Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75

[TomJonas]

Matti!

 

Of course you're right, the deck planks are OK. I checked again on your first photos. No idea why I thought they looked too wide.

[NAZGÛL]

Hey all! Finally things are going less hectic and I had a little time to build. The masts except the bowsprit are positioned and I made the bowsprit mast.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/Matti

[NMBROOK]

Glad to hear you have managed a little build time mate.Your masts are coming on well,with some great detailing   .There is certainly a lot more work involved in these than one would expect at first glance.Your model is developing a wonderful 'organic' look to the colours and I love the contrast with lighter shades on the deck and masting  

 

Kind Regards

 

Nigel

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers mate! Yeah especially the tops takes a lot of work like you said earlier.

 

Thanks for the likes everyone!

 

 

/Matti

[mtaylor]

The masts look great, Matti.  Did you change your avatar recently and I missed it? 

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks Mark! Yeah a few days ago. I haven't been able to post much lately.

 

 

 

/Matti

[mobbsie]

Those masts look great Matti, fantastic colour and those outside pics show her off to a tee.

Your thought process and skill are a great combination mate, well done.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks mobbsie! It's still easy to take her outside and it gives me a chanse to see how the paint job works. Soon taking her outside will be difficult though.

 

 

/Matti

[mobbsie]

I know what you mean mate, they tend to get a bit wider at some point, tends to make life a bit more awkward.

 

She's a beautiful ship though.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[pete48]

Looks great Matti, nice job on the bowsprit mast

 

Best Regards,

Pete

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers guys! Yeah it's been a little over the top lately, it's nice to get some relaxing time building.

 

 

/Matti

[NAZGÛL]

Hey all! I have started to plan for the next steps.

 

One thing was deciding the look of the deadeyes. This is the look I want: Heartshaped and quite wonky and irregular in shape.

 

 

I ended up just sanding the round ones in the kit to imitate that shape. I also tried to make the metal parts holding some of them, the kit suggests rope on these ones also, but I want metal ones.

 

This is how far I am doing a test version:

 

 

 

 

/Matti

 

 

 

[pete48]

your test looks Good Matti, nice work

 

Best Regards,

Pete

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers mate! The wire looks a little thick, but the paint is brown/black and should make them blend with the hull. Since all the deadeyes will be unique in shape I have to make each metal part to fit it.

 

 

/Matti

[pete48]

I think your right  Matti, It should blend in with the Hull nicely, Looks like you have it figured out

 

Best Regards,

Pete

[riverboat]

Boy, that looks real good Matti..... nice job.

Frank

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks buddy! I tweaked it some more and glued it. I will testpaint it so I'll learn the stages and can get faster.

 

 

/Matti

[mtaylor]

Looks good, Matti.  The only concern I would have is the split opening at the top.  The stress of the shrouds and lanyards might cause the deadeyes to pop loose.

[NAZGÛL]

Mark, thanks for the heads up. After tightening it up and gluing it with CA it feels pretty tough, but that could be a risk.

 

 

/Matti

[popeye the sailor]

perhaps you could fashion them,  so the split is trapped in the chain plate.....let the wood hold it closed.   I like your idea of the irregular dead eyes.....history never depicted that they were totally round  

[md1400cs]

Matti,

 

Nice adaptation should look very nice.

 

Michael

[TomJonas]

I have been thinking about the almost triangular deadeyes too.

Good, now you've showed that it is possible to sand the blocks with a good result. 

 

I studied your excellent sculptures that you made in wood.

But what about clay? There are clay for children which you bake in the oven. Probably easier to sculpture, though I have no idea if it is good enough for small sculptures.

But this would perhaps be too unorthodox and almost like cheating?

[NAZGÛL]

Many thanks guys! 

 

Popeye I'll see if I can get it strong enough with the above aproach, but your idea is clever and I'll keep it in mind. About the shape, the 1:10 model has them to sharp at the edges to look right to my eye, they also look to perfect and without that wonky hand made look of the original..

 

Tom, I have tried it and in my opinion it's as easy or actually easier to just carve it in wood. Getting a good result in clay is pretty hard at this scale. I't would also break easy I think.

 

 

/Matti

[Karleop]

Hola Matti.

 

Your deadeyes are really nice, and I agree that using CA glue could be sufficient to hold them.  Another possibility is trying with small soldering point to fix the wires in place.

 

Saludos, Karl

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers! I made a few to see how they hold up and they seem fine with CA.

 

Is it a big stress on them? I will test pull them with the rope inserted before installing them.

 

 

/Matti

 

PS. Great game against Brazil yesterday, I cheared for Mexico.

[Vivian Galad]

Matti, your Deadeye looks great..

 

Very similar to this one, though:

 

 

:P :P :P :P :P

[NAZGÛL]

Ha, Munch ripped that off!

 

 

/Matti

Edited June 18, 2014 by NAZGÛL

[NMBROOK]

Great work mate!!!A big undertaking,but to be honest anything lesser would not be appropriate for your build

 

Kind Regards

 

Nigel

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers mate, the whole rigging still feels hard to grasp, but I'll try to just do it one step at a time.

 

Oh, I forgot. I ordered a showcase and it arrived. I was planning for building one, but figured I want to put that time and energy into the actual model. I will paint it though to get the look I want though.

 

 

/Matti

[NMBROOK]

Congrats on your purchase,you will have to post a pic or two when you get the opportunity  

 

Kind Regards

 

Nigel