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So here is my tail on the third try. The first one broke along the grain. I was a bit to aggressive with rough cutting the shape. ☹️. The second one looked more like a ground snail all curled up. 😂. The one below is the latest and the one I am going with. It took me almost 3 1/2 hours total so far but I am happy with it. I thought the tail would be easier than the head but it posed a whole new set of problems! I added some spikes to dress it up a bit. Right now they are just dry fit and maybe just a bit too long. Tom
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Hi Steven, Thanks for positive reinforcement. I admit I took the first one I tried and used it as a test/learning piece. 😁. I have a new found appreciation for those who can just take a block of wood or stone and turn it into a lifelike piece of art with amazing realism. Tom
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Hi Ian, The hinges and hasps for the sea chests are nothing more than paper strips colored with a black Sharpie pen. They are about .020” wide by about .100” long. I glued them down with ordinary wood glue. Tom
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Carved up some details today and got them dry fit. Now he’s a fierce and formidable escort complete with serpent horns, tongue and saber teeth. Okay, so he only measures about 3/16” wide by about 1/2” long from nose tip to nape but he has a mean bite. 😂. I would have made him fire breathing but being part of a wooden boat, it didn’t seem like a good idea. 🤪 Careful, don’t get too close! He bites. Tom
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Chugging along with this build now that I have all my fall clean up finished. I made all the pieces except the sail and the dragon’s tail. I have started on the head and for my first ever carving and I am feeling pretty good about it. 😁 Here are a few pics. Here are some of the finished pieces. The mast post or “fish” with the oar holders dry fit. The squares on the cutting mat are 1 inch just to give an idea of the scale. and two of the 31 sea chests I made, complete with hinges and hasps. I also decided on a grayish mottled color for the hull with black shield rails for contrast and accent. I was thinking the main color of the dragon will be an olive drab green with black accented relief carved scales covering the stem and stern posts. We will have to see how that ends up. I also finished making all the rigging fittings like the “blocks”, connecting fiddles and cleats. Those were fun to make at this scale (he says sarcastically). 😉 I need to come up with an idea for the look of the sail. Not sure what I want yet. I see a google search in my future 😂 Tom
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Managed to put on some rails to hold the shields in place. Inserted one of my scrapped shields to test it out. Tom
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Thanks Steven for the dragon head ideas. That is the next hurdle which frankly scares the fire out of me. 🤪. I did manage to get the front sides of the shields painted. Just need to stain the backs and work on attaching a handle. I will definitely check out the link you sent. It was a bit tedious but they are done. The actual diameter is .520” (13.2 mm). I will be using blackened escutcheon pins for the center hand protector. Not sure about the handles yet. They will be pretty small. Tom
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I decided to make some of the “accessories” for a change of pace. The mast stop was fun with all the 3D shaping and sanding. Also made all the oars along with a few spares. They are a bit delicate so I made a few extra just in case something “unplanned” happens. 🤪 I also made all of the little benches for the oarsmen. They were a bit “fiddly” to make and took a bit more work and time than anticipated but doesn’t everything? And finally made all the necessary shields (28 of them) for the sides of the boat. I still have to drill the center holes and then place the hand protector metal cup over it. Then on the backside, put a gripping handle the will also serve as a mounting point to tie the shield to the hull. Then of course is all the painting of the different shield designs. I am thinking 7 different patterns. Still a ways to go to finish up the shields. That gives me more time to decide on the overall color scheme of the hull and deck. Then I need to come up with an ornate looking pattern to put on the curled part of the keel. That will be a challenge. I am thinking of a dragon head for the bow and tail for the stern. I have seen some pretty interesting ones on the internet. I just have to figure out how I am going to make them at this scale. Tom
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Some more slow and steady summer progress. I finished the hull planking and the deck sections. The deck sections are made using a 1/32” thick piece of basswood and shaping it so it is a snug fit to the inside contour of the hull. Then I glued .025” thick pear strips on top for the finished piece Finally, the edges were sanded to a close fit to the shape of the hull. Everything is still dry fit until they absolutely need to be glued in place. This gives me the option to remove pieces if I run into some problem with the order that I am assembling everything. I think the next step will be to cut the slots in the hull for the oars. That should be fun. I also need to start thinking about a color scheme. Tom
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Hi Dave I have seen the model by Pavel. A fellow modeler brought it to this past Northeast Conference. It was under construction so only the hull and decking were completed. She did an amazing job on it. I actually have the model (won it at the Northeast Conference a year ago). I decided not to build it because it is very large. For this particular model, I wanted to do it in a much smaller scale which is why I am scratch building my own version. Tom
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Hi Rick, Hope your summer is going well. Thanks for the compliments. Yeah this one is quite different from the Morgan. It is actually tougher with regards to the planking. The clinker style planking helps a bit to hide some “non-perfections”. 😂 Tom
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It’s summer so progress is very slow in the shipyard. I did finally get the hull planked up to the sides a.k.a, “the hard part” on this model. At least I think/hope so. 🤪😁 Still have to do some sanding but it will get there eventually. 😜 Tom
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My 2 cents. I like the blocks in the second picture. In the top picture, they seem a bit on the reddish side. Maybe it is just how the pic came across on my phone. Tom
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Hi MSW, I was going to take the summer off from building anything but alas, I have the sickness. Being inspired by watching all the Viking series movies on Netflix, I started building my own Viking longboat. I am using a paper done by Dr. Biscoff on the Oseberg as a guide. It is quite detailed so there should be more than enough information to scratch build something similar. I will make up my own carvings for the bow and stern to personalize it. here are some pics from the beginning of my journey. The keel is made from .080” thick plywood I made from some basswood I had lying around. The frames and planking are made from my neighbors’s pear tree we cut down last summer. I guess I went overboard with the scratch idea by cutting down and drying my own wood 😜 Tom
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Hi Jack Glad to see your back at it. Tom
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