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Smaller than I thought. I don’t know how it is in real, but on my screen gold and colours balance out quite nicely. Jan
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With respect to the deck-camber: from the drawings that Fred Hocked posted in the Vasa forum, there seems to be considerable camber. Also: the way you draw the bottom timbers is not completely up to 'usual standards: the timbers lay flat on the keel, the planking goes down in the keel-rabet, leaving an open space to collect the incoming water. See drawing no 6, on this page: https://warshipvasa.freeforums.net/thread/87/vasa-ship-plans?page=3 Jan
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Coming along nicely. Those things on the reardeck are not vents: just staircases to the lower deck (at least, ghey are in the dutch Z1, that was designed and build after the first Z1 became v108) Jan
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Sometimes I think you love card-planes better than card-ships. Is the pattern of the ribs just rendering, ordid you do something to enhance it? Jan
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I don’t see what you try to tell us. The ridets are made from a number of pieces of timber, scarphed together and the scarf is secured with large dowels that are more or less evenly spaced. Or are those not the dowels you refer to? Jan
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Make sure you can still get the model out of your workshop…. A full rig at that scale will be large Jan
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My own observation: the forum had Clayton's model as main focal point. As soon as he finished his model, the remaining log's were mainly the 'standard' build logs of kit-versions of Vasa. Fred stopped being a regular visitor, because we were for the main part just lurkers, drooling at Clayton's beautiful model. And than it lost momentum as a community of Vasa-enthousiasts. But it still is a wealth of info, although it is sometimes difficult to find the info, as it was quite often just in casual remarks somewhere in a post.... Jan
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Hi, I will follow this one for sure. There used tobe a vasa-dedicated forum, interesting as Hocker was avfrequent visitor. It is non-active for a while, but the information is still there. https://warshipvasa.freeforums.net Jan
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Damaged model, looking for the original details on it
amateur replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Wood ship model kits
Although this one has a mast too many….. Jan -
Damaged model, looking for the original details on it
amateur replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Wood ship model kits
Nice model, although my huess is that there was the usual artistic license by the builder. It reminds me of the steam barques around 1900. any provenance that could guide us in the search for the original? (actually: I doubt what the function of the original was: not navy (no guns). No hatches, so not bulk transport. Passenger transport? Also: the pucs I can find show one-funneled ships. This one has two, but also a complete barque (?) rigging. Artistic license, or a clue towards the original ship? does it have a name on the transom? jan -
Just thinking aloud: can you scrape the sides of the groove using an x-acto 11 blade (preferably one with its tip broken of, to prevent the knife catching in the bottom of that groove. Jan
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How large (small) are these boats? They look tiny. You can also decide to leave the lines on, and hope nobody will notice the anachronism….. Jan
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Rigging was a bit difficult. The thread is flytying thread (mostly 8/0), wich is almost thinner than my eues can see :). Also, it’s glued using CA, and CA and I are no friends Both antennae were done twice. Took me a whole afternoon. But it was worth the additional work: adding the antennae ‘explain’ the relatively long masts. again thanks to Chris for his tutorial on this ship/kit. Very helpful indeed. Jan
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And today, I finally finished the V108 (apart from the flag, that should be there, but was not included in the download). The antennae were a bit of a struggle, but they meet my standards. Hindsight: I did not take the model completely serious in the beginning, so the hull is a bit sloppy, with painted patches. Apart from that: I’m content with how it turned out. Jan
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horses (footrope) of the flying jibboom?
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Sometimes things are longer sgo than you think…. It took some time to put up two masts and some rigging. The rigging diagram that goes with the model does not match the rigging that is done by some geman modellers, based on orher info. It aldo does not match pictures of the time. Therefore I took the ‘ in between version’. Simplified, but mote like the original. Antennae to be done, but this rigging stuff is a bit trying on the eyes (the difference between rigging line, dust and my own hairs is hardly visible) , as is the CA on my nose In other words: almost there, but still a decent amount of work to do. Also: I did not find a flag that fits the period (german imperial navy).
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Is it the deck curvature, or the height of the backwall? Inboth cases: scissors solve everything Jan
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Anyone out there working on a card model?
amateur replied to gagliano1770's topic in Card and Paper Models
I have Sibajak on my pile of ‘to do”s, but still not confifdent enough to start cutting. I read varying reviews: not easy but doable, but also “flawd, needing many work-arounds’….. Jan -
Fordson N roadless tractor by RGL - Plus Model - 1/35 - RESIN
amateur replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice! Will there be a diorama in which this tractor is starring? Jan -
Nice start! Are you going to ‘upgrade’ on the windows? Those blue squares don’t look very ‘glassy’. (although I know that all designers use this style when it comes to larger windows) Jan
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What surprises me is that these ships even made it to this day. 80 Years is quite an age. Jan
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That is what makes you what you are: the ability to reduce complicated stuff into relatively easy parts. Most people get stuck at that point (at least, I do ) Thanks for explaining. Jan
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Which reads a bit as ‘for a gifted modelbuilder like me, it is not as difficult as you think it is’ You can tell us that it is not as difficult as we think it is, but we keep looking in astonishment and awe, and tell you your work looks / is perfect. Jan
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It is even larger than I imagined. Impressive (in al aspects) model. Jan
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