Hms Alert by Maarten [COMPLETED BUILD]

Peter Voogt · May 14, 2022

Maarten said:
Thx gents.
@Peter Voogt haha you experienced it yourselve on your bluenose, do you take that with you in September to Duizel? I join with 4 models hopefully then my Alert is finished.

Unfortunately, Maarten. After contact with an NVM representative, my BN was not admitted. And together with those of Johan and Henk, we wanted to show with the three of us.
The registration states that the original must be from before 1900. And the BN is from 1921.
So, I only take my Robt. E. Lee to show.
Regards, Peter

Peter Voogt · May 15, 2022

Maarten said:
Thx gents.
@Peter Voogt haha you experienced it yourselve on your bluenose, do you take that with you in September to Duizel? I join with 4 models hopefully then my Alert is finished.

Peter Voogt said:
Unfortunately, Maarten. After contact with an NVM representative, my BN was not admitted. And together with those of Johan and Henk, we wanted to show with the three of us.
The registration states that the original must be from before 1900. And the BN is from 1921.
So, I only take my Robt. E. Lee to show.
Regards, Peter

This morning, Johan pointed me and the ‘change of rules’ for the meeting (of this year):
”Only wooden and paper/cardboard ship models of which the original ship is made of wood and built before 1940 are allowed.”
So Maarten @Maarten: my BN (and from Johan and Henk) is welcom!
Regards, Peter

Herman · May 15, 2022

Hi Maarten. I have been checking out your build log the last couple of days and it is really a masterpiece. I had already read in Peter Voogt's BN build log that you too had "decapitated" your model. Shocking

. The epoxy diorama including the anchor and buoy are a delight to watch.
Btw. I love your kichen tiles.

Uwek · May 17, 2022

Very good work on the hanging knees - good that you have cute the hull already
I am surprised, that the knees are looking relatively thin......

Maarten · May 17, 2022

Uwek said:
Very good work on the hanging knees - good that you have cute the hull already
I am surprised, that the knees are looking relatively thin......

Hi Uwe,

Agree with you on this, these are as supplied with the kit and I haven t checked the AotS on this. Normally they are about the same thickness as the deck beams and partly overlapping these.

Maarten · May 19, 2022

Last knees fitted, now all knees are inplace a finall sanding will follow.
After sanding I will start on the waterways followed by the inner bullwarks. This should then provide sufficient rigidity to saw the top from the building frame.

Heinrich · May 19, 2022

Peter Voogt said:
This morning, Johan pointed me and the ‘change of rules’ for the meeting (of this year):
”Only wooden and paper/cardboard ship models of which the original ship is made of wood and built before 1940 are allowed.”
So Maarten @Maarten: my BN (and from Johan and Henk) is welcom!
Regards, Peter

The three Bluenose models have already been declared "Welcome" since the 2 May.

Uwek · May 19, 2022

You are producing completely new perspectives
The deck structure on the wrong side ......

kidsgalore · May 19, 2022

Stunning

Jimsky · May 19, 2022

Uwek said:
The deck structure on the wrong side ......

....the Dark Side Of The Moon!

Maarten · May 20, 2022

Thx gents for all likes and comments.

I started with the fwd SB gun port sill.
First I marked the proper height.

Next is to saw away the frame in between with my small Japanese saw.

Now file angled edges on the sill and contrasting slots in the frame and glue in the sill with pva.

Before the glue is dried file the sill so it follows the shape of the hull. If you file it while the pva is stil wet the saw dust enters into possible openings in the joint closing these and creating a perfect joint.

Now finally some plankings on deck. The waterways are fitted in place. I glued them in place with CA and black pva between the joints.

Now the construction should have enough strength to start the second big cut.

I have marked all the cutting lines with a knive using the template provided.

Again my small saw comes in handy cutting down frame by frame. I saw just above the marking so I can fine tune the frames by file when al are cut.

Working slowly foreward leaving some frames in between for rigidity.

Now the bow is completely freed.

Working towards the stern I leave a strong three double frame in place which I will remove at last.

Next time I will finish this cutting proces, now just some dry fitting.

Maarten · May 22, 2022

Yeah the second part is released from its jig. Now cleaning and filing will start to fit the cap rail. You will be suprized how sturdy this small slice of ship is the double curvature makes it rock solid and feather light.

Herman · May 22, 2022

Maarten said:
Yeah the second part is released from its jig. Now cleaning and filing will start to fit the cap rail. You will be suprized how sturdy this small slice of ship is the double curvature makes it rock solid and feather light.
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Beautiful and atop of that, great presentation!

Uwek · May 24, 2022

Just great - the photos (impressive) and highly interesting work
BRAVO my friend

Dean62 · May 25, 2022

Maarten said:
Yeah the second part is released from its jig. Now cleaning and filing will start to fit the cap rail. You will be suprized how sturdy this small slice of ship is the double curvature makes it rock solid and feather light.
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Excellent work Maarten!

Peter Voogt · May 26, 2022

Maarten said:
Yeah the second part is released from its jig. Now cleaning and filing will start to fit the cap rail. You will be suprized how sturdy this small slice of ship is the double curvature makes it rock solid and feather light.
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That looks pretty sleek, Maarten. I'm also glad to hear that your upper part is also so stiff because of the construction.
Regards, Peter

Maarten · May 26, 2022

Thx gents for likes and comments.

To protect the protruding hanging knees I use the top of the building cradle as a stand.

Next is fitting the gunwale. This is a lot of fitting and filing. First I will fit all gunwale parts over the frame timbers before finishing them.

shota70 · May 26, 2022

Maarten said:
Thx gents for likes and comments.

To protect the protruding hanging knees I use the top of the building cradle as a stand.
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Next is fitting the gunwale. This is a lot of fitting and filing. First I will fit all gunwale parts over the frame timbers before finishing them.
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Dear Maarten
magnificent work, it's looks wonderful
good luck with the next steps

Maarten · Jun 1, 2022

The gunwale is build up in segments.

Section by section is filed to fit over the frame timber.

The PS gunwale is now filed to fit the frame timbers. This is many hours of filing and fitting.

Followed by sanding down the frame timbers which are capped by the gunwale.

The sides of the gunwale I shape in a rounded profile to give it a less massive appearence. This I do with a scraper made of a razor blade.

Dry fitting the gunwale.

The gunwale still needs some steam to give ot the correct curvature.

Maarten · Jun 11, 2022

The PS gun wale is now fitted.
I treated it with black ecoline twice and sanded in between with steel wool. Finally I applied a layer of clear coat and sanded again with steel wool. The frame tops which will be visible later I pretreated with ecoline.

The stern gun wale is made of an outside and inside part. In the manual these are installed in a much earlier stage but as I want to have the correctly lined up with the rest of the gun wale I fit them now. The parts which have to fit between the frames I removed as I will fit also an inner bullwark.