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marktiedens got a reaction from Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Fabulous work on your KWdG. Regarding figures,you might try looking on the model railroad sites - N scale figures might be close to what you need.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from mtaylor in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Fabulous work on your KWdG. Regarding figures,you might try looking on the model railroad sites - N scale figures might be close to what you need.
Mark
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marktiedens reacted to donrobinson in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
nice start, will be watching for more updates
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marktiedens reacted to RobZorba in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Hi Mark,
I will follow your build log with great interest, it is a possible future model for me also (but currently out of stock and I have much work remaining to do on the Vasa). The RW model looks really nice - because the upper gundeck is provided, their metal castings for decorative pieces are superb, and the quality of instructions and plans are high. I see that the castings are sold separately and cost more than 60% of the total price of the kit. Are they cast in gold? :-)
Joking aside, I wish you much success and great fun with the build, matey!
Best regards,
Rob
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marktiedens got a reaction from druxey in Rigging the Vasa .... what color goes where?
Hi Rob - according to Fred Hocker at the Vasa museum there is no evidence of tar on the ropes on the real ship so it would seem that natural hemp color would be a good choice for all the rigging.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from dgbot in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Wow - look at all those ropes. I hope you can remember which one goes where. Wait till you get to rigging all the crow`s feet on this ship - you almost need 3 hands .When you do get to them I found that using the thinnest thread I could find seemed to work the best at this scale.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from NMBROOK in Wasa by marktiedens - FINISHED - Corel - scale 1:75 (Vasa)
Thank you very much Nigel & Rob
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from md1400cs in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Wow - look at all those ropes. I hope you can remember which one goes where. Wait till you get to rigging all the crow`s feet on this ship - you almost need 3 hands .When you do get to them I found that using the thinnest thread I could find seemed to work the best at this scale.
Mark
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marktiedens reacted to RobZorba in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Fantastic work Michael. You are an inspiration to newbies such as me building only my second ship. I can see you are "into" the rigging in a big way. From the images it looks like a rat's nest with ropes tied to the bowsprint mast everywhere. How do you manage to sort it all out? Maybe in my ignorance I imagined I will assemble all the masts and then fit one rigging rope or rigging piece at a time, building it gradually. Is that a bad way for a newbie to start on rigging?
Thanks,
Rob
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marktiedens reacted to md1400cs in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Mates,
Thanks always for the likes and for dropping by;
Nigel -- Go for the "full" version. How many times have we all bought something only to then realize that the next step up would have been a better choice. In your case Nigel, you are such a master builder IMO go for the one that you "really" want.
Ferit, thanks so much BUT as I have mentioned before when I first joined MSW you were one of my teachers. You taught me about super detailing cannon carriages, rigging, as well as recommending the BEST rigging glue (G-S Hypo) I will always be thankful about this tip. We miss your Berlin updates.
Cheers,
Michael
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marktiedens reacted to NMBROOK in Wasa by marktiedens - FINISHED - Corel - scale 1:75 (Vasa)
My congratulations Mark,if a little belated on the completion of another fantastic model I wish you plain sailing and calm seas with your Royal William build
Kind Regards
Nigel
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marktiedens reacted to RobZorba in Wasa by marktiedens - FINISHED - Corel - scale 1:75 (Vasa)
Beautiful model, fine craftsmanship, and thanks for all the help!
Regards,
Rob
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marktiedens reacted to md1400cs in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Mark,
Hi -- I will follow along as well. Always loved this ship, but still think of it as still out of reach for my skills. I feel more comfortable in the 16th century ha ha.
Good luck, you are off to a good start. Many excellent teachers at MSW for this ship !! You chose an excellent kit.
Cheers,
Michael
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marktiedens got a reaction from mtaylor in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
I have not made any ships for sale - I can`t even give them away,let alone sell them. Sorry, I cannot advise you on this.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Wasa by marktiedens - FINISHED - Corel - scale 1:75 (Vasa)
Finished.Finally. Well, I finished up by rigging the anchors & finishing the running rigging.Not sure about some of the belaying points but I think it passes the galloping horse test . Sorry I was not a little more descriptive of some of the work but sometimes I get going on something & forget to take pictures.A lot of modifications were made but I think the end result was worth the effort. I would like to thank everyone for looking in & posting all the generous comments & hitting the like button. I will try to put a few more pics in the gallery. Now for the hard part - trying to decide what to build next .
/Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from Canute in Rigging the Vasa .... what color goes where?
Hi Rob - according to Fred Hocker at the Vasa museum there is no evidence of tar on the ropes on the real ship so it would seem that natural hemp color would be a good choice for all the rigging.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from md1400cs in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
I have not made any ships for sale - I can`t even give them away,let alone sell them. Sorry, I cannot advise you on this.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from mtaylor in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
You may want to browse through the Vasa forum - there are some really nice builds there & you can ask questions about the ship directly to Fred Hocker,who is the director of research at the museum.
http://warshipvasa.freeforums.net/
Mark
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marktiedens reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
The foremast topgallant sail halliard rigged to the mainmast stay.
At this point, most of the running rigging is not fastened to the deck until I am sure of where everything goes on the deck.
However, I did finish the rigging to the center rail.
View of the ship with all the sails mounted (but not leveled and set) on the foremast.
On a side note, I took the opportunity to head up to the Peabody Senior Center and had a lot of great folks help me mill out the base for my ship, using their equipment. I am still a few months away from finishing, but I wanted to get going on the case!
I bought some cherry and and milled out the shape I wanted.
The top groove will be where the plexiglass will be inserted and the side groove is where the felt covered plywood base with fit into.
The black felt will be put onto the plywood and wrapped around the edges and stapled to the back.
Over the next couple of months, I will work on finish sanding, staining, and sealing the pieces with polyurethane before assembling all the pieces.
Thanks for visiting and for all the previous "likes"
Frank
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marktiedens reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hello.
Still working on mounting all the sails!
Continuing on, I now rigged and installed the middle foremast stay.
My next step is to work on the foremast topgallant sail.
Sail ready to mount onto yard.
Mounted on yard
Pre-rigged the topgallant sail prior to mounting on mast.
Topgallant sail mounted on foremast
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marktiedens reacted to md1400cs in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
David, thanks so much. It's so nice when we can learn from each other.
Almost done with bowsprit masts, just need to finish up shrouds, attach the chains and deadeyes as well as the ratlings.
I will remove the six lower deadeye lines, and re install them. I am not satisfied with the knots (too bulky [pic. 8]) then attach them to the bowsprit mast under the cap.
Please note that the mast has not been permanently attached. Talk about a mistake that would be !!
Now working on foremast platform. As always thanks for your visits.
Cheers,
Michael
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marktiedens reacted to RobZorba in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
Here's my method for bending planks. It's dead easy and requires no special tools apart from a robust triangular file. I lay the plank on a piece of 2mm cork matting below which is my flat and level worktable. I press the vee of the file into the strip, rolling the file slightly from left to right as I do it. The strip curls beautifully and there is never a break. I don't have to soak the planks or do anything else.
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marktiedens reacted to RobZorba in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
My "ultra quick" Gun Port modification (sorry for some repetition from an earlier post) ... I glued a small square of 3 mm acrylic (safety "glass") to the rear of each plastic gun port frame. I drilled the center of the acrylic to fit the dowel on the rear of the stub cannon.
I will paint an area of the acrylic matt black to simulate the gun carriage. The window frame will be painted red with gold trim. I will paint the canon with an unevenly stirred mixture of Humbrol antique bronze and gunmetal paint. I will stick the completed assembly using Cyano into the gun port openings, using the canon as a "handle" with which to position the frame accurately into position before "kicking" the Cyano with accelerator.
I will cut the remaining openings one at a time, because I want to insert and glue one gun assembly and then cut the next one. This will minimise any risk of hull planking moving out of position.
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marktiedens got a reaction from Piet in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
You may want to browse through the Vasa forum - there are some really nice builds there & you can ask questions about the ship directly to Fred Hocker,who is the director of research at the museum.
http://warshipvasa.freeforums.net/
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from mtaylor in Rigging the Vasa .... what color goes where?
Hi Rob - according to Fred Hocker at the Vasa museum there is no evidence of tar on the ropes on the real ship so it would seem that natural hemp color would be a good choice for all the rigging.
Mark
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