Both the wood types just dipped in the vinegar mixture
HIGH HOPES, WILD MEN AND THE DEVIL’S JAW - Willem Barentsz Kolderstok 1:50
Both the wood types just dipped in the vinegar mixture
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Wow - that is incredible! Thank you, Hans!
Great close up photos Heinrich. 
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Looking very nice, great job.
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Thanks Brian. The question though is, how it looks on the close-ups?Great close up photos Heinrich.
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Thank you very much Richie - there is still a lot of work though before I will be satisfied with how it looks. As a first step though, I am happy.
Nice to see both sides finished with this nice oak finish, Heinrich. All the sweat droplets have fallen nicely next to the hull.
Regards, Peter
Regards, Peter
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Piet says: Very good planking with oak Heinrich, the hull has become beautiful and beautifully symmetrical, an example for many !!
Bedankt vir de mooi woorden, Piet.
Er zijn een paar kleine plaatsen die nog moeten worden bijgewerkt. Na het tweede schuren met 360 korrel schuurpapier krijgt het nog een laag schellak gevolgd door een laatste schuursessie met korrel schuurpapier. Dan is het wat het is.
There are a few small places that still need to be touched up. After the second sanding with 360 grit sandpaper it will get another coat of shellac followed by a last sanding session with 1000 grit sandpaper. then it is what it is.
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Thank you Peter. Now it feels like I have a ship. I am relieved to have finished the planking.
Good morning Heinrich. Great job and photos. Lovely. Cheers Grant
Heinrich, good afternoon. Congratulations on completing this important milestone in model building. oak looks great. It seems to me that in this place it is worth sharpening the keel a little.
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Thank you very much my friend - it is greatly appreciated.
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Thank you, Johan. Having looked at how you finished the framework on Bluenose, I do not think you will have any problems in planking Bluenose!
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Thank you, Sasha. I really appreciate the kind words. I agree with you on the keel and have already done that.
Just bear in mind that on the Willem Barentsz the garboard strake and the strake immediately following it, run all the way through to the end of the keel. The "foot" of the keel is thus supposed to be wider at the bottom or foot of the keel than the rest of it.
She's a real beauty Heinrich! All that sanding, time spent painstakingly planking the hull, has paid off. Am looking forward to the final 1000 grit sanding and finish coatings.
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Thank you very much my friend for the kind words and the support - it is sincerely appreciated. I will share another secret with you. After I had planked WB #1, I said to myself that I could never plank as accurately as that ever again. Well, I think this one is better. Apart from 2 inserts (one on either side) and 5 lost strakes (I have no idea how it ended up being an unequal number but there were 3 on the Starboard side and 2 on the Port Side), the other 59 planks were all full-length and one-piece.
I am also pleased with the symmetry and hull shape - it conforms to Ab's/Kolderstok's plans to a T.
This is a job well done Heinrich, she looks beautifull and exremely symmetrical.
As Daniel said, i am also looking forward to see her sanded and finished of.
As Daniel said, i am also looking forward to see her sanded and finished of.