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a dry-fit for the masts.
I will fix these the next step.
 
 

 

Continued with the platforms
 

 
and during drying of the glue also continued with the masts
 

 

 
an uncontroled dryfit of the masts
 

Today I received the blocks in 3, 4, 5 en 7mm
I orderded these by clasicmodel.com
 

 

 

 
first impression looks very good so I can now continue

a dry-fit for the masts.
I will fix these the next step.
 
 

 

the last days some small points done, today I painted the doors
 

First I would like to thank all those who liked my previous posts
 
I finalized today the stairs, I used the originals from the kit which have been sanded to make them smaller
 

 
further I made the hings for the doors
 

 

 
oops I do not like the macro on my camera

Started with the bindings on the two masts
 
 

I am following the drawings of Corel to prepare the masts. My builds are now in a slow speed due to work and private issues.
I hope that the book Vasa II will be issued this year so I can correct some high visibel parys in the rigging

Started with the bindings on the two masts
 
 

a dry-fit for the masts.
I will fix these the next step.
 
 

 

the last days some small points done, today I painted the doors
 

Continued with the platforms
 

 
and during drying of the glue also continued with the masts
 

 

 
an uncontroled dryfit of the masts
 

the above described methode was not correct
I have redone this using an flexible wood in small strips
 

 
      as I felt very good with this methode, I will now continue with the other 5 platforms

Started with the bindings on the two masts
 
 

Nice to see your second Vasa here Mark.
 
As all good things you should do them twice to learn 
 
with the figures you are correct, you should handle these very carefull, special the figures you have to remove from their supports.
you have noticed in the other builds of the Corel kit of course already several mistakes.
 
maybe we can together inform Corel how to modify this kit for the future   so that all new generation Vasa builders can finally select more kit manufactures with correct kits. how difficult can this be with a great example in Stockholm

Thanks for these pictures, I will save this information when I decide to mae the sails also.

Hola Frank:
 
As I promised you here are the pictures and dimensions of the sails.  Take in account that the measures do NOT considered the hem, so you need to add around 0.5 cm by each side.
 

 
Saludos, Karl

Another step in the proces - sails on the main mast are ready.
 
(and once again one of my rather bad pictures):
 
 

Hola amigos:
 
Well, now I'm in the process of making the sails. First I had to learn how to use sewing machine from my wife, as well as learning to sew by hand to place the bolt rope that go around the sails.  
 
The BB kit has all the sails printed in one sheet of fabric, so the first step was to cut the different pieces, then to sew the hem around the borders and sew several lines along the sails to simulate the the different pieces that form it.  At last I sew the bolt ropes that go around the sails.
 
I must to point out that to make the bolt lines it was necessary to search for a suitable thread in fabric stores: size (1.2 - 1.5 mm diameter), material (cotton or polyester) and color (beige or light brown), not an easy task.   Finally I only find a white nylon thread with the correct size.  After doing several tries I accomplished an acceptable finish using a mix of white glue, water and the same acrylic paint I used to paint the plastic figures in the ship. In the pictures you can see some sails with the bolt ropes already sewn and some without them.
 

 
Saludos, Karl
 
PD: Thanks for all the likes
 
 

Cheers pops!
 
I tried to take dark background images earlier. I don't get why the LED lights look so weird in the image. IRL it is quite dim and have a grey/greenish tone, as the windows are tinted. The camera pick the light up as bright and almost blue.
 

 

 
Now it's back to shaping deadeyes and the metal parts for them so I can continue with the foremast.
 
 
Thanks for the likes everyone!
 
 
Matti

Hello everyone
Here`s where i`m at - continued planking up to the position of the uppermost whale. I decided to do some nailing on the hull planks.There seems to be no pattern to the nailing on the real ship so I followed no pattern to my nailing.The nails I am using are actually model railroad items called micro spikes.They are really small - used a #77 drill bit to drill the holes. I didn`t want it to look like it had the measles so I used the smallest "nails" I could find. It may be overkill as they are hard to see at more than about a foot away.
 

 

 

 
/Mark

Hey Mates,
 
Nigel thanks for your sage advice. I will read your notes several times as I set up the Proxxon. 
 
JayPett, Joe and Buck you guys always help me along -- big cheers to you as well
 
Thanks for the likes and visits always appreciated.
 
Some of you sent me a PM birthday wish SO kind!!.
 
I know that the super majority of us prefer to post a neutral avatar. Many of us have become very nice helpful and caring internet friends. So given that its my Name Day today I thought that I would go out on a limb and post a face of your mate Michael.
This one was taken a few months ago (:-) That table is a child's size sorta fits my personality or so I've been told. Our son's room is now my hobby room
 
There's a a rumor of some kind of French drink with bubbles in it for tonight. (:-)
 
Cheers everyone..
 
Michael

Hi Mates,
 
Thanks so much for your supportive suggestions, comments, likes and just looking in, all are very much appreciated.
 
Continuing with the braces for the anchors; I focused on the single fish davit beam that was employed to help raise the anchor flutes towards the gunwales.  Only one beam was recovered indicative of the single beam being moved port to starboard as needed.
 
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I used a sanding disk to thin out a piece of wood. Then tapered both upper edges, added grooves on its outer tip and inner ends as well.
 
Added the required ropes and blocks.
 
Drilled four holes in the weather deck to simulate the two rope attaching laces.
 
Knotted two pieces of rope together using a Carrick bend.  This knot was a guess (I’m good at that J)
 
Glued the two ropes and also added glue to the knot ends to simulate a natural relaxed looking resting appearance on the deck
 
The last three pics are for my next area, still repairing previous mistakes, and will be giving my Proxxon milling machine its first real user test for adding the grooves  into the knightheads - Hmmmm Let’s see how that goes.
 
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YES I am sooo irritated at myself for not recessing the gun deck cannon framings. I had thought of it as I was inserting the four bits per opening but the lip seemed too thin AND my skills then were not as good as they are now.. Now its really too late for a retro fix.    Next time….
 
Always my regards,
 
Michael

Finishing up the beak - the cap molding is done as well as the two transverse pin rails.
 

 
The remaining pin rails and the stairs.  The stairs were tricky for two reasons.  First, each step is differently shaped and the instructions didn't say which went where.  Fortunately test-fitting them made it pretty clear for me.  Second, the lower stairs are hard to access, even with tweezers.  But I attached them eventually and they look pretty good.
 
I also installed the two heads, which are basically small angled boxes that sit almost under the side pin rails.  It must have been pretty uncomfortable for the sailors...
 

 
Close-up of the stairs and the side of the beak.  The curve of the side pieces didn't match the curve of the large sculptures that attach to them, so I needed to reshape the wood.  That was not difficult - just lay the large sculpture on the wood piece and figure out where to cut.  A small piece added in the middle and it matched quite well.
 
 
And a sadly blurry picture of the beak sides.  The lower side was a single pre-cut piece that fit surprisingly well.  Only a little fettling was required where the piece meets the wales on the hull.  I added some scratched molding detail that matches the 1:10 model pretty well.  The gaps in the molding match where the Roman emperor sculptures will go, so they can sit flush with the sides.  The ten emperors come in three sizes - small, medium, and large - and they line up pretty well with the changing height of the beak sides.
 
 
Now a few more hull details, and I started painting sculptures.  The beak was surprisingly straightforward after all the challenges with the quarter galleries, and I like the way it looks.
 

Sjors I have to search my files, as I am sure I have this somewhere on my harddisk. Send me a pm with your email then i will forward this