The Statenjacht Utrecht

[Kugelfang]

I've always loved cut-away drawings and this model reminds me very much of one. Keep up the great work.

--jeff

[kentyler]

me to

a little something for the cooks in the audience
no matter how thin i make the material... its still very thick from a scale point of view
so when possible i trim it down on the exposted edges
i add the pieces to his jacket, cutting them more or less like you'd cut them to make a real jacket
he's standing at his table
and just needs a few potatoes to be peeling

[kentyler]

i'm cheating and not making the door really fit into a frame
as before, i made 3 layered doors, but i put a door on each side of the "wall" instead of cutting a hole for it and hanging the door as in real life
i decided to move to a darker brown trim
then i had to make the 2 big faucets that let the crew draw water from the water tanks (which are on each side of the mast
i made an oversize shape from bakeable clay, then trimmed it down to get the
outline, then trimmed off the sides to get the "faucet"

[kentyler]

we need some deck framing
turns out my doors did not line up right on the bow side of that wall
so i removed one,
sanded it down
installed the wall and the glued the door back in
so the inner and outer sides of the door are out of alignment by about 3/16 of an inch
as my dad would say, if you don't tell, i won't tell
i had to put in some more cross beams, using my jig to locate them and space them
the deck starts a shallow rise towards the stern at this point
then the false floor
and the "planks" laid on top of it
my deck beams are made of multiple laminations

[kentyler]

so i just vary the number of layers
here we have the deck beams over the "captins cabin" with the framing for a skylight and a stair down from the deck
the rooms on the right will not be detailed, even though they include the fastinating "beer room"
i find i like to build with the model in my lap
and my models turn out to be less precise than those built on building boards with exact measurements
i like action, i guess, and am wiling to fudge a little to get it

[kentyler]

a wall a door

i am getting the hang of the deck beams
we install the cabinet around the lower mast and the 2 water tanks (one on each side)
the the oddly kinked wall that defines the captian's cabin
and a door... the card i'm using seems a little soft for this kind of work

[kentyler]

a little detour
i painted my door (the color looks really awful here) and decided to take a couple of days off to build a REALLY old model

[kentyler]

but its going nicely
lessons learned from years of modeling
you don't have to glue all of a part at once
use a base plate to keep the hull from twisting as your glue dries
roll small parts before cutting them to size
when you cut a slot make a second cut to cut away the width of the paper you'll be inserted
when you are gluing a box, use corners....these little boxes are most annoying to glue

[kentyler]

which will be the real challenge
i'm using bamboo
which i have to split by hand, as i need to go thinner than the smallest hole in my draw plate
i'm gluing first an upright
then the horzontial rails (except for the top one)
then another upright, etc
when finished with a section, then the top rail is glued on
apply glue sparingly
a little paper usually comes away at some of the joints when you remove the rail from the jig
turn the rail over and gently scrape it off

[elliott]

Nice looking railings Ken. Have you tried covering the templates with something like Glad sandwich wrap to keep the railings from sticking to them? Just a thought....