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Enköping harbor by ubjs - a model railroad module in 1:45
ubjs replied to ubjs's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Oh, the pictures became bigger than I thougt, some adjustments should be done at the connection of the walls. The bottle is 75 cl, if it had been alcohol in it, we call it ¨helrör¨ in swedish. -
Enköping harbor by ubjs - a model railroad module in 1:45
ubjs replied to ubjs's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
This project stopped in mars 2020, when Corona entered the scene I completly lost inspiration for building modules for model railroading. But now it looks better again and I have taken up this one where I left it. I´m building what I call ¨advanced mockups¨, I have made most of the walls for ca 10 buildings and shall make the roofs. All in 0,8 mm card. Then I will go on and build the models on the card with balsawood and doors, windows of Evergreen plastic strips. So the mockups will be reused as ground for the ¨real¨ modelhouses, thats why I call them ¨advanced mockups¨:) Here is a picture of a solution for putting the walls together. Its for solving the transportation problem I wrote about above in june 8 2020!
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How many kits do you have on the go at the moment?
ubjs replied to CaptnBirdseye's topic in Wood ship model kits
¨Interesting note there. As a retailer of kits, I see this on a regular basis. Another way to ask this question would be, "why are you building models?" Another view of this, is it really that important that you finish the model? If you have fun and enjoy building why bother if its not finished, but that was maybe what you wrote. I dont have a problem taking up a build that I have left, if I get the inspiration. My ¨problem¨ is that after a while I feel bored and continue with some other building project, a boat or modelrailroading. I dont know if its me or the persons around me that have a problem with me not finishing models, something to think about as well. -
How many kits do you have on the go at the moment?
ubjs replied to CaptnBirdseye's topic in Wood ship model kits
Thank you for this RockinBudgie, its good to know your not alone. My answer to the question is too many and no one finished. But I still have a dream and build something nearly every day, so maybe some day ......... -
I read this thread and have a question. Two times it is pointed out that the Caldercraft kit is very hugh. Caldercraft is 1/72 and Billings is 1/75, I think its 4 cm on the length. Is that a big difference for a model ship? The price for Caldercraft is twice as much than Billings. Twice as good? BikerMart wrote that he had built Billings Endeavour and Billings Bounty. I would say that the difference with Victory is the smaller scale, 1:75 against 1:50 for Endeavour and Bounty. I think that the best ¨Victory¨ for BikerMart could be the Nuestra Senora del Pilar from Occre in scale 1/46! I compare with scratchbuilding houses for model railroading. Going from 0-scale to H0-scale would make it more difficult even impossible to do everything in the right scale (windows). I think its even worse in ship model building, I now has understood that I cant build anything in ships smaller than 1/50, maybe 1/60. I have seen wonderful builds in 1/100 but I cant understand how they build them. If I was BikerMart I would at least buy a smaller boat from same period as Victory in scale 1/75, to try the scale before investing a lot of money and a lot of time. I have several kits in 1/75, but I think my grandchildren will have to build them.
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The building of a new Swedish East Indiaman "Gotheborg"
ubjs replied to PeteB's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Up and running (feels not right about a ship). https://www.gotheborg.se/ -
Master Korabel kits I think is very good and maybe the woodenkits who is most like plastic kits. They have a Cannon Jolle from 1801, not much rigging. I think that the first wooden kits you build will not be fantastic but its fun building wooden kits. Just buy a kit and start building!
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I build on a steamboat, the hull and the superstructure are largely white. I'm thinking about which is best, to paint the hull first and lay and varnish the deck then or vice versa? I think it might be best to paint the white first because the decks should not be painted and I do not want to get white paint on them.
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I have Deagostini-kit and I think it is the same as AL:s. You could read this forum before building next steps: https://forum.model-space.co.uk/default.aspx?g=topics&f=540 You have the official build diary of Deagostini Vasa there and some members builds.
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3d printed details
ubjs replied to ubjs's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
I think it's resin. Here is a close up. It would be very good with tips on painting and sanding because I have no experience with resin.
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These are details for my kit by the steamer Bohuslän. To Mariefred from the same manufacturer, it was white metal castings. But these look good, but think a little about the color.
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What sails did a ship like Vasa have set in severe weather?
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If I am going to show a modelship in a stand, in this case Vasa from 1628, should one show the starboard or port side?
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_One idea, just plank one side of the ship.
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Hi I have both Billings and DiAgostinis Vasa and the difference is hugh, I think its not right to compare them. DiAgostini-kit price is twice that of Billings, ofcourse the most is better in DiAgostini. I am a beginner myself so I cant tell if all is ok in DiAgostini kit. I think its the same kit you could buy from Artesania Latina https://artesanialatina.net/en/ships-elite/62091-wooden-model-ship-kit-swedish-warship-vasa-1-65-8437021128031.html One thing I like with the 1/65-kit is the basic construction of the ship. Much more stable than Billings. The wood I think is better in the 1/65-kit, its really bad in Billings.
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Good to hear that I´m not alone in my hullbuilding. As someone said, ¨when you buy a kit, you buy a dream¨.
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I should have written a smile beside the statement of simple. I thought about the qualty of the material. But I think that its mostly the size of the build that makes its a experience rate. Otherwise its like every other ship, just more planks, more cannons and a lot of rigging. I´m absolutely still a beginner in this hobby, even if I have built some hulls I have never completed a build. I have built the hulls of Norden, Billing boats, Swedish gun boat, Amati, Spray, Bluejacket, Lilla Dan, Billing boats (my first ship, bought and started 1976!), Phoenix, Master Korabel. Some of them have stopped on a problem in the build and Lilla Dan needs wood that I cant get because Covid. Phoenix is on hold because I need more training in building in wood, it is a very good kit but you must be very precise in building it, no tolerances. Maybe I just like planking a lot. I have now started Vasa because that was the ship I wanted to build from the beginning. Because of the pandemi I think that I maybe not have so much time left and I should use it as good as possible.
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Try to post a picture.
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With two persons in this thread that have built Billings Vasa I try to ask a question about the construction in the beginning. Billings suggest that I shall glue two lists 4x8 mm between frames 4 - 13. If I do so I have to force the lists approx 15 mm down on the frame in the middle. I dont like that to bend it so much, did you do that and how ? Or did you do it another way? I have glued all the frames to the keel.
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Luckily I bought an old Vasa-kit for 50 euro at a market, so I can replace the unusable parts. The old things were not lasercut but straight and of better quality than in the new kit, says a lot I think. I also like Master Korabel and now I understand what a big difference it is between different manufacturers. I have at least 10 Billing kits on the shelf, no one to blaim but myself. But they are cheap so if I buy new good wood I think I could make boats of them.
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Yes, maybe I shall throw everything in this box away. Really bad material, even if i only payed 400 I think its worth 100. Thats the worst thing about kits, the material is really bad. Maybe its a european thing, no one sells US kits in Sweden, apart från Eskader who sells Bluejacket, and what a difference compared to Billing boats.
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After reading the answers here, I have to ask if I break any rule if I do not build the model in the ¨correct¨ way? I was going to start a construction log, but now I doubt if this is the right forum.
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Billings Vasa is a fairly simple model, for example, the sculptures are greatly simplified. After I bought it, there was a much better one in scale 1:65 which I also bought. So my idea is to put Billings together first and then make a smaller effort. One thing I have thought of myself is to either simplify the rigging or to build the model with masts cut 5 cm above the deck. Thought there might be more ideas on what can be made easier.
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I'm thinking about how to most easily build this model, Vasa from Billing boats. Here on the forum, there are a lot of great constructions where the builders have probably spent hundreds of hours on their models. But I want to build the model in a simpler way, I just want something that looks ok for someone who is not a specialist in ship models. I am looking for tips on how I can simplify construction.
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NEW Vasa kit from Artesania Latina -- looks to be quite good
ubjs replied to md1400cs's topic in Wood ship model kits
I think its the same kit former sold by d´Agostini. I have it och think it looks the same.
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