NAZGÛL
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Thanks for the kind words. Yeah I made them slightly squared where they connect. I didn't get them perfect though. After cutting them in the right length, I shaped them with sandpaper and a drilling machine, don't know the English word for it, the small one for screwing screws. The thicker end is not sanded and when the overall shape is nice, just shape and square the thick end with a knife. I don't think it should be too prominent at this small scale. The bars were easy to do, the squared holes were much trickier imo. /Matti -
Thanks all for the nice comments and likes everyone! Mark, I was considering that, but it I really like the look with the bars on. I did consider the setup with only 2 (4) bars like on the real Vasa today but ended up with 3 (6). Karl, you may consider making yours slightly shorter like I did; to my eye the BB instructions numbers would make it to big. Thats only my gut feeling though. Popeye, thats funny, I wonder if they did theirs based on Vasa's and then used it for others? Keith, cheers. /Matti
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Cheers guys! Popeye, you mean the capstan is a BB standard version? It's pretty close to the real Vasa capstan so I would have guessed it was designed after the original one as seen below on the 1:10 model in the museum. I also scratched the bars from suitable sticks I have. Nigel, ha I thought I slowed down when starting carving stuff, but you're right, painting the ornaments takes some time to do, still it's the part I enjoy most. /Matti
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Thanks for the kind comments everyone! Lawrence, yeah spring is here and that means I have to do some chainsawing and other things now so I have less time to work on the model atm. Mobbsie I had to redo the big main part a couple of times to get it the way I wanted. Making the thin hadles was also a bit tricky as they wanted to break when shaping them. Thanks again! /Matti
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Hey all! I've made the capstan. It was nice to do a more quick moment after the carvings. First a picture I took at the museum: And here is mine: I tried to make it slightly smaller compaired to what the instructions say. I also reshaped the vertical parts. It's made of 20 parts and I weathered it prior to assembling to shade the wood the way I wanted. The glue would make the weathering difficult. /Matti
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Great to hear about the museum! Your modeling skills definately makes up for a museum quality. Remember to post pictures of your models in place. /Matti
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Clever! I'm really looking forward to see how this will look. /Matti
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Sorry, I missed yor post. Yeah, you'd get the hang of it right away! Norske love is a beautyful ship. Cheers /Matti
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I got hooked by the carving bug and decided to try and make the small tritons sitting above the lion. The ones with red hats, my wife refered to them as Totem Santas and that's a good name to describe them. First reference pics: I used lime (ha thanks Nigel) and it was pretty small to carve and ended up quite fragile, so I wanted to mount it as soon as I could so I wouldn't break the fin. I feel it was missing before, and I grew found of it´s quirky and odd design. /Matti
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Many thanks mate, that's helpfull. Judging by descriptions I guessed C was lime or pear. I liked working with it and now I can buy more knowing what it is. /Matti
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Here are three different planks and I'm wondering if somene could help me with what they are: A is really hard and splints easily, smells nice. Haven't tried to bend it wet. B to me seems to be obechi, soft and smelly. Easy to shape when wet. C is also hard, but holds together well, also smells nice. A little harder to shape when wet. C is what I used for the Hercules carvings and it felt nice to work with. /Matti
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Cheers mate! Right now we have spring weather, but it's colder at night so it's still snowy some mornings. We had a few long winters lately so I'm happy this one is short. /Matti
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Thanks buddy! /Matti
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Thanks for the nice comments and likes everybody, most appreciated! Scott, just go for it, it's fun. MarisStella, I ment the sculptures that were not included in the kit. I'm thinking of maybe four more, but I need to consider if I can make them. Sorry for being vague. Karleop they sit at the corners below the lower galleries. I mounted them yesterday. For me it's a big change in her appearence, but I'm looking at her everyday. At the same time I hope the carved ones blend with the originals. /Matti
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Hey all! I'm finished with the second Hercules. There is a theory that he is older than the other Hercules. He decided to put som clothes on this time. I enjoy carving, in some ways it is like painting. I may do some more sculptures for this model. /Matti
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The model will be there when you get the time. /Matti
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Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
NAZGÛL replied to *Hans*'s topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
No problem. Great job on your model, I really like Batavia. /Matti -
Very nice! I'm impressed with both the high level off your work and the commitment you show. /Matti
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Nice work Andre! /Matti
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Amazing work on the cabin Vivian! You are a very skilled modeler. /Matti
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Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
NAZGÛL replied to *Hans*'s topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Sorry for my late reply. It's called Vasa 1628: Människorna, skeppet, tiden and should be easy to find on the web. The DVD is in three parts: 1: Building and sinking. 2: The trial, what happened to the people and then the salvage and reconstruction. 3: How they did the film and some facts and stories about the time by the writer and director. Subtitles in english and german I think. /Matti
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