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Ulises. Yes nice work with the long boats - Good luck with your move as well- 786 replies
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Ken, As always such a learning treat following your log.
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Nils, I have followed, from the beginning, your SS Kaiser Wilhelm - Astonishing art indeed. AND there are so many more !! I will never reach your achievements - that said what a pleasure to have followed your work. So many inspirations for me as a novice builder. Regards,
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Russ – Thanks for your kind words much appreciated – thanks for dropping by as well. B.E. Noted – I am now on your page understanding your posts, thanks. Eventually I may need to add these. I did actually follow how you included these on you last build. PS: I’m still learning the vocabulary (:-) ====================== So moving forward to the sails. Karl thanks SO much for your log sail measurement details. Super helpful indeed. Frank I have decided to follow your sail presentation – I will also furl all lower sails, and have reduced the sail sizes per your log suggestions. Karl and Frank your build logs will also continue to be invaluable when it is time to add blocks, rig the yards and sails all together. Monday the sails get started in earnest; I go to the sewing center for stitching. Cheers,
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B.E., Thank you - as always - for your kind thoughts. For me this is such a compliment as well given your absolute mastery of this hobby. (:-) Regarding the crows feet (I assume you meant those ropes used by sailors to straddle yards?) - I have looked into this, checked with Anderson, checked on the Vasa specific site per Fred Hocker, it seems that Vasa did not rig these. Now I am indeed thankful. Also all of the models that I have seen, including the museum's 1/10th preclude rigging these as well. That said your advice will stay with me for future reference. Thanks for your post. So searching (too much) tend to bring up things that I did not want to really know about Grrr ha ha Regarding those euphroe blocks that I was so proud of - well this came up. So much for my accuracy (will not go back to revisit this) below from Fred Hocker (copied and pasted) We have three different sizes of euphroe found on the ship, a 4-hole, 5-hole and 6-hole. The number and find location of the 6-holers indicates that they were used for the martnets on the fore and main courses. The locations of the others are less clear, but could have been used for the dead ends of a number of different lines attached to the stays, or for crowsfeet at the forward edges of the lower tops. There is no sign on the main tos of dedicated holes for the legs of a crowsfoot, but they caould have been tied to the rim or railings. Again Mates thanks so much for all of your encouraging comments, likes, and visits. Cheers,
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EJ - Glad to be of help (:-) Patrick - thanks for the hint, but I'm committed to try to do sails. Booked a sewing lesson for next week. Met the teacher - she said that this would be her first teaching lesson for some "dude" making model ship sails. This should be fun. I hope. Super cool sewing machines indeed. Cheers,
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Denis – thanks, yes that does now look as it should. Also thanks for your continued support and kind thoughts. Yup sails keep me up at night J Would definitely add a big “bang” to this project. EJ – just a thought; I had difficulty trying to properly scale the euphroe block threads taught. A bow seemed to always stay visual coming from each side of the blocks I went from Chuck’s .018 to his .012 and that helped a bit. But the real solution was to use a routing bit and add indented grooves to the blocks themselves. This allowed the rope bends to be better hidden within the block. Now when pulled the ropes take on a better scaled toughness through the blocks to their respective shrouds. Cheers,
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EJ, Thanks for your nice comments – Yes your advice is well taken. This happens to be something that I have the foresight of understanding. Most of the standing rigging won’t be secured until much latter. I also assume that I will need “reaching room” when attaching yards, sails, and required running rigging. It is my goal to complete the Vasa in 2017. ============================ And then move backwards to 840 AD or thereabouts (Oseberg) I will, for that one, leave several sections open, including part of the deck, and the hull on one side – making visible construction details that would otherwise be all covered up. So the extra work will be with wood. An area that I like to work with. Probably won’t add the sail, nor its simple rigging, but instead truncate the mast for a partial display. So it will be just basically a hull model. I was just going to ignore this one (too big1/25th scale) but have reconsidered this in hindsight. And so many actual photos of the Oseberg are available making the structural accuracy easier to replicate correctly. Below is a replica of the Gokstad detail view– (the Oseberg was built as a burial shrine). But these two give great insight into their construction. Oseberg is the full view photo.
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Hi Mates, Continuing with standing rigging; • Changing out the bowsprit lashing to correct – tarred ropes •First attempt at making Euphroe blocks, Found a more contemporary looking example online. May also incorporate blocks with needed Euphros for mainmast backstay (as seen on that photo) Funny PS; Word saw spelling error and wanted to change spelling to euphoria or euphoric ha ha •Also making more fiddle blocks Pics are self explanatory – so brief text here. I can see that eventually tensioning all of these lines against each other will be complicated to get them all looking “right” That bridge is for later. Cheers,
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Cog LOL - Not true - Brazilian Portuguese is so beautiful, as compared to Portuguese from Portugal IMHO. With the exception of Cape Verdean music aria Evora as an example of traditional music -- LOL AND Brazilian Samba. (Yes you were making a joke (:-) ) I am very lucky in my life I speak French, Spanish (from Mexico), Portuguese (from Brazil) and english. In my ear Brazilian Portuguese is music indeed. PS: I am married to a Brazilian - that could help this subjective post PS: NO I am not so smart but as a child and a teen my dad moved us into countries that required learning languages- So I learned the languages. PS 2- Fr. Sp Por. - all latin rooted- made the transitions into those obviously easier. Cheers,
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Anton -Interesting regarding how the Aussies have put a proud label on some of their ancestries. Your background is also very eclectic - Nice Again your long boat is so so excellent - especially in that scale - your attention to the smallest of details is superlative indeed.
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Karl, Don't know how I missed these updates. Brilliant work !! And yes as Bob just said bowsprit is superb work indeed. Cheers,
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Karl, Thank you I understand - great- I will be going here next week(see below) to start the sails - If I think that they look good, and don't take away from the details that I have added to this Corel kit - then I will add sails. Yours and Franks are what I am hoping to at least achieve. Both of your Vasas (with added sails) look so great. The sails really add to your builds. I will, in any case, sew all of the trim around the sails. here is the place. https://www.sewingarts.com/ I will try myself or hire someone at the school who would be an "expert" details to follow, Cheers,
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Hi Mates, He are some updated full views as of today. Always thanks for dropping by.
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Ken, You're updates are so excellent. Brilliant work indeed. PS: Looking forward to a grandchild - my wife and I are still in a "holding pattern" (;-) Cheers,
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EJ, Very nice. I'm just in the middle of standing rigging so understand the intensity that this part of a build creates (you are a veteran - not me (:-) ) Looking really good indeed. PS: I remember seeing a Nat Geo doc. where they gave a spider LSD and then photographed her web building - always stuck with me ha ha
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Anton, Now that is, as some of us still say across the pond (from your ancestral roots) "ridiculous", my son would say, "that is sick". Well done indeed !! PS: BTW - I hope that your ancestors were not criminals sent to Australia by the English - ha ha ah - lol PS 2 brilliant work! Cheers,
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Baskerbosse – thanks for your insights as well as taking the time to post- Very interesting. Your Vasa knowledge is appreciated. Karl – may I ask for your assistance? I’m at the point where I need to decide on the sails. I want to try making some, and then decide if they will (in my case) improve on this build. I have been looking at yours and Frank’s logs for ideas and help. May I ask how you added that great detail? – see your photo. -Thanks in advance Karl -you are always so helpful. Mates, as always thanks for your likes and visits. Cheers,
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Hi Mates, Minor update, in a diff area, I’m still waiting to receive needed ropes from Chuck (snail mail –grrr J ) So installed one of the anchors. Positioning will evolve as will - how they are attached. Found a jpg that visually showed how to attach the rope. Used Landström’s drawings as my guide from his The Royal Warship VASA. Some general pics Here are the new tools that I now use to make the needed rings. This has thankfully evolved from my early attempts at making these rings. Now so much easier. Using aluminium tubing that is much softer than brass - though I do like this tool for brass works very well. Both tools found on eBay. Also working on making needed Euphroe blocks (Thanks EJ for your help on this) Cheers,
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Glenn, I sort of thought that Chuck's blocks may be a tad too large. Thanks as well for your kind words regarding my current build. When I was working in London in the mid-90's I took a long weekend to go see the Vasa. Yes amazing to see indeed. I had asked my son (then 12 to also come along) he declined. When he visits us now, and looks at how my build is going - he says the he regrets not having gone to the museum as well. Cheers,
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Buck - you have had one beer too many THANKS so much - that said (;-) your detailed work is so over the top. Enjoy everyone from buck's log (I need to share). You have been one of my visions indeed. I hope to realize your detail work eventually - probably not !!
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Yes, Hello Frank - it has been a while indeed - we miss you! Regards,
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