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

[Heinrich]

Some others words came to mind - daring was not among them...

Maybe some words that would illustrate the lack of intelligence on my part?

 

[Heinrich]

How about a family pic?

 

[dockattner]

Maybe some words that would illustrate the lack of intelligence on my part?

Oh, I would NEVER question your intelligence! Though, perhaps, your judgement...

 

[Pathfinder65]

How about a family pic?

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Absolutely Fabulous.

 

[Heinrich]

Oh, I would NEVER question your intelligence! Though, perhaps, your judgement...

Very true Paul, My judgement, or lack thereof, has often dropped me into the "you-know-what"!

 

[Heinrich]

Absolutely Fabulous.

Thank you, my friend! It also serves as good motivation!

 

[Pathfinder65]

Thank you, my friend! It also serves as good motivation!

I think your next step, the Garboard strake will be an oak versus you event. The bend from BH#9 to the stern is a tough one.

 

[Richie]

Hello Dear Friends

On July 14th, the first plank was laid down. Seventeen days later and the stern has been closed in on both sides. First, three conventional pics:

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And then we got daring. Placed on the balcony railing of the 11th floor in the late afternoon light.

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Oh wow vary daring but it looks great in the daylight.

 

[Heinrich]

I think your next step, the Garboard strake will be an oak versus you event. The bend from BH#9 to the stern is a tough one.

The garboard strake on the Port Side was as easy as pie. Here it is still partially wet clamped and pinned into position. I cannot tell you the difference that those filler blocks make - it is enormous!

 

[Heinrich]

Oh wow vary daring but it looks great in the daylight.

Thank you very much Richie! Those pics aren't the greatest as far as focus go, but I wasn't going to take my time there.

 

[Pathfinder65]

The garboard strake on the Port Side was as easy as pie. Here it is still partially wet clamped and pinned into position. I cannot tell you the difference that those filler blocks make - it is enormous!

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Wowzers , that is great to see. All that sanding work is paying dividends.

 

[Heinrich]

Wowzers , that is great to see. All that sanding work is paying dividends.

Indeed, my friend. I was going to say that up to now, the filler blocks have not made things easier, they have made things possible. Without them, I doubt very much if one would have been able to plank this ship in oak AND get a satisfactory result. But, as far as this garboard strake went, it also made it really easy!

 

[RDN1954]

Hello Dear Friends

On July 14th, the first plank was laid down. Seventeen days later and the stern has been closed in on both sides. First, three conventional pics:

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And then we got daring. Placed on the balcony railing of the 11th floor in the late afternoon light.

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The balcony pics: you're just provoking Murphy...
Other than that, she's coming together rather nice.
By the way, what's the final verdict on the concave planks on the LH side, around frame 8?

 

[RDN1954]

Some others words came to mind - daring was not among them...

I was more thinking along the lines of "plain s....d."

 

[Heinrich]

The balcony pics: you're just provoking Murphy...
Other than that, she's coming together rather nice.
By the way, what's the final verdict on the concave planks on the LH side, around frame 8?

Hello Johan. Thank you! As to the concave curve, it was common on sixteenth century and very early 17th Century Dutch ships.



The above picture illustrates that the concave curve is very mild on the WB. Compare it to the Geunieerde Provincien shown below.




I am all good!

 

[Heinrich]

I was more thinking along the lines of "plain s....d."

You can say "Stupid", Johan - it's quite OK! I t won't be the first, or I suppose, the last time, that I have been and will be called that!

 

[RDN1954]

Hello Johan. Thank you! As to the concave curve, it was common on sixteenth century and very early 17th Century Dutch ships.

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The above picture illustrates that the concave curve is very mild on the WB. Compare it to the Geunieerde Provincien shown below.

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I am all good!

I've seen the pictures of the Unified Provinces, but I remember, or want to remember, that it was only on the LH side you had this occurrence.

 

[RDN1954]

You can say "Stupid", Johan - it's quite OK! I t won't be the first, or I suppose, the last time, that I have been and will be called that!

One could als say you like living on the edge (of a balcony railing...).

 

[Heinrich]

I've seen the pictures of the Unified Provinces, but I remember, or want to remember, that it was only on the LH side you had this occurrence.

Nope. As you can see on my hull (the first of the three pics), it is on both sides.

 

[Nomad]

Very nice planking Heinrich, I wish I had those skills; planking is the one aspect (okay, there are many others too) of ship modelling that I can't master just yet. Your WB hull has progressed very well indeed, much as we all expected it to. Well done!