Salty Sea Dog Posted March 4, 2014 Share #841 Posted March 4, 2014 Hi Matti, That last photo of the flag against the sky is awesome! Very nice work! NAZGÛL 1 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share #842 Posted March 4, 2014 Thanks buddy, looking forward to more whaleboat updates! /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Wellington Posted March 4, 2014 Share #843 Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) Matti, I've been following for a while but not commenting. Do have to say that those outside shots look absolutely fantastic, great colour choices very skillfully applied. Very well done indeed. Edited March 4, 2014 by Beef Wellington Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share #844 Posted March 4, 2014 Cheers Jason, I'm happy you like it, especially after reading up on your snake build! /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 6, 2014 Share #845 Posted March 6, 2014 Nice work on the flag Matti. For sails, do them essentially the same way.... drape them over something close to the shape you want and paint them with the glue mixture. Some have hung them by the corners, stiffen with wire and then painted. Also, there's this: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-rigging-and-sails.php See John Tilly's article. You'll do great. NAZGÛL 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #846 Posted March 7, 2014 Thanks Mark, the link will be very helpful! Thanks for the tips for the sails also. I havent descide how to rigg the sails, but probably not as if she was sailing. I forgot the word for when the sails hang down in arcs. /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #847 Posted March 7, 2014 Thanks mate! Yeah the snow is going away quickly now. I'm trying to do the seven knektar for the upper deck now. It takes long to do each so I reckon I will be doing them a while now. /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #848 Posted March 7, 2014 Here are the two I've done, they still need the iron details on the sides. I made them smaller compaired to what the BB plans suggested to get them in better scale. They could definately be better but it's my first attempt to wood carving and its very different to me. /Matti NMBROOK, hexnut, riverboat and 2 others 5 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted March 7, 2014 Share #849 Posted March 7, 2014 Bit of trivia for you, Matti ... You've turned out those two gorgeous "jacks" in the same amount of time it took me to Google Translate "knektar". Damn !! That's impressive work !!! NAZGÛL and Karleop 2 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted March 7, 2014 Share #850 Posted March 7, 2014 I think those look great mate!.They are not the easiest of jobs at that size One question for you,am I going mad,or have you added some pics at the start of your log?I had been wondering what provision you had made for the cannons on the lower decks and now there are some photos that answer my question Kind Regards Nigel NAZGÛL 1 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted March 7, 2014 Share #851 Posted March 7, 2014 forgot to tell you what an excellent job you did on the flags, thats a great idea on how to form and shape them, they look so real!! Nice job!!! Frank NAZGÛL 1 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior ole salt Posted March 7, 2014 Share #852 Posted March 7, 2014 Matti, I've been holding comment on your build as I'm too awed and cannot figure some words to describe how beautiful the model looks. That flag looks real. I visited the Vasa back in 1972. I understand now that the preservation technique has changed for the better. S.os NAZGÛL 1 Quote New Bedford Whaleboat build. Kit by Model Shipways I've been making progress on my model and according to the instruction booklet I should be painting it, at least parts of it. Are acrylic's ok ? I did apply a sanding sealer. but I want to stain the untreated floor boards which are walnut. Thanks S.O.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #853 Posted March 7, 2014 Thanks for the kind comments! Steve, ah thanks for telling me their english name, sorry! Mine do have problems and crudeness, but when I started this build I wanted to accept that it's my first time for many techniques so they will be used as they are. Nigel, hmm, nope, no added pics but I didn't use the insert option but linked them the first posts, so the pics seem to be missing sometimes. Frank, thank you! Sos, many thanks, I'm glad for your comment and am really impressed by your finished build! /Matti NMBROOK and CaptainSteve 2 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted March 7, 2014 Share #854 Posted March 7, 2014 Ahh that may explain it today was the first time I have seen the pics of the skeleton mate However I do not frequently go back to the start of the log Kind Regards Nigel NAZGÛL 1 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share #855 Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Nigel, it was really tricky to get that stage right. Having to estimate the correct lines and then not know until way later in the build. Lawrence, thanks for the kind words mate! They will help me to continue the work with the other jacks. /Matti Edited March 8, 2014 by NAZGÛL NMBROOK 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karleop Posted March 8, 2014 Share #856 Posted March 8, 2014 Hi Matti. Your cannons and carriages look very, very nice. I am in the process to begin with them but before I want you to ask something: You write that you painted the cannons with a black/grey mix of paint, with a good sanding before. Have you tried another method as a primer, a bath of vinegar, or something else before the paint? or definetly you recommend the sanding. Saludos, Karl Quote Finished Models (Gallery): Pandora (Constructo), HMS Endeavour (AL), San FranciscoII (AL), Fishing boat (scratch), Vasa (Billing Boats) Construction logs: Vasa (Billing Boats) Pride of Baltimore II (M. Shipways) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share #857 Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Karl, I painted the carriers in black and dark gray (acrylics) and then used brown and gray acrylic washes. The brass cannons I sanded with steel wool. Then black spray, I think it's called solvent based in english, a regular spray paint good for metal. After that brown and black acrylics and finally brown acrylic washes. The scratched wood cannons are just painted with the acrylics described above. The wheels where painted like the brass cannons but less brown, and more gray at the highlights. I'm used to the steel wool technique, but usually there's many ways to do things in modelling. overall It worked fine but some repainting where done after they where constructed, superglue can cause paint to come lose. And they end up really fragile, especially the scratched cannons. /Matti Edited March 8, 2014 by NAZGÛL Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karleop Posted March 9, 2014 Share #858 Posted March 9, 2014 Thank you very much for your tips. I saw a technique using vinegar to darken the bronze and apparently is quite easy. I will try and compare your method with the vinegar one and to see how it works. By the way, and mainly by curiosity, in the manual it appear the wire F39 to fix the cannons in the carriers but F409 fits much better, which of the two did you use? I think the kit manufacturers probably made a mistake with the wires because for the stern lantern (that I already made and you can see it in my last post) in one Manual appear as F409 but in another Manual it is F410. Saludos, Karl Quote Finished Models (Gallery): Pandora (Constructo), HMS Endeavour (AL), San FranciscoII (AL), Fishing boat (scratch), Vasa (Billing Boats) Construction logs: Vasa (Billing Boats) Pride of Baltimore II (M. Shipways) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share #859 Posted March 9, 2014 I needed to do it this way to get the cannons to look the way I wanted, to get the paint to grip. But if you just want them black then try those methods. I don't check the part list a lot, I used the ones that fit best. /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share #860 Posted March 9, 2014 Here's a small update on the jacks: Carving the roman soldiers. The real ones are very corroded and little details can be seen, so I went for a design I liked. /Matti riverboat, NMBROOK, themadchemist and 9 others 12 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted March 9, 2014 Share #861 Posted March 9, 2014 They are coming on well mate Given their ridiculously small size and the fact the timber you are using isn't ideal for carving,I think you are doing an outstanding job on these Kind Regards Nigel NAZGÛL 1 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share #862 Posted March 9, 2014 Thanks mate! I enjoy carving but don't know anything about kind of woods. /Matti NMBROOK 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted March 9, 2014 Share #863 Posted March 9, 2014 Hi Mate At this scale boxwood would be the ideal followed by Pear.The grain of these is very,very much smaller making it easier to produce small details. Kind Regards Nigel NAZGÛL 1 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted March 9, 2014 Share #864 Posted March 9, 2014 Great work Matti, I love what you are doing here, it's very impressive. Be Good mobbsie NAZGÛL 1 Quote mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karleop Posted March 9, 2014 Share #865 Posted March 9, 2014 Hola Matti, thanks for your advice. And about using the materials that best fit is a good idea unless you need to need them after and can be very difficult to find the replacement (specially in a little town in Mexico!!). Your "knektars" are really nice! Karl NAZGÛL 1 Quote Finished Models (Gallery): Pandora (Constructo), HMS Endeavour (AL), San FranciscoII (AL), Fishing boat (scratch), Vasa (Billing Boats) Construction logs: Vasa (Billing Boats) Pride of Baltimore II (M. Shipways) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share #866 Posted March 9, 2014 Thanks Nigel, I will try to get better wood, but they will have to do in this build. I like the softness of this wood, almost behaving like clay, the color is also good. Thank you mobbsie! Thanks Karl! I didn't get what you ment with needing parts, sorry. /Matti Karleop 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted March 10, 2014 Share #867 Posted March 10, 2014 You have amazing talent Matti..... carving those small pieces is way beyond my patience...... and eyesight! Frank NAZGÛL and Karleop 2 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share #868 Posted March 10, 2014 Thank you very much Frank! Hope the final stages of your ship goes well. /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share #869 Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) Thank you very much for the kind words mate! /Matti Edited March 13, 2014 by NAZGÛL Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #870 Posted March 18, 2014 Phew, got the final knight finished. The last ones are a little better then the first ones but I decided not to redo them, but keep and remember them as my first go at carving. /Matti canoe21, riverboat, hexnut and 8 others 11 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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