Vasa by puckotred - DeAgostini - Scale 1:65

[cobra1951]

Looks great . They sure liked their ships tall way back then.

[Torbogdan]

Looks great . They sure liked their ships tall way back then.

 

Maybe a bit too tall

[donrobinson]

Well that didn't take long..........looks good

[Robin Lous]

(sorry for the clutter in the background)

 

 

Clutter is good! I want you all to show more clutter! ....so I don't have to feel bad about mine   

[cobra1951]

Clutter is good! I want you all to show more clutter! ....so I don't have to feel bad about mine   

 

I second that thought

[puckotred]

Thank you all for likes etc.

 

Cobr@: 7 storeys high...

 

Torbogdan: Yeah, no wonder she keeled over...

 

Wackowolf: thanks for watching...

 

Robin: I don't know if I should feel better or worse about it now... 

 

Anyway...

 

The dummy barrel supports are fitted. The plywood refused to bend. In the end I poured boiling water on them and fixed them until dry. When I loosened them they went back to almost straight again. So I glued them on while still wet, breaking a frame at the same time.

 

 

 

 

 

Here you see on the right some the wood I used to fix the broken frame with. And the bow fillers are in place.

 

 

And that's it for this month.   Now I have to wait another 4 weeks for the next shipment.

Have two decorations to paint, and maybe I will redo the lion heads for the gun port covers. I believe they should be yellowish and not beige. We'll see.

 

Thanks for watching...

[Nirvana]

Mr. Pucko

 

Bending plywood is so tough, and many times resulting with broken piece instead.

Has happened to me as well.

And now we have to wait another four weeks before seeing the next step.    

At least you are not rushing this build.   

[cobra1951]

Yes there's a fine line with plywood between soaking it long enough to bend and soaking too long so that the layers seperate

I always leave it at least 24 hours to dry out then it holds it's shape

Looks like you have a nice straight assembly for planking

[amateur]

Looking good.

Any respons on number nine?

 

Jan

[puckotred]

Thanks jan. No I haven't heard anything. Decided to not care and go on. 

[puckotred]

This shipment came a little early and life is good again 

 

 

And here is the contents:

 

 

The decorations:

 

 

The smaller ones in profile:

 

 

There was also one 3-pound cannon.

 

Building will start tomorrow, so until then....

[Robin Lous]

Ah! here we go again...our monthly treat. 

[Nirvana]

This is like waiting for a good Jack-in-a-box, and I am not talking about food.   

[cobra1951]

Hurray the wait is over

[puckotred]

 Good to see you have the same patience as me...     

 

Some build pics this evening local time...

[cobra1951]

My own builds can sit around for ages without getting anything done, but when i get interested in someone else's build i can't wait

[puckotred]

Here's the first part of this shipments build log.

I'm afraid this part is not very exciting but...

 

The dummy barrel supports continued:

 

 

 

Next decks dummy barrel support:

Also the reinforcements for the former parts act as... well, support for various other parts.

 

 

Deck beams etc for the stern frames:

 

 

Could be deck supports at the bow:

 

 

More to come tomorrow and I think that part will be a bit more interesting...

So stay tuned...

[Nirvana]

It start looking like a ship! Very nice!

[donrobinson]

Yup, she is looking cool. Keep up the good work and.............it is tomorrow your time.............where is update?  

[puckotred]

Thanks all.

 

Don: Ah, yes it's a new day and unfortunately there's something called work and family that gets in the way. 

 

[cobra1951]

You will have a nice solid framework to support you planking when your done

[EJ_L]

May not be a very exciting phase of construction but it is a vital one. 

 

I've told my boss that I would let him have one of my models if he would let me work on it while I was at work. He told me that I could as long as I was done with all my actual work. Unfortunately, my actual work never stops.... I really need a clone...

[cobra1951]

May not be a very exciting phase of construction but it is a vital one. 

 

I've told my boss that I would let him have one of my models if he would let me work on it while I was at work. He told me that I could as long as I was done with all my actual work. Unfortunately, my actual work never stops.... I really need a clone...

Build one

[puckotred]

May not be a very exciting phase of construction but it is a vital one. 

 

I've told my boss that I would let him have one of my models if he would let me work on it while I was at work. He told me that I could as long as I was done with all my actual work. Unfortunately, my actual work never stops.... I really need a clone...

 

This is what I do at work:

 

Renovation, can't remember what make this is but it's from San Fransisco

 

 

This is an original Garwood from '46:

 

 

And this is my scratchbuild:

 

 

Glen's Monte Carlo. 

We hope it will look like this next summer:

 

 

So the last thing I want to do at my job is build model ships.... 

[puckotred]

And here is the second part of this months shipment.

 

A overview of the hull:

 

 

Stern with extra bits on the frames:

They could have designed this better. Lots of waisted time getting all the little parts straight...

 

 

The support at the bow:

This should have been straight angles but turned out far from that. We'll see if this has any impact later on...

 

 

Hull again:

 

 

 

 

And now on to some planking:

 

 

Somewhere on the forum Ulises Victoria showed a nice variation of a 5-butt shift planking pattern. I decided to try it out here.

 

 

I prefer to cut and prepare 1 plank at the time. 

 

 

This pattern is quite pleasant to the eye...

 

 

And here we have the finished planking:

 

 

And the well that does the false lower deck upon where the grating will go:

 

I thought about darkening the planks but decided to leave them as they are so if anything shows through the grating it will be easier to see the planking. The pencil smudges from the edges make them look a little worn...

 

And that, dear followers, is all the parts built for now. later there will be some painting of decorations.

 

Until then...

 

Edit: edited the name of Ulises Victoria and the document is HERE

Edited November 5, 2016 by puckotred

[md1400cs]

Getting there. Nice update.

[Nirvana]

Mr. Pucko

Two words.

 

Great work.

 

Now we want more.

[EJ_L]

Another update and she grows a little more. Always interesting to see what parts you get each month.

[cobra1951]

You have done the planking with the same method i use, to me it looks great nice neat joints without looking overcrowded with them

Edited November 5, 2016 by Cobr@

[Sjors]

I'm only looking and enjoy   

Very well done so far !

 

Sjors