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Thanks buddy, looking forward to more whaleboat updates! /Matti -
Buck, do a diorama of that! /Matti
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Thats a freaking nice paintjob!!! Man, you are a great model painter! /Matti
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Thanks mate, so far I've felt that I had some idea what to do, but the rigging means so many new steps, it feels like starting a new model. I still have lots of cannons and gunports to take care of first. Thanks for letting the likes everyone! /Matti
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Thank mate, means alot! /Matti
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Cheers Ulisses, I really enjoyed doing the flag and staff as you get controle and can get it the way you want. My nightmares concern the rigging instead. /Matti
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Thank you Lawrence, looking forward to see what you do with your flags buddy. I've been working on the main flag staff, trying to get it the way I want: I can put it on the ship, but will not glue it stuck until later in the build: /Matti
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Cheers Karl! The discussion is in Denis pinks sovereign thread. What I did in short: I used the drawing in Landstroms Vasa book and scaled it to my model. Then I cut and painted it in acrylic colors I mixed to get the look I wanted. This had no details so it worked well. When the flag is done, cut open a beer can and cut a piece like the flag. Shape the aluminum to the shape you want. Mix white glue with water, the mix should be white and slightly thicker then water in consistense. Then soak the flag in it for a minute or two. Place it on the aluminum shape and let it dry. Remove the flag when dried and if there are glossy spots where the flag laid against the aluminum, paint them with flat varnish. Done. /Matti
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Thank you Nigel and mobbsie, your comments are most appreciated! Nigel, your pointers and tips have helped me alot so cheers for that. Mobbsie, I also think flags are hard to get right. I'm still more afraid of getting the sails to look realistic. /Matti
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Hey all, one of the things I've been wanting to do for a while are the big flag. The ones included in the kit are silk but only printed on one side. They are pretty good shapewise but I wanted to make my own based on the oldest three tounged swedish flag that has survived. It's from the battle at Öresund 1658. Im basing mine on a drawing in the Landström book. After painting it I shaped it with the beer can method I learned from mtaylor. Cheers Mark it worked great, thanks Nigel also for pointing me to dennis pinks thread where it's described! It was nice not to get good controle of the shaping and then not having to worry about destroying the shape while the dilluted white glue dries. Here are pics: /Matti
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Brilliant flag! You got a fantastic result. /Matti
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I actually was about to start it earlier and then started to think of all the time it took to paint the hull, so I chickened out. /Matti
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Thanks Karleop, you get great reference for size and position in Fred Hocker's Vasa book. As a scratcher I got the habit of collecting parts when I can, and I had round pieces of wood with the size and basic shape lying around. /Matti
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I'm on the fence about nailsas I'm afraid to make it look like a tank. I can see logic in leaving them out like Clayton did. I think there's information about the original nails position. Alexander's scratch Vasa looks really great and realistic with nails, but in 1:75 it would be a challenge to get his fantastic results. I'm thinking it may be best to leave them out as I have no experience with them and focus on the painting on this build. Something to think about. /Matti
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Nice method for bending the plastic. I found using a soldering iron gives great control, and thinning down the sculptures makes it easier and makes the m more in scale. I think it's a good idea to shape them before painting them. Nigel suggested the soldering iron and it made the build so much easier for me. Akterspegeln looks really good! /Matti
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Thanks for the how to pics. I can't really help with your questions but the pen idea sounds more in scale. /Matti
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Thanks and agreed. I feel that sometimes lesser details look better at a smaller scale also. /Matti
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Small update. Did the small round sculptures at the stern. They aren't included in the kit so I had to scratch them. First one on the 1:10 model at the museum: And here are mine: The flower pattern is simplified, but was the best I could do at this scale. /Matti
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Thanks Henry! I just went through your Soeil build. Impressive stuff going on there! /Matti
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Very nice build, love the look and those cannons are brilliantly rigged! /Matti
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Great choice of model once again Vivian! Looking good. /Matti
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