Kolderstok. Fluyt in oak

Update 32
To my shock I see that the last update is from July, which is more than 3 months back.
My only (weak) excuse is that in the meantime there was a meeting at the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam where you were able to see the model.

The hull was already mostly finished only the channels were missing. I have recently applied those.
On the drawing I saw that the mizzen channel is mounted on the upper wale. Without further investigation I also mounted the main channel and the fore channel on the upper wale.

32-1-rustopverkeerde.jpg

I also completely twisted the channel plates here. Fortunately, I discovered the error after the starboard side before I started on the port side. And also I saw that the bb indicates not to twist the channel plates. Only one stroke to secure the deadeye.
Seems logical to me too because you don't twist a bar of iron a few inches thick. So on the renewed attempt I ran them in parallel.

32-2-Rustgoedeplaats.jpg
Here they are right.

Then I just glued a piece of wood against the channels and reparate some color here and there then the current state is like the pictures below.

Port side
32-3-Bakboord.jpg


Starboard side
32-4-Stuurboord.jpg


Top side
32-5-Boven.jpg


The next thing is to assemble the masts and start applying ropes. I plan to implement the entire rigging with self beaten rope. To this end, I also recreated Stephan's rope maker and performed some tests, not all of which turned out well. But I did learn how to do it in the meantime. So now to start practicing with a lot of rope and rigging the flute.
But that's for later.


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janzwart said:
Update 32
To my shock I see that the last update is from July, which is more than 3 months back.
My only (weak) excuse is that in the meantime there was a meeting at the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam where you were able to see the model.

The hull was already mostly finished only the channels were missing. I have recently applied those.
On the drawing I saw that the mizzen channel is mounted on the upper wale. Without further investigation I also mounted the main channel and the fore channel on the upper wale.

View attachment 485408

I also completely twisted the channel plates here. Fortunately, I discovered the error after the starboard side before I started on the port side. And also I saw that the bb indicates not to twist the channel plates. Only one stroke to secure the deadeye.
Seems logical to me too because you don't twist a bar of iron a few inches thick. So on the renewed attempt I ran them in parallel.

View attachment 485409
Here they are right.

Then I just glued a piece of wood against the channels and reparate some color here and there then the current state is like the pictures below.

Port side
View attachment 485410


Starboard side
View attachment 485411


Top side
View attachment 485412


The next thing is to assemble the masts and start applying ropes. I plan to implement the entire rigging with self beaten rope. To this end, I also recreated Stephan's rope maker and performed some tests, not all of which turned out well. But I did learn how to do it in the meantime. So now to start practicing with a lot of rope and rigging the flute.
But that's for later.


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Her lovely lines with all the colors are more and more in view, Jan.
Regards, Jan.
 
Update 33
I have been working on the Bounty since my last update of Nov '24, but now it is Flute's turn again.
I made the lower masts by rejointing the spars a bit and painting them with van Dijks brown.

33-1-Ondermasten.jpg

Everything is still loose except the bowsprit. I still need to look at the build description and drawings first and apply the various blocks etc. while I still have good access to everything. I learned that when rigging the Bounty.
Once that is done, I can start applying the main ropes and the stays.
For this I have already beaten some meters of rope in various thicknesses.

33-2-touw.jpg

Black is a very difficult color to show detail. I won't even try that.
To be continued

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janzwart said:
Update 33
I have been working on the Bounty since my last update of Nov '24, but now it is Flute's turn again.
I made the lower masts by rejointing the spars a bit and painting them with van Dijks brown.

View attachment 500903

Everything is still loose except the bowsprit. I still need to look at the build description and drawings first and apply the various blocks etc. while I still have good access to everything. I learned that when rigging the Bounty.
Once that is done, I can start applying the main ropes and the stays.
For this I have already beaten some meters of rope in various thicknesses.

View attachment 500904

Black is a very difficult color to show detail. I won't even try that.
To be continued

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Good evening Jan. Great to see you back at the Fluyt again :D . Cheers Grant
 
Update 34
Last week I lined the top 8 cm of some main shrouds. I.e. wrapped with thin black yarn. And made an eye in the middle by applying a binder which can be wrapped around the masthead.
34-1-HoofdtouwenMetLus.jpg


You often see modelers assemble and install the entire mast first and then begin to attach the ropes and stays. This is not the order in which rigging was done in real life. There the lower mast was placed and rigged and only then the top gallant etc.

I want to apply that order too. It has to be done now because if the whole mast is already finished I cannot get these main ropes on. That's why I put the top but no cap yet, because the loops still have to be put around it.

So now undermast in and trying to get on the main ropes the deadeyes at the same height.
But that's for next time.

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Update 35
The Shipyard kogge construction manual indicated a way to position dadeyes at the same height.
I wanted to try that here.

35-1-Blokkenlijmen.jpg

Put the shrouds tightly in the desired location and then glue the deadeyes against the rope at the desired height. Once they are secured, you can loosen rope at the bottom and continue to finish around the deadeye.

And this is my result:

35-2--NieuweMethode.jpg

The white string is to keep an eye on the position of the deadeye.
The two rightmost deadeye are (after much effort) glued against the string. Then it didn't work anymore. I used super glue and that was maybe not good.
It stuck everywhere, to my fingers, to tweezers but not to the rope. It kept falling off. Then I stuck a piece of tape behind the ropes and that way I hoped I could put the
deadeyes in place and then frumple a bit of superglue between the deadeye and rope with a satay stick.
Well not so.
Meanwhile, there is so much glue on the rope that I hope I can still bend it around a deadeye and it didn't become like a steel wire.
I'm going to try one more time with wood glue and if that doesn't work either the regular manual way.

Meanwhile, the ropes do sit nicely around the masthead.

35-3-Masttop.jpg

To be continued

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Update 36
This method of gluing the deadeyes to the rigging did not work out well. It proved difficult, almost impossible, to glue the
deadeyes to the rope.
Therefore I continued in the classic way. Purely by hand.
At this moment the mainsheet is on both sides.
See photos. The ropes are not fixed yet.


Starboard.
36-1-Stuurboord.jpg

Port side
36-2-Bakboord.jpg
To be continued
 
Update 37
And now all the shrouds and stays are on.
Overview:
37-1-Overzicht.jpg

Rigging of the mizzen:
37-2-Want-Bezaan.jpg

Rigging main mast
37-3-Want-Grotemast.jpg
Rigging fore mast
37-5-Want-Fokkemast.jpg

The mast tops
37-6-Marsen.jpg

The three sets stay blocks with their tacle.
37-7-Stagblokken.jpg

The three channnels with deadeyes.
37-8-juffers.jpg
The deadeyes of the fore mast don't really line up. I realized too late that this channel was rather slanted and thus the shrouds were quite different in length. I would have had to demolish a lot and re-string and re-cover ropes. Then it occurred to me that this is not a warship built with military precision but an ordinary work boat, a flute that could be built cheaply. And then not everything sits exactly straight.

The next job is to install the caps and the topmasts with their rigging.
And oh yes, also tie a few knots for the rat lines.
That's for next time.

To be continued.

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janzwart said:
Update 37
And now all the shrouds and stays are on.
Overview:
View attachment 506659

Rigging of the mizzen:
View attachment 506660

Rigging main mast
View attachment 506661
Rigging fore mast
View attachment 506662

The mast tops
View attachment 506663

The three sets stay blocks with their tacle.
View attachment 506664

The three channnels with deadeyes.
View attachment 506665
The deadeyes of the fore mast don't really line up. I realized too late that this channel was rather slanted and thus the shrouds were quite different in length. I would have had to demolish a lot and re-string and re-cover ropes. Then it occurred to me that this is not a warship built with military precision but an ordinary work boat, a flute that could be built cheaply. And then not everything sits exactly straight.

The next job is to install the caps and the topmasts with their rigging.
And oh yes, also tie a few knots for the weaving lines.
That's for next time.

To be continued.

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This rigging gives her a nice and robust view, Jan.
Regards, Peter
 
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