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Welcome to MSW Neil,

And greetings from a Belgian living in Belgium 

Great to see your model grow.

A special way of building, looks like a big challenge 

Nice work Hakan 

Welcome back Michael

Yep, there will be a little bit of weathering on the colors. But certainly not too much.

Great progress and beautiful work GL

A very clever idea, this tool 

Thank you Mike, always welcome.

And a smal update

"Nails" are applied before painting, needles have been used for this. After being placed in the hull they are flattened with a file.
I have not installed treenails here. Because the planks of the upper part of the hull are normally thinner and lighter than the planks of the lower hull.
 

And now we can continue with painting

Thanks for following

well done, Dick.
Beautiful model with a lot of detail.

When I built my Vasa, I have attached a few pdfs of the Billings building plans
These were then free and legally downloadable on the site of Billing Boats. 

Maybe you better start a construction log. Then you will find help and advice more quickly.

Good luck with the restauration of your model.

Thank you lawrence,

Normally the shipyard is indeed closed in the winter. 

But I have hung a new lamp on the ceiling in my hobby room. So that in the winter months I have enough light to see enough for shipbuilding.
This new lamp has become a good investment.  If I have time available on the weekend, I continue to build on the Golden Hind.

The treenailing has taken more time than planned, but afterwards I have no regrets that I have them fitted on the model.

The painting of the upper hull is now started.

Welcome to MSW. And succes with your first build

To be honest, I would not expect too much from the value (sorry)
This is probably a unique model, but it is not an exact copy of the Vasa

Have you already read this post?

Thanks for the positive comments.

I almost have the result I wanted to achieve. So, i probably will not change it much anymore.

Welcome to MSW Mozartman, 

Greetings from Belgium.

Oscar,

Welcome to MSW and good luck with the Charly.

Your model is indeed a scratch build or semi scratch build model of the Vasa.

Greetings from Belgium

Looks great Nils.

Nice painting on the figures

Thank you Steven and GL

My loose hand, or freehand,  is best before drinking a triple beer (or any other beer).

Ps,

I can not drink too much. For some reason I always have a hangover in the morning and 2 days headache later on... 

Thanks Steven 

The idea that I think of : a thin layer of white paint with a light wash of green over it. So that the wood structure and treenails remain somewhat visible

Like this :

Work in progress ( with one thin layer of white paint)

Painting,

I do not make a brand new ship fresh from the shipyard. But a ship that has been at sea for a while. The intention is to create a somewhat weathered appearance.

The explanation of the color described in the book “Risse von shiffen des 16. Und 17 jahrhunderts” is very believable .

So, for the color above the waterline, I looked for a reddish brown or chestnut brown color where a little  pale yellow appearance comes through. 

Tamiya  matte paint  XF 64 red brown is  been used. strongly diluted with iso propyl alcohol.

2 layers of XF 64 paint has been used above the waterline.

Between the two layers is carefully sanded with a scothbrite. As well as after the last layer.

For the time being there is one layer of diluted Tamiya matt white below the waterline.

No masking tape was used to paint the water line. Why: in the 16th century there was no masking tape yet.  So painting is done with  “de losse hand (Flamish) “ or "a loose hand"  (dont now correct word in English, sorry).

Thanks for following and likes. 

Next step, painting the upper part of the hull.

Index see post 1

Next step;, mark where the waterline comes

As previewed earlier, the depth is approximately half the width

First i clamp the hull and level it.

Middle deck and aft deck are ok

The for deck is a little bit not ok

I made a tool to draw the waterline.

Where old lego can be used for. For a few moments I felt 50 years younger....

Apply masking tape.  And we are ready for painting.

It looks like your red frame is mounted too high
Glue a strip of wood round the frame
 

I once had a frame that was too low at the top

EJ,

Best carver or not the best carver. It looks very good to me.

Well done

Great start Hartmut,

I'm happy to see another scratch build Golden Hind on this forum. The book "Risse von Schiffen des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts" is indeed very helpful to build this ship.

I will follow your build

Michel looks like a friendly guard 

welcome,

In the Netherlands they already have experience with this

Google search : drijvende huizen nederland

https://www.google.de/search?q=drijvende+huizen+nederland&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj13bzkq_DYAhVFSq0KHUpmCKQQsAQIOA&biw=1153&bih=483

Hello,

All the treenails have finally been done. There are about 4300 treenails in the hull.

Earned 

I think I'm first going to put a color on a part of the hull now (red brown and white) 

thanks for following

Index : see post 1

And greetings from Belgium