JanV

Hi guys:
 
Finally I finished the standing rigging placing the upper stay of the mizen mast.
 
At first I was going to do it according to the BB plans (only one rope) but I change my mind and prefer making it as shown in the 1:10 Vasa model and Clayton´s, with double rope and fixing them to the main mast shroud.
 
It is important to mention that if using this form it is necessary to make additional holes to the pinracks located near the mainmast.  Do it before making the shrouds!!
 

 
Saludos, Karl

Thanks Bill and Scott     
 
@ Bill,
 
I know there is a lot of copper on her.
I have to make stronger locks at the door before copper thieves bringing me a visit   
 
Sjors

I am impressed Sjors, looks very good

With the towers in place, it was time to plank the upper parts of each gallery.  Each plank needed to be cut slightly differently because of the tower curves.  I pre-painted the pieces to preserve a nice clean line with the yellow below.  Note the clinker planking around the gallery window.  I have no idea what that part of the real ship looks like, but I figured you should see something reasonably finished if you looked through the gallery opening.
 

 
Here the upper and lower galleries have been planked, and the opening for the window cut into the lower gallery.  You can also see what I did with the front of the upper gallery.  There are three vaguely triangular panels of shingles that together round the curve of the front.  A little wood filler here and there to clean things up, and it looks pretty good.  The front tower overhangs the gallery base, which is because of the shingling.  I'm going to add an extension around the base so it's flush with the tower.
 

 
One side almost finished, with a little more wood filler for some small gaps between the towers and the gallery planking.
 

 
And a look at the finished gallery.  The borders at the front of the galleries will be covered with sculptures.  This is from later in the build when I had started adding some sculptures, so you can see bits of them in the background.  You can also see how I've extended the base of the gallery floor so it's flush with the tower, rather than the tower overhanging.  I was very happy to have finished this part of the project!
 

 
Now on to the beak area...
 

The three towers in place, together with their finials.  The hapless lower rear tower needed its finial truncated in order to fit underneath the upper gallery.  The gaps in the shingling panels occur because the curved tower profile is not quite regular, but the gaps will be covered by sculptures, so it won't matter.
 
The very front of the upper gallery is a little tricky.  The kit provides balsa as it does for the front of the gallery bottom, but it doesn't match well with the clinker planking.  I ended up creating three shingled panels to go over the balsa, and they looked pretty good.
 

 
A view from the stern.  Bad lighting, but you can see the sides of the tower bases are fairly vertical, which was surprisingly hard to get right.  There are lots of angles conspiring against you here.
 

 
The towers all primed and ready to paint.  What you don't see is that the sides facing the hull also need shingling, and you can't really do that until the towers are in place, making the job quite fiddly.
 

 
Beginning to paint the towers.  The horizontal plank is a test fit.  Note the window below it - there will be a corresponding square cut into the gallery planking.
 

 
 
 

Hey all! Here are some pictures of the shrouds:
 

 

 

 
Quite enjoyable stage of the build, and changes the look of the model alot, at least in my eyes.
 
The ratlines will be testing my nerves though Im sure...
 
 
/Matti
 
 

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

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.
 
 

 

Continued with the platforms
 

 
and during drying of the glue also continued with the masts
 

 

 
an uncontroled dryfit of the masts
 

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

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
 

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

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

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

I have decided to continue on with the Corel version of the Vasa which I started about a year and a half ago.I got as far as the first planking done & set it aside while I continued working on the Sergal kit. I have fixed a couple of things so far. I re-sized the upper row of gunports as I cut them too big to start with . Also I the slant to the companionway roofs - the kit had them flat. I also re-did the lower stern to be more square.One more thing I noticed after glueing on the false deck was there were no openings for the knighthead behind the main mast or the ladder behind the fore mast so I had to make them.
 

 

 

 

 
/Mark

Update time finally. Here are the finished chainplates and channels for the main mast:
 

 

 

 

 
It's some work to make them, especially reshaping the deadeyes and scratching the metalparts. It feels good to do some other work now before starting with the next mast. 
 
 
/Matti

My plan at this moment is to use the drawings from Corel and provide the masts as shown on these drawings, so this should include the topgallant mast sections.
 
As we are planning to move to a new use within the coming year, I have already agreed with my wife to prepare a good location in our new living room for the Vasa once completed. I am lucky for this as my wife also has a hobby with showing their results in the living room (origami) so this gave no discussions as some others will have to show a finished model in the living room. 

Happy Birthday Matti
 
I noticed your post concerning the VASA II book, any updates?

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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