Dubz Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hello, I like to show my build of the St.Gabriel here too and hopefully it is for interesst for you 🙂 History: St. Gabriel from 1728 Vitus Jonassen Bering was a Danish naval officer in Russian services. He led the First Kamchatka Expedition from 1728 to 1730 and from 1733 the Second Kamchatka Expedition, on which he died. Among other things, "Columbus the Tsar" proved that Asia and North America are not connected. In 1728 Bering had the 18-metre long sloop St. Gabriel built. From July 1728, he used this ship to explore the coast of Siberia in a northerly direction, discovering several islands and penetrating further and further into the Arctic Ocean without finding a land connection between Asia and America. On 26 August 1728, due to bad weather, Bering gave the command to turn around and turned back at 67°18' north latitude. Although he had already crossed the strait later named after him, he did not provide the final proof that there is no land connection between Asia and North America. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering I will not lose so many words, rather let pictures speak. The basic hull structure Size comparison with the Maria (same scale) Second planking Unfortunately, the veneers do not quite "fit together" in terms of grain, see above and below the wale. First "oiling", always nice to see how the whole wooden structures are highlighted and everything darkens. The wale and first photoetched parts. The waterway. The handrail (consists of two layers of veneer) Here you can see that color comes into play. You won't find much information about St.Gabriel in the net, I stumbled over a picture where this typical green colour is shown and I want to try to add a little more individuality. Master Korabel kits have the ... haha ... "disadvantage" that they all like to look equally damn good. They are really one of the best kit designs I have ever had in my hands. Nice pear wood is also included 🙂 Cheers Dirk 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Gidday Dirk, it is a beautiful model you're doing. And an interesting story too. I never knew how the Bering Strait got it's name. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Thanks Jeff and the likes, very much appreciated 🙂 The winch was built. A small miniature model made of umpteen parts. The result is really good. And it continued with various small components. Now it was the turn of the side-swords. Beautiful pear wood, all laser cut and etched parts fitting exactly. That was fun 🙂 This ship has an incredible amount of a Dutch poon. It's hard to get good information about her. Cheers Dirk 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Cracking job Dirk. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 Thanks Stuart & the likes 🙂 Small things done 🙂 I continued with the rudder. And some deck stuff. With this almost all work on the hull is done and it goes already again to the rig .... Cheers Dirk 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Great wood work skills on show and a very fast pace of build 👍 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 What a great looking model! i must read up on Bering. My ignorance is shocking. 😕 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Well @Dubz, you have inspired me to do a little reading up on Bering. It seems those expeditions were absolute nightmares and that Saint Gabriel was a truely heroic ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Very neat and tidy work - lovly end result. A very robust and purposeful looking boat Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Thanks a lot for your very kind comments and likes 🙂 I am happy you like this build. Yes Bering and his expeditions is a very interesting lecture. I didn't know either before. I also didn't know about the major dutch shipbuilding influence at this time. Zar Peter studied shipbuilding in the Netherlands that explains why the St.Sabriel has kind Poon Hull and a typical dutch jacht rig :-). Something I like with historical shipbuilding that the history is revealed too 🙂 More progress. Mast made of pear. Redid the Windows (wanted to be consistent OOB ... but well the rig will be scratched again anyway ...), small stuff. And it gets ... dirty 😉 The Russians like to work with bitumen, I wanted to try it, the deck was too light for me anyway 😛 The kit includes all round timbers as dowels or as lasered (pear) square timbers to make them round in very good quality. Wish to Master Korabel: Make the lasered spars and oars longer so the could turned in a lathe 🙂 But I make all my scratch new from pear. Cheers Dirk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 I continued with details and the oars. I spent a long time studying the plans for the rig and it became clear for me that Master Korabel had planned a dutch Jacht rig (with small changes like the boom etc.). Then I grabbed the book by Werner Jaeger (The Dutch yacht in the 17th century) and read it. Yepp the Rig is a Jacht Rig, so a few small adjustments and nice little details can be added. Then I rebuilt the mast again as things were not in line .. hmpf .... I always find it difficult to get everything exactly in line and also in quarter or eighth intervals, I tried it with some thread as guide this time 🙂 With the "barrel" but not the "lobster". I don't want to become Dutch 100%y but I like to show how much influence the Dutch had on the Russian shipbuilding at Peter's time. The two spars were also reworked and fitted with cleats according to Werner Jaeger. The sails are the Master Korabel sails, and I won't do much on them either. They are fine for kit sails! I dyed it with coffee and black tea 🙂 Cheers Dirk 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Even the interest seems not that big - a big "Thank you" for the likes though!! 🙂 - I will continue the build 🙂 More standing rigging. In between the I built the Case. Deadeyes and shrouds. Images Macros More Images Cheers Dirk 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingSpanner Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Hi Dirk, I only recently joined this forum and was mildly surprised how few comments build threads receive, compared to forums related to other hobbies which I have previously frequented. It does seem to me that here use of the like function is more prevalent. I myself am guilty of this, but as a novice modeller and newcomer to the forum I feel that I have little useful comment to add. As I grow in experience I may feel more confident to post more comments. In any case, it looks like you are doing a cracking job of an interesting subject, keep building and keep posting. Don’t forget that while there may not be a lot of contemporary comment, people may come back to your thread months and years later and find it a useful resource. This has been the case for me recently looking through old build threads here and elsewhere. There is nothing worse than eagerly reading through a thread to find the original poster gave up with the thread before completing the model 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Thanks for your kind post Flying! I guess I expressed myself not very well, English is not my native tongue 🙂 I will never stop a started buildlog (exactly for the reasons you mentioned) and I am fine with likes 🙂 cheers Dirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Hi Dirk, this seems to be very good quality kit that you are doing a wonderful job Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Excellent! The rope work is astounding! Respect! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Thanks so much for your comments & likes 🙂 Lines for the swords. Deadeyes for the Stay. Then I did the stays for the bowsprit. Macros Impressions Cheers Dirk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Hi Dirk Sometimes it is a lot easier for people to just press a like button when they are lost for words at the skill that is on show 👍 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Finished the shrouds. The result 🙂 And some impressions with nice warm sunlight. Ratlines done 🙂 Cheers Dirk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Working on the running rigging. I will show the mainsail reefed (even if the sail is a bit rough and a bit out of scale .. the usual problem). Finisline is close ... 🙂 cheers Dirk 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Great work on the rigging really interesting to see how you approach it 👍 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thanks Beefy and the likes, really appreciate it 🙂 Bowlines and anchor done. Bowlines a bit simplified (without these wood block like parts) Reefing thread on the mainsail still missing (I avoid that ... haha) and securing all knots with glue. cheers Dirk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I only just stumbled across this. Not only is the workmanship impeccable but you have inspired me to resume work on my Nina/Santa Clara build. Martian 👽 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubz Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Great I could inspire you to resume your work Martian! 🙂 Built the Jolly. And, well, I'm almost done. Final non iPhone RFI Images with some minor adjustments will follow soon 🙂 Gruß Dirk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingSpanner Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 This looks fantastic, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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