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Inspiration returned. Like a ninja climbing over the walls of Osaka Castle in a b-movie, the will, nay, need, to model LED-lighted wrecks in boxes slowly stalked, and finally cornered me ... I've done a bit of thinking and I've decided to do just the bow of the wreck, lighted by an ROV hovering above it. That way the whole thing can be kept within reasonable size. The size of the LED dictates the size of the ROV, and the size of the ROV dictates the size of the wreck (ROVs come in different sizes, I know. Somehow I just want a small one - Sea Owl-style). Doing a bow section will allow me to sculpt a nice figurehead for the wreck, and I've found one I want to do: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7303-cooling-off-complete-with-chills-down-the-spine/ Even though I haven't worked on this project for a long time, I've been thinking about it a lot. All sorts of ideas, both bad and not so bad ones, have been considered. For example, I toyed with the idea of installing small fans in the bottom of the diorama box so that dust/pigment/something could be blown around to simulate silt being stirred up. It wouldn't work, but it would be cool if it did ... For the wreck I've decided on a POL (Plank On Lump) approach. I've enlisted the help of my often-frowned-upon friend Mr Balsa Wood to create a bow shaped "lump", onto which planks and details will be attached.
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Let's hope so. This really right up my alley. If Mati is a royal sail, I am the yeasty goo fermenting in the bilge; I am not worthy.
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Hey Does anyone have any experience working with Juniper wood? Today a Juniper that hasn't been feeling well for a number of years finally fell to my saw. Much of it is destined for the flames, but as I was cutting it up, I started having grand visions of masts rising proudly towards the sky ... If for nothing else, I'd like to use the wood for of its fantastic scent! If I can make a model that smells like that, I'll have ALL the ship modelling groupies ... Cheers and thanks in advance Sam
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No, but I can still add things like that quite easily - the main hatch is large enough to allow work inside the hull. The bottom of the "hold" is full of pits and grooves left over from the drilling and chiselling. I plan to use those to place small lead weights, or somesuch, in. When I find a placement that feels OK' I'll finalise. That's the plan. Suggestions are always welcome.
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If you've read this build log from the beginning, you know that I want this baby to actually float. Last year I spent much of the summer hollowing out the hull and much of the sterncastle, but even so weight is something that has kept worrying me. Yesterday I decided that the stern was still too heavy, so I made a hole in the quarter deck and removed some more wood.. This necessitated the making of a new hatch, to cover the mess: Today curiosity got the best of me, and I conducted a little buoyancy test. That I, naturally, forgot to take pics of. I taped a half a plastic bag tightly around her hull (no varnish yet) and put her into a bucket of water. And waddayaknow! She actually sits beautifully in the water. When the rigging comes on, I think the water line will be just about where I want it to be. Still a bit aft heavy, but I think some ballast in the bow will fix that. All that hacking away with hammer and chisel seems to have paid off. Nice.
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Thanks! Good to be back. Yep, the Vasa is an obvious choice. It's the real thing after all! For the quarter galleries my main source of inspiration comes from the Batavia replica, however. They're quite similar, but the ones on the Vasa are grander. I haven't done any research in the usual sense for this project. I just wanted to build a ship, so I started.
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Welcome back to another episode of "Sub-Standard Tools, Strange Woods and Enthusiasm"! A year has gone and I'm back at the old summer place again. Yes, once again it's toy ship time. Added a bunch of stuff - capstan, forecastle deck and grid hatch, and doors. I don't reckon anyone's following this build log to be dazzled by the brilliant craftmanship, so I'll leave it up to you to imagine how it all was made.
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I often get asked, by foreign visitors and suchlike, (because I always bring 'em to the Vasa museum) - why did she go down? The Only answer I can give is: weight distribution. Not enough beam for ballast. Superstructure too heavy. Perhaps the Dutch shipwright paradigm wasn't the optimal one for Baltic waters? (Other ships, presumably build in the same style did do do rather well, though). Yeah, the open gun ports are interesting. If I've done my homework right, that wasn't something you you usually did.
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