BLACK VIKING

wot plans did you use for te hul ?

Hi amazone the plans are from the Corel Vasa which I built several years ago but I have changed a pop decks to look like the Flying Dutchman. I looked at the ship from the film and thought that looks like the Vasa so it was the perfect candidate.
 Thanks for following 
Martyn

Hi amazone the plans are from the Corel Vasa which I built several years ago but I have changed a pop decks to look like the Flying Dutchman. I looked at the ship from the film and thought that looks like the Vasa so it was the perfect candidate.
 Thanks for following 
Martyn

Hi all 
I have now completed cutting out all the bulkheads and kell and have dry fitted to see how they fit and all seems fine.
Next job cutting out the decks from some 2mm ply .
Thanks for following.
Martyn

Hi all 
I have now completed cutting out all the bulkheads and kell and have dry fitted to see how they fit and all seems fine.
Next job cutting out the decks from some 2mm ply .
Thanks for following.
Martyn

Just the one pic showing the front canopy  tidy up job.
 
OC.

Just a small update  fellow followers  following freely  forever figuring  forensic  feactures,     so  I played with the damaged decals, I decided to weather them to give them a worn look,  I did this by gently sanding with very fine watered  wet and dry, I did this both sides to keep a uniform look.
 
Pics later after I have done a few light top coats.
 
OC.

This will be my first venture into plastic since my much younger days.  The kit contains parts for 3 versions & I will attempt to build the one depicted on the box cover.  Looking through the contents,it appears to be very finely detailed with little or no flash (742 parts!).   The tracks are made up of individual segments which are assembled around a form  before glueing.  It also includes some PE plus a few extras  - a couple of figures,spare ammo,jerry cans,ammo box,& some tools.  It is molded in a medium gray color which brings me to my first dilemma - the painting suggestions do not specify what shade of gray to paint the main body.  In fact,it doesn`t show the main tank body being painted at all.    Any suggestions are welcome!   I don`t expect to get it perfect,so something close would do fine.    I do have some Vallejo neutral gray & blue-gray paint.  The build will be a bit sporadic,as I`m also building a ship.   Just doing this as an occasional change of pace. 
 

 

 

 
Mark

heck no........anyone who thinks larger is easier,  would be spend'in their days in a rubber room   the whole logistics of the project is compounded!   I do like the larger models though......a bit more detail,  but still can't say much about the tiny parts,  since the tiny parts are usually the added detail     {I plea insanity again.....I'm just crazy 'bout that stuff!}
 
hey....while I'm here..........I'll post a tiny bit of progress.   I mentioned that the interplane struts might need to be fitted.   I opted to sand the mounts on the struts down to fit.   the first one went Ok......got it so it would go through the center wing,  and into the bottom wing slot.

the engine / cowl assembly is installed.....but at a price.   I had to trim the front of the cockpit,  and remove the engine mount from the back of the firewall.  not being able to assemble it according to the instructions is the reason for it....I knew this would cause issues.  had I not been able to fix the warped fuselage,  I might as well thrown it out.........but I couldn't do it {after all........this is a Dr 1   }!   anyway........the port strut wasn't as quick 'n easy........in my stupidity,  I broke it    this plastic is brittle....good thing........the break was clean and I was able to repair it.  I'll just have to be careful with it until the top wing is on.   sanding the mounts down,  I got it to fit, and the top wing was dry fitted into place.
  
the dehydral shot shows the wing positions are pretty good........spot on with the mounts firmly seated    with all I had to do to get the engine assembly on,  it will never be seen.......the ammo boxes blocks everything out. 

I did more assembly to the machine guns.   I'm kinda happy with myself.......this was done during my work week!  usually I'm too tired to do anything.

I'm off for the next three days....fun time,  except I promised the admiral that I'd mow the lawns {did everything but that during my two weeks off}.   this next week when  I go back to work,  I should have enough time in my PTO to have a four day week end.  guess who's tak'in a day off...........this guy!   --->  <---

Thanks Dennis, it starts to look better. Finished the nose cone, propellah, and landing gear. Added some decals, still a few to go before I'm done with that. The remaining ones are really small, between 1 and 2 mm sometimes I wonder if I did put some of those on!
 

Thanks for the likes and the comment gents
 
Mike, OC I am getting used to 1/72 soon I can't work at 1/48 anymore   At least it keeps me sharp for the 1/350 in ships
 
Another spray job done ... preparation ...
 

 
Finished painting on the wings and fuselage ...
 

 
Next: landing gear, and prop; gloss varnish (no hair dryer!); decals, and finallly another coat of varnish to finish
 

Preparing for camouflage
 

 
Belly and camouflage. black striping on wings and fuselage, and a sky blue stripe on the fuselage just in front of the tail remain to be done. After that it's sliding decals on
 

 
Had to do some damage control as I diluted the Vallejo to much, and the dark green ran under the masking tape (a.o. wings near fuselage)
 

Rigging was adjusted and tape was used to apply tension to the lines.  With the lines secured in this way, a drop of CA glue was used to hold each line in place, and the excess material was cut off.

Rope bundles were added at various points where lines were secured.

Put a flag on her and she's done.

Some shots of the completed model.

Beautiful ship. I’ll check your log and hope to learn!
 
Alex

Thanks, Ken. It's fun working with an armor model as they are not as sensitive to painting errors as are automobiles, aircraft, and ships.
None of the parts of this model are assigned a part number. All you can do is follow the crude pictorial "instruction" sheet, that's really more of a suggestion sheet as the correct part locations are very loosely shown. It helps tremendously to have lots of reference photos from other sources.
Here, I started the assembly of the upper hull and finished another set of tracks before I ran out of gas for the day. It was a good rainy day for modeling, tomorrow will try to finish up the upper hull and start getting some paint on it.
 
  

Today ending work...

Blockading Brest during the Napoleonic Wars. A Brig brings in a captured French Lugger.
W/C  14” 10”

Hello All, 
Just a quick update, I have sanded back the nameplate and I am very happy with how it turned out.
         
          
It was test fitted into it's mount
            
Then the mount was glued to the base and when it was dry everything was dry fitted together.
              
                
It is now ready for a few coats of clear varnish. The first coat was applied a few minutes ago.
Thanks for looking and the likes.
Comments always welcome.
 

@Ondras71
Thank you for your nice comment.
 
Today only a short update. 
The starboard side is so far equipped with the ratlines.

Indeed, your boat looks very nice! Yep, your description of model boat building seems accurate enough.
Welcome to MSW!

Despite any errors you've made, that is a fine model for your first attempt! Don't beat yourself up.
 
There are some great kits out today that even exceed the quality of the one you bought. I really do hope you can share a new build log with us in future.
 
Oh.... and 

A late model Stuka will be different. I'd like to see it, too.

Your Stuka will be an interesting Build Denis.
 
OC.

now....now.....no more talk about filing it......it'll take more than missing locator tabs to make me want to shelve it     this is now a bash build    as a matter of fact......  the engine / firewall assembly is already on the fuselage.  I'll do something with the paint....I think it's too late to try stripping it.  I'd have posted a while ago,  but errands took me away.   I was going to order a 1:48 Memphis Belle yesterday......it was going for about $60.00,   but when I saw the postage,  I did an about face!   would have added another $30.00 to it!   I did order two other planes though.........a stuka ju87 G2,  and a Marcel Block Aero MB200 Bomber......the Stuka is by Fujimi,  so it ought to be interesting,  since I've never built one of their planes.
 
we just had a storm pass through here........there was even a threat of a tornado.   something you don't see up in these parts........quite a bit of rain and T&L.