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md1400cs got a reaction from canoe21 in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from Kevin in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from Ferit in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from fmodajr in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from Salty Sea Dog in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Buck,
Thanks indeed. You have more confidence in me than I have of myself, but your kind words have been taken to heart.
The stern section of the SOS, for example is NOT for the faint of heart (:-) It is such an amazingly beautiful ship that needs, deep attention to details to make it look "right". The carvings alone are in-and-of-themselves works of art. Not sure that any of the kits available have proper castings? hmmm
Cheers, and thanks for your kind post.
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md1400cs got a reaction from Baker in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from canoe21 in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
After drilling the needed holes and squaring them along the lower railings got close to attaching the main mast, and the shrouds, then – for some reason – as I was squaring the last of the railing holes, I decided to attach the needed horizontal rail at the foremast (where the squared holes had already been completed; to be sure that the vertical beams would all align properly when it was time to glue those long horizontal rails on each side.
Then realized that having pre-attached the foremast shrouds, before fixing in place the upper rail trim bits was a big mistake.
Now trying to align the squaring of the pre-drilled holes, adjusting the heights of the vertical braces is a real pain. Hmmm So before I attach the lower main, mizzen, and their shrouds, I will build all the rest of the upper rails first.
PS: Mark I should have gone back to your log (Marktiedens #103) and taken your sequence into consideration. Frank and I had also discussed this issue J we were both concerned about installing the upper railings before all the rigging work in case of breakage later on - (being all thumbs and all) Oh well, still an adjustment work in progress.
Here are a couple updated photos.
Regards,
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md1400cs got a reaction from JanV in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from Salty Sea Dog in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from NMBROOK in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
-
md1400cs got a reaction from Kevin in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
After drilling the needed holes and squaring them along the lower railings got close to attaching the main mast, and the shrouds, then – for some reason – as I was squaring the last of the railing holes, I decided to attach the needed horizontal rail at the foremast (where the squared holes had already been completed; to be sure that the vertical beams would all align properly when it was time to glue those long horizontal rails on each side.
Then realized that having pre-attached the foremast shrouds, before fixing in place the upper rail trim bits was a big mistake.
Now trying to align the squaring of the pre-drilled holes, adjusting the heights of the vertical braces is a real pain. Hmmm So before I attach the lower main, mizzen, and their shrouds, I will build all the rest of the upper rails first.
PS: Mark I should have gone back to your log (Marktiedens #103) and taken your sequence into consideration. Frank and I had also discussed this issue J we were both concerned about installing the upper railings before all the rigging work in case of breakage later on - (being all thumbs and all) Oh well, still an adjustment work in progress.
Here are a couple updated photos.
Regards,
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md1400cs got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
-
md1400cs got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from riverboat in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
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md1400cs got a reaction from WackoWolf in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Buck,
Thanks indeed. You have more confidence in me than I have of myself, but your kind words have been taken to heart.
The stern section of the SOS, for example is NOT for the faint of heart (:-) It is such an amazingly beautiful ship that needs, deep attention to details to make it look "right". The carvings alone are in-and-of-themselves works of art. Not sure that any of the kits available have proper castings? hmmm
Cheers, and thanks for your kind post.
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md1400cs got a reaction from WackoWolf in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Martyn,
Corel has some issues, but it is a very good kit nonetheless. If you are interested, much earlier in my log I tore out and rebuilt sections that were totally inaccurate. You may want to gloss through some of those postings.
Had I known (well been more knowledgeable) after just starting, I could have avoided and easily built around the glaring Corel errors. (:-)
I appreciate your interest in following my log, I hope that some "fix" areas will prove valuable for you. If you like, you are also welcome to PM me at any time.
PS: Billings Vasa instructions can be downloaded in pdf files here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bw40frlcNqbjOTNlYTE5Y2YtMGUyNC00NGE0LWE0ZTktNTRmZjFhNmM0MjM4&usp=drive_web&ddrp=1&hl=en#
Second row last on right
third row first on left.
Excellent back up build information. And same scale.
PS 2: SOS is my dream build - not there yet in terms of skills, but getting much closer (comfort-skills wise)
Sincerely,
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md1400cs got a reaction from WackoWolf in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Bill, Thanks indeed.
Rick, not to worry. It seems that "accurate" changes to Vasa's rigging are continuously surfacing. It might be, that six months from now that they will go back to suggesting that the pin rails were in fact "ok"
Swedish ships in the early 1600s, it seems/I've learned, had not recorded rigging plans from that period - so it has become a partial guessing game for some details.
BV, Which Vasa kit have you ordered?.
You will find great build logs here for Corel and Billings - (along with a new product that just came out - DeAgostini 1/65th month by month subscription) A new log has just been posted here a MSW - that kit looks to be awesome - hmmmm....but BIG ha ha
good luck (:-) enjoy. The wonderful aspect of this ship are the hundreds of photographs that are available. Really an amazing reality look into the 16th century.
Cheers,
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md1400cs got a reaction from WackoWolf in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Mark thanks for your kind post.
Patrick, yes that is correct. According to the museum those needed pin-holes should be drilled into the lower railings instead of from two incorrectly added rails.
I will use this as a rigging guide. I hope that this will be helpful for you as well (pdf that I could not convert into a jpg). Two pages showing all rigging attachment locations at the weather deck.
PS: 2 When Vasa II is (finally) published it will have the entire rigging plans in the book.
Cheers,
Wasa_rope locations copy.pdf
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md1400cs got a reaction from EJ_L in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
Finished installing the upper railings. As I mentioned in a previous post I had my “issues” installing the horizontal rails on each side of the foremast after installing the shrouds. So that done, as well as some tidying up of the carriage ropes I can move forward and attach the mainmast, and its lower shrouds.
Now needed to make the bent 90º planks to link the horizontal bits.
Well that had its issues as well. Hmmm.
I must have tried to bend 50 pieces (needed 10) All but one plank allowed itself to be bent 90º. Even tried soft wood to no avail. I believe it was my lack of skills, and the extreme bend that was needed?
So plan B.
Last pic I will be pulling out those badly made pulley/blocks now that I have, and know how to (more or less) use my Proxxon MF70 J
Before “moving forward” I plan to revisit the galleries and add some details. This is certainly one of the most difficult areas of this ship to articulate correctly especially with the Corel kit as a base. Not complaining – this has been widely discussed here at MSW with those of us building this ship. I had some left over bits from the upper railings that will work very well.
Cheers
-
md1400cs got a reaction from NMBROOK in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Hi Mates,
After drilling the needed holes and squaring them along the lower railings got close to attaching the main mast, and the shrouds, then – for some reason – as I was squaring the last of the railing holes, I decided to attach the needed horizontal rail at the foremast (where the squared holes had already been completed; to be sure that the vertical beams would all align properly when it was time to glue those long horizontal rails on each side.
Then realized that having pre-attached the foremast shrouds, before fixing in place the upper rail trim bits was a big mistake.
Now trying to align the squaring of the pre-drilled holes, adjusting the heights of the vertical braces is a real pain. Hmmm So before I attach the lower main, mizzen, and their shrouds, I will build all the rest of the upper rails first.
PS: Mark I should have gone back to your log (Marktiedens #103) and taken your sequence into consideration. Frank and I had also discussed this issue J we were both concerned about installing the upper railings before all the rigging work in case of breakage later on - (being all thumbs and all) Oh well, still an adjustment work in progress.
Here are a couple updated photos.
Regards,
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md1400cs got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Vasa by Baker - FINISHED - Billing Boats Scale 1/75
Patrick,
Nice work indeed. Lantern is a mystery in terms of how it looked. Salvage did not locate the original. Here are some poss. examples.
first two pics are from Landström's book. Thought Fred Hoecker does not think that the angels were included.
pic. 3 may be actually more representative. Hope this helps
PS: I will build mine looking like the book's without the angels (just as well I can't carve (:-( )
Cheers,
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md1400cs got a reaction from J11 in Vasa by Baker - FINISHED - Billing Boats Scale 1/75
Patrick,
Nice work indeed. Lantern is a mystery in terms of how it looked. Salvage did not locate the original. Here are some poss. examples.
first two pics are from Landström's book. Thought Fred Hoecker does not think that the angels were included.
pic. 3 may be actually more representative. Hope this helps
PS: I will build mine looking like the book's without the angels (just as well I can't carve (:-( )
Cheers,
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md1400cs got a reaction from mtaylor in Vasa by Baker - FINISHED - Billing Boats Scale 1/75
Patrick,
Nice work indeed. Lantern is a mystery in terms of how it looked. Salvage did not locate the original. Here are some poss. examples.
first two pics are from Landström's book. Thought Fred Hoecker does not think that the angels were included.
pic. 3 may be actually more representative. Hope this helps
PS: I will build mine looking like the book's without the angels (just as well I can't carve (:-( )
Cheers,
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md1400cs got a reaction from Elijah in Vasa by Baker - FINISHED - Billing Boats Scale 1/75
Patrick,
Nice work indeed. Lantern is a mystery in terms of how it looked. Salvage did not locate the original. Here are some poss. examples.
first two pics are from Landström's book. Thought Fred Hoecker does not think that the angels were included.
pic. 3 may be actually more representative. Hope this helps
PS: I will build mine looking like the book's without the angels (just as well I can't carve (:-( )
Cheers,
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md1400cs got a reaction from fmodajr in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Mark,
Beautiful work indeed. Clever find much nicer now.
PS: I've also been seen at Michael's and Jo-Ann's aimlessly searching for bits of this-that-and-the-other - ha ha
I did buy two types of cloth at Jo-Anns assuming I build up my confidence for sails.
Will you fully rig this one as well?
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