Vivian Galad

Sam, thanks. Even if I get some troubles, the show must go on!
 
Hans, life has that con of being in our way when we want to just live in peace. Ty.
 
Mike. I began building my oars. I´ll have to find some wood, since those scraps I have won´t be enough to make 28 of them. Since the Oseberg had no dragon head, it would be strange to finish the ship with it, so, that is still something I´m trying to figure out. My shields are metal cast and, well, don´t like them that way - so, I´ll craft them too. Since I do like to mod my kits, that isn´t a problem at all - I feell chalenged, indeed. Hope to see you along with yours
 
Jack, all these time I was alway from building just spiced my hunger. We get that bug "have to build" and, well, the ship has to be made! Thank you, always.
 
As for the ship, well, I still need a cam to get some better pictures.
Had a setback, though - When I fixed the last planks I perceived too many flaws. In leaning them planks, many gaps appeared and when I tried to glue them back, new ones came out.
 
Problem is I didnt want to follow the manual and that cost me dearly. So, I´ll replank from the 5th plank on, all again, now following a particular I took for nothing, but makes the difference in the end.
 
Oars are being made, thinking on sewing the sail, already, since planking is getting so many hours of my work on her.
 
That´s it for now.

Sam, thanks. Even if I get some troubles, the show must go on!
 
Hans, life has that con of being in our way when we want to just live in peace. Ty.
 
Mike. I began building my oars. I´ll have to find some wood, since those scraps I have won´t be enough to make 28 of them. Since the Oseberg had no dragon head, it would be strange to finish the ship with it, so, that is still something I´m trying to figure out. My shields are metal cast and, well, don´t like them that way - so, I´ll craft them too. Since I do like to mod my kits, that isn´t a problem at all - I feell chalenged, indeed. Hope to see you along with yours
 
Jack, all these time I was alway from building just spiced my hunger. We get that bug "have to build" and, well, the ship has to be made! Thank you, always.
 
As for the ship, well, I still need a cam to get some better pictures.
Had a setback, though - When I fixed the last planks I perceived too many flaws. In leaning them planks, many gaps appeared and when I tried to glue them back, new ones came out.
 
Problem is I didnt want to follow the manual and that cost me dearly. So, I´ll replank from the 5th plank on, all again, now following a particular I took for nothing, but makes the difference in the end.
 
Oars are being made, thinking on sewing the sail, already, since planking is getting so many hours of my work on her.
 
That´s it for now.

Neat work, Sam! I´ll just be following u in here, if u don´t mind.

Sam, thanks. Even if I get some troubles, the show must go on!
 
Hans, life has that con of being in our way when we want to just live in peace. Ty.
 
Mike. I began building my oars. I´ll have to find some wood, since those scraps I have won´t be enough to make 28 of them. Since the Oseberg had no dragon head, it would be strange to finish the ship with it, so, that is still something I´m trying to figure out. My shields are metal cast and, well, don´t like them that way - so, I´ll craft them too. Since I do like to mod my kits, that isn´t a problem at all - I feell chalenged, indeed. Hope to see you along with yours
 
Jack, all these time I was alway from building just spiced my hunger. We get that bug "have to build" and, well, the ship has to be made! Thank you, always.
 
As for the ship, well, I still need a cam to get some better pictures.
Had a setback, though - When I fixed the last planks I perceived too many flaws. In leaning them planks, many gaps appeared and when I tried to glue them back, new ones came out.
 
Problem is I didnt want to follow the manual and that cost me dearly. So, I´ll replank from the 5th plank on, all again, now following a particular I took for nothing, but makes the difference in the end.
 
Oars are being made, thinking on sewing the sail, already, since planking is getting so many hours of my work on her.
 
That´s it for now.

Great work, UIises! :im Not Worthy:

Wasn´t aware of this project of yours, Hans. Great building. Nice kits you r making, too. ^^

Great work, UIises! :im Not Worthy:

Neat work, Sam! I´ll just be following u in here, if u don´t mind.

Neat work, Sam! I´ll just be following u in here, if u don´t mind.

So glad to see you back, my dear. Remember that no matter how little you work on your ship, if you do it everyday, you will eventually finish it.
 
Best wishes!!!
 
Edit: Just caressing it doesn't count as work.       

Sam, thanks. Even if I get some troubles, the show must go on!
 
Hans, life has that con of being in our way when we want to just live in peace. Ty.
 
Mike. I began building my oars. I´ll have to find some wood, since those scraps I have won´t be enough to make 28 of them. Since the Oseberg had no dragon head, it would be strange to finish the ship with it, so, that is still something I´m trying to figure out. My shields are metal cast and, well, don´t like them that way - so, I´ll craft them too. Since I do like to mod my kits, that isn´t a problem at all - I feell chalenged, indeed. Hope to see you along with yours
 
Jack, all these time I was alway from building just spiced my hunger. We get that bug "have to build" and, well, the ship has to be made! Thank you, always.
 
As for the ship, well, I still need a cam to get some better pictures.
Had a setback, though - When I fixed the last planks I perceived too many flaws. In leaning them planks, many gaps appeared and when I tried to glue them back, new ones came out.
 
Problem is I didnt want to follow the manual and that cost me dearly. So, I´ll replank from the 5th plank on, all again, now following a particular I took for nothing, but makes the difference in the end.
 
Oars are being made, thinking on sewing the sail, already, since planking is getting so many hours of my work on her.
 
That´s it for now.

Hello mates!!! Small update: Building the rudder.
 
Start of planking the wooden template

 
Believe it or not, there is a rudder underneath 

 
Planking the rear most part. Since I couldn't get a piece of the same wood wide enough to cover the entire surface, I'm using two strips side by side.

 

 
Taking shape


 
And finished shaping, with a coat of Tung oil applied.

 
Next update will be the process of carving the hinges openings, placing the hinges in place and fixing the whole structure in place, a process I am not very fond of. 

Update. That transom rail or whatever that is, finished.
Next step: The rudder.
 

 

 
Thanks for watching!

Hello mates.
After a really long period without an update, I'm finally breaking the procrastination shell and here I am.
These have been really tough months for me. My sister's surgery and other severe family stuff prevented me from building. I was just not in the mood. And when I sat to build I faced the problem of those quarter galleries which gave me nightmares for months. In the end, they are not what they were supposed to be, as you will see. I had to improvise and the result is nothing I am proud of.
One thing is sure, nobody can say I didn't try. I tried aluminum, brass, plastic, wood, cardboard, epoxies, nothing seemed to work. So here it is. This will have to do. Please be lenient.
One thing that makes me happy is that finally I left that behind and I am now moving on with my build. Just one more sheet of instructions covering some deck furniture and fittings, and masting and rigging is on sight. 
 
Cheers!!!
 
At first I tried to fill that space with toothpicks
 


 
I later removed that and used a piece of prescribed balsa which seemed to work better.

 
This is the finished starboard gallery

 
And the port one.

 
Now move on!!!
 
Next is to build this structure on the deck.

 
Making a template of the curve.

 
Finally found some use for that set of French Curves I bought long time ago.


 
Using one of my favorite non-hobby-specific tools: A ladies large hair curler, used to bend wood.


 
The parts are roughly dry fitted over the template.

 
... and I will leave you in suspense until the next update... muahahahaha 
 
I plan to finish this part tomorrow.
 
See you all.
 
Best regards. 

Hello Gaetan,
very beautiful model and an excellent work.
Congratulation.
Karl

Another minor update...   The aft midsection has received it's thick stuff.    There's one plank I need to rip out and replace but that's a job for tomorrow.  I've installed the bitt that sits behind the mainmast.  It needed to be installed now as it's morticed into the deck beam and the thick stuff will also help hold it in place.  
 
The area around the main mast is a pretty busy place.  There's the bitt aft, a pinrail forward, the two crew ladders to the lower deck, four elmtree type pumps, and numerous eyebolts with blocks.  But.. most of those things can come after the deck is completely planked and the ceiling installed.  
 

Today's progress and the adventure continues.....  much head scratching, much smoke blowing out the window... fed the scrapbox as I sorted out my approach but success I do believe.
 
Rather than trying to attack the whole deck (center area) at once, I decided to break it into logical sections.   So.. aft section first as that's my anchor point for measurements. I spent the better part of last couple of days setting up the drawings for this with the deck plan as a basis and adding reference points and checking and re-checking measurements.
 
I finally produced a drawing showing what I thought I needed, printed it out, cut out the section and.. rats... off... Recheck measurements, reworked the drawing and repeated the test.  Got it.  Or so I thought.  I cut a piece of thin basswood and the fit was pretty good.
 
I then cut a piece of pear with etched in planking lines thinking... "one piece.. it should look good.".  It does look good (first picture).  However, not quite as good a fit as I'd like.  I mis-calculated the kerf of the Deathstar.  Different woods and different thicknesses affect the kerf.  It's not a constant but a variable as thicker wood needs more power which gives a bit of a wider kerf... a "Doh!" moment.  Back to the drawing board.  I ran some cutting tests (3 altogether for consistancy) using pear of the appropriate thickness to check the kerf and then ran those numbers into the calculator WITHOUT rounding them and got the correct kerf.  
 
While I had the drawing in the rework process, I decided instead of one piece and trying to get it to conform to the curve of the deck beams, I choose to cut individual planks.  Re-checked 3 or 4 times my calculations and it worked...  (See pic 2).  A light sanding to remove the ash but leave some of the char gives a nice fine line for the caulking.  It's been glued down into position and still needs some more light sanding to remove a bit of smoke stain and also to smooth out decking's surface.
 
Hopefully, tomorrow's efforts on the aft midsection (the next section forward) will yield good results.  I think it'll go a bit faster once I get into the rhythm of things.  It may seem like more trouble, but with the tapered planks on the deck I think this can produce a more uniform planking than trying to mark up the beams with the tapered widths and match them. 
 

 

Thank you for following along on this adventure and for the comments and "likes"....
 
Update weekend...
 
I've added the carlings where there will be a hatchway or ladderway.  Since the French laid their planks and then put the coamings ontop of the deck planking, the carlings will seen.   I've also added the mast partners, the capstan partner (I think that's the right term) and have started making bits and pieces while sorting out the deck planking.   The officer's ladder from the gundeck to the lower deck can be seen laying on the beams, the crew's ladders are in work and both fit in between the main mast partner and the oven on the lower deck.    I was 1/16th of an inch off on the making of the various deck pieces and planning the centerline planking (thick stuff).  It should be 3/32" of an inch instead of the 1/8" I mentioned previously... a miscalculation on my part.  I left the mizzen mast partner at the thicker size to better fit the pantry around it.   
 
Pictures show things ready for the next step.  The second picture is just a reference shot with dummy masts and the capstan in place to get an idea of things...  
 
 

 

 
As always, comments, corrections, and critiques are welcome. I'm still learning this art...
 

Thanks for the "likes" and comments.   
 
Pat... I don't think DARPA will care... they have bigger lasers... much bigger like mulit-MW.  
 
 
Here's the update..  Center line planking is finished and sanded.  I've added the bitts that needed to be installed before the planking was done.  I'm working on the three ladders going down to the lower deck while I still have access to that.  I'd hate to drop one and then figure out how to fish it out.  Seems Mr. Murphy has been running rampant around these parts lately.
 
I'm also in the process of building the coamings and grates.  I'm going to put blue tape over them before doing the rest of the planking and ceiling just to keep crap from dropping down into the interior.  I'm still wanting to keep as much of the furniture out of the way as I can for the ceiling spalls so those other bits and pieces will have to wait.
 
As a sidenote, I only sanded of the loose char and ash as ended up with a nice thin black line between planks for the caulking.  
 
Pressing on.....    and as always, comments, critiques, better ideas, are always welcome.
 

 

This to show the mainstay completed with canvas wrap to prevent chafing on the mainsail

 
the single blocks for the shrouds

Dick

Many didn't.. I am sure that when possible they ran for a port to avoid such seas. Much of the castles could be cut away in an emergency and you will notice that the slats on both castles are removable so as to reduce windage in heavy seas
Cheers
Dick

Apologies for the delay in posting. I have been overseas. after a lot of thought the mainstay (stazo) has been done in accordance with the appearances in the Zorzi manuscript which seems to show a large upper block with a number of ropes issuing presumably to a lower double block . This is much different to later practice.

 
The collar of the mainstay passes either side of the foremast and around the knee of the stem. Also seen is the gammoning of the bowsprit which also goes around the knee of the stem.
 

 

 
Dick

Thanks Julie! Always nice to see fresh faces here. I love it when other builders use a macro too, really lets us see what they are doing. Now If only I had a way to get the "on deck" shots some of the other builders get. That means buying a point and shoot though and it would probably end up collecting dust and then donated like my last PnS camera.
 
Ok mini update time and a question/advice.
 
I glued up my Main Top Mast Cross Trees yesterday and placed them on the Top Mast to see how they looked. They seem a little spindly and small. Based on the proportions given in Lee they are correct or I screwed up the calcs somewhere. The Top Masts are still long, I will trim the tops at a later date after the caps are built.
 
Pictures below. The close up is next to one of my earlier Main Cross-tree/Trestle-Tree attempts for a size comparison. The only difference in the Lower assembly in the picture and the one one the mast is the addition of the 3rd cross tree. Otherwise the dimensions are the same.
 

Main Top Mast Cross Trees set in place. They seem small to me.
 

Main Top Mast Cross Trees set against a rejected Main Cross Tree for size comparison.
 
Comments, questions and constructive criticism all welcome
 
Sam

Hey All!!
Well tomorrow is the weekend and to avoid another "Assault with a Comfy Pillow" I think I better post an update!! :D
 
A couple of weeks ago was Memorial Day here in the States so instead of building I went camping with some old friends, many are former military. A great time was had by all but the drawback is no building. Several of the older generation who started the desert camping tradition long before I was first invited have passed on, a small memorial has been put up on the hill overlooking our camp area. One of them, Doc, was a prankster. Several years ago when he passed on we scattered his ashes up there. As his son was opening the bag up, the wind changed direction, gusted and we all got a mouthful of Doc! Only he could have pulled that one off!

 

 
 
As I mentioned a few days (weeks?) ago I decided to make built up masts. As is my norm I climbed to the highest board, took a running start and leaped right into the deepest water, only to realize halfway down I left my floaties behind.....
 
Carving the main portion of the mast was relatively easy and straight forward, taper to a four square, use a 7-10-7 template and carve to an 8 square. I spent a considerable amount of time making the transition from round to square at the top, only to realize it was all getting shaved off for the Hounds!! I cant seem to find any reference as to how thick the cheek should be in relation to the masts so after poking around several builds I did what any team of  engineer/rocket scientist would do and made a guess. After several attempts they came out OK although the Hounds could have been a bit thicker. I may have to add a light 32nd inch to them.
 
As I was planing the tapers I was marveling at how th shavings were coming off in such nice consistent curlicues and suddenly realized that might be a way to do the wooden bands on the woldings. I planed some Boxwood down to 1.5 scale inches thick and then set a low angle plane to give me a shaving about .020" wet the strip and planed away. Nice curly strips.
 
After marking out the spacing, numerous times - I just couldnt seem to get 6 evenly spaced bands on the Main and 5 on the Fore - I glued on the lower bands. Even after wetting the strips to plane them there is some blowout on the strips, a bit of shelac hardened everything up and they sanded out ok, they wander a bit and dont pass the macro test but I think they look ok from a normal viewing distance.
 
Last night I started wrapping the rope portion of the banding with the goal of finishing all of that as well as the upper wood bands in time for an update tomorrow afternoon.  I got two done and the spool I was working with ran out. Go to my Box-O-Goodies to get more and, well, remember the floaties? Wherever they are are where the rest of my .012" brown rope from Chuck is. I could swear I ordered some from him sometime back, my reciepts are in a file cabinet locked in the garage and I am too lazy to go look. Just for the record I am NOT implying Chuck shorted me, most likely I meant to order some and never did. So now, I have tomorrow until 5 or 6pm when the better half gets home and no rope to work with! :angry:GRRRRR!! Looks like I will be making trestle trees tomorrow. Not the end of the world but I was really looking forward to having the woldings done. I have p[laced an order for more rope, Chuck is very responsive with orders but I cant imagine an order placed on Friday at 6pm West Coast time, 9pm Chucks time I think, will get here before Tuesday at the very earliest. Oh well, Murphy is cementing his relationship with me.
Pictures below.
ONWARD!!!!

 

 

 

 
 
 
Sam

Small update. The two Cross Trees just kept taunting me every time I looked at them so over the last several weeks I bit the bullet and remade everything with three Cross Trees. Right or wrong, short of an act of god, drinking fit or space alien invasion they are done and I am pleased with how they turned out. Next build though I really need to look into a mill, I made every part at least twice not counting the finished set with two cross trees. Chopping those half lap joints correctly was....interesting.  It did give me a chance to use my new Dockyard Micro Carving chisels. The Deep Plow worked well as a micro mortising chisel. The Skew worked well for scraping away the coat of shellac I applied to the masts to keep finger prints off. When it came time to glue the battens on I was able to scrape the finish off without gouging the wood.
 
I finished off the mast heads with card instead of soldered and blackened brass. I kept questioning my ability to make evenly spaced, close fitting brass straps. This was my first attempt at modeling with a paper product, they came out pretty good. Next time though I will choose a card stock closer to the finial color. As I was painting the white bands gray black it was quite a challenge to not get paint on the mast head. The end result looks fine from normal viewing distance, under macro or magnifying headset there is a distinct white band. Like I said though you cant really see it from normal viewing distance so I am ok with it.
 
Pictures below.