YQ Bluenose by Johan [COMPLETED BUILD]

RDN1954 said:
Tonight I played around (amongst others) with the ladders in the fwd fishhold. I cut two columns from some scrap material, drilled 4 holes (dia 0.6mm) per column at a 5mm pitch, which is equivalent to approx 360mm.
For the steps I used 0.6mm copper wire, which I bonded to the columns.
The picture shows a dry fit installation; the ladders do still need some more adjustments, but I'm happy the direction this is moving.
Once the ladders are finished and installed, my focus will be on the bulkhead between the two fishholds and the installation of the lights for the aft fishhold.
After that I plan to start with the planking of the forward deck and all that it entails.
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Good morning Johan. Apologies I always forget to look at the group builds and play some catch up- and I missed your birthday- Happy “very” belated Birthday!! Brilliant work on your Bluenose deserves all the accolades you have received. Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning Johan. Apologies I always forget to look at the group builds and play some catch up- and I missed your birthday- Happy “very” belated Birthday!! Brilliant work on your Bluenose deserves all the accolades you have received. Cheers Grant
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Thanks Grant, for both your birthday wishes as well as you compliments, I assure you, both are highly appreciated.
Johan
 
After some hours of tedious labor the bulkhead between the two fishholds has been completed.
It required an enormous number of fit checks, reworks and again fit checks.
One of the issues is that the bulkheads between focsle and fishholds do not have any positive fix in the longitudinal direction. Both sideways and vertical this issue is not present; sideways I could build against what's called the ceiling and vertical the bulkheads are fixed by the lower deck floors and the upper deck beams.
Another phenomenon I encountered was that after applying some varnish on the bulkheads they warped terribly. It's quite simple really why this occurs; the bulkheads are composed of vertical planks, bonded together and an added, to one side only, framework. This means that the bulkheads in themselves are asymmetrical, thus prone to warping.
I suspect Peter (@Peter Voogt) doesn't have this issue: he used a sandwich construction, where the frames are sandwiched between two layers of planks.
The reason I opted for the asymmetrical option is the thickness of the bulkheads; the option I used has an equivalent thickness of approx 140mm in real life, the sandwich option has a thickness of roughly 210mm.

Another observation is that the shrinksleeves, housing the wires for the lighting, are rather large in diameter and that's while using the smallest possible shrinksleeves I could get. Once all deckbeams are in place and the deck completed the wires/shrinksleeves will no longer be visible, not even from the open RH side.

Oh, and before you ask; no, the door does not open, those hinges are fake.

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Another bulkhead I prepared is the wall between the aft fishhold and the hold below the aft cabin.
This particular bulkhead was build in situ.
In hindsight the better option would have been to make a template and then build the bulkhead as a separate assembly.
Looking at the picture, I noticed that I still need to add a beam from the top center to the lower left edge of the bulkhead.

I must say that I am quite pleased with how the cutaway of the bulkheads turned out, I find them to be pretty convincing.

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Next are to the fwd fishhold ladders and more soldering... Yikes.
 
Very detailed work as you are on your way to achieve a very authentic below-deck look. I do not only find the cut-outs convincing but also the complete wall assembly.
 
dockattner said:
Wonderful Johan. I can't even imagine how difficult it must have been to work in this small space and get it all to go together.
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Thanks Paul!
For both options, in situ or prefabricated, the available volume, or lack thereof, is an issue. There's simply no room to work. Especially checking the fit is a nightmare.
A trick I now use is to temporary install a bulkhead, take a picture and check the fit against those parts not accessible with the human eye. Repeat as often as necessary.
 
Heinrich said:
Very detailed work as you are on your way to achieve a very authentic below-deck look. I do not only find the cut-outs convincing but also the complete wall assembly.
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Thank you Heinrich!
I find this below deck detailing very satisfying, although not much of it will be visible once complete...
 
RDN1954 said:
After some hours of tedious labor the bulkhead between the two fishholds has been completed.
It required an enormous number of fit checks, reworks and again fit checks.
One of the issues is that the bulkheads between focsle and fishholds do not have any positive fix in the longitudinal direction. Both sideways and vertical this issue is not present; sideways I could build against what's called the ceiling and vertical the bulkheads are fixed by the lower deck floors and the upper deck beams.
Another phenomenon I encountered was that after applying some varnish on the bulkheads they warped terribly. It's quite simple really why this occurs; the bulkheads are composed of vertical planks, bonded together and an added, to one side only, framework. This means that the bulkheads in themselves are asymmetrical, thus prone to warping.
I suspect Peter (@Peter Voogt) doesn't have this issue: he used a sandwich construction, where the frames are sandwiched between two layers of planks.
The reason I opted for the asymmetrical option is the thickness of the bulkheads; the option I used has an equivalent thickness of approx 140mm in real life, the sandwich option has a thickness of roughly 210mm.

Another observation is that the shrinksleeves, housing the wires for the lighting, are rather large in diameter and that's while using the smallest possible shrinksleeves I could get. Once all deckbeams are in place and the deck completed the wires/shrinksleeves will no longer be visible, not even from the open RH side.

Oh, and before you ask; no, the door does not open, those hinges are fake.

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Another bulkhead I prepared is the wall between the aft fishhold and the hold below the aft cabin.
This particular bulkhead was build in situ.
In hindsight the better option would have been to make a template and then build the bulkhead as a separate assembly.
Looking at the picture, I noticed that I still need to add a beam from the top center to the lower left edge of the bulkhead.

I must say that I am quite pleased with how the cutaway of the bulkheads turned out, I find them to be pretty convincing.

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Next are to the fwd fishhold ladders and more soldering... Yikes.
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A beautiful personal interpretation and solution for these walls, Johan. And yes, it is tinkering in a very limited space.
My reason for planking the inside walls on both sides: The Fisheries Inspectorate came by. Hygiene rules for the storage of fish. As few nooks and crannies as possible where the fish or their remains can accumulate. And flat walls are easier to keep clean. ;) All those rules, rules rules ............ yak!
Regards, Peter
 
Peter Voogt said:
A beautiful personal interpretation and solution for these walls, Johan. And yes, it is tinkering in a very limited space.
My reason for planking the inside walls on both sides: The Fisheries Inspectorate came by. Hygiene rules for the storage of fish. As few nooks and crannies as possible where the fish or their remains can accumulate. And flat walls are easier to keep clean. ;) All those rules, rules rules ............ yak!
Regards, Peter
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That's the beauty of this build; no one exactly knows, so we happily soldier along. ;)
My guess, or even bet is, that the Dutch fish(er)y inspection came by and reinforced 21st century rules on an early 20th century fishing boat... ROTF
And I so do like to show the wall's structure, rules be d....ed, eh disregarded, I mean.

I'm afraid, I mentioned this few times already, but it's not hard to find inspiration and examples to follow for this build. Never thought I would be stepping away from the build instructions like I do now.
 
Work on the deck beams is progressing nicely. The beams have now been installed upto the aft cabin. Slowly but surely she becomes more and more defined.
There's not much to say about preparing the deck beams and the intercostals between the beams for the fishhold access panels. A lot of filing, sanding, fit checks and repeat until you reach a satisfactory result.

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Between installing beams, the lights also have to be added, meaning preparing the beams with the lights and wires, check the lights, install the beams and solder the lights to the lead wires and check the lights again.
The picture below shows the two lights in the aft fishhold. The red arrow points towards the bulkhead between the two fishholds.

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A shot of the aft fishhold, with the cable tray on the right. The cable tray is in my humble opinion a decisive success. It allows me to neatly stack the wires in the tray, without getting a disorganized image.
Between frames 37 and 38 is the feed through of the main power supply. This is now hooked up to the lead wires, running from fore to aft. Checked the lights and success!
Three more lights to go...

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Wow - Very impressive Johan - and I love the color of your wood finish - rich and warm! Thumbsup
 
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