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Hello Kevin.. If I understand your question, which I'm not sure I do, I secured the blocks to the bottom of the foremast and mainmast tops with eyelets and CA cement. I had no trouble with any of the blocks pulling out during the rigging. I have attached a picture of the way I did it. Incidentally, once the top is in place I would run thread through the blocks as they will prove very difficult to rig if you wait to long to do it. David, (Shipyard Sid) gave me this tip and it was very useful. Best, Jerry
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Hello Heinz.. I just found your site and was very happy and excited to see the way you are constructing the same model that I completed last November. Although I followed convention and built the ship according to scale and plans, I think what you are doing is very exciting and fresh. I absolutely love your ideas so far and am very impressed with your workmanship. Coppering took quite some time but the walnut exposure of your hull is absolutely beautiful. I particularly like the way you have interlocked some of the planking which i have never seen on a hull before but rather on decking. I hope you won't mind my watching your progress and I welcome you wholeheartedly into the realm of HMS Victory buuilders. Best, Jerry
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Hello Dirk.. Just found your site and happy to see another Drakkar being built. Please let em know if I can ever be helpful to you as I finished mine about a month or so agao. Best luck to you and please keep posting. Best, Jerry
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Hello kevin...and welcome back to HMS Victory land. Good luck and please keep going. Best, Jerry
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Hello, Josh.. I have followed your initial posts of Wappen Von Hamburg with much interest as I'm seriously thinking of building this model. It's been about three months since your last post and I wonder if that means you have abandoned this site. I sincerely hope not as what you have written so far is very useful and informative. Many thanks for starting this log. Best, Jerry
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Hello Glenn... The Maasdam is just leaving Charlottetown, PrinceEdward Island as I write this. Weare heading for Sydney Nova Scotia where we will dock in the morning. I miss tinkering around in the dry dock but to tell the truth, the break is probably doing me some good. Unfortunately I picked up a bit of intestinal Flu and was sick for a few days but am feeling much better now. We'll be back in our house Saturday night. Your Victory continues to look beautiful. You are indeed a master model builder and I am happy to have been able to witness your skillls. The progress looks perfect and will net you a trophy model. Best, Jerry
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Hello Tom. Thank you for taking the time to visit my log. I'm happy that you enjoyed the progress of my build of the Viking ship and now I may have you recipricate. I've been giving serious thought to making Model Shipways Constitution my next build although I haven't made up my mind. I have been eavesdropping on your site and I love what you have been doing. It seems to me that Model Shipways puts out a nice kit. So, as they say, tit for tat. perhaps. Have a great weekend. Best, Jerry
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Good morning, Keith.. Good to hear from you and many thanks for your comments. There's no way this project would have proceeded without having reference to your log. I checked your site numerous times and sincerely appreciate the ability to see it and learn from it. I hope you have a great weekend. Best, Jerry
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Good morning, Grant.. Many thanks for your visit and for your much appreciated comments. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Best, Jerry
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Good evening everyone and hello from Jerry's drydock... Except for a nameplate which I will make in the near future I am very happy to say that the Drakkar is sitting on its stand waiting for a display cover. There really isn't more to express than I have in the past except to reiterate how pleasant it is to have made so many friends here on MSW. I wholeheartedly want to thank Keith again for the accessibility to his log for without with would have made my build much much more difficult. I also want to thank those who dropped in to comment during the build who gave me much encouragement to press on to the finish. I have now completed three build logs on this site and I have immensely enjoyed producing everyone of them. I snicerely hope that someone in the future will be able to use this log to assist them when building another one of these interesting ships. A few more final photos appear here for anyone's perusal. I wish everyone the best, Jerry
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Thanks for the good wishes, Tom. I appreciate your visit and your comments. We are looking forward to the cruise. Best, Jerry
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Thanks for the nice sendoff, JParsley.. It's good to hear from you and thanks also for your compliment. I look forward to another ptoject but have no idea as to what it may be. I still have supervision duties with repsect to the Admiral's build and I imagine that will involve some time. Talk to you soon, Best, Jerry
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Popeye...Happy to hear from you and that youi now know where the bow of the Drakkar is. It takes a dagon to help one decide. Have a happy day. Best, Jerry
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Good morning, Lawrence and many thnaks for your visit and complimentary words. We are looking forward to the holiday and hope the weather will cooperate. Even though it's June, you know, better than anyone else, that I'd better have some warm clothes with me. Talk to you right after we get back although i will have the notebook with me in case anythng pops up. Be good and my best to Bernie.. Jerry
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Hello everyone.. Well, I began building the Viking Ship the last day of April and I'm happy to say that on this first day of June the Drakkar, except for mounting it in a display base, has been completed. I sincerely enjoyed this build for a few reasons. Of course I must admit, compared to the other ships I have built, this one was the easiest. Afer all, in only took about a month to build. The hull was far from simple but the rigging allowed the construction of this build to go quickly. I enjoyed the challange of the clinker hull (lapstrake) since it taught me another method i have never experienced. When handling the 30 shields I felt as if I was sifting through antique Viking coins and that I was momentarily wealthy; and, so all in all I'm looking forward to mounting the display and getting on to something new. I will make one last post after I return from my holiday of two weeks when I hope to have the ship properly mounted. Here are some pictures of the model with its dragonhead and shields mounted in place. My best to you all, Jerry
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Good morning (Here) Glenn... Nice to have a holiday now an then, isn't it? We will have ours starting Saturday. We are flying to Boston where we board the cruise ship and sail for two weeks through the maritime provinces to Montreal and then back to Boston. So. I too will be away from the dry dock for awhile. I am, however, close to finishing the Viking Ship. I have to paint the dragon head and the shields and mount them. I also have to add some coils and ties and a base for display. I suppose I'll have something to look forward to upon my return. And then????what's next??? There is the admiral's Bounty which she has left alone until returning from the holiday. We'll see. I actually remember when the spitfires were flying during the war. I was about 10 or 11 years old and vividly remember those pot belly flying machines. I take it that the Revell kit is a static one. Have a great week and many thanks for the visit and nice words. Best, Jerry
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Good morning, Steven... It is interesting that definite evidence is not available to determine the sheilds (if any ) of the Drakkar. As of now, I am planning to use three colors, yellow, white and black; the center or cores will remain copper as will the very outer ring. I hope to alternate these colors starting with black, then yellow and then white. There are racks for 14 sheilds on each side of the boat so the 14th shield will also end in black. Who knows, I may nott like what I see after the first application and change it. And as you have said, where's the proof? I hope you have had a great Sunday as I realize it's late at night there. The day has just begun here. Best, Jerry
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Hello Steven.. I sincerely appreciate the time you took to address my concern regarding the Viking Shields. As you can read from previous posts of mine, I do indeed agree with you that the shields were probably displayed in alternating solid colors. Yellow and black certainly appear to be colors of choice but according to other authorities (The Viking Answer Lady, for example) other colors like white may have also been used. I'm much obliged for your mention of articles where shield information could be found. I must admit, however, that I have already reviewed the information in these articles and found much about the physical properies of the shields but very little regarding their decoration or color. Many thanks again for your interest and comments. Best, Jerry
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Good evening everyone.... Another step in the constructon of the Drakkar has been completed today. I have finished the 28 oars and added a touch of my own to keep track of the seven different sizes. When the oars were deployed the shortest of the seven sizes were laid out at the widest part of the hull, the center. Then the sizes were progressively larger as they went toward the bow and the stern. Therefore when the oars were all in place they all reached the surface of the water at the same time. To keep track of the different sizes I painted the paddles ot the four oars of the seven groups a different color. It is really not my intention to put out the oars since the sail is unfurled and the oars will be stored in the two racks specifically designed for this purpose. A few pictures of the oars construction follow. By the way, I took CaptnSteve's advice and taped the ends of the dowels so they wouldn't split when I cut them...and they didn't...Many thanksCaptnSteve. I hope everyone has a great evening and welcome any comments anyone m,ay have. Best, Jerry
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Captain Steve....Many thanks for stopping by and for the tip. I'll definitely try that. Thanks again, Jerry
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Hello Popeye.... Nice to hear from you and thanks for the compliment. I'm now trying to figure out how to split the 3mm dowels to insert the paddle part to construct the oars. The scroll saw blade is too thick and the mini files are also too thick. I have one thought and that is to hold the dowel in my vice with its end upright and try and saw a cut into it with one of my razor saws. There are 28 oars to make and I have little spare wood. But I've been through other situations worse than this so I will just give it a try. Hope you are doing well. Best, Jerry
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Grant, Thanks for the additional info...The article that I referred to in my above post did mention that the shield colors began to evolve from solid colors to coat of arms and other emblamatic symbols after the 11th century. But the Draggar dates back to the 11th century so I believe the Viking Answer Lady is probably correct when she mentioned the shields were solid colors. I really think Mobbsie has a point, however, and that is ...it's the boat owners perogitive to make the shield colors the way he/she wants to. Thanks again for taking time to respond. Jerry
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Hello Grant.. You mean to tell me that you don't havee the information handy about the color of the shields? What have you been doing all these years? I guess I am a little nasty....Oh well, just trying to break up the monotomy of a slow day. All kidding aside, Grant, many thanks for your visit and i promise not to abuse you any more. I also posted an additional photo looking at the rigging from above the bow. Please stop by again.. Best, Jerry
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Hello Everybody... I'm happy to report that I have finally completed the running rigging and therefore all of the rigging. Although the Viking Ship doesn't compare in complexity to most other models there were some spots that were a bit tricky due to "balance" and took some thought to finally figure out. To be specific, there are several pairs of sheet lines emerging from the sail that head toward cleats that have to be constatnly adjusted in order to prevent any particular line from going slack. So instead of just two lines to consider when tightening or loosening one has to think about 6 of them. I finally hit stride when I started with the mid-sail sheets and worked my way down to the bottom. I now have the oars to make and paint and the same with the shields. Speaking about the shields I made a very interesting discovery yesterday while researching them. Until then almost every photo or drawing of the Drakkar I have seen showed the shields to be painted with some type of "cross" design. But according to the "Viking Answer Lady," the shields mostly were of solid color, usually white, blue, yellow. The hubs were metalic, usually copper colored with a thin black ring separating the hub from the body color. Apparently, the shields were displayed by alternate color when the Drakkar participated in any type of ceremony. I plan to follow this method. In the meantime, I am pleased to post some photos that will bring me up to date. I would appreciate any thoughts from others regarding the shield colors or on any other aspect of my build. All comments are very welcome. Best, Jerry
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