Baker

Beautiful update Michael.

Nice job on the rigging and the repair.

Nice work Robin.

The untreated walnut is very realistic.

And, after treatment with oil or varnish it becomes indeed a red / dark brown color.

Most finds of remains of ships from this period have rectangular gun ports.

Reason : The greater the height of the gun port, the higher the elevation angle that the cannon can have.

Welcome back. And greetings from Belgium.

Beautifully made Binnacle Christian.

And good luck with the build.

Greetings from Belgium

Thanks Steven, Robin and GL

Robin,

I first made a test board / plank.

My treenails are actually 0.2mm too large in diameter (1mm while they should be 0.8mm). At the test, 1 mm looked good. And a 1mm drill is stronger and breaks less quickly.
Therefore, 1 mm treenails are used. 

I also discovered that the treenails are almost invisible under 2 layers of white paint (below the water line).

Perhaps I also provide treenails here , or maybe not. Applying about extra 1500 almost invisible tree nails ??? pfff...

Small update

The treenailing "adventure" continues.

I also discovered that the wales were not blackened in the time prtiod that this ship was sailing.
The whole idea of painting the wales black was partly based on a translation error from me ( my knowledge of the English language is apparently less than I thought).

I also found, somewhere on this forum, a topic that confirmed this.

On one side, most of the black is already removed. Treenails and bolts need to be added to the wales.

Robin,

Some builders paint the edge of the plywood frames black. Before applying the fillerblocks.

This way you can see better how far you can sand.

As long as black paint remains visible on the widest part of the frame its ok.

Dutch,

Schilder de zijkanten van je spant zwart vooraleer je de balsa blokken aanbrengt.

Als je daarna begint te schuren moet er nog zwart overblijven op het breedste deel van je spant.

Altijd juist, en nooit te veel afgeschuurd.

Great start Robin

Balsa next...lots of saw and sanding dust I spose. 

When I have to make a lot of dust whit sanding, the admiral sends me out into the garden 
There i can make dust as much as I want 

Greetings from Belgium

Robin,

As promised, I will follow,

If I can help, just ask.

The first interesting link :

I searched in google for : "kriegsmarine rettungsfloß farbe"

And found this :  http://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=5660.0

They speak about 2 colors

Start WW2  : auf einigen Farbfotos zu erkennen, ein fahles Gelb  fahles gelb =  dirty yellow

 In 1941 : Schlauchboote waren Taubengrau   Taubengrau = pigeon gray

Hopefully, this will answer your question

6 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

 

I don't know if "boring" in your language also means "drilling" as it does in English. Or is it just a wonderful coincidence?

 

Steven

" boring" : Has indeed complete different meanings in Dutch and English. 

Christian,

Thanks.

At 1/64 scale the treenails will indeed be small and almost invisible.

Robin,

Congratulations with your finished model.

Very, very, very beautiful.

Well done. 

Steven,

Great to see that this problem has been solved.

Ps,

I work in a chemical factory. And Iso Propyl Alcohol and Ethanol are 2 complete different solvents for us.

Patience and time.
And if the first attempt fails. keep on trying again.

That helps me 

And thanks to google translate
Without that, I was not here either 

looks good.
Well done Ondras.

Thanks Michael, Lawrence and  everyone that likes and follows.

Cherry wood is indeed very suitable for modeling. I still have enough stock as firewood. This is now set aside for modeling.

So wood enough, but time, too little.

It was here over 20°c last week. very exceptional for the end of October.
Nice weather to work outside ...

But I was not at home. I just returned now from a week vacation (also in the sun). Having a lot of time to read and study.

Not all ships of that time had treenails. Some had treenails, others mixed with nails. Or only nails.

However, the nails were usually always sealed with tar or some kind of resin. 

The underside will be painted white. 

I did some tests, and the treenails are no longer visible on the model after painting. So, under the water line, no treenails (less work ) 

I've also looked at what the armament of the ship will be.

The heaviest caliber will be 3 and 4 ponders. 

Bore diameter 3 "and 3" 1/3” (76mm and 85 mm). weight per piece 800 and 1200 pound (400 and 600 kg).

Larger caliber looks too heavy on ships of this size.

Thanks for following

Well done Nils,

Can you tell me where the figurines are available?

ps.

Since the Billings model only provides one layer of planking. Is it best that filler blocks are used on the front and back of the hull.

This will save you a lot of frustration on planking the hull.

welcome back and good luck with the further construction of your wasa.

I have also built the Wasa of Billings (my first wooden ship build).

Greetings from Belgium.

Greetings from Belgium