TomJonas

There are some English editions in AbeBooks.uk, but very expensive. Two of the Swedish edition of the book were available at a surprisingly moderate price there.

Very good! The gunports are fine!! But are you going to stain the blocks in the rigging? They look a bit light and pale to me, not weathered oak. I am impressed how you made the masts. This is something that worry me. When you used your Dremel-base, did you hold the masts with your fingers while you sanded them to the right shape? The interior of the gunports seems to be a lot of hard work. What if one made a long square tube in the right cross-area dimensions by gluing woodparts together, and then used the saw to get the number of interior gunports you need in the right length?

Thanks Matti First of all I've got to find the boat in some Swedish Hobby shop. It seems to be sold out in many shops. And I will have to update my Wasa library with the recent books by Fred Hocker. Landströms book already ordered. How did you manage the forming and bending of the planks in the hull? This worries me a bit as there is only one layer and thus you have only one chance. And I suppose one can not use woodfilling (spackel), because then it will be problems with staining (betsning) and painting. I have seen som device like a tong which is flat on one side and triangular on the other, which could be used forbending/ shaping the planks. Has anyone experience with that? A lot of treenails and ironbolts were used in building Wasan. Some model builders have tried to get that in the hull too, which looks good. But what would the diameter be of the nailheads? And they should be blackish, not brass Furthermore I have to make a buildingplace, shifting some heavy desks and tables between rooms. It is very good to have all the stuff on the table ready, so you can work on it now and then. But a cat and a very curious kitten might be problems. After painting in oil I am interested in pigments, Have a small booklet, "Wasa bekänner färg" ("Wasa admits it's colours") which deals with how they revealed the colours. But I suppose it's covered in books. The red colour seems to be mainly hematit (an iron ore), which I think give Falu rödfärg it's colour. I used Allmogerött from Panduro on my first Corel-hull, and it is very much like your red. I will pester you and everyone with questions whenever I start building.

Excellent work! How did you paint or stain the hull to get the nice brownish colour? And the masts?? What kind of woodfiller did you use to get a smooth hull. Obviously it got the same colour as the rest of the hull. And I suppose you varnished everything after that. Has anyone used beeswax to get a smoother and more rope-like rigging?

Hello Matti Fellow country-man here, but we've better keep it in English. I just recently discovered this site. Always been interested in model building, but mostly airplanes. However, I built Corels HMS Unicorn many years ago. And I started with Corel's Wasa and almost built the hull, when I realised that there were too many inaccuracies compared with the real ship, so I lost interest. But now I've retired (pensionär) and will have lot of time. I want to build Wasa, which always fascinated me. And I have an excellent idea: I will rebuild the hull, but with a Billing Boats model. Then I will have a double version of all the rigging stuff and the sculptures: Corel and BB. Your ship is Amazing! I have spent two days going through your blogg, and really enjoyed it!! Some questions: 1.What colour would the hull of Wasa have been when she freshly built made her short journey? Some fresh tar?? The 1/10 model hull might be inaccurate in colour; it is fresh oak. And the deck too, was that coated with tar?? I saw that you used acrylic paint, which I suppose can be diluted with water. I have made a lot of oil-paintings, and there are watersoluble oilpaint avalable today. But the drying time would be a negative factor. 2. What kind of colours did you use for the sculptures? Plastic might be a problem for some types of colour. 3. I suppose you have varnished the ship a couple of times. What did you use? Some matt or satin varnish I guess.

Hello everyone! I am a bit of a novice here, though I have built a lot of model airplanes. But some years ago I started with a Corel Wasa and completed most of the hull with an acceptable result for planking and finish. I have now retired from work and will have a lot of time. Therefore I thought I would start with Wasa again. But the stern is hopelessly inaccurate and I missed making the interior of the gunports before planking. So, shall I buy a new Corel and start from scratch again, using all the excellent blogs here? But then I got a fantastic idea! I will buy a Billing Wasa, which cost considerble less than a Corel boat, probably because of better details in Corel. The hull of Billing's Wasa is, as I have understood, more accurate. And after that I can use all the excellent details and rigging stuff from my first Corel model. But I have to learn the best way to make tree-nails, and also find a way to get black metal-nails. Perhaps using some small round Nails and cut off the head?