VASA by URO - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:75

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Fellow Shipbuilders: The following is my Build Log for the Vasa. This was my first experience with a  wood kit  model and as I built the Vasa I referred to a few of your Vasa ship build logs which greatly helped me. I particularly used the site by Vasa by Karleop , Ulyses Victoria, and Markitiedens. Since Karleop was a Billings build it was extremely helpful. I'm very appreciative of these sites and those who took the time to do them. Since the Billings instructions are so poor these sites were a great resource. I also used the Vasa museum site with photos of their model as a paint reference. I had the privilege of visiting Stockholm a few years ago and marvelled at seeing the Vasa in person.

     My experience as a ship model builder is fairly limited. When I was a youngster I built a number of plastic ship models and as an eighth grader I built a wood model of the French galley La Reale from a picture in a book, which I still have in a glass case. I am now 60 and will be getting back into this wonderful hobby and this is my first experience since my younger years. It has been very interesting learning from your sites and doing research on the internet to finish this ship.  I am a surgeon which might have helped with some of the fine work, but not much . Even so, it took me two years to build Vasa because of my limited time. I modified the model by using the ships original color of red instead of the Billings blue, adding the long boat, and by adding  crew figures that I bought from an internet site. I hope you enjoy my endeavor. I know I did. 

 

 

PLANKING THE FRAME AND STAINING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HULL PAINTING AND SIDE CUPOLAS

 

 

 

 

 

CANNON

 

 

BOW AND STERN BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BOW AND STERN DETAIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STERN DETAIL

 

 

 

BOWSPRIT GOES  UP

 

 

MAIN , FORE, AND MIZZEN MAST GO UP

 

 

STANDING RIGGING AND RATLINES

 

 

 

MAST AND RATLINE DETAIL

 

 

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RIGGING DETAIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MORE RIGGING DETAIL

 

 

LONGBOAT

 

 

 

FOREMAST SAILS AND RUNNING RIGGING

 

 

 

 

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MAIN MAST SAILS AND RUNNING RIGGING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIZZEN MAST SAILS AND RUNNING RIGGING

 

 

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BOWSPRIT SAILS AND RUNNING RIGGING

 

 

STERN DETAIL

 

 

SAILS AND RIGGING COMPLETE

 

 

 

 

 

PAINTED  SAILOR FIGURES 1:75 SCALE

 

 

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SAILOR FIGURES IN PLACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPLETED VASA

 

 

 

 

SHIP MODEL DISPLAYED 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS  VASA BUILD LOG!

[reklein]

Holy Cow !!!, That's a great model,specially for a person with your experience. Looking forward to seeing more.  What was your source for the figures?  Bill

[marktiedens]

Very nicely done.

 

Mark

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To Reklein, thanks for your comments. The figures were bought from a site named HOBBYLINC. www.hobbylinc.com. -British Sailors and Marines HAT8098), and English Pirates Sea Warriors XVIII Century(ORF72001) 1/72 scale.

[Elijah]

Wow! Wonderful job! I saved the source of the figures .

[Baker]

Good job !!

 

Very nicely done.

 

patrick.