Willem Barentsz by Kolderstok AD 1596

[GrantTyler]

Thanks for the tip. I may rent an electric scooter in case my granddaughter gets tired. She has to take two to three steps to our one! Then again grandpa will have to give her a ride.

Good excuse Dean…Grandpa just wants to play with a scooter . Cheers Grant

 

[GrantTyler]

So a 90% success rate isn't bad for bumbly fingers. Right??

Good morning Jan. If I get 90% success I throw a party…. Cheers Grant

 

[Pathfinder65]

Not much ship building happening. I'm "wasting" all that good time binging on the Little League World Series Playoffs. Four games today starting at 1:00 pm EDT.

But I did manage to create a small Porcupine this morning.



Just a little bit more progress.

 

[GrantTyler]

Not much ship building happening. I'm "wasting" all that good time binging on the Little League World Series Playoffs. Four games today starting at 1:00 pm EDT.

But I did manage to create a small Porcupine this morning.

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Just a little bit more progress.

Good morning Jan. Porcupine looks great. Cheers Grant

 

[Heinrich]

Building up the rear wales, Jan - that is excellent! That adds quite a bit to the overall hull shape.

 

[Pathfinder65]

Good morning Jan. Porcupine looks great. Cheers Grant

Yup you’ve got have a lot of those little clamps.

Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

Building up the rear wales, Jan - that is excellent! That adds quite a bit to the overall hull shape.

I’m following the masters build log, supplemented by the build instructions. I noticed this morning that in the deck planking step I managed to plank over the mast holes without marking their locations.

A minor misstep.

Jan

 

[Heinrich]

Just a minor one.

 

[Kolderstok]

plank over the mast holes without marking their locations

Just punch the deck until you find them again. But in a worst case scenario you might have a porcupine-attacked-deck.

Easier is to use the drawings for the correct spot

 

[Pathfinder65]

Easier is to use the drawings for the correct spot

Yup, go to kit box, find the right plan, make a copy of deck outlay, snip to size, place on deck and viola.



Pins show mast hole locations.


Jan

 

[Heinrich]

Sorted! That is really a good-looking deck, Jan! How about those front canopy railings?

 

[Pathfinder65]

Sorted! That is really a good-looking deck, Jan! How about those front canopy railings?

The front canopy railings are on my “next to do list”. There is still a wee bit of work required to close in the back of the hull. I’m definitely making progress.



Jan

 

[Heinrich]

V-E-R-Y V-E-R-Y Nice, young man!

 

[Pathfinder65]

V-E-R-Y V-E-R-Y Nice, young man!

Thank you very much.

Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

More progress today between LLWS games.

Two coats of Tung oil on the hatches

@Heinrich, what to do about the deck, clear coat, oak or a lighter stain?



Question #2, removing the bulkheads before the inner planking of that area. The build instructions indicate removing all of them, you used Piets method and left the last one. Pros/cons???

Jan

 

[Heinrich]

The hatches look fantastic Jan! Seeing that you are going to follow the Kolderstok build, I would strongly advise leaving the last bulkhead as per my and Piet's builds. You do have to cut off the two ears that protrude above the crossbar though. Remember to scribe the bulwarks on the inside with a pen/pencil using Bulkhead #7 as a guide, BEFORE removing that bulkhead.

 

[Pathfinder65]

The hatches look fantastic Jan! Seeing that you are going to follow the Kolderstok build, I would strongly advise leaving the last bulkhead as per my and Piet's builds. You do have to cut off the two ears that protrude above the crossbar though. Remember to scribe the bulwarks on the inside with a pen/pencil using Bulkhead #7 as a guide, BEFORE removing that bulkhead.

Great, I will tackle that in the morning. Thanks for the response.

Jan

 

[Frank48]

More progress today between LLWS games.

Two coats of Tung oil on the hatches

@Heinrich, what to do about the deck, clear coat, oak or a lighter stain?

View attachment 391546

Question #2, removing the bulkheads before the inner planking of that area. The build instructions indicate removing all of them, you used Piets method and left the last one. Pros/cons???

Jan

Good morning Pathfinder65,I ask, is it photo distortion or an alignment anomaly,Frank

 

[Heinrich]

Dear Frank, my friend,

If Jan allows me, I would like to answer your question if I may.

Please see the same phenomenon in my build.



And from the top.



The hull has two pronounced "cheeks" or hollows - these are areas that first bend inwards before bending outwards again. The first one that you will see at the bow (when I start planking that area) and the other one where you have indicated. Maybe that is what confused you.

On the ship of Barentsz these cheeks are still mild compared to those of the Geunieerde Provincien of 1603.






These cheeks or hollows were typical of ships of that era. Jan has built a very good hull if he has achieved those cheeks.

 

[GrantTyler]

I’m following the masters build log, supplemented by the build instructions. I noticed this morning that in the deck planking step I managed to plank over the mast holes without marking their locations.

A minor misstep.

Jan

Oops….