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Small update:
 
Constructed the cannon:
 

 
Gun carriage to be painted red:
 

 
Tamiyas Gold leaf worked as a charm:
 

 
One more coat and I will paint the red, green and blues...

Well,I decided to re-do those knees to better match the edge of the deck. Not to difficult - the old ones just popped right off. I think it looks a little better.
 

 
Mark

Zoltan; why do you need permission? 
 
Joe & bob, Thanks
 
Torbogdan, I have been thinking about it and will decide after I painted the details. But I'm worried that the parts are so finely detailed that it will be difficult to wipe off the wash...

Zoltan; why do you need permission? 
 
Joe & bob, Thanks
 
Torbogdan, I have been thinking about it and will decide after I painted the details. But I'm worried that the parts are so finely detailed that it will be difficult to wipe off the wash...

Nice paint job. Do you plan to use a wash on it? A slightly darker color that is very runny to create the effect of "depth" and shadow?

I agree with Joe, that gold really looks good and brings out the details well

The gold leaf looks excellent, nice touch.

Small update:
 
Constructed the cannon:
 

 
Gun carriage to be painted red:
 

 
Tamiyas Gold leaf worked as a charm:
 

 
One more coat and I will paint the red, green and blues...

Small update:
 
Constructed the cannon:
 

 
Gun carriage to be painted red:
 

 
Tamiyas Gold leaf worked as a charm:
 

 
One more coat and I will paint the red, green and blues...

Small update:
 
Constructed the cannon:
 

 
Gun carriage to be painted red:
 

 
Tamiyas Gold leaf worked as a charm:
 

 
One more coat and I will paint the red, green and blues...

Small update:
 
Constructed the cannon:
 

 
Gun carriage to be painted red:
 

 
Tamiyas Gold leaf worked as a charm:
 

 
One more coat and I will paint the red, green and blues...

Small update:
 
Constructed the cannon:
 

 
Gun carriage to be painted red:
 

 
Tamiyas Gold leaf worked as a charm:
 

 
One more coat and I will paint the red, green and blues...

Looking good Sjors.
Do you have all the issues complete?

Next small update


 

When I had problems with my "Bohuslän" I contacted the Swedish company NCB. What a bunch of @#*!s. The respons was something like "oh, how bad..."
 
I then contacted the Turkmodel, they who make the models for NCB and they sent parts at once with apologies and "if there are any more problems contact us at once..."
So try contacting them directly...

When I had problems with my "Bohuslän" I contacted the Swedish company NCB. What a bunch of @#*!s. The respons was something like "oh, how bad..."
 
I then contacted the Turkmodel, they who make the models for NCB and they sent parts at once with apologies and "if there are any more problems contact us at once..."
So try contacting them directly...

Saturday, June 11th, 2016
 
The shields installation is now over . .
Now I'm starting another task: building the oars . .
 
Thanks to everybody for the positive appreciations.
Rgds, Jack.Aubrey
 
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Looking good Sjors.
Do you have all the issues complete?

Hello Martyn, Hennie, Edwin and Peter,
 
Welcome again......
There is enough popcorn for everyone !
 
@ Martyn,
 
You are allowed to follow     
 
@ Hennie,
 
Ok, Sergal.
And yes, I also want to finish the Aggy first but the wood smell is  going there own way.
Now I can switch between those 2.
 
@ Edwin,
 
I'didn't know that the smell was that big !
 
Anja is saying Hi to you and Urmilla.
Hope everything is allright there with you.
 
@ nenad,
 
Let the party begins !!!!!!
 
@ Peter,
 
Welcome !
Popcorn enough so take some.
And the quality of Agostini kits are really good.
But I have to wait till the end before I can say something about the whole kit ( or issues)
 
After cleaning the popcorn I have done something again.
The deck beams are on it and because you can push the beams down with almost no pressure, I have make under it another little beam.
Then I have glued the second deck.
Now I have to find out if this deck has getting planking or maybe there is a third one on top of it.
If I have to plank this deck i will do it before I'm planking the hull.
Otherwise first the hull and then another deck ?
I'll keep you posted !
 
Sjors
 

 

 

 
 
 

I think I may know what I will be asking for for Christmas....

I think I forgot to mention: Length 109 cm, height 86 cm.
 
Somebody wrote on the Vasa museum forum: 
 
written in march this year, so there's still hope for you gringos...
 

Thank's for all the interest in this build.
 
Dr Per, look here: http://forum.vasamuseet.se/org/vasamuseet-en/d/building-my-vasa-ship-model/
 
The few parts I have so far are actually excellent quality. Castings very detailed, laser-cutting finely tuned. No laser burns and the cut is thin as a hair. Even have problems cutting the tabs with a #11 blade(too thick). The only complaint I can think of is that the frames are only 3 mm thick. But then again there will be lots of reinforcements along the hull.
 
I found Tamiya's "X-12 Gold Leaf" paint in my box and thought that "Gold Leaf" must be precisely the right stuff for decorations.
Luckily I did a testrun on the back of the shield:
 

 
Well, as usual it can't be seen on the photo but it gives a "glittery" appearance. Almost like metallic paint.
 
But, if the Vasa decoration was made with gold leaf at that size it probably would look a little "glittery" but at a distance that would maybe blur out into a uniform golden shine. 
Anyway, there's far too much bumps and nooks and crannies for doing wrong here. It would be hell cleaning off paint...
 

 

 
Remember it's only 17 mm wide!
 
I will go and have a look in town later today and see if there's any paint that will do. Also need bronze for the cannon. problem  is that even though this is Swedens second largest city it only has one decent hobby shop and he only has Tamiya and Humbrol paints.
I would prefer Model Master or Vallejo but...
 
We'll see...

I think I forgot to mention: Length 109 cm, height 86 cm.
 
Somebody wrote on the Vasa museum forum: 
 
written in march this year, so there's still hope for you gringos...
 

I think I forgot to mention: Length 109 cm, height 86 cm.
 
Somebody wrote on the Vasa museum forum: 
 
written in march this year, so there's still hope for you gringos...
 

I think I forgot to mention: Length 109 cm, height 86 cm.
 
Somebody wrote on the Vasa museum forum: 
 
written in march this year, so there's still hope for you gringos...