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Thanks for comments, pep-talk and pieces of advice. I liked and much appreciate the McKay book, I like that is it "technical" though not "maybe 100% correct" - some books I read about Wasa was 2% ship tech and 98% about was how the timber was imported and what kind of silverware was used etc. I guess the Sots also could have ended as Wasa as she was built as a show-off piece. They have found/investigated the Wasa sister ship "Äpplet 1629" this autumn. Read that Pett associate Francis Sheldon was ordered to Sweden to build "Kronan" - a ship a lot like the Sots. Sheldon aslo built the Äpplet 1663. Read that there was 8 ships called Vasa. 9 ships called Royal Sovereign. But only one Sovereign of the sea, and still...
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Just found it on this site: https://archive.org/details/richard-endsor-the-master-shipwrights-secrets-how-charles-ii-built-the-restorati/page/n1/mode/2up I think I will buy it - like the feeling of paper
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I have had this kit for two years - time to start. Got the John McKay book from UK this week. To bad - the casting quality... Reading the log from Michael
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I am working on a hammock to put in but apart from that the build is finished. I made the figure in this plastic clay, a man transforming into a dragon.
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Two pairs of dead-eyes with the cord in gray painted metal wiring. I think this will be the easiest way to somehow fix the shrouds. Put nails in the gate: Not much work left I think, I will fix the upper railing and will also have to make the figurine - will paint the boards in blue as my ship though it should be red.
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Hi, found another cannon on a local online auction site but did not get it: If I had bought it I would have placed it on upper deck but that would need some structure to hold the added weight. My build paused a bit for this. I am sort of glad I can continue with the one I got. Some update in pictures, Made the lion for the lid, found a page from Stockholm were somebody made a big one: https://www.stockholmsförgyllning.se/se/vasa-lejonmaskaron-19936243 My lion from "polymer clay": and with gold and paint: Made the "rings" using the same material: Now working on the cannon port:
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It really looks like a full scale ship, the rivets and wood color - makes it feel very old. I also need to make a show case - what type of glass (thickness) did you end up with?
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Found some interesting videos on ways to fix the rope endings, it is very satisfying to get the result. I will use a simple thin wire spun around the end on my build, though. It is easier on the thick wire. This is the final cords with blocks. The size for the blocks could have been even smaller in hindsight. The cannon is not fixed and quite heavy. The ropes will be drained in wall paper glue and fixed. I will need a way the fix the trolley, I think. The front side before attaching the planking.
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Thanks Michael, no i have no plans for the details around the ballistics but some tools and such would be nice. I have been working with the ropes and blocks - was trying the get the right size - but the rope making got mostly frustrating. I decides to reduce one that I had bought but found out (the hard way) it was twisted counterclockwise compared to clockwise as in all videos I have seen. Made the 8 blocks and then reduced them in size. Saw some page here on msd about the hooks - four are of "S" and four of "E" type:: I will make 4 double blocks with short attached hook. And then 4 single blocks with longer rope attached. The trolley needed a plate on each side for the ropes: The cannon was missing the end piece - some sort of animal with its front legs around the "ignition hole". I made it out of wood. It will be fragile but I will do. --- Of course i dropped the wooded stick on the floor and the hole thing broke! Only the animals poor back legs was left on the stick. Well I think I glued it back alright .
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Some new pictures: I will need a thick rope and some thinner with the blocks. Three twisted fits the cannon trolley hole. Now I need to make a longer one.
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Hi, some new updates: Final gun deck. Some planks not mounted to show whats beneath. I will have fake vertical bars and after looking in the Backer linked Wasa dream pictures I decided to show a bit of the lower part and diversify the bars a bit. I will also show the upper sides of the bars sticking up above the weather deck. I think I will only have one of the cannon holes on upper deck - not both. I will solder them and paint them black.
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Hi, I found this page about making cannons for the Wasa museum 1:10 ship. Cannons It fits what Michael suggests, main artillery of 24 pounds guns (48 in all) whereas some heavy 4m (I guess for bottom gun deck) and a shorter (3m) light version for upper gun deck. On upper weather deck there was some 1 pound falconers (<1m), some 3 pound culverins (3m) and 6 Howitzers [stormstycken] of caliber 20, 42 and 82 pounds (1.7m, 2m and 2.7m length). Swedish war ships 1600-1649 Ooops!
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Regarding were I found the gun: I found it in my parents garage - like the "pickers" on Discovery channel. I have an idea of making one more gun out of clay for the main deck. I put some oak stain on the bright wood and tried to get a different nuance on the horizontal bars. I will have some planking on the "floor" put gaps so the structure underneath is visible. had problem getting the right angles on this part - in the lower picture. The vertical beams are a little convex.
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Wow, that was a fine collection of pictures. I will need them. Thanks!
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You are so right, It keep coming saw dust every were even when using the vacuum cleaner insert connected to the saw. The saw was nice but on the small-side for the Walnut - it so much nicer to use the Japanise hand saw - and the mini carpenter's plane I have.
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Hi, slow progress but some new: I found some fresh wood that I used but soon realized I had to buy some dried from store. So I bought Walnut and linden wood. And then I needed a electric saw too.. Yes, as the fresh wood got drier it got hard as (apple tree) - not so easy to cut and work with. The linden was so much easier.
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Finished the paper model and thinking about going forward with using wood. Have not yet decided the width - or keeping the deck round cannon holes or not. The section is now from the main mast area. I have found at least two kit that has a similar design - I think this was Corel: This below is not a Wasa kit but the above is, but one idea could be to skip upper cannon deck. I have run into some issues though. - The cannon (my) is a lower cannon deck type. It seems that the ship had a similar on upper cannon deck, but slightly lower. As the cannon (my) is on upper cannon deck, the cannon port gets to low. Also, as can be seen below, the cannon port on the ship (wreck) and museum model has different sizes. Some are wider and most on upper deck is more narrow than on lower deck. So I don think i will care less about the size . I could modify the cannon also but.. We will see. Here is two ports:
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Before getting starting with the Sovereign of the seas and after finding a Wasa cannon in scale 1:15, i decided to try to build a section with a upper cannon deck port. The cannon is missing some details. I have the Wasa book with nice drawings and first I will try to do a cardboard model to get an idea of the size required and wood needed. I think it will be quite big - and heavy. I am wondering about what parts will be visible or not. I have cut some wood and dried but now I think I have to re-think the amount of wood and size of planks. I have not given up yet.
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Some final pictures of the build - only acrylic showcase left to build - seem every other facility bought plexiglas for Covid-19 protection nowadays.
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With the experience from doing all the mast I removed the old bowsprit mast and created a new with a small brass wire to stiffen up the mast to correlate the force pulling it backwards. New nicer hemp yarn - Amati rigging thread (bought all from Cornwall model boats) instead of Billing boat kits cotton. Made the plaque out of modelling clay. As well as the weapon shield held by the lion figure head together with an extra lion at the very front of the bowsprit. Could not resist making a moose horn to make the main mast more ornate.
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Added only the upper rope and skipped the sometime used lower rope (for closing the port). Maybe I should have reduced the thickness (plastic part of the lids). The rope and hinges - to bad they are only seen when the port is closed. Finally all ports done. Time to glue the balcony platforms. All flags mounted and only some small things left - add some deck fillers - barrels, bags and cannon balls - redo the whole bowsprit (the mast is leaning backwards) - add a "Vasa 1628" plate to the stand
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Mounting the anchor and preparing all the cannon ports in aluminum.
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Decided to skip the lantern at the rear and only have a flagpole (with the big flag): The mizzen mast with multiple ropes. A bit clay for the anchor float ball
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I made some mini-blocks that was not included in the kit: It was tricky to get tension on all wires even using a template and lots of wall paper glue: I hid all remaining wires under the crow´s nest. The mistake I made on the front mast keeping the shrouds connected to the blocks below getting it hard to work on the deck - this was avoided on the main mast and the whole shroud could be loosened to get access on working on the deck details.
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Thank you Kirill - I wish I could paint like you on the Galleon ship of yours. Like a icon painting in 3D.
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