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I have had a lovely long holiday weekend treenailing I have completed both sides under the wales and intend to give this area a few coats of polyurethane for protection.I have also inlaid some small pieces of maple to represent the bowtie piece that joins keel to sternpost.
Kind Regards Nigel

Hi Anja
Well I do cheat a bit in that the instructions on the Italian site are six months infront of those here in GB.It gives me a preview of whats to come and how little of the original partwork I will be using.To be honest I am changing so much that the instructions become almost redundant.
I include a few pics of progress to date.I am concentrating on one side at a time to relieve the tedium of constantly treenailing.You will notice the alterations to the upper gunports.These have been altered to accomodate the decorations.The kits supplied directions  are incorrect.I have acquired some black pre dyed boxwood strips to plank the upper hull where the ornamentation sits.This will cover all the alterations I have to make in this area, to create a more accurate representation of the original.
Kind Regards Nigel

Hello,
 
here the making of chain plates for deadeyes, step by step in images.
 









 
To be continued, now in real time

Alexander

Hello,
 
Before I begin to install all guns, and work further with beams and knees for quarter deck, gun port lids must here. So the production of hinges, the lids itself are made earlier. I hope, the images are self explainable.
 





 
The installation of hinges and lid tackles.





 
After I have installed all lids, I have made blanks for channels, shaped them to right size and thickness, and installed them (only dry now).
 







 
To be continued
 
Alexander

A friend of mine asked me to take this on, and, at the time, I thought it would be a nice diversion from my Vinalhaven build.
 
I wasn't sure where to post this project, so I'm following Michael Mott's example and sticking it in here.(I've been moved, so disregard this statement).
 
I need to post it, because I'm going to have some questions for you, if you'll permit me.
 
Tom

What was done before part 3:
 
some more details shots:
 

batteries and switch for the lighting
 

inner planking
 

First carving
 

Cabin
 

More carving
 

just before painting...
 

 
Have fun,
Michiel

couple of pics of the victory barge, all scratch

Some text, although the pictures probably already tell enough..
 
I have meanwhile finished the yellow strips of the galleries on the port side.

 
And have subsequently done some minor work on the bow section: I still had to make both gun ports closest to the bow. When rebuilding the bow section I had not yet made these ports. Luckily, it was solid wood underneath at this part of the bow, so it was only drilling until the correct dept was reached. I subsequently painted the inside of the gun port black, as I had done with the others.


 
In addition, I have replaced the straight beams (with holes for the rope holders) with curves beams on the bow section (floowing examples on this forum). And made the deckhands to be placed on the deck.


 
And have build the upper part of the stern, using the very detailed pictures of Michael (md1400cs) as guidance.



 

Thanks to all that gave me encouraging compliments. Highly appreciated !!
 
 
I have meanwhile painted the decorative rings for the canon holes and placed them on the hull.

 
I am currently busy with the railings and the sides of the upper deck. Because I added more wood to the sides, both on the inside and the outside, the thickness has become more than it should be. As a result, the beams that I placed on the inside of the railings will remain visible behind the railings.
I have also added small rings to the beams alongside the canons, so that I can later add ropes on the canons. I will add a pciture of them later.


 
I have now rediscovered the use of an extension tube on my camera to be able to make some macro pictures and I have added two pictures of the stern paintings.

I decided to try to use the color scheme of the model in the Vasa Museum in Stockholm as guidance. Thus, I would not use blue as color but red for the upper part of the planking otgether with yellow linings and colored figures.
The high details of the painting of the figures is beyond my capabilities and I thus decided to try to come as close as possible for the larger figures of the bow and stern section, but to paint the smaller figures (on the bobinettes etc) at my own interpretation.

I am very glad to have found this website with, luckily for me, many build logs on the Wasa from Corel. I will use many of the tips and pictures posted in these logs for my guidance and as a example of what gifted modelbuilders can achieve.
 
I have bought a 'used' model of the Wasa about a year ago for a low price. It was in a very bad shape and the modelbuilder (not the person from which I have bought the model) did some things really well, but other parts were absolutely desastrous. Also it had suffered from neglect and the masts were broken off.
When I saw the model as it was at the time it became clear to me that I first had to do a lot of demolishing and then try to rebuild parts of it. Most notably was the bow section as it appeared that the previous builder had had problems with bending the wooden strips for planking that part of the hull.
 
First some pictures of the model as it was 'before restoration':

A few pics of the starboard waterway and plankshear.



 
 

I still have the bottom of the keel and the edges of the stem and stern to copper.  Should take about an hour.  Oh yeah...I will do the rudder now so it will patina evenly.
 
           Bob R.

Restarting my Bluenose log.
Since this is my first build, I am writing to share the many things I learn along the way and perhaps some of the solutions I have found. I started about four years ago and am getting closer to stepping the masts and starting rigging. I used Bob Hunt’s practicum, which was invaluable while getting started. This is how she looks today.
 

 
I originally planned to display bluenose with sails furled. The photo shows two attempts at the sails. The fore sail was made form kit fabric cut down to ½ the full sail size. It is still too heavy and far out of scale. The main sail is sillkspan, which looks better to scale. This sail was a quick fit for comparison. The silkspan looked good but it helped me change my mind and build her under full sail. After all, massive sail area is one thing that makes these fishing schooners so lovely. So I got to hone my sewing skills making a second set of sails. This is all part of the fun, we get to use so many different skills.
 

 
Some photos from the original log.
June 2009, completed planking. Photo shows frame bracing, not in the plan but I was afraid of damaging frames when fairing the hull. A little stiffness never hurts.
 

 
December 2010, pintles and gudgeons. The plans show forming the gudgeon out of brass strip. I could not make it work well so I soldered some brass tubing instead. Much easier.
 

 
January 2011, most of the deck furniture is installed.
 

 

 
December 2011, masts and spars made while learning how to solder.
 

 

Just a couple new pics for today.  Three quarter view of the model, plus starting on the shrouds. 

Thank you Janos and Sjors for your kind words!
And here are other pics, where you can see anew gilded decoration, I suppose now it looks better. Some parts were added on keel (for example horseshoe).

Hello dear friends ,
Thank you very much for your kind word, congratulations and comments. That is really an honour for me and i appreciate your attention a lot.
 
 
All sculptures and decoration are made by my own. I wrote about it in this thread, you can also find a lot of pics and videos, how i made them.

I know about the Mantua or Panart kits of Royal Caroline ( I have also seen another kit from China in a scale 1/30), but for me they are too expensive and have a low level of reality, so I have decided to make a scratch build.
 
 
 
Oh, thank you dear friend, what a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
 
 
I am sorry I was not here for a longer time. During summer i rarely have free time for making models, but in autum and winter it will be better.
These days my husband and me are remaking the room, where are displayed all my models. There were also added new shelves for other ships.

the deed is done.........the hull is planked.   not as  'well done'  as I would have liked.....but I have the shape,  and that's what counts.   I did have to use a little filler on the bottom,  but as mentioned,  I'll be painting the bottom,  so it will be unseen.  there is still a bit of sanding to do yet.  then the rub rails,  wales and cap railings can go on.......in between staining the bulwarks and outer section above the waterline.
 

 

 

 
then she was perched on her stand.......she sits well in her cradle of wood
 

 

 
the decking and bulwarks survived........they didn't get cracked or broken....well......only one time,  but it was an easy fix.   now to smooth out the contours and get that roundness squared away.....I did it as I went along,  so half the battle is already won
 

 

 
I was to do this as sort of a diversion from rigging the Goth...........darn thing turned into a tangent.  I still wonder if anyone who has done this ship kit,  experienced this same problem.  I have not heard....but it's of little importance now..........the deed is done
 

Thanks Jan
 
Stropped bocks - I used my serving machine. Method of producing I learned from the Russian (Ukrainian?) modeler.

Just a couple new pics for today.  Three quarter view of the model, plus starting on the shrouds. 

Got all sanding done with the hull. I have decided to paint my Mare Nostrum. Here are some pics of hull all primed coated.
 

On all these ornaments are added tiny beads, which I shaped between my fingers (size of the beads is from 0.5 to 1.5 mm). Using tweezers I placed them onto ornament and slightly improved their shape.

All 12 ornaments completed and ready for baking:

After baking the ornaments were gilded, and later placed into model and improved by patina.

 
Click on photos to view original size and enjoy them...

Kind regards
Doris

After patina and colour shading:



 




 

Other decorations..... all is hand made from modeling clay:
 


 

Hull planking - second layer from stripes (I used again 1mm thick card):


 


 
Second layer after grinding: