marktiedens

Looking good Matti.  I raised twin boys so I always had twice the fun.

I am building my Sergal kit with the same attitude as you - my kit has the same issues with the sculptures as yours.Keep on doing what you`re doing - looks great.

That is actually an excellent place to use balsa.It makes it easier to plank to me.I have never had any planks come loose as long as the ends are securely glued

Hello Steve J.I built this kit many years ago .It is actually a very nice kit.I really had only one issue with it - the cast metal dummy barrel supports are not deep enough.As a result the bottom row of cannon stick out too far.I probably could have fixed it by insetting the supports farther or by finding some shorter cannon barrels.As far as research I can`t help you there - I didn`t do any research.I built it as they say "out of the box".

Mark

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.Time now to work on the starboard side & the handrails.

Finally got the port side gallerys done.

Mark

I will follow your build with interest as I also have this kit in the closet.Looks like you are off to a good start.  I don`t know when I will get to it.

Great look to the stern.  I`m still painting,painting,painting.....................................

Mark

Great job! You obviously spent a lot of time on the gratings.

Nice look with the lights.

Mark

You are probably right about the paper even though I did clear coat it.My intention from the start was to get as close to the coloring of the 1/10 model as I could so I will leave it as is.By the way I also have the Corel kit so I may do it differently.

Thanks matti - I still really like the look of your more muted colors.

Been there ,done most of these things.2 items of caution - don`t do rigging with long sleeves on & be carefull going through doorways.

Thanks Joe!

Thanks also Michael.Luckily for me those small decorations in the openings are castings included in the kit although they were difficult to paint because of their tiny size.  They are not entirely accurate but considering the age of the kit they look ok if you don`t look too close.

A small update.Upper half of the port lower gallery done.Going real slow - i`m not the greatest at painting.

Mark

Lin Feng & Jan V - thanks - I really appreciate your generous comments.

Thanks Matti - after seeing yours maybe I should have aged mine a little bit.

Thanks Amfibius -your comment is appreciated.

Thanks John,By the way do you have a log going on your Louise?

Michael - thanks.Yours & all the other Vasa builds keep me trying to improve mine to keep up with all the quality work.

Starboard upper gallery done - now on to the lower ones.

Nice demonstration - looking good.

Thanks for your nice comment!There are so many things I am trying to "fix" on this it`s starting to feel like a scratch build.

Excellent work.It`s interesting to see the differences from the different manufacturers of this ship.

Thanks .By the way I know the towers are not quite as vertical as they should be but it`s too late to try and re-do them now.I tried to bend them some before putting them on but bronze does not like to bend very well except where it`s thin.

Finally got one upper gallery done.Not perfect but i`m ok with how it turned out.Now back to more painting.

Mark

Nice job - I am also building this kit.

regards,Mark

Great demonstration - what size wire are you using?