A Pink

[Don Boose]

Great to see two historic Dutch ship types being designed and built in the Forum.

Although I've never successfully build a ship model, I have a fascination for maritime history and am always delighted with such threads. I always learn a lot, and I love to pour over the images of these beautiful vessels.

Don

[kentyler]

ships are fun, more than any other kind of model you can come a lot closer to actually putting in all the parts that were there in the original

i cut a plank
transferred the heights from the notches on the 5 frames
and fitted the plank to the ribs

i had to add a template for the curves at the front and back

the first sign that this approach was not going to work out

[kentyler]

with the shape

i could not get what i thought was the proper shape at the bow and stern with this method of plank bending

i decided i needed a different approach,

i remembered an article i had seen on building clinker built ships boats, so i decided to try its approach

so first we make a plug that has the shape of the hull inside the frames

i was able to salvage the bottom

tomorrow we will fill the hull, then lay out the planks on it

[abhovi]

As the planks overlap with the upper over the lower it might be a good idea to start below and work upwards.

[kentyler]

i was going to "cheat" and not actually have the overlap, just butt glue the planks to each other

using the solid plug as a base to lay out the planks on i will be able to follow your advice

[kentyler]

we go again

the bottom (before cleaning)

for the holes in the stem i considered making the stem from wood (the holes are pretty small), but then i tried drilling the paper and pushing thu some superglue
which worked fine... except that when i took the picture the wood got glued into the hole :> and had the be drilled out again
the steam has some very shallow cuts where the ends of the planks will butt

[kentyler]

at a time,
i had to cut out the space for the stem and stern from the center piece
then i laid out a "loom" of 7 radiating lines that will let me space my 8 planks for the side
i use a thin strip to take off the dimension of one of the bulkhead sides
then use the loom to divide it into 8 planks
then use the same strip to transfer the marks back onto the bulkheads
(a mistake here... some of the bulkheads do not actually come all the way down to the mounting plate)

[kentyler]

and more marks
with the bulkheads marked for planks
i start cutting what is called in the plans the "zoomplank"
i have to cut by eye, bending it around the ship and marking it and cutting
then trying the fitting, marking again and recutting
i leave a little extra to stick out past the bottom planks... we'll trim that later

[abhovi]

That's the way to do it. It takes time if you are unexperienced, but you will learn quickly and in the end this method will produce a good hull.
Good luck.

[kentyler]

about a story harold underhill told
he was talking with a couple of men who built clinker built boats for a living and asked them what their system was for calculating all the compound curves when they cut the boards.

they answered that they had no system.... they just cut them to fit.