JanV

almost finished
 

 

 
only a mast and sails to make

almost finished
 

 

 
only a mast and sails to make

first I have to saw some pieces of wood for the frames and bended them
 

 
then started to fit these frames
 

 

 
next step will be the remaining frames in the bottom part, but that will be for the next time

also the inside is now finished
 

 

 
next step will be the "fake" frames inside.

almost finished
 

 

 
only a mast and sails to make

almost finished
 

 

 
only a mast and sails to make

I have finished making the canons. I made 16 of them, also two for on the highest deck nearest to the end of the Wasa.
 
I made the axes from soft wood, which were actually sold for use in the kitchen in food preparations. They have a diameter of 2 mm, which was the desired size. I used washers (bought from Amazon) with outer size of 4 mm and inner size of 2 mm for the discs next to the wheels. I spray painted them black.
I drilled holes into the axis to be able to push small nails trought them.
Because of the soft wood, I could use a knive to cut the axes to the desired length.

 
Pictures of the canons. The coin is a 2-euro coin.




 
Compared with the canon, as supplied in the kit....

Hi Mates,
 
A little more work on the mizzen lower platform. Self-explanatory so keeping text to a minimum.  As always thanks for the likes.
 
Michael
 

 
 

Der Frau (almost) never complains... Just gives you that look full of pity... 

For those who are not on the Vasa forum, the museum is now tendering the issuance of the book Vasa II as public (European/Swedish) tender.
 
Fred Hocker expect publisher to start the final preparations for the book before the end of this year, so let us have a goal for the book on spring 2017

For those who are not on the Vasa forum, the museum is now tendering the issuance of the book Vasa II as public (European/Swedish) tender.
 
Fred Hocker expect publisher to start the final preparations for the book before the end of this year, so let us have a goal for the book on spring 2017

For those who are not on the Vasa forum, the museum is now tendering the issuance of the book Vasa II as public (European/Swedish) tender.
 
Fred Hocker expect publisher to start the final preparations for the book before the end of this year, so let us have a goal for the book on spring 2017

A little more progress - all the head rails & support timbers are done . Also,while waiting for paint to dry I figured I might as well make the bow knightheads,& install the front railing of the forecastle. All the timberheads were painted black to offset all of that gold.
 

 

 

 
Mark

Hi Mates,
 
Thanks for all of the kind words, very much appreciated.
 
Mizzenmast continued;
 
Getting used to the Proxxon – used it to open a slot within the mast for the single needed sheave
 

 
Added some lateral wood bits to shape the platform braces.
 

 
Now time for the pulley, glued together two pieces of wood. Rounded the wood by spinning it on a rotary tool, and using a Dremel sanding drum in counter rotation. Neat trick that I learned from another builder (though he was using this to make carriage wheels).
 
Lastly used a routing bit to add the groove, as the now rounded wood was spinning. The routing bit needs to be held very stiffly because it wants to wander sideways, which would destroy the groove edge. Took two attempts to get this one right. 

 
Put the mast aside for now, and working on the platform base. First photo is of the three lower mast platforms, along with their relative size differences. 
 
The foremast platform is not configured quite right, but I built it before I discovered the reference that I used for the main, and now for the mizen platform. These also take a bit of time, as they end up with many tiny parts that need to be fashioned.
 

 
There must be an easier way of making the rings? If anyone has an easier procedure I’m up for it ---
 

 
 
Cheers,
 
 
 

Peter,
 
This is the book. I was not too clear in my post.  
PS: I went through your Lotus build log - brilliant work indeed. Thanks for sharing. 
 

Update
 
All the frames I received so far are mounted. And there IS mistake from the manufacturer.
The reinforcement for the cannondeck does not fit at all.
 
Look here:

 
 
Somehow they have altered the piece somewhere along the way.
 
 
Instructions show this:

 
 
And I got this:

 
We'll see what turns up in the next shipment. maybe one can just glue the parts together anyway... 
 
 
This is how she looks now:

 
71 cm long so far:

 
 

 
Also finished the lions heads. Unfortunately this is the best I can do in this scale.
 
It's just too small for my sight and shaky hands:

 
And a frightened knight. He's really not that shiny.
 
Blame the Iphone: 

 
And one cannon:

Dave, thanks indeed. One of these days I may get to your level with interior lighting.
 
Martyn, JanV is right. This has been discussed with we Vasa nut cases. And yes that new DAgostini looks to be excellent. Even the canon artillery is correct.  Though it is a very big model. In a way I’m relieved that it will not be available in the USA, I would be too tempted. Too few here probably know much about the ship. This, of course, is not the case in Europe. The vasa Museum is one of the most popular in Europe. So for modelers the Vasa is a well known ship.
 
E.J, This is only my second model ship. The first one was soooo many years ago. Did some other hobbies (plastic) in between, but always wanted to get back to wood. Here is one that fell through the cracks. Needs to be completed. Hmmm.
 

 
Back to wood -pitting aside the falconets for a bit after redoing the vertical frames and instead starting the mizzenmast and its platform.
 
 
Thanks, mates for your continued interest
 
Cheers,
 

 
 
 

Hi Martyn,
 
The Corel Kit has been developped in the early 70's just a few years after the recovery of the Vasa. there has not been any re-design from the kit.
As far as I understood Billing Boats re-designed their kit but no kit is really perfect, although the newest kit from DAgostini seams to be the most accurate kits, but this is just on the market this year, so we have to wait for this final result.

Hi Martyn,
 
The Corel Kit has been developped in the early 70's just a few years after the recovery of the Vasa. there has not been any re-design from the kit.
As far as I understood Billing Boats re-designed their kit but no kit is really perfect, although the newest kit from DAgostini seams to be the most accurate kits, but this is just on the market this year, so we have to wait for this final result.

Hi Martyn,
 
The Corel Kit has been developped in the early 70's just a few years after the recovery of the Vasa. there has not been any re-design from the kit.
As far as I understood Billing Boats re-designed their kit but no kit is really perfect, although the newest kit from DAgostini seams to be the most accurate kits, but this is just on the market this year, so we have to wait for this final result.

Hi Mates,
 
Thanks for dropping by -always;
 
EJ_L  Yes, my thoughts as well – but needed to make the changes. They would have indeed bugged me J
 
Edwin-  always a pleasure when you drop by and comment –thanks !
 
Buck, see my notes below regarding wheel sizes as well as carriage framing. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
 
Mark, see last pic lol
 
JanV, yes a bit of a headache trying to add arguably a bit too much detail. But I am mostly enjoying the challenges.
 
Dave & Patrick Thanks for your suggestions and photos.  Good idea on the angling. Dave point well taken indeed,,,
 
Some thoughts –strictly for edification, not as complaints.
 
Mentioned before; Vasa was mounted with many diff. size artillery. I chose the two that are circled as my guides for the main weather deck, and the two falconets for the quarterdeck. Chose to replicate the looks of the carriages and their wheel sizes.
 
Even so the actual artilleries are all wrong. (Casting is way above my skill set – forever!!) So after-market examples were good enough; actually very nice indeed. Huge improvement over Corel included examples (as with most kits)
 
Note Clayton Johnson’s amazing work in these two photos.
 

 
In regard to carriage spacing, note the actual carriage length beyond back of cannon. I had originally built all carriages in this correct way, but subsequently realized that I needed to trim the entire overhang away in order to have the carriages fit more properly onto the too narrow weather deck. Again Corel!!.
 

 
Main deck (no forecastle) seems better scaled. Though I still needed to cut carriage overhangs. Also - I know that I need to re-paint my knighthead figures (PS; weak quality castings)

 
For the dummy carriages in the upper and lower gun decks, well that was a gift ha ha.

 
So working on the fix for the quarterdeck falconets. Smaller blocks are the first step, scaling also looks better.

Chuck and his Syren Comp.  We are very good acquaintances. In fact all rigging are also from his company, excellent quality products indeed; well deserved plug Chuck…

 
 
 

Hi Michael, now I see you are working also on the 1:75 scale from Corel. I faced also the same problems
with some models it is an "art" to install items with some items not installing, like these blocks and all details. I also saw some builders who used only a small ball to simulate the blocks as this in these scales 1:75 almost impossible to do that realistic

Hi Michael, now I see you are working also on the 1:75 scale from Corel. I faced also the same problems
with some models it is an "art" to install items with some items not installing, like these blocks and all details. I also saw some builders who used only a small ball to simulate the blocks as this in these scales 1:75 almost impossible to do that realistic

Hi Michael, now I see you are working also on the 1:75 scale from Corel. I faced also the same problems
with some models it is an "art" to install items with some items not installing, like these blocks and all details. I also saw some builders who used only a small ball to simulate the blocks as this in these scales 1:75 almost impossible to do that realistic

Hi Michael, now I see you are working also on the 1:75 scale from Corel. I faced also the same problems
with some models it is an "art" to install items with some items not installing, like these blocks and all details. I also saw some builders who used only a small ball to simulate the blocks as this in these scales 1:75 almost impossible to do that realistic