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Looks great, the lions look really sharp. Merry Christmas Mark! /Matti -
Cheers mate! /Matti
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Thanks for the answer Mark. I'm ambivalent when it comes to modeling, I enjoy research very much, but also enjoy to just jump in and just see what happens, improvise if you will. I like the freejazz as much as the classical music of modelbuilding. I'm not sure I would enjoy a huge project like this. I do enjoy reading these builds though. /Matti
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Very nice progress! Its inspirational to follow along and see your work. In your opinion, whats the hardest stage of a build like this? /Matti
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Cheers guys! I started to prepare the top railing but will not add it yet. It's very fragile... /Matti
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Hey all, been working on the base for the rails this week. Pretty tedious work as I had to reshape many pieces to get it right. Reshaping also means repainting, but for some reason that part of the work feels fun. The horizontal planks are first painted with brown washes to get a slightly darker nuance. Then I sanded the outer sides to make it look like its painted. Then thin dirt streaks like it had rained on them. Then lighter washes to make it realistic and finally some light sanding to make it blend. I want to get many nuances of the washes so I had to paint all the vertical pieces using different shades of washes. /Matti
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Cheers for the kind comments Lawrence and Ron! /Matti
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Thanks, Michael, I will definately look into those when I get there. /Matti
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"In the 2nd picture is the inset pic of the actual ship? The reason I ask is if so, it appears you've got it more correct then the engraving inset in the 1st pic. I'm basing this on the doors which in the engraving from above appear vertical and yours are tilted back. In the 2nd pic inset, the doors are tilted back also. The planking appears very close in picture 2." The first insert is from Landströms Vasa book from the 80:ies. I think its drawn before the beakhead rebuild was finished on the real ship. The second insert is of the real ship. I used Landstöms pic to get a good top view and see how thick the planks should be, and then looked at the second pic to see the curved planks at the end. I think that I missunderstand you, because the doors look tilted back on Landströms pic also. "You are right about them needing some Matti Magic, it'll look great with some aging." Yeah, its actually tricky to do, as I used CA glue to mount the planks, and the glue on the plank edges will behave differently to the washes so I need to think a little about it. "The actual pic also looks to have the planking closest to the stem canted as you have it. Although its really hard to tell for sure with the steps in the way. Those should be fun to fit. Also the stbd steps look different, are those replacements, or do you know? Your also right about an unevenness in the planks, especially in the cross pieces that form the gammoning holes. You have done a great job recreating a better build!" Cheers, I hoped I would do it better, but imo its hard to recreate wonkyness. I think got "the look" of it though, even if the curved area ended up to much. I havent decided if Ill redo the area. Its still better than the stuff I did when I started this build a year back. So I might regard it as a lesson learned and leave it as it is. Yeah I definately think some steps are replaced. To make it easy to spot, they decided to leave the new made parts untreated. "Is there any chance of a photo like #2 where your Wasan is tilted to match the picture. Enough to see the inner port in comparison to the actual." Ill try to do that when I take photos next time. "Have you ever considered a model of her as she sits now. That would really show off your abilities to weather and age." I did consoder that before starting, but I wanted to see if I could do the polycrome style, a look that I love. Cheers for all interesting questions! /Matti Here is a bigger version of the inserted pic:
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Cheers mobbsie and Nigel! Yeah, I want to wait and see how they look with the steps. /Matti
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Cert Nice! I'll make sure to read your posts when it's time to rigg my model. /Matti
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This last week has been even more hectic at work, but now its close to christmas. Ive managed to make the floor planks for the beakhead. Still need to weather them to make it blend better. I made the planks thinner then the plans suggested, that also gave me the chance to make them look slightly uneven like on the real ship. When positioning them I tried to catch the irregular look of the original. I overdid the curve at the end though. /Matti
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Yeah, your call. Looking really good btw. /Matti
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Looks good! /Matti
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Very nice work! Im glad to see a medieval topic. Im also new to building wood models and it for me it takes a while to get the hang of how to work with wood. Im one year into my model and I can now see the misstakes I did in the first steps. But the misstakes arent to big and I keep them and look at them as lessons learned. I think Im one of few that actually prefer wonky and not perfect. Thats one of the things I like with the old ships: that they were handbuilt without modern ways to make them perfect. Vasa for example is very wonky and unsymmetrical and it gives a very beautyful lifefull and almost organic look that I try to get with my model of her. /Matti
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Cheers Vivian and mobbsie! Blue an Nigel, thanks alot for the help! Nigel, those look really nice and thats very kind of you. I will measure them later on and ask you for advice. First the soldering iron idea and now this! I owe you guys. /Matti
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Cheers Blue! That sounds great, where did you buy them? /Matti
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Phil, no chance, but thanks! Thanks Nigel, Im not sure, but I see 3 options. 1, make dummy carriages, they found papers indicating they where painted black and that would make it less obvious, but they would indeed look to short. 2, leave the ports closed, but that would be boring and make all the work opening tem somewhat pointless. 3. have the canons pulled in, but the ports open for light and ventilation like on Batavia below. Im guessing its not easy to find a full set of 1/75 complete guns to buy? That would be the best solution. /Matti
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Thanks mate! The beakhead has been fun to do, and BB did a good job on it. /Matti
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Papegojan 1627 by mati - FINISHED - 1/48
NAZGÛL replied to mati's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Wonderful build Mati! /Matti -
Here are the top planks and the side ledges in place. Next up are the vertical "floor" planks. The original have them quite wonky and Im gonna try to imitate that look. /Matti
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Cheers buddy, I'm working on the ledges an topside planks on the beakhead. Got a lot at work this period, so the progression is slower. /Matti
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Hi! The dust from sanding is dangerous, so be careful at those steps. /Matti
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Nice subject, looking forward to follow this. Remember to use a good mask when sanding the resin. Dangerous stuff to breath... /Matti
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