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HIGH HOPES, WILD MEN AND THE DEVIL’S JAW - Willem Barentsz Kolderstok 1:50
I was thinking of WW1 airplanes…
Maybe a Spad or a Stearman.....you just lay on the wing, then just let go!So which biplane would hold more than one jumper Phil?
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Hello Dear Friends
Amidst everything that has happened and is still happening, I have managed to squeeze some time in for the Willem Barentsz as well. If I could recap from my previous posting, you will recall that I have heightened the bulwarks at the stern and installed the D-Deck. These are the areas indicated in yellow on the picture below.
You will also notice that the rearmost section between the heightened bulwarks was still left open and the first task was now to cover them. With little time at my disposal at the moment, I have not taken pictures of this and will rely again on Piet’s build to show you what I mean.
Photograph: @pietsan Piet Sanders. The cover piece between the bulwarks has been outlined in yellow. The part of Piet's build that I have crossed out in green, does not feature in this update and will be dealt with in a next step.
The cover piece was just a case of two 1.5mm x 6mm planks edge-glued on top of each other and then shaped to size. Afterwards, it was simply glued into position.
The nest step was two-fold. The final goal was to glue all the supporting braces to the inside of the bulwarks (braces marked in psychedelic green) and place the final top railings into position.
Photograph: Piet Sanders
Piet chose to install the top railings first and then added the inner bracing supports. I chose to do it exactly the other way around by first installing the braces. I did this because the bracing struts are 2mm thick meaning that if they are added to the double-planked 1.55 x 6mm planks that made up the bulwarks, I would have a total gluing surface of 5mm to which I could glue the 6mm wide top railings.
I purposely left the bracing struts too long so I could visually line up the position and angles of the struts between port and starboard sides. Ideally, I suppose you could measure out accurately each bracing’s position, but I just eyeballed them. After the glue had dried I sawed off the protruding pieces with Kolderstok’s handsaw. That would ensure that they were flush with the upper bulwark and that the railing would lie nice and flat.
Here you can see that the bracing on the C-Deck has been done, the braces have been cut-off to size and I have started adding the cover rails at the front of the bulwarks. These cover railings are all 1.5mm x 6mm walnut planks.
On the following two pictures highlighting Piet’s build, all the top railings are indicated in red. You can see that Piet has not yet added the inner bracing.
And this is what it looks like on my Willem Barentsz. Once again, the little ship responded beautifully to all inputs and everything was accomplished with no hiccups.
Inner bracing on the Port Side.
Top railings shown from the Starboard Side.
Top railings shown from the Port Side.
And these two pictures are the last two to have been taken at this shipyard. She is proudly displaying her ever-higher-getting stern.
As a parting shot, I can tell you that I have found a new apartment in the same community (Lincoln Park), in an even closer-to-the-school building, on the 11th floor. I am actually much happier with this one and will be signing the contract tomorrow evening.
Lincoln Park will very soon open its doors for business.
And that is all from now my friends. Please look after yourselves and your loved ones, and cherish every moment that you can do what you enjoy doing. Until next time.
Amidst everything that has happened and is still happening, I have managed to squeeze some time in for the Willem Barentsz as well. If I could recap from my previous posting, you will recall that I have heightened the bulwarks at the stern and installed the D-Deck. These are the areas indicated in yellow on the picture below.
You will also notice that the rearmost section between the heightened bulwarks was still left open and the first task was now to cover them. With little time at my disposal at the moment, I have not taken pictures of this and will rely again on Piet’s build to show you what I mean.
Photograph: @pietsan Piet Sanders. The cover piece between the bulwarks has been outlined in yellow. The part of Piet's build that I have crossed out in green, does not feature in this update and will be dealt with in a next step.
The cover piece was just a case of two 1.5mm x 6mm planks edge-glued on top of each other and then shaped to size. Afterwards, it was simply glued into position.
The nest step was two-fold. The final goal was to glue all the supporting braces to the inside of the bulwarks (braces marked in psychedelic green) and place the final top railings into position.
Photograph: Piet Sanders
Piet chose to install the top railings first and then added the inner bracing supports. I chose to do it exactly the other way around by first installing the braces. I did this because the bracing struts are 2mm thick meaning that if they are added to the double-planked 1.55 x 6mm planks that made up the bulwarks, I would have a total gluing surface of 5mm to which I could glue the 6mm wide top railings.
I purposely left the bracing struts too long so I could visually line up the position and angles of the struts between port and starboard sides. Ideally, I suppose you could measure out accurately each bracing’s position, but I just eyeballed them. After the glue had dried I sawed off the protruding pieces with Kolderstok’s handsaw. That would ensure that they were flush with the upper bulwark and that the railing would lie nice and flat.
Here you can see that the bracing on the C-Deck has been done, the braces have been cut-off to size and I have started adding the cover rails at the front of the bulwarks. These cover railings are all 1.5mm x 6mm walnut planks.
On the following two pictures highlighting Piet’s build, all the top railings are indicated in red. You can see that Piet has not yet added the inner bracing.
And this is what it looks like on my Willem Barentsz. Once again, the little ship responded beautifully to all inputs and everything was accomplished with no hiccups.
Inner bracing on the Port Side.
Top railings shown from the Starboard Side.
Top railings shown from the Port Side.
And these two pictures are the last two to have been taken at this shipyard. She is proudly displaying her ever-higher-getting stern.
As a parting shot, I can tell you that I have found a new apartment in the same community (Lincoln Park), in an even closer-to-the-school building, on the 11th floor. I am actually much happier with this one and will be signing the contract tomorrow evening.
Lincoln Park will very soon open its doors for business.
And that is all from now my friends. Please look after yourselves and your loved ones, and cherish every moment that you can do what you enjoy doing. Until next time.
Lookin’ good Heinrich, glad you had time for some more building and great news on the new apartment.
Ron
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Thank you Ron. I took the pictures after just a provisional sanding to be able to get some pictures in daylight. Now that the final sanding has been done, I am very happy with how this turned out!
Oh wow, oh wow, splendid, excellent, fabulous, that little ship looks fantastic.
Lovely work Heinrich and congratulations (again) on the prime-location apartment.
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Thank you so much my friend! Every time I get the chance to work on her, I am thrilled to bits. What surprises me each time, is how the walnut wood lends increasing character to the ship as the build is progressing.
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Thank you very much for the compliments Paul. I sincerely hope that I am now close to regaining some form of normality in my life.
Very nice Heinrich! And much relief on the new apartment location.
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Thank you very much Daniel. The apartment is a big relief to me as I don't have to depend on taxis, Didi (the Chinese equivalent of Uber) or buses anymore.
Snug as a bug in a rug
"Lincoln Park Shipyard"! Very appropriate title for all that is to come! Glad you found a new place. And now the work begins! Best regards Heinrich!
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Hi Phil. Yes the apartment block is called Lincoln Park - hence I adopted the name. And if the Chinese property developers are not happy with my Westernization of the name, @Kolderstok Hans has already changed it for me to Chinese!
Thank you for the good wishes, Phil! 
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Very nice and tidy looking.
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Thank you very much Johan!
Beautiful Heinrich. Nice new shipyard too.....Cheers Grant