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Andre Thanks, appreciate your comment. OUCH accident the other day. i was working on the re-install of the stern windows, and the bow was vertically down on the carpet, with the ship between my knees. I moved a bit to quickly and heard a loud snap. Broke the tip of the bow. Here are so me pics of my fix. I was initially going to use a wood dowel, and then thought the better of it, and inserted a brass tube. Pics are self explanatory. This week I will change the windows. I thought of a solution to the dilema from a previous post. Regards to all Michael D
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Ulises, Your rigging photos are so good. Perfect work. i will look into the machine that you have. In the meantime I have ordered a hand crank rope maker from Model Expo. I will see how that is. In the meantime thank you so much for your offer. That was very kind of you. Let me see how that rope maker that I ordered works out. Thanks for your offer. Michael D
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Ulises, I very much admire your details with rigging. I have seen other pics that you have posted of your Wasa. Beautiful work. Regarding your anchor rope, do you have a rope making machine it looks like the proper 9 ply? Also your detail on the anchor ring is perfect. I, in fact, planned on copying your details. Thanks for posting. Very helpful. Michael D
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Ulises Victoria, You make a very good point. It did not occur to me that Corel released this kit before the resurrection. Now, of course, there are so much data available. One would think that Corel would update their kit? Had it not been for all of the museum photos I would have built the ship right out of the box. Which would have still made for a beautiful model ship. I have seen several "out of the box" examples that are very beautiful. One of which has sails...very nice indeed. As for other hobbies adding details can be a lot of fun. I'm thinking of model aircraft and model cars. Michael D
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Dennis, Stunning work. I have so admired this "ROLLS ROYCE' of kits, but it is still above my skill set. Your work is so impressive. You mentioned that you had to file the decorative pieces. How did you then "re-golden" the edges. You are, of course, absolutely right the extra work, and time really made a huge difference. Well thought out on your part. It looks so perfect. I will follow your build and learn from you as I go along with my project. Sad ending for this amazing ship. Michael D
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Buck, Your very kind words are much appreciated. Thank you. I am also learning from so many here at MSW. I will need a lot of prompting when I get to both sets of rigging...down the road The Billings kit is very accurate. I've seen photos of some beautifully built examples. It also looks great with sails. Good luck. Look forward to your postings after you "take a deep breath" and start... Michael D
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This set kinda brings some of the previous work up to date. In retrospect I see errors, but I'm my own worse critic. For example the toilets are very wrongly placed. The anchor rope outlets are not correct. Lastly the lower supporting longitudinal bowsprit braces need to be re-worked. The tips cracked, and look rough.So my repair list keeps growing. However I'm seeing such fabulous work on this site; such a pleasure to see; I am learning so much. For example rigging Mmmm there are so many experts here. Thanks to all of you who post your updates, lov em. MJD
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Oops, Decided to try again with the stern windows. The kit offerings were too wide, incorrectly framed, and just didn't look right. No solution has come to mind. But I need to make them thinner, and the framing has to be thought out again. Here are two pics. One of which is my original install and the other, of course, is the gutted out "to be fixed" pending solution. I also made a mistake with the gallery hight. Too late Mmmm. If anyone has any suggestions they would be surely appreciated (:-) MJD
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Spud1, Thanks, I appreciate your comments. I also am learning so much from the many great artists who post their work, and assembly techniques on this board. I'm really a novice, and I fear that I will never reach the artistry of many builders here. But in the meantime its fun. A great hobby. MJD
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JanV, You are braver than I. You will paint your figures. The 1/10th at the museum is truly astonishing. You may know of this other example that the builder also painted all the figures. I have downloaded all of the jpg's and refer to his build often as a reference. His is scratch built. However it is so close to the original that the more I studied the pics the more I realized how much work actually went into this build. Truly beautiful!! Here is a link from where you can view many photos. http://www.modelships.de/Vasa_II_Janssen/VASA_II_ship-model.htm Regarding painting of the figures, as good as some of the castings are in the kit,I wont attempt to infuse all of the detail of the original, but I will instead try to "age" the look of the figures to mask my lack of talent (:-) Your project is coming along beautifully. MJD
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I'm posting in retrospect. Close to catching up to the effort so far. Please note that the plain cannons are the ones that come with the kit. I will be replacing the deck cannons with the one in the pic. Not Swedish, but closer to the actual ones. I will also alter the carriages to more closely represent those from the ship. This, only my second build, has been really helped by all of the available data. Data that are so helpful. I am also learning a lot from seeing some of your projects. Oh my some of you are astonishing artists.
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Here are some modifications that I have made to the stern of the Corel Wasa. It was woefully incorrect. It is still not "right" but I think that this is an improvement over the "out of the box" build. I had initially been prepared to build, right from the instructions, and I did so. But as I proceeded I became dissatisfied and re-did certain sections. The stern was my first change, as this part did not effect other already assembled areas. I am alson now removing the rear windows, as they are too wide, don't have enough inner frames and, they dont allow for the correct amount od soldiers standing along side. Though I think that this won't change. The problem lies within Corel's too narrow stern sizing. This was unavoidable, even before the start, because it would have been impossible to see this outcome before construction. Also the gilded pieces that I used are not correct, but (:-) so it goes.I don't know how to add comments with each photo, but this progresses from the original kit through my mods. PS: The chain is hanging because it will be replaced with a black one. Though I think that in the 16th cent. they might have used rope? Does anyone know (:-)
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HMS Victory by Yon - Caldercraft 1:72
md1400cs replied to Yon's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Gee such a beauty. Your build is spectacular. Your attention to details and their replication are awesome. I'm only doing my second build, and love too learn from such masters. MJD -
Oh my! this ship has always made me sooo nervous. It is so beautiful. I don't think that I will ever have the skills to do it even poor justice. Your build looks to be excellent. Beautiful start. I will happily follow your posts. I was lucky to board this stunning ship when I was in England. What an experience. PS: I love your hobby work area (:-) MJD
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Here are examples on how I decided to do the Gallery framing. It was labor intensive but I sorta like the results. I did use balsa to do the "castings" Very easy to shape.
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JanV, I think that that you will be happy with the Corel as most errors, as you noted, can be eliminated as you build. With so many photos available it will be easy to adapt the Corel. The only real issues are with the gilded pieces that are for all-intense-and-purposes mostly wrong. Nonetheless this example can be spectacular. I have noted your build so far. I'm very impressed. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. Enjoy MJD
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Dominik, Thanks! some I did not have (:-) MJD
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Thank you for your nice words. No those nails are not part of the kit. I purchased these from a model railroad company. They are rail ties for HO and a smaller size as well. Micromark has most of the other very small nails. Thanks for appreciating my intent with the randomness, per photos of the real ship, and it was the 1600's I thought that it would kind of look "ok" MJD
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My opinions of Corel’s SM13 Wasa are as follows; I purchased this kit many years ago after having visited the museum. I did not do any research. The Corel was the first one that I noticed and purchased it from Model Expo (a consistently excellent supplier). As I proceeded with the build, I decided that I wanted to add more details that were available from the kit right out of the box. I also wanted to take my time and really improve my skills as I went along. I was having a lot of fun. I looked at, and filed many photos of the original and started noticing several shortcomings, in terms of accuracy, with Corel's example. There were several areas that were totally wrong. Mmmmm, but I had progressed to a point where it was too late to adjust the build in some areas. First noted errors; The five deck entry doors are poorly shaped. The bow entry doors are way too thick. The bow step-down side stairs are incorrect. The bow front railing is incorrect (especially those dolphin gilded pieces) The stern is too thin and doesn't allow for the required gilded soldiers. In fact the entire stern is wrong. I tore mine out and re-did it. I'm only realizing these "issues" because I have researched so many photos. I also acquired a set of plans from the museum. OK. Some positive thoughts; All framing is pre-cut. The gilded pieces are very well plated and well cast. The instructions are adequate. Lumber is well cut, as are other wood pieces. If one has no idea of what the real ship really looks like these criticisms would be vacuous, and benign. The ship "out of the box" is none the less impressive, and is obviously the Vasa. The one kit that is super accurate to the real Vasa is the Billings example. This kit is excellent to a fault. However, I do believe that much of the wood parts are only inked onto boards and then need to be cut. Also all of the very accurate gilding are made of plastic. The completed kits that I have seen online looks so excellent. Nice work on Billings part. http://www.naturecoast.com/hobby/bil490.htm If anyone has any specific questions I will be happy to respond. And please any constructive criticism of my project will be very appreciated, as this is only my second build, and I'm new to your wonderful forum. Gee some of you have awesome projects. MJD
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Here are some of the details that I decided to incorporate on my Corel Wasa. The bobinettes from the kit were incorrect. I used photos of the original as reference. Also, the Corel gilded pieces are also incorrect as additions to the Galeries. Here are pics of my attempt. Again, thanks for looking
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Hi Jpett, Thank you for your kind words. Regarding the Corel SM13 I will put some thoughts together regarding this and post my thoughts.
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JanV, love the look of your deck. Looking excellent. This will be a beautiful example. Also you indented framing with your gun ports, nice detail. MJD
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Hello everyone. I am posting 2 pics of my Corel. I want to get it right and then I will add more pics. This is my second build. I completed a Mantua Santa Maria many year ago. This Wasa has been a lot of fun. I have torn sections out and rebuilt them as I have been able to view so many photos of the real ship. The stern, for example is wrong in the Corel kit. OK let's see if my first pics posts.
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