of the hull. I will order some from Xiuli tomorrow and hopefully I can have it by the weekend.
 
Hello Everyone

Just a quick update. Boxing continued today and I am up to the point where I can start fairing the hull. I did, however, run out of Paulownia wood and will have to order more to continue the boxing.

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I never imagined she would require so much wood for the filling of the hull. That is 2.5 meters of 11mm x 11mm Paulownia strips you are looking at! :eek: Crikey ...
 
Heinrich said:
Thank you so much for these beautiful pictures, Sasha! That is most interesting and there are plenty of good ideas that I can take from that - especially when it comes to some finishing touches. The next picture has really put my mind at rest as far as the heavy grain of the wood goes.

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We can see the heavy grain clearly in the red-encircled area - these deck beams would represent the same type of "heavy" timber as would be used on the keel of the WB.

Sasha, you don't know by any chance what was used as a finish on the model?
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Heinrich, can you buy Danish Oil in China? Or maybe linseed oil? It will give you that appearance. Try it on scrap first though.
 
Hi Phil, sourcing Danish oil here seems to be a problem. I have what is probably the best quality Tung Oil though, and then I also have the Clou stain that Hans sent me.
 
Heinrich said:
Hi Phil, sourcing Danish oil here seems to be a problem. I have what is probably the best quality Tung Oil though, and then I also have the Clou stain that Hans sent me.
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Tung oil may give you that finish too. I haven't tried modifying tung oil with tints or stains. You could experiment too....
 
Philski said:
Tung oil may give you that finish too. I haven't tried modifying tung oil with tints or stains. You could experiment too....
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Absolutely Phil, Between the Tung, the Clou and then the shellac that has given me good results, I do have a few options! Thumbsup
 
Today I started something which is exciting to me as it actually represents the first real deviation from the previous build - the captain's cabin.

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This is straight from the book "Het Schip van Willem Barents" so kindly gifted to me by @rtibbs Ron and is from the Cor Emke-drawn / @Ab Hoving Ab-Hoving designed, plans. The sizes from Ab's plans were reworked to 1:50 scale and a template cut which will become the front wall of the captain's cabin. For this, @Kolderstok Hans has kindly sent me an extra set of doors.

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The doors just fit onto the template but seeing that I wanted to put a beam over the doors into which the arches can be recessed, this would not work.

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However, with the door sills removed, it would hopefully give me enough space to accomplish that.

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The doors were carefully separated from their frames, the frames painted black and the whole construction glued together again. From previous experience with the doors on the middle canopy of WB #1, I knew that filing out recesses for the door arches out of a strip of 6mm wood is a challenging task. Today though, luck was on my side and the first attempt was the only one needed! :)

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Bear in mind that the doors come from a sheet that is 3mm thick, whilst the thickest planks I can use are only 1.5mm in thickness. This means that I will have to double-plank the front wall. However, I did not want to take the risk of doing that with the plank above because I would hate ruining the plank with a second filing attempt. Therefore, I glued my beam onto the deck sheeting which is 1.5mm thick and which could easily be cut away with an X-Acto knife. This picture shows the 3mm-thick roof beam glued into the place on the template.

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Finally, the doors were glued into place. Tomorrow, I have the laborious task of double-planking the rest of the front wall and adding door hinges and knobs.

I have ordered the extra Paulownia wood for the boxing of the hull from Xiuli, and if all goes well that should be here sometime this weekend. Thank you Xiuli!
 
pingu57 said:
Nice doors my friend, are you giving them a walnut toplayer as wel, or are you leaving them as they are??
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Thank you, Peter. They will just be treated with shellac - they are slightly lighter than the oak so that will give them a bit of a contrast to the rest of the front wall.
 
Heinrich, a little off topic however I know you are following DomCee’s build of the Sweden Yacht.
If you look at post#16 the side view of the hull. What is the wood used on the upper five planks. Really an interesting grain pattern. Is it oak or sapele
 
rtibbs said:
Heinrich, a little off topic however I know you are following DomCee’s build of the Sweden Yacht.
If you look at post#16 the side view of the hull. What is the wood used on the upper five planks. Really an interesting grain pattern. Is it oak or sapele
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Ron, he mentions oak, birch and teak, but I have no idea which one he used there ... sorry, my friend.
 
dockattner said:
Very nice Heinrich! Will she be planked 'shingle' style?
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Thank you, Paul! Not this wall, because it is an interior wall. This wall is right at the back underneath the gratings of the midships canopy, so the sad part is that very little of it will be visible. But it's the old story - I will know that it is there and since the midships canopy will not be completely closed at the front, peeking in there, you will be able to see the captain's cabin.
 
rtibbs said:
Heinrich, a little off topic however I know you are following DomCee’s build of the Sweden Yacht.
If you look at post#16 the side view of the hull. What is the wood used on the upper five planks. Really an interesting grain pattern. Is it oak or sapele
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Good morning Ron - I see DomCee answered you on his log. Cherry wood strips. Cheers Grant
 
Heinrich said:
Thank you, Paul! Not this wall, because it is an interior wall. This wall is right at the back underneath the gratings of the midships canopy, so the sad part is that very little of it will be visible. But it's the old story - I will know that it is there and since the midships canopy will not be completely closed at the front, peeking in there, you will be able to see the captain's cabin.
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Good morning Heinrich. Those times when such a small shows......it is worth it to really get the whole part right- like you are doing with your doors. I learnt this from experience with my second level cannons where I know I could hardly see them so I did not rig completely and now it is too late and it bugs me each time I see that small portion of them. Great job on those doors. Paul’s question may be referring to the hull- “shingle” or double ? Cheers Grant
 
Thank you, Grant, and I agree wholeheartedly - that is, after all, the reason why I am building a second ship - to correct those small details that my research has shown to be inaccurate on #1. If Paul meant hull planking, it will be single-layered, like all Kolderstok models. :)
 
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