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BLACK VIKING reacted to DanielD in Golden Hind by DanielD - OcCre - Scale 1:85 - First wooden ship build - Started 12/4/2019
A little work on the foremast tonight. Seems slow going... but happy with the outcome so far.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to CDW in Finished - Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber by CDW - Zvezda - 1:48 Scale
Added a wash
Added weathering
Added the last final detail parts
She's finished, the Soviet WW2 dive bomber produced in higher numbers than any other (Russian) bomber of the war.
For me, it was a very enjoyable build. For the small cost of the kit, it was a pleasant surprise in terms of detail, engineering, and lack of flash, sink marks, etc. A very nice kit that I highly recommend.
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Hi Michael a visit to the Vasa museum is on my bucket list and I would love to see your pictures of the ships boat.
There are a few bits missed on the Deag build like the hallard pulleys and the gunport on the quarterdeck but all in all its a cracking kit .
Cheers for looking
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Cheers for the comments guys and the likes
Glad to see you back Michael and looking forward to seeing your Trinadad X section again. The lantern was scratched built with a bit of poetic license as the lantern hasn't been found, but who knows as their is a lot of bits and pieces still to go through so you never know
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Thank you for the best wishes for my wife. She is coming home today 😎
Michael has been real help as the rigging plan from Deag is very basic.
Thanks again Frank.
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Fright in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Cheers for the comments Michael.
Sorry for not posting for a while but life has really got in the way. Got made redundant in May so have running around trying to get another job . Then last week my wife got taken into hospital for open heart surgery for a replacement valve so have been running to and from the hospital so not a lot happening on the build and I have lost a bit of mojo to get on with it. On the bright side I would like to thank Michael aka mid 1400s for sending me lots of pictures on the rigging as the ones from Deag are totally wrong. I have managed to rig the bowsprit sails and still got some more ratlines to do but onwards and upwards . Hopefully will get some more done next week. As always thanks for the likes and following.
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Fright in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Cheers OC for the comments and the likes
I have now finished the Vasa . I can say I have really enjoyed building this model . A few miner admissions but nothing that can't be fixed .
Thanks for following
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Fright in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Thanks for all the great replies guys
A small update. My wife is slowly getting better still a long way to go but onwards and upwards we go
All the rigging has been completed on the foremast and I have fitted a missing gunport on the mizzen quarter deck .
Next job fitting the gunport lids to the side, quite a long job as each one is pinned with a brass pin to give them strength. The thread hanging down the sides are from the rigging as I leave them till I put the rope coils over the belay pins so I can adjust the sails to how I like them .
cheers for following
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Cheers for the comments Michael.
Sorry for not posting for a while but life has really got in the way. Got made redundant in May so have running around trying to get another job . Then last week my wife got taken into hospital for open heart surgery for a replacement valve so have been running to and from the hospital so not a lot happening on the build and I have lost a bit of mojo to get on with it. On the bright side I would like to thank Michael aka mid 1400s for sending me lots of pictures on the rigging as the ones from Deag are totally wrong. I have managed to rig the bowsprit sails and still got some more ratlines to do but onwards and upwards . Hopefully will get some more done next week. As always thanks for the likes and following.
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Fright in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Hi all.
Some more work on the Vasa . The rigging has been started and have completed the formast. The mainmast yard with the sail has been rigged before the shrouds where put on as the rake of the shrouds would make it hard to get to the hallards so decided to do them first. I had to make the ramshead block as instructions for the rigging is totally different from what's on the real ship . To break up the ratline tying I painted some more carvings and placed them in their positions. Looking at the Vasa book I noticed a fixed block on top of the mizzen chainwhale that takes the bottom sheet from the mainsail so made some up from some wood stock . The forebrace and mainbrace have been rigged so it's back to ratlining.
Thanks for following
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from EJ_L in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Hi Michael a visit to the Vasa museum is on my bucket list and I would love to see your pictures of the ships boat.
There are a few bits missed on the Deag build like the hallard pulleys and the gunport on the quarterdeck but all in all its a cracking kit .
Cheers for looking
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING reacted to popeye the sailor in Le Soleil Royal by EJ_L - FINISHED - Sergal - Scale 1:77 - 1669 Version
love the looks of her out in the light.......they always look better in their natural habitat great progress and the sails look very nice........I remember my first time on a sewing machine. as the admiral says......I'm still learning
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BLACK VIKING reacted to EJ_L in Le Soleil Royal by EJ_L - FINISHED - Sergal - Scale 1:77 - 1669 Version
Sails are indeed a major undertaking especially with no rigging plan or supplied materials, but I think the effort will be worth while. This is my first ship with cloth sails. I’ve done the former plastic ones on my Constitution build but cloth does add extra challenges.
Success! After learning how to use a sewing machine, some trial and error, I have a set of sails. I still need to clean them up and add details etc., but I have sails. More to follow.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to EJ_L in Le Soleil Royal by EJ_L - FINISHED - Sergal - Scale 1:77 - 1669 Version
Picked up a book that has been on my wish list for some time now and I feel like a fog has been lifted and can see much clearer now. I will echo what many others have told me and that is this is a must have for any historic model sailing ship builder. A wealth of information and very clear drawings with excellent details. I really wish I would have had this book years ago.
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from md1400cs in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Cheers for the comments guys and the likes
Glad to see you back Michael and looking forward to seeing your Trinadad X section again. The lantern was scratched built with a bit of poetic license as the lantern hasn't been found, but who knows as their is a lot of bits and pieces still to go through so you never know
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Le Soleil Royal by EJ_L - FINISHED - Sergal - Scale 1:77 - 1669 Version
Wow just caught up with your build, stunning as always m8
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Old Collingwood in Finished - Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber by CDW - Zvezda - 1:48 Scale
That finish came out real fine, I understand some modelers trap paper or tape and use blue tack for the edges, what I am thinking of doing with my mosi is laying down a wrap around grey first then masking for the green colour - guess thats the best way lighter down first.
OC.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to CDW in Finished - Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber by CDW - Zvezda - 1:48 Scale
A very modest number of decals were included with the kit, but they were of very high quality, a pleasure to work with. Wish I knew the translation for what's written on the port side fuselage.
Remaining to be done to finish the model is bomb bay, tail wheel, main gear, and crew entry doors; ventral auto cannon; marker lights on the wings; props and spinners; some weathering and a flat clear coat.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Old Collingwood in Black Pearl by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - 1/72 Scale
Another good day on the pearl - firstly I painted and fitted the upper mizzen yard, I decided to fit it in the lowered position - I glued it and lashed it in place, then I fitted the end blocks and the blocks to the top of the mizzen upper mast.
I then ran the lift ropes down the center and tied/glued them to the poop deck bits.
OC.
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from fmodajr in Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale
Cheers for the comments guys and the likes
Glad to see you back Michael and looking forward to seeing your Trinadad X section again. The lantern was scratched built with a bit of poetic license as the lantern hasn't been found, but who knows as their is a lot of bits and pieces still to go through so you never know
Martyn
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BLACK VIKING reacted to mhkash in I-400-Class Submarine by mhkash - FINISHED
Good Morning Mark / Good Morning All
Thank you Mark, this is very interesting indeed, I'm very fond of this piece, and am not surprised to know that US went on haunting it after the WWII and during the cold war. I'll read this article tonight. Here is the work progress.
Thank you
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Old Collingwood in Black Pearl by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - 1/72 Scale
Thank you mate for the very kind words - yep I am considering getting some scale pirates
OC.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to mtaylor in Black Pearl by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - 1/72 Scale
You're making great progress, OC. Hmm....skeleton pirates. Not having seen the movie, were they actually on the ship?
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Old Collingwood in Black Pearl by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - 1/72 Scale
The whole film is based around the un dead pirates where they are cursed to be in limbo land, they travel between there normal pirate form and dead skeleton form, its quite a thing to see the likes of Johnny Depp in skeleton form.
OC.
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