Vivian Galad

Guys, you made my day. Have a smile from ear to ear in here. Thank u all, a lot.
 
             

Found another one - this is described simply as "school of Du"rer, c.1500". So it's presumably a German vessel - but not necessarily. Quite similar to W.A's Kraek, but with some interesting variations.
 
Oh, and I've managed to chase down the pictures I thought were of Portuguese carracks (on a much earlier page of this thread). They turn out to be Spanish, from a painted church panel celebrating a naval victory in 1475, and one of the ships is actually a named vessel, the Zumaia, the flagship of the Spanish admiral.
 
Steven

Just discovered some more (Italian) pictures of the hulls of carracks (or "proto-carracks" - no masts are shown, so they may be single-masted). They're from the Codex Vallardi, a book of sketches and life studies by Pisanello, who died in about 1455.  Some really good details.
 
Hope you enjoy these as much as I did.
 
Steven
 
PS: The dragons may not have been drawn from life . . . 

You're doing an awesome job with her Michael, despite the lousy plans Corel provided. 

Hi Mates,
 
Continuing with the foremast cap (platform?) I decided to try to make a ring for the lowest one on the platform. This may seem old school to some of you, but for me it was new thinking J I used Corel’s metal ring as a template.
 
I modeled my attempt, for this cap, from looking at the 1/10th. I also realized that I would need to attach the chainplate deadeyes through the lower ring (four to a side), and not at the base of the platform as was done for the bowsprit cap.
 
That said, it also appears as if there are variations in the cap ring designs when comparing the 1/10th to the 1/1 rebuilt cap rings; again Vasa and its question marks.
 
So those small basswood rings that I curved, would not accept chainplate deadeyes. It would have been a mess. So a larger ring it had to be.
 
I used the Vasa museum plan sheet as a guide for placing the ring braces.
 
The foremast had an issue as well; as I made the mid smaller foremast I then realized after also making the trestles that the mid mast just slipped right through.
 
So back to re-adjust trestle spacing and a bit of sanding and squaring off the tip of the lower foremast (note the pics) all fits ok now. Enjoying this part of the build.
 
Always BIG thanks for dropping by!
 
Regards,
 
Michael
 

Guys, you made my day. Have a smile from ear to ear in here. Thank u all, a lot.
 
             

Vivian,
 
Its so wonderful to hear from you. We all have been thinking of you and pray things are on the upside.  I cannot wait to see you back to work on your models.
 
Cheers and fair winds ahead,
Scott

Guys, you made my day. Have a smile from ear to ear in here. Thank u all, a lot.
 
             

Janet,
 
   I thank you very much, again, for your words.
 
Denis,
 
   Loved to see a new comment on her. For the past few months life took hard on my way. It´s a honor to be seen like that, thank you.
 
I hope to post some new work in the next few days - Not only for the junk, but also my Oseberg. ^^

Guys, you made my day. Have a smile from ear to ear in here. Thank u all, a lot.
 
             

Here I go again - well, a little morose in comparison to the other builds, but steady!
 
I´m still planking the hull and finding it a bit harder than my two other buildings - I think that´s for the one layer planking. Till now my ships were double planked and that makes the work really easier - glue´s being some problem, too, as the white glue don´t fix the way I want and clamps don´t hold it as planned (well, as I planned, at least) - So I´m working with CA and white glue on planking; don´t know how it will hold as the years go by, but, I´ll follow that way. Also, it´s hard to align the planks to acquire symmetry.
 

 

 

 

 
Seeing now, by the camera´s eye, maybe I´ll start it all again. At naked eye it seems more symmetrical. Last picture shows a point where I broke the plank and had to fix. At this moment i´m thinking in stripping the hull planks.

False keel was attached to the stand, first picture shows the before first modification:
 

 
Second picture shows the after, as I cut the tail off. As I intend on building an engraved cover, that part had to get out of the way.
 

 
I waxed the false keel, then and started placing the bulkheads. They were glued and fixed to the block I made for 90° aligning. I took pictures only after they were already glued and I could verify they were rightly fixed.
 

 

 

 

 
As the ship seems too fragile at this point, I decided to place beams between the bulkeads to assure they wouldn´t bend while planking.
 

 
And that´s it for now. Hope to be posting more pictures soon. :D

So, as I said, I´ll begin some new projects while still building the Chinese Junk. This is the first of two, the Osberg by Amati.
 
Before any sawdust comes through, I have to thank my friend Jack Panzeca for his gift. Yep, he was a sweety and sent me this kit he wouldn´t build for he already was building the Billing´s Oseberg - As I was always telling how nice it was and let it clear I would build one if I had, Jack surprised me with offering this one. Jack, here I am, building the ship - Thank you.
 
A review of the box - In comparison to the other 2 ships I built till now, the Amati Oseberg kit is a little sparse on material. Truth be told, that´s because the ship itself isn´t that material consumer - viking ships are fantastic ships considering the small use of wood and their sailing capabilities. The false keel and bulkheads are laser cut, as the wood for hull planking - at first I thought it strange for they´re strangely shaped, but that's explainable by the planking of a so characteristic hull. Some pictures follow:
 

 

 
Fittings may be a problem to those who, as I do, like the wood everywhere. Shields are metal cast, oars are plastic as the mast step. All of those are already marked on my plans as scratchbuild fittings.
 

 
I have to say, though, that Amati Oseberg isn´t really the Oseberg. I measured the ship´s keell and middle bulkead to find she doesn´t fit on the true Oseberg dimensions - False keel should have 43,16cm, and it has 43,9cm, width should be 5,20cm, it´s 5,7cm. Also, Amati´s bring a strange dragon head instead of the engraved details Oseberg has, as a central oar holder that shouldn´t be there. My plans on bashing/modifying goes for removing the central oar holder, engraving the stem/stern as the Oseberg (well, the closest I can get, at least), adding the big barrel the museum ship exposes and chests before the oar holes. I´ll scratch the oars, shields, mast step and rudder.
 
I begun by building a stand. It´s a 6mm mdf board with two 6mm planks held together by butterfly bolts. I would install metal trails for a bulkead aligner, but changed my mind. Instead, I traced lines on the board and made a 90° angled piece gluing 2 mdf pieces (sanded and measured).
 

 
(To be continued)
 
 
 

Hi Vivian, I just finished reading your log and would like to say your work is wonderful, and I am looking forward to seeing more of it.
 
Have a Good day

Guys, you made my day. Have a smile from ear to ear in here. Thank u all, a lot.
 
             

Hi Vivian,
 
Sorry to hear life has been a bit hard over the past few months.  
 
My best wishes as well and I am very much looking forward to seeing how your Red Dragon now looks. 
 
Cheers,
 
Nigel.

Everyone is coming back ????
Welcome back for you also then Vivian         
The family is almost complete.......
 
Sjors

Hi Vivian,
 
Yes please feel better. Nice to see you back active with MSW.
 
xo
 
MIchael

It's great to see you back, Vivian.  I do hope life gets better for you.

Glad to see your posts again and enjoy looking at your work again.
David B

Hi Vivian,
 
Glad that you are back.  I hope that you are well.

Janet,
 
   I thank you very much, again, for your words.
 
Denis,
 
   Loved to see a new comment on her. For the past few months life took hard on my way. It´s a honor to be seen like that, thank you.
 
I hope to post some new work in the next few days - Not only for the junk, but also my Oseberg. ^^

Janet,
 
   I thank you very much, again, for your words.
 
Denis,
 
   Loved to see a new comment on her. For the past few months life took hard on my way. It´s a honor to be seen like that, thank you.
 
I hope to post some new work in the next few days - Not only for the junk, but also my Oseberg. ^^

Gods, just perfect! All praises to your work.

Janet,
 
   I thank you very much, again, for your words.
 
Denis,
 
   Loved to see a new comment on her. For the past few months life took hard on my way. It´s a honor to be seen like that, thank you.
 
I hope to post some new work in the next few days - Not only for the junk, but also my Oseberg. ^^