MEERMIN Dutch wijdschip 1/44

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Ferdinand Leeke (Munich School)
"The temptation of the Mermaid" and in German it is undecideable who is goint to bring temptation to whom
So it could be:
"The Mermaid's temptation", too.

So why a second thread about the "same" build?

This one is the wider hull for a different changed rigg, with more canvas - as she has to go along the coast line not able to pass the Gouda narrow passage - so the crew belonging not to the brown but blue water seamen.
I do have to enlarge der drawings by 192% instead of 175,1% for 1/44 to become a 70Amstdm'Foot19,81m prototype. I have to remember that all the ergonomic parts (doors, ect.) will stay the same size as with LAMANTIJN, as they weren't bigger in size, as Ab wrote in his article. He resized the Witsen's Wijdschip into a Smalschip - I do it the way back. So this will work - hopefully.

So MEERMIN will be a bigger and more decorated model in the wake of the knowledge and progress of LAMANTIJN, and I want to give her a topsail, as shown by Ab:

Here a quite right rigg:

If anybody has special information to this bigger boat I will be very interested to get those. Anything about launches, decoration, and everything else a greenhorn may not know.

So MEERMIN will limb a bit behind - due to her fishtail and making use of the collected expieriences duiring her smaller sisters build.

So I will have to work on a new set of copies.

 

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Today I glued togeather my DIN A3 drawings - this is my method:

I.
One side of this pair is cut and laid atop the other (weighted down) part of the drawing:


II.
The the upper sheet is slowly and percicely "pushed" carefull into the correct position and two stripes of clear tape do hold it in place:

III.
So the top sheet can be turned over (like a book page) and glue is applied - then the upper side is turned back so both sides do fit perfectly:


"Ergonomical parts"
Here the comparison between the enlarged parts (by 192% top) and the 1/44 scaled cabin and door (below) for my idea of same size for doors and other "ergonomical" items:
Till now I do think, the do not need to be enlarged (or we're in bigger boats bigger doors?)


I do think the bocks do rise in size, to stay in propper strength to the bigger forces by the bigger rigg, am I right?


How the "bowsprityard" was fixed towards the deck? Like a light nonpermanent part part or deeply fastened like a bowsprit?

My question is certainly if the hatches for anchor rope and down into the hull were these enlarged or stayed the very same size on a wijdschip?


Sources and ideas:

Here three pictures of wijdschips I found very interesting - in particular due to the lots of canvas:

...and showing real situation in everyday's business in habor with a loaded deck (I would like to add as a guard in habour a big black ship's dog - was this the case as with Western-Prussian trade barges?)

So and an (to me) unknown flag and pulled launch:


So for the very last - this is MEERMIN in her hole size and hull's beauty


Hope you do find this interesing, too.

 

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Hello, to get some progress into this thread I
started a night shift's over hours...

I cut the edge of this cardboard into proper shape by a shining new blade and a quater of an hours time by six Passes through the cardboard. So the keel edge of the spine started to be glued on top a 3mm thick bookbinder's cardboard for the first alinement and to get bond over night:

The thick ruler is the right wight to press the paper along the cardboard edge, so the result is satisfying - hopefully...

Here a closer look towards the wijdschip's spine and the dimensions of the bulkheads' slots:


So the very first nail ist driven in!