NAZGÛL
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Buck, you have great skills and the details your boat turned out fantastic. I cant wait to see you start the Wasa when the time comes! Thanks for the informative posts, they are very helpfull for us that are new to wood. /Matti -
Looking great Jan! Keep the updates coming. /Matti
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Wow man. That realism you get with the details. Love it! /Matti
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Wayne and Andre, glad that you liked the pics. Sorry for the quality on some of them, good pics are tricky because of the light in the museum and I only have a standard camera. I tried to get the pics and angles I hadnt seen when looking at the available reference. Mark, that sounds like Clayton. His Vasa is nothing short of amazing. I agree that the museum people is very helpful. Fred Hocker is a really great person always ready to help and explain anything about Vasa. Michael, sensitive artist huh? I guess my wife would agree with you. About my build of the ship: When deciding for color, I decided to go slightly darker with the red. I like the color of old swedish houses painted in aged Faluröd. It as a natural blood feel to it. I also decided to go brighhter with the yellow. Mine has more of a bone look to it. /Matti
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Buck, on the 1/10 they used small nails that they modified the top (nailhead?) on, and that was for every nail. The model took 5 years to build, and thats with 2 (I think) builders doing it as their job, so there must have been many hours into that model... For my scale 1/75 they say they drill pin size holes and then put tiny brass pins into the holes. I could see this on some of the models in the museum. /Matti
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Starting to feel awkward about posting given the view/reply ratio, Anyway, here is the final windows and how I did it. I wanted them green as the original Wasa. After the frames where done, I painted some clear plastic with olive green acrylic paint. I then chosed the best parts, and glued them behind the frames, the painted side is inwards so it will look shiny and not get in contact with the glue.
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Very nice work! Great that you made a log for us with a good way to do them. Its a good inspiration to see your Vasa so far ahead in the process. Im getting new ideas by your build. Cheers /Matti
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I scratched some window frames using a mesh. Its painted grey with a couple of dark washes on. Also scribed a planking pattern around the windows also. Cheers /Matti
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Ferit, I agree with that very much. Im looking forward to follow your Berlin build. This weekend we went to Stockholm and one of the things we did was visiting Sjöhistoriska museet, the maritime museum. It was very inspirational with loads of great models. Extra interesting was a big model built in the 1600, with all the interior built as well. A truly fantastic model that I hadnt heard of before. I also got the chance to speak to the guys that built and painted the big 1/10 Vasa model at the Vasa museum. They were very nice and let me and my sons come into their workshop. I got to ask questions about the models, and they showed me what they use for finish and explained how they make nails and other things. It was truly great! In my Vasa build I have planked both sides past the gunports now. Cheers /Matti
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Hej Erik, this will be fun to follow! Good that they have a nice customer support.
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Very nice work Ferit! Those clean mods you did madke the model shine. Cheers Matti
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Just a heads up for anyone interested in the Vasa ship. The museum has a short film about the ship up on their site at the moment. (The museum is closed for restoration so they are showing the film. They will open in a few days and if I understood correctly the film will not be available anymore.) http://www.vasamuseet.se/Om/Aktuellt/Filmen-om-Vasa/ Cheers /Matti
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Her red color was traditional Swedish navy red, and the figures were painted in the multi colored style they painted figures in Sweden at the time. Her richness in ornaments, her size and high built should have been quite special though. I wish there were more information made about her sister Äpplet, that was in duty for 30 years, and except being slightly wider (altered by the new shipmaster replacing the deceased Hybetsson) had similar stats and costs. I can olnly imagine how nervous the sailers would have been when sailing Äpplet for the first time... I think its a good guess they had her gun ports closed on her first trip. Michael, I think you painting the figures is a good decision. I only wondered about painting them wood could have looked interesting and natural. I did consider that myself. New painted figures look great!
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Reading it as we speak, lol. Bought it and several others when I went to the museum. Yes the 1/35 is just beautyful! Cheers /Matti
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Looking great. Well done on the paintings. I loled at the bellybutton detail. I will think of some small detail like that when painting mine. Where you considering to paint them to look like wood? There is the option to keep those canon doors closed. We know she didnt have all her guns ready when she sailed (Im not sure what ones though), and noone knows if the gun ports were open or not in the spots where there were no canons. (Id say its a good guess they where open though to look uniform) It would be great to see a Corel and BB side by side someday.
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To my understanding the original got detroyed during the years under water. I havent decided if I will let my model be without one. Heres how the CG lantern looks in the Vasa film. Read that they are changing all the bolts as the ones they used corroded the wood. She is slowly collapsing, so to give her a longer life they are making a support construction.. Seriously, for what its worth I would have been happy with the nails, so Id say keep them the way they are. You really captured the look with them! /Matti
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And finally are pics of the 1/10 and the sinking 1/50 model. I really love that one. So full of life and weathering is perfect imo. Well, back to planking the model. Cheers /Matti
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Michael, thanks for the tip. I hadnt decided on using nails, but man you got so much of her look through them! Ok, here are the most interesting pictures I managed to take. I tried to get pics that I missed looing for reference. Its really hard to get good pictures at the museum. Almost no light and the ship being so dark makes it difficult. I have worked with the pics contrast and brightness alot in photoshop, so dont take the colors as gospel. First are hull and planking pics. The weather deck and some other details. /Matti
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Jan, good to see you too. Ive seen your nice Vasa allready, and even have a pic saved of yours while being planked named "Example of good planking". You are doing very good work and its educational to follow it. David, thanks. Im glad my kit have lasercut parts. Buck, thanks. Ill fix the pic. Good find on the kit! I got my new from the local hobby store for around 300 $. Fittings are included. Being used to Starwars stuff its almost a bargain. Brian, sorry for my missunderstanding. The deadeyes in my kit looks like wood. I will not paint the sculptures gold, but multicolor.
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Thanks for all kind replys! Thanks Bob. Go for it, she is a beautyful ship and there is all kind of info. Fred Hocker, working at the Vasa museum is very nice and helpful with any questions about the real ship. Amfibius, thanks! You come a long way with black background, sunlight and Photoshop to correct the brightness. Billing Boats is a Danish company that makes all kinds of ship models. This kit is what the Vasa museum recommends for wood models. The shape is nice and close to the original. The sculptures are made of plastic. The gunports are glue on squares so I have made my own solution to that. The instructions could be better I guess, but with some thinking and planning it builds well. Info about BB here: http://www.billingboats.com/ Michael, thank you. I just read through your corel build and its very inspiring and looks very, very nice! I might need ask you some questions later on if its ok. Thanks for the link also. Im a fan of the 1/50 sinking model at the museum and have some reference pics if anyone needs them. Enemeink, thanks for the link. Ive seen it before, but its really great! Mark, thanks. I have the latest version of the BB. They are made of lasercut wood in it. Judging from the plans included it seems they made some improvements. I will make a list of what I changed/scratched when its finished, so people can judge if they want to try them. Brian, Im not sure what fittings you mean. The figures, canon hatches and the "akterspegel" is made of plastic. I dont mind them really as the shape and design is pretty good. I wasnt aware of wodden figures being offered though, so it could definately be an option. Being new in the wood model area, where could I find the wooden figures? Thanks again everyone! Cheers /Matti
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HI, Im Matti from Sweden. Ive been inlove with the Vasa ship since young age. For a long time I wanted to make a replica, and now decided it was time. I decided to go with the BB kit. It will be out of box, but some changes like open gun ports and some details changed. Having not built wood boats before I know its a hard model to start with. But I need the passion for the subject to keep a big project going. I have done some scratching before so hopefully I can use thet knowledge when building this. Ok, so here are some pics from start to where Im at in the build. I went to the Vasa museum a few weeks back and took a lot of reference. Right now Im trying to figure out how to plank this area: Cheers /Matti
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