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Nigel,
 
 
Hmmmmm very unfortunate update regarding the Maritime Museum. I remember admiring soooo many beautiful model ships, many of which, of course, were period builds. Whomever are responsible for those decisions should walk the plank.
I will then just remember the wonderful memories of that visit. I imagine that these silly things still take up museum space, see pic (:-)
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Aussie!  Aussie!  Aussie!
 
And today's award for most unique way of writing a build log goes to ...... CaptainSteve!
 
*the crowd goes wild*
 
 
 
I will grab my sanga and open a beer and wait for your next post with anticipation

The photos for Manitowoc 2013 were on my desk top I found the photos
David B

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Keith,
 
Hi, thanks so much for dropping by. When I started this log, I did not include the very early stages, as those tend to be very redundant for so many kit builds. However in the case of the Corel's Vasa it could be informative in that Corel very much miss-managed the shape of the stern. Here are some early pics of the build. I hope that they are helpful. I followed the kit plans to a "T".
 
With regard to adding 8 mm per side it would, I think create other issues.
 
1) it would sort of "Bow" outward the entire stern as you would need to add girth from the keel up to the weather deck. You would have to start a bit aft of mid-ship to still create proper longitudinal look to the hull
 
2) it would probably create larger gaps when you install the decorative pieces. Note on my build that I did not broaden the stern and there still are minor gaps in the spacing of the "wooden" decorative artwork. See the museum photo compared to mine, everything is tightly connected. Widening the stern may not look good, given the sizes of Corel's gilded parts.
 
The primary issue with this kit is the mis-shaped stern, which I did manage to fix after the fact. Now that is an area you could easily circumvent during the initial stages.
 
As I went along, I was very self critical with certain failures, on my part, that could have been avoided had I also referred to other sources during early build stages. I've learned a lot since. The Corel is a nice kit, though it is the least accurate of the three available commercially. With much extra detail work it will produce an acceptable and beautiful build. All of my friends who know nothing about this ship think its perfect--funny, only we fanatics here at MSW, especially Vasa builders will be able to see the errors among the kits. I've droned on a bit too long (:-)
 
If you have any other questions, please post them. I'm very happy to assist in any way I can. And as I said, if your scroll through what I've criticized of my work, it will certainly be helpful for you to  avoid if you decide on the Corel.
 
MIchael

Hans,
 
Nice project I'm glad that I looked in. I'm sure that you already know this, but in case that you don't (:-)
 
http://www.bataviaphotos.com/gallery.html
 
I'm building her cousin (:-)
 
Regards,
 
MIchael.

Scratch is always ahead... And your detailed work is incomparable. I wait for the wheels, detailed wheels  ...

Nigel,
 
Thanks much appreciated, Yes you have seen these cannons before. Here is the link for my source. Very nice people, I have traded with them several times. Quickly crossing the pond, and my continent is never an issue, now that the days of Imperial Airways is over.
 
http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/amati-cannon-barrels.html
 
 
Michael

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Nigel,
 
Would you have a link to his website? I Googled A.Banarov   and it linked me back to MSW on a thread about casting one's own cannons, but nothing about this source. I would like to take a look at this vender's products. Thanks in advance
 
Michael

Nigel,
 
Thanks much appreciated, Yes you have seen these cannons before. Here is the link for my source. Very nice people, I have traded with them several times. Quickly crossing the pond, and my continent is never an issue, now that the days of Imperial Airways is over.
 
http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/amati-cannon-barrels.html
 
 
Michael

Thank you my friends, for taking interest in, I am really touched.
Even I don't make any update and comment so often I always keep following your beautiful handiworks...

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Hi Mates,
 
Gun carriages part one.
 
Moving forward knowing that I still needed to finish up some deadeye channel plates, but I needed a "fresh" task. I was in the doldrums.
 
So, since it's really time for thinking about the weather deck cannons, here are some preliminary details. Having fun with this.....
 
Choices were to install Corel issued cannons and carriages or disregard these. I had already purchased some decorative cannons so the real decision was; should I use Corel carriages or build some. Easy choice.
 
Pics are fairly self-explanatory.
 
First pic is what Corel offered.
Second pic is taken from the museum upper gun deck. Carriages are much boxier.
 
The "M” I used as a template for aligning the sides during gluing.
 
I did not have a wide enough piece of timber to make the bases so I glued two pieces together and then shaped them to the correct width.
 
The first semi-completed carriage is just a sample. I will need to adjust the cannon placement. Its a bit too far aft, but you get the idea. Also sanding and further detailing will follow, along with grooves for the axles. I will use smaller wheels for the rear.
 
I have all of the metal bits, hooks, wheel metal rings, and beautiful blocks and ropes that I just received from Chuck at Syren.
 
Yes, I know that the weather deck cannons are incorrect for the Vasa, but in this instance I don't care (:-)
 
Lastly I just received a set of 50 decorative cannons for the upper and lower gun decks. So all of the cannons will at least match. Again, thanks so much for dropping by it is so appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

No-one will ever dare to build a Royal Caroline after this one......
 
Jan

Doris,
 
Amazing, of course. AND your SOS is---- here's that word again (:-) Ridiculous!!!
 
Michael

Hello dear friends and warmly thank you for all your comments and praise. Your words mean a lot for me and I am pleased very much.

 
Well, the crew is interested mainly in the bottles with delicious drinks inside the cabins. I have to watch them not to be drunk. Maybe during  the nights, when I sleep,  they have a party on board..... because sometimes some of them fall over during the model construction.
 
 
Best regards
Doris
 
 
The port is finished, all deadeyes are placed at the channels according to plans.
 

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.

A stupid person's (me) guide for making pulleys, Capt. Steve was nice enough to ask me to share (:-)
 
 
My first attempt at using a Proxxon lathe to make pulleys in the early stages looked ok. Then came the part that I had to cut and trim the grooved dowel piece in order to slip the new pulleys into the new blocks I just built; Hmmm no good - they looked weak.
 
I then noticed that I had a loose cannon wheel lying about that was the same width as my dowel. Eureka, as a solution I then used my Proxxon rotary tool to spin the carriage wheels in order to cut grooves; again weak and inconsistent results.
 
Then another thought popped in. I could use small deadeyes that are so nicely pre-grooved and then just thin their sides a bit with a rotary tool, and just slip then in; Voilà.
 
The synapses were responding to absolute frustration with my inability to actually make these silly little monsters; cannibalization seemed to be an approach. 
 
Regards,
 
Michael

@ Buck
 
Hi Buck,
Thank you for asking about me, Thank God I am fine.
It's pleasure to be remembered my friend...
I have changed my residence and begun to live in a rented flat. For now, Berlin is staying in my oldie house.
 
 
@ wq3296
 
Thank you wq3296 for your kind words. The ship vocabulary is another and wide world. I have a little knowledge about it. But day by day I am learning. Now it's another word: whipstaff... Thank you again.
For Corel, I love the quality of the wood but have some doubts about scales.
I would be happy if you could show your Berlin at MSW. She will be a source of inspiration.
 
 
@ Keith
  Wish I'll be here...
Thank you Keith for asking how I am. Thank God I am fine. I had thought that it had to be a momentary lapse of building but unfortunately it dragged on...
 
 
@ Augie, Sjors, Popeye,
    (and updated) Mark, Jason, Michael, Doreltomin
 
Thank you for your kind contribution and agreement with Buck and Kieth...

Keith,
 
Hi, thanks so much for dropping by. When I started this log, I did not include the very early stages, as those tend to be very redundant for so many kit builds. However in the case of the Corel's Vasa it could be informative in that Corel very much miss-managed the shape of the stern. Here are some early pics of the build. I hope that they are helpful. I followed the kit plans to a "T".
 
With regard to adding 8 mm per side it would, I think create other issues.
 
1) it would sort of "Bow" outward the entire stern as you would need to add girth from the keel up to the weather deck. You would have to start a bit aft of mid-ship to still create proper longitudinal look to the hull
 
2) it would probably create larger gaps when you install the decorative pieces. Note on my build that I did not broaden the stern and there still are minor gaps in the spacing of the "wooden" decorative artwork. See the museum photo compared to mine, everything is tightly connected. Widening the stern may not look good, given the sizes of Corel's gilded parts.
 
The primary issue with this kit is the mis-shaped stern, which I did manage to fix after the fact. Now that is an area you could easily circumvent during the initial stages.
 
As I went along, I was very self critical with certain failures, on my part, that could have been avoided had I also referred to other sources during early build stages. I've learned a lot since. The Corel is a nice kit, though it is the least accurate of the three available commercially. With much extra detail work it will produce an acceptable and beautiful build. All of my friends who know nothing about this ship think its perfect--funny, only we fanatics here at MSW, especially Vasa builders will be able to see the errors among the kits. I've droned on a bit too long (:-)
 
If you have any other questions, please post them. I'm very happy to assist in any way I can. And as I said, if your scroll through what I've criticized of my work, it will certainly be helpful for you to  avoid if you decide on the Corel.
 
MIchael