Lin Feng

Some Progress:
Completed Port Rail and inner Bulwark

Michael - I will try to explain a little better.In the first picture the chainplates & strops are as they came out of the package as you already know.On the right side of the picture is how they look after simply bending them with a very thin tipped needle nose pliers & a little swearing .My last post was the 5mm mizzen deadeyes.This picture is of the 7mm deadeyes.The 5mm chainplates came out just the right length but the 7mm chainplates as you can see had 2 nailing holes & were too long.They came out about the right length after cutting the lower hole off.
 

 
The next picture is after inserting the deadeye & bending over the small loop on the end of the chainplate.
 

 
The next picture is after securing with a drop of solder & bending to about the right shape.
 
The next picture is after filing off the sharp points at the nailing end of the chainplate.
 

 
Now all that`s left to do is paint them black.I was fortunate that my kit came with the correctly shaped triangular deadeyes although the bad part is the holes in most of the deadeyes are drilled way off center  .I hope this explains it a little better.
 
regards,Mark

Some Progress:
Completed Port Rail and inner Bulwark

Let the show go on :-)
 
The full crew was up to 14 men for both guns on each side of the ship. Strictly numbered, 1 gun captain, 2 second gun captain, 3 loader, 4 sponger, 5 sec. loader, 6 sec. sponger and 7 - 14 auxiliaries to pull the strings.
 
First picture for clarity without the auxs. One can see nicely, loader and sponger within the breeching ropes, sec. sponger and sec. outside bringing the next items as wad pads or balls. The gun captain is pressing a small leather bag against the vent, for that it is air sealed, for that no smoldering ashes are pressed by air pressure into the vent and that for by retrieving the sponge a vacuum is created that will put off all smoldering bits.
 
The second gun captain is here shown organising the tools like worm and the bars, his time will come, if he has to take halve of the crew to work the opposite gun if battle on both sides is required.
 
As one lieutenant was always taking charge of several big guns, Lt. Williams of course is present here at this excercising the great guns.  
 

 
And it gets really packed, once the auxiliaries are added to pull the strings
 

 
Also nice to be seen is that sec. loader and sec. sponger have to stand outside the side tackles. Also see the stick of the sponge protruding largely outboard.
 
On the capstan one can see the powder monkee, having prepared already the next cartridge. He is supposed to stay as far as possible for security reasons and to only handle the cartridge to the loaders and to nobody else. Also this was not a job for jung boys as generally thought, in fact Captain Duff of the Mars strictly forbid this as his log states. For the boys was to clean loose powder with a wet swab.
 
I like the two marines that were stationed on each big gun, gives a nice touch of color :-)
 
And also if I was a sponger and loader, I really would look out for that the man on the back tackle had a good lunch and that he makes sure, that there are no 3.5 tons coming towards oneself if a big wave is moving the ship ...
 
Some more pics to enjoy ...
 

 

 

 

 
... or a bit more inside the melée :-)
 

 

 

 
Cheers, Daniel

Herewego, Dr. dafistein coming straight from his lab ...
 
... breaking little bones of little people ...
 

 
... and reassembled, on the right, the poor lad before being transformed ...
 

 
... in his new life as gun captain, holding a leather bag against the vent  to air seal it, for that no smoldering ashes is pushed upwards, while the barrel is sponged.
 

 
Two of the Misters got funny tails ...
 

 
... a bit of paint applied ...
 

 
.... and the crew is complete :-)
The lieutenant, the gun captain, loader 2 with the bullet, sponger 2 with the wad pads, powdermonkee, the marine (at ease, the crossbelts off and the button opened). Sponger and loader are already at their place, waiting for the rest of the gang, the second gun captain and the 7 auxiliaries to pull the strings ...
 

 

 
Cheers, Daniel

Thank you very much Sirs!
 
While preparing the next input, just to keep you amused, a picture of yesterdays modeling exhibition in Stuttgart Germany:
 
Alex, Joachim and myself enjoying ourselves with nice chats at the booth of the Arbeitskreis historischer Schiffbau (Workgroup for historical Shipbuilding)
 

 
Alex:
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/410-hms-sphynx-by-alex-m-scale-148-english-20-gun-frigate-as-build-1775/
 
Joachim:
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/836-amerigo-vespucci-by-schiffebastler-mantua-model-scale-184-italien-sail-training-ship-build-1931/?hl=amerigo
 
Cheers and enjoy as we did, Daniel

Outstanding work. Keep the pictures coming.

Nice progress Lin!
 
/Matti

Some Progress:
Completed Port Rail and inner Bulwark

Some Progress:
Completed Port Rail and inner Bulwark

Lin,
 
It is looking good. Nice progress.

Bill, the royal ships were not just warships but also floating palaces used as symbols of power and for propaganda. The red was a royal color and at the time where she was built, bright colors were used by the powerful and the aesthetics was in the style of north german renaissance. I think its beautyful.
 
Phil, Im not sure about your model, but the local hobbyshop had a really old Vasa model and I think it was a BB. It was from before they knew how she looked. You couldnt tell it was Vasa, but more a generic model of the ships from that time. It was about 50 cm. I cant tell if thats the same as yours, but if it is I would have made it a generic ship.
 
Last week Ive been working on some sculptues. It took time to get them to get a good fit, thank good its plastic, as it allows for easy shaping. I have also made the knights cloaks and swords out of thin styrene sheet.
 
Now its time to start with the emperors.
 
 
/Matti

Maybe following will help. There is also a belaying plan on the site
http://www.jans-sajt.se/

Small update

Small update

In the meantime I placed the doors in position and the bulkheads between.
 
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In the meantime I placed the doors in position and the bulkheads between.
 
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Started one year ago. Make some alteration to come closer to the original. For the planking I use pear instead of walnut.

Thanks Matti. I also follow your build log with interest.
 
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Unfortunately the treenails are not so visible after the sanding. In the meantime I cut the small window in front of the lower galery, which is missing on the 1:10 model at the vasa museum, but it can be seen on the original. I also made the scupper holes outboards, and the planking of the maindeck. As you can see, there is no system of the planking schema, which wasn't also on the original, according to the research of the museum.
 
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Unfortunately the treenails are not so visible after the sanding. In the meantime I cut the small window in front of the lower galery, which is missing on the 1:10 model at the vasa museum, but it can be seen on the original. I also made the scupper holes outboards, and the planking of the maindeck. As you can see, there is no system of the planking schema, which wasn't also on the original, according to the research of the museum.
 
Lin Feng

Unfortunately the treenails are not so visible after the sanding. In the meantime I cut the small window in front of the lower galery, which is missing on the 1:10 model at the vasa museum, but it can be seen on the original. I also made the scupper holes outboards, and the planking of the maindeck. As you can see, there is no system of the planking schema, which wasn't also on the original, according to the research of the museum.
 
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I try to imitate the treenails with toothpicks. Will see how it looks after sanding.

Unfortunately the treenails are not so visible after the sanding. In the meantime I cut the small window in front of the lower galery, which is missing on the 1:10 model at the vasa museum, but it can be seen on the original. I also made the scupper holes outboards, and the planking of the maindeck. As you can see, there is no system of the planking schema, which wasn't also on the original, according to the research of the museum.
 
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I try to imitate the treenails with toothpicks. Will see how it looks after sanding.