Baker

Hello everyone

Jan,

I Hope you find our Belgian beers delicious

I stick to maximum two beers. Otherwise I have always a hangover the morning 

well,

The lantern is fixed on the ship

It is not a plan or a plan b

But something in the middle.

After three unsuccessful attempts to make wings for my angels. I decided that my angels will remain wingless.

I had reached my limits in scratch building.

On my lantern I have used figures in 1/72 scale.

Therefore, there is not enough space between two figures to put wings on them.

But,

I found pictures of a lantern on the Duth VOC ship The Batavia (build in 1627-1628).

Here is shown a lantern with approximately the same figures, but without the wings.

Wasa and Batavia are both build by  a dutch master

So why not go further with this example, I decided.

So if someone wants to build my lantern with angels and wings.

Make the lantern wider or use figures in scale 1/87

Any figures that you want to use, use figures without helmet. Saves a lot of work!!

I have attached a pdf with a drawing

Dimensions are in mm (1 millimeter = 0.0393700787 inches)

(Extra small details in plastic strip are applied on the lantern)

Painting is gold and gun metal)

schets lantaarn.pdf

The rudder is fixed  with rope and the anchors are in place

Now it is searching for flags and attach them. And then the model should be finished.

For now it's back to military modeling. And in the meanwhile think what model ship I'm going to build hereafter.

Patrick

A few drinks a day, keeps the heat away 

New Belgian way of life .....    

And I might have luck with the lantern 

1. Base coat :Gun Metal X10 + Flat base X21
2. Let dry for 24h 
3. Apply a wash with a mixture of "home made" rust paint : Desert sand XF59 + Red Brown XF64 + thinner + water
4. Let dry for 24h 
5. Attach the wire around the ring of the anchor
6. Applay a wash with a mixture of Flat black XF1 + thinner + water
7. Let dry for 24h and ready

They will be attached later on the model.

Patrick

Greetings to all of you

Thanks Michael,

• The flags that come with the kit are a 30 year old and are a disaster...

• Had the Wasa a lantern or not???

Frank, thank for your comments.

Thanks for likes, and dropping by (:-)

A few added small time consuming details, as I want to make sure that all needed items are in place before I attach the mainmast shrouds to their deadeyes.

Turns out that the pin rails that I had located at the quarterdeck were in error (first early photo). Fred Hocker said, “we got that wrong, those pin rails were added by mistake, it should have been kevels”

So pulled them out-did leave some scaring, and then put together a kevel for each side.

Aconcern from me :

I make the Wasa (Billing Boats) with sails and left these rails in place.

I will need every pin and kevel a can find for the needed rigging for these sails. 

If you remove these pin rails i think that you wil not have enough kevels for your rigging if you add sails.

Greetings

Patrick

Ps,

If there are some misspellings in my english sorry

View my model on :

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13249-wasa-by-backer-billing-boats/

Good job !!

Very nicely done.

patrick.

Good job,Patrick. I specially like the weathered look of the hull planking. Bill in Idaho

Thanks

it is the millitary modeler in my that likes a weathered look  

Good job!

Thanks

Stunning model Patrick. I think we can put the debate of poor model quality by Billing to rest. You have built a lovely model so far.

 

Thanks for all the photos.

 

Peter

Thanks for the positive reaction!!

I received this kit in 1988 (for free !!)      .

Partially started by someone else who had built it completely wrong  .

Hi Patrick,

 

Nice work !

And welcome at MSW

Thanks !!!

The making of this model was started in 2006

After visiting the Wasa museum in Stockholm.

It's my 1st wooden ship model.

Normally I only build military vehicles in 1/72 scale 

Ps,

I understand and read English.

But i've never learned to write it.