Thx Peter, the new project will be a scratch build reconstruction of a Dutch fluyt build in shell first.As usual, clean and very accurate work. What is the new project that You have mentioned above?
what? you said it will be RC to be finished...Am I interpreting it wrong?
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Hey Maarten,
Your work has an appearance of being made by CNC equipment instead of by manual labor.
Beautiful work.
Haha Jim, you have a good memory.what? you said it will be RC to be finished...Am I interpreting it wrong?
Yes first the RC needs to be finished to start rigging.
But this new project needs also some desk work on which I am already working.
This is my new project. Still have to buy some flippers and a snorkel.
Hi Ron,
Many thx for the compliment.
The kit is cnc, I only add some manual labor to put it together with some minor kit bashing.
It is actually a fun kit to build and a perfect first step to POF building for anyone.
Just a tip of the veil of the work I am doing now. But I will come back on that in a new blog soon to show all the aspects and steps to come to a reconstruction of a wreck. Like selecting the correct project, finding proper sources and help from other people like @Ab Hoving for providing reference drawings, knowledge etc. But I expect no saw dust on this project for another year.
yea...One year is a pretty long time (is it????), but... we will patiently wait. 
All carlings are in and lightly sanded before the ledges are fitted.
But first I made the mast parter.
Now the ledges are not in I can easily fit it between the carlings.
Tomorrow afternoon it is time for the ledges.
I think I will make these myself from some strips of cherry I will saw from left overs.
The profided milled strips are I think insufficient as I already used a part of these for my lower deck bulkheads.
But first I made the mast parter.
Now the ledges are not in I can easily fit it between the carlings.
Tomorrow afternoon it is time for the ledges.
I think I will make these myself from some strips of cherry I will saw from left overs.
The profided milled strips are I think insufficient as I already used a part of these for my lower deck bulkheads.
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Just can anyone immagine how much that field of protruding nails could have affected hull's drag? Tank tests on heavily reduce models, untill the introduction of reliable prediction programs, always included a number of leaning bolts intended as turbolence generators in order to compensate the gap in Raynolds numbers.
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Hello Maarten, sorry could you give me some news on the specific internal nailing of the hull, my pure curiosity for news, Thanks
Hi Frank,
The outside planking of alert is bolted with copper bolts and clenched on shims. What you see is the boltheads with a shim behind it.
The inner hull planks are treenailed.
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Good morning Maarten, thank you very much for answering me
Oh wow, I want a seat in the first row.
This weekend there was not much time for Alert, so the work on de ledges is just started.
Hopefully I can finish it this week.
Hopefully I can finish it this week.
Slow progress here on Alert with only a few hours a week.
Still working on the ledges but 2/3 finished by now.
Between the top pictures and the ones here below is 2,5 hrs of work.
Hopefully 2-3 hours more and the ledges are finished.
Still working on the ledges but 2/3 finished by now.
Between the top pictures and the ones here below is 2,5 hrs of work.
Hopefully 2-3 hours more and the ledges are finished.
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Dear Maarten
your work looks great and accurate, well done Dear friend