Ekis
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Thank you Popeye! The principle of the tiller is simple: the tiller is on this side most of the time, for a right-handed helmsman, but if a helmsman prefers the other side, then it is enough to change with a simple pin on the rudder. 😁 -
It starts to look like a sailboat ! The rigging is quite simple, but extremely efficient and smart: nothing is random or too much, all the maneuvers are very accessible, the lowering of the yards and sails, and even of the mast is fast and simple...
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Before building the rig (the 2 sails are not there yet, and I'm waiting to receive some stitching wires), I had to work a little on the presentation of this boat. Of course, as usual, I don't like the "thing" that is used as a base in the kit: it's ugly and it "crushes" visually this Norwegian fembøring. It looks like a big barge! So, I made a new base to give it an airy look, to bring out its streamlined lines, without the base being too obvious. So I made it, piece by piece, with 3 simple bays (including the brackets), and painted it in matte black like a part of the hull. It will be off-center along the length of the boat to make the bow stand out even more! 😁
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Small photo complement with a few more things like the rudder, the chimney and the carpenter for the scale.
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Thanx! 👍 No, the nails are not included in the kit, but I couldn't make a Nordic boat hull without putting the nails on the strakes. So, I went and got all the nails from other boats already made which always (unfortunately!) require to build the planking with nails... For the hull, I used a mahogany colored wood stain (water based), then two coats of hard coat ("fondur" in French, I don't know what it is called in English).
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The colors continue to make this Nordland even more complete. The cabin roof "with clinkers" questioned me a bit to know how to do it (the kit, of course, asked for everything flat without relation to the reality of these boats). So I finally proceeded flat to compose the offsets and keep a regularity. Then, I had to glue this "plate", adjust, cut, glue, paint. The bulwark rails are in place, the chainplates, the positions of the oarlocks, the dressing of the blue strake with black bands. The rudder is done, the whole rudder will soon be in place. It's going well!
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Thank you for the links and for the answers! 👍 It would be nice to put the contact information for the transportation companies you use here. For poor Bleriot, it's too late, but another time, it might be helpful.
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For the moment, you are the only one who had the kindness to answer... But if you know someone closer, don't hesitate to communicate the phone number! ☺️
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Thank you very much for your reply, it would be my pleasure to accept your help with this problem. I will send you a PM for contact details.
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Hello all, I need help of the modelers community living in California ! 😃 I built for a friend a Bleriot XI identical to the one I presented here. It is a 1/10th scale model from the Amati kit. I am French and I live in France. When I sent the model to my friend, I took absolutely every precaution to pack it in a parcel made by me, extremely solid, and protected the Blériot in tissue paper, bubble wrap, Styrofoam chips, etc ... In a large double box of triple cardboard made for the furniture, reinforced inside with wooden frames! We had chosen a decent carrier for the USA (UPS) which cost a certain amount of money. But this was without counting on the brutality of the customs (fr or US), or of the different transport drivers... We don't know yet, no feedback on the claim filed with UPS. The plane arrived with important damages ... To the great sadness of my friend and myself, of course. I could use someone living near Santa Barbara to diagnose the damage and assess the repairs. If anyone feels brave enough to do so, please get in touch in PM. Thanks in advance !
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The Nordlandsboat has taken some colors! The exterior is painted in matte black and wood tint with fade, the strake in Nordic blue! All the rails are still to come and will brighten up the edges, with a clay white tint like the cabin door frame. The interior of the hull also received its floor tinted rather black gray, plus the deck in front of the cabin created (does not exist in the kit) with slats that rest on 2 of the crossbeams. I'm going to start making the rear cabin.
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Well, I had to recreate almost all the couple notches that were pre-cut... It took a lot of time and I had to calculate every space between two strakes, but I did it. The boat has progressed a bit since then, I'll put some pictures of its current state soon, but I'd like to go through some steps before posting. 😁
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A small correction in this superb presentation of this Amati kit. The 2 wooden cones are indeed used to build a large tank that will be in the middle of the wooden frame/cargo box. But this tank was filled... with air ! It was not fuel, but a big rubber float (beige/brown color as in the old days)! A buoy in case of breakdown or water landing in the middle of the Channel. Louis Blériot could not swim: he had taken this little precaution anyway... 😁
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The continuation with : - the complete nailing of the strakes, - all the crosspieces in place (but not glued), - the platform in front of the cabin created (knarr style, each board resting on a crossbeam), - the bottom floor of the hull created (but not tinted or glued) in the form of removable gratings, - the tinting of the interior only, the melter will come later on the whole once glued.😎
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Thanx! But in addition to the village, I already made some boats which are grouped in photos on this Flickr link : Albums de Ekis - Flickr I hope this NordlandsBoat will join the armada properly! 😉
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The couples are in place: I won the war with the strakes! It was a tough job: a rigorous shipwright's job... So I'm going to nail him heavily! 😁
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The hull planking is done: it was not an easy fight to convince each strake to take a place...! The next step is to set up the inner frame... and to convince them to join the strakes: it will be another difficult thing. For this boat, it's really naval carpentry ! And I try to do the best I can. 😉
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A new shipyard to change a little bit the stones... This is the BillingBoats kit of a boat that you don't see much: a Nordlandsboat! Direct descendant of the landskips of the peoples of Northern Europe. The Nordlandsbaaden is a type of boat from Nordland, northern Norway, and dates from the 17th century. As a fishing boat, it had its most popular days from the 18th century until the appearance of motorized fishing boats. These boats were extremely efficient and seaworthy. They represent a culture and a form of expedition that originated in the Viking era. The boats are still built today, and they participate in races and regattas along the northern coasts. I find these boats very elegant and racy. It is of course a clinker hull, I have not yet determined the colors I will put on it. As it is a descendant of the knarr hulls, it will be a good start for the one I will make later... And then, on a scale of 1:20, it allows you to do things ! Length: 710 mm Height: 710 mm Width: 160 mm Beginning of construction :
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Thanx all ! I really appreciate: it's very motivating for the continuation of this adventure ! 👍 It's not the end, but a small boat break is necessary... (Nordlandsboat 1/20 BB) A couple of months only, I think. 😁
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I will try when I will have received a small endoscopic camera... To answer you frankly, Kurt, I don't know yet! Several choices: - build and rig the kogge printed in 3D to continue on this diorama, - start a knarr (Oseberg) kit that has been waiting for me for a long time, - start Nordlandsbaaden Model Ship Kit that has been waiting for even more, - to start the terraforming of the river harbour next to the village... For the moment, I have to finish the order of a Blériot XI mounted for a Californian member of another forum! @Canute Absolutely: be careful, this village is really in its native region in the south west of France! Charles de Batz de Castelmore, known as d'Artagnan, is a Gascon ! Well, that said, he will only be born in the 17th century... 😁
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Thank you all! 👍 @Kurt Johnson I must say that when I designed the decoration of the seigneurial dwelling with the rather complicated half-timbering at this scale, I didn't really know if the result would be up to my expectations... One of my greatest satisfactions was to see it born, facade after facade to become a real medieval house with its massive tower and its fortified balcony on the outside ! I even think that all the other houses were used to give me enough diverse experiences on materials to make this one a success... I confess without modesty to be quite proud of the result of this mansion. I see from time to time medieval dioramas, but rarely with such complicated constructions in their facade decorations. 😁
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Yes, there will be a window on it. I will take pictures outside with the whole village, when the sun will be there. In my attic/workshop, I don't have the place to take the whole thing properly ...
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Here are the last pictures of the village... Thanx all for your posts & likes, and now the next adventure...
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Well, I'm going to wait until I get the small endoscopic camera to do some tests... We'll see how to make an interesting tracking shot ! 😁 I will totally finish the bases and I'll try to make more worked pictures, I promise! No, I think I'll only put the 3 or 4 figures I have to give a scale. But the objective is to show an atmosphere, an architecture. As soon as you put characters, then the eye focuses on them and everything else is just a background. It's like in a photo with monuments or remarkable landscapes. And that's why I really hate this selfies style ! No, not sad since the extension of the medieval harbour is still to be built ...
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