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

[marktiedens]

Great looking ship.Now on to the rigging?

 

/Mark

Edited April 30, 2014 by marktiedens

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers Mark! Yeah it is. So far I've been able to work out stuff from my previous modelbuilding but now I have to start from zero...  

 

 

/Matti

Edited April 30, 2014 by NAZGÛL

[Vivian Galad]

Great job on them, Matti, as for the entire ship till now. Love this "unclean" look u gave to your ship. Many Vasa reproductions have that clean look so artificial and distant from the ship itself. Yours is really a great one.

[pete48]

Looks great Matti, nice job on the carvings

 

Best Regards,

Pete

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks Vivian and Pete!

 

/Matti

[NMBROOK]

Fabulous work mate   I wish you all the best with the stringy bits,but there is more than enough help on here should you need it Looks like it could be Sovereign of the Seas for the next build,she will give you plenty of sculptures to go at

Kind Regards

 

Nigel

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work and you've achieved a rather large milepost.   Congratulations on a job well done.   Ah.. rigging and masting next?  You'll do fine if you approach it like you've approached everything else.

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers guys, I hope so and it's good to have the members here to ask when needed! Trying to read up on how it works and look before starting.

 

 

/Matti

[NAZGÛL]

Ok, the BB mast instruction is actually better then the other, but it's still a lot of thinking before getting into action. I hope to be able to leave the plans and look at reference as soon as possible as thats the way I like to build.

 

Does this setup look right?

 

And could anyone just give the english words for the masts? I've written red letters.

 

 

Cheers!

 

/Matti

 

 

[JanV]

Hi Matti

 

A quick overview of the names:

1= Bow sprit

2= Fore mast

3= Main mast

4= Mizzen mast

 

good luck, aren't you waiting for the book Vasa-2

[NAZGÛL]

Jan, Thanks for the run through of the masts, I mixed them up with the swedish names all the time... I plan to start the masts and basics. Hopefully Vasa II comes before I get to the next steps.

 

Thanks Lawrence I'm getting a lot of inspiration from your rigging!

 

 

/Matti

[popeye the sailor]

now your getting into the good stuff..... this is what will make the hull, a ship

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks, actually I was thinking about you and your Götheborg build yesterday as I bought a book about the Svenska Ostindiska Companiet and their vessels. Fascinating story and beautyful ships!

 

 

/Matti

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Matti.....yea, I know I should get back to her. I started to, but I got off on the wrong foot...so I undid what I did. now to start over. I've got many pictures of her and bookmarked a slew of sites. too bad that there aren't too many builds of her going on. I was looking at the corel version of the ship....I like the billing's version better. you've brought her very close to the original....kudos!

[Dee_Dee]

Matti,

 

Damitol!  There is no "LOVE IT" button! 

[NAZGÛL]

Popeye, I'm more interested in the 1600s but the story of ostindiska companiet makes me more and more interested in them. BB doesn't offer the kit still do they?

 

Dee thanks!

 

/Matti

[popeye the sailor]

I believe they still do......there are a few discrepancies with it though. the number of galley / stern windows and the aft stairs are the two most prevalent ones. I was looking at the log last night.....I'm missing more pictures that I originally thought......I need to go through the whole log it is a nice kit though, and to bash it is very easy to do.

[NAZGÛL]

Sounds like a good kit and worth consideriation. Looking forward to see how yours turn out.

 

 

/Matti

[NAZGÛL]

Hey all, done some work on the masts.

 

I think I'm starting to get the way they are constructed. First reshaping and fitting them to see that I got them ok: 

 

 

The mainmast and the bowsprit on the real ship was made from several parts and I wanted mine to look like they are too: 

 

 

Some mild washes to try and get it to look realistic. I will do more work on their finish later on.

 

 

 

/Matti

 

 

[pete48]

Awesome Matti, Fantastic job on the authenticity of this fine Ship. I llike all the details that you have done

 

Best Regards,

Pete

[NMBROOK]

That is some clever work mate to achieve the spliced look with purely paint!!!

 

Kind Regards

 

Nigel

[NAZGÛL]

Thank you Pete and Nigel! I scribed them first to make grooves.

 

 

/Matti

[popeye the sailor]

looking good Matti

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers Popeye, fun work to do actually once I found good pictures of them.

 

 

/Matti

[md1400cs]

Matti,

 

Mast are looking very nice. Very good start ...

 

Michael

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks guys! I've been working some more on them today. Quite nice stage. I guess it is what we in Sweden calls Lugnet före stormen, The calm before the storm.

 

/Matti

[Mike Y]

Matti, with your skills, have you thought about actually making a mast from a multiple pieces, like on a real ship? 

[NAZGÛL]

The thought crossed my mind, but I want to learn more about woodwork in general and the shape of the real masts before going that far.

 

 

/Matti

[NAZGÛL]

Hey Chris thanks for your input. I have ordered natural colored rope and plan to stain it. From what I've heard here are no evidence of tar on the ropes on the real ship so I will not go black, but I want them to blend well with tarred look on the hull so some blending should be needed. I want to see the rope and experiment with it before making any descisions. I guess it will boil down to what gives balance to the overall look.

 

/Matti

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers mate! Actually I scribed lines aswell. My job's been hectic this period but I've done some more work on the masts. Buiding is a great stress release.

 

 

 

/Matti