Building Trawler FR927 Propitious

A movie with buildingpictures of Antje

New project: KW88, Pelikaan Dutch Beamtrawler 1999

Last model was a real challenge for me to build. Little was known about the ship, drawings weren't there and photo's were scarce. But I mannaged to build a good looking and correct model and I am very happy with it. But for the next model I wanted something easier. Not easier to build, but a ship from wich is more information available. I found this in the Dutch beamtrawler KW88, Pelikaan.

It's a trawler build in 1999 and named UK153 Lub Senior but sold in 2007 and renamed KW88, Pelikaan. KW means it's hometown is Katwijk. It has a 2000HP Deutz engine and the dimensions are 42,40m long and 8.50m width.
The trawler  uses two bottomtrawls (sumwings) and uses electricity to fish (pulse fishing)

The model will be in scale 1/75 wich makes a model of +/_ 56 cm (22inch)

Here a photo of the drawings I use. They are printed in scale 1/75 so very usefull

End pictures KW49 Antje

Here are the final pictures of the Antje, KW49. It is a ship from the village Katwijk and I made the pictures also in Katwijk.

Last pictures before completion

Some photo's of the progress. I made some nice copper decklights wich I like very much. They are made of ps but are painted and weathered like they are old copper lights. Next update I hope to show the completed build.

Decklights

Decklights fitted. Here will be a mast later

The reardeck with the sail in place

And a last photo from the ship like she was before refit in 1969

Sneak preview

A little sneak preview of the work I did in the paintshop. Next pictures will come when she's finished.