BLACK VIKING

Hi Nirvana.The tool I have made is very simple. I had some thin brass strip which I bent into shape of the scarf joint and glued it to some left over planking from the first layer with some CA glue and then fitted a handle from a cut down paint brush. The edge of the strip was sharpened with a file so it leaves a impression in the wood when pressed into it . I will take some more pics tomorrow in some better light.

Thanks for the comments 

Martyn

Thanks for the comments and the likes 

A bit more done on the Vasa . The second planking has now been started and after a conversation with Fred Hocker from the Vasa museum the planks have scarf joints and not butted up so after a lot of head scratching I came up with a little tool . The wood of the second planking is quite soft and the tools sharp edge marks the wood quite well and it gives a uniform joint . All I've got to do is plank the rest of the ship 

Thanks for looking 

Martyn

She is looking absolutely stunning m8 lovely work 

Martyn

Hi all and I hope you have had a great xmas.

The hull is now finished with the first planking and the gunports marked out and cut . The gunports where slightly tilted to follow the whales as on the real ship.

The stern was the next job . It was planked as per instructions and the stern chasers marked out ready for cutting. 

And its now for a mammoth sanding job. 

Martyn

Oh well that's me off the forum  trouble is mine is still to neat  

Martyn

Cheers for all the feedback guys and looking at the plan of the decks omg that's really all over the place but I can see how it happened as Mike said they had two different measurements from the different rules one being 12 inch to the foot the other 10 inch to the foot certainly made for confusion  

Martyn 

Hi m8 the model that Deag shows is the 1-10th from the Vasa museum and the nails are the ones that hold the planks to the ribs on the real ship . After I have put the second planking on mine I will be reproducing these on the side of my hull. 

Hope this helps 

Martyn 

Magnificent work Elj she is certainly a beast. Happy holidays m8 

Martyn

Thanks for all the comments and likes guys 

A bit more done on the Vasa .

The decks have been fitted and rubbed down then the planks glued over the top. Once dry the random size of the planks were marked with a sharp pencil quite difficult to do as I wanted to get them all the same. The planks were given a coat of mid oak stain. Next job finishing the hull.

Thanks for looking 

Martyn

Thanks Mark the link works fine and have joined. Nothing like first hand knowledge. 

Martyn

Thanks Mark and druxey for the help. If you could put up the link Mark I would be most grateful. Thanks again for the help. Martyn 

Hi all I am just about to start planking the deck of my Vasa and having trouble finding the proper shift of the main deck. The references I have found seems to contradict each other one is a three shift and another one looks like four. Very confusing.

Thanks for any help 

Rgd Martyn 

Looking at the shape of the hull I am not surprised she fell over as their doesn't seem to be enough depth to the hull for their to be enough ballast to counter the forces of the sails  😕

Thanks for the comments and likes all

I have been slowly planking up the sides of the hull and I must say it has been a challenge as its such a weird shape more like a barge. Plus the dreaded four letter work getting in the way . Still off to do some more planking.

Martyn

Nice work m8 I am building the same kit   . Just a little heads up, I don't know if you are painting or staining the hull but the top of the ribs are painted or stained later in the build after the deck is planked but if you do it now you won't have to mask of the deck . Looking forward to your next update 

Martyn

With all these colours logged and a picture painted during the time how come she is now painted in that horrible salmon pink and not yellow   just wondering 

Martyn

Every time I see this build it gets better and better. Stunning work my friend 

Martyn

Sitting back and watching this one, by the way where's the popcorn  seriously will be following this Elj. 

Martyn

Nice looking kit and some brilliant ideas to make it very straight forward to build. And the future of the hobby needs the younger ones. Iooks like the young lad is having fun with the build  

Martyn

Well done my friend stunning work  

Martyn

Really great progress, lovely work on the carvings 

Martyn

Hi all 

A bit more done on the Vasa .

The bulkheads have all been glued to the keel and the stern frames fitted.

Next job gluing the reinforcements to the inside the framework.

Till next time thanks for following 

Martyn

Stunning work Michael and glad the lights work as its a nightmare getting them out 

Martyn

Thanks for the likes and comments guys 

Hi Michael and cheers for the pictures of the keel.There is going to be a lot of modifying on the false keel once it gets glued on to include all the joints. Hi YT I can see where you are coming from but I think she is lucky ship as it would have been a lot worse if she had a full complement of crew when she went down plus she was very near the shore. Also I love this ship as she has the most bonkers carvings I have ever seen.

Thanks all for following my build 

Martyn

Oops made a bit of a bobo just looked at the instructions and there are another two sections a centre one and a smaller stern section. I think I will be making a bigger kell stand  

Martyn