themadchemist Posted September 21, 2014 #1291 Posted September 21, 2014 Its the muted/earthy colours that have converted me. I know she was painted in Royal red, which was probably much brighter and garish for the FLASH of it, but to me that just looks wrong. Real or not I prefer the shades and shading you chose. You have an amazing eye for that sort of detailing. I also think that furled sails would look amazing as they would be there but not obscure the detail below. I also think the Vasa museum would be lucky to have you on their crew. If I recall correctly, this is but your first wooden build. Agreed, you came to the table with amazing paint skills, but that doesn't explain the rest of her. Some people just have the knack for the task and you are one of them. Just think, you tackled one of the more difficult builds as a 1st attempt, and these are the results, imagine what your skill set will be with 2 or 3 more builds. Honestly, The only way you could improve on this build is if you had hand carve the carvings, but the excellent paint and time shaping each piece make that hard to tell they are plastic kit piece so really it's a non-issue when they are painted. I can also understand your trepidation about adding the bowsprit, that changes everything about the handling of her. NAZGÛL, mtaylor, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 Quote
maggsl_01 Posted September 21, 2014 #1292 Posted September 21, 2014 Hi Matti I didn't realise that this Piece of artwork is your FIRST build. O M G - what a wonderful start to this modelling. If I knew that before ... I confess all what I said before and add an "+++" - triple A Cheerio Max fmodajr, Salty Sea Dog, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
NAZGÛL Posted September 21, 2014 Author #1293 Posted September 21, 2014 Wow, thanks for the kind words Keith and Max! I've scratchbuilt styrene models before and feel that these kits have much in common as you get to shape it the way you want. This is nicer though, wood is more alive and the ships have such great history and art in them. After carving a few sculptures for this kit, wich I really enjoyed, I can definately say I could never get myself to put the years into scratching a Vasa. All those sculptures would be to much. Thanks for the likes everyone! /Matti themadchemist, maggsl_01, Karleop and 1 other 4 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
popeye the sailor Posted September 23, 2014 #1294 Posted September 23, 2014 shrouds look great Matti......she gets better and better, the more you add to her! NAZGÛL 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
NAZGÛL Posted September 23, 2014 Author #1295 Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) Cheers pops! In order to continue I now added the bowsprit. There is a problem with BB:s construction. The L shaped parts making the bow strong are to thick, making the room for connecting the ropes (holding the bowsprit mast) to narrow. I'm trying to reshape them giving some room for the hole for the ropes. It's nervous work to drill and cut in the ship now... I'll post pictures later of what I mean. Anyone building the BB is wise to plan this area ahead of buiding it. Simply thinning the L-shaped parts down would have solved it. Well live and learn. Fingers crossed I don't destroy the bow now. /Matti Edited September 23, 2014 by NAZGÛL maggsl_01 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
popeye the sailor Posted September 23, 2014 #1296 Posted September 23, 2014 I've seen that.........parts that are made {laser cut} from too thick panels........makes the part look too chunky to use. I'm sure you'll come up with a remedy for it looking at this build you've created.......I have no doubt! NAZGÛL 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
NAZGÛL Posted September 23, 2014 Author #1297 Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks! I think it may be only slightly to thick and the corresponding parts are slightly to thin. /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa
NAZGÛL Posted September 26, 2014 Author #1298 Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) Hey again! I've mounted the bowsprit and finished the ropes holding it. It was lots of work as I had to reshape thin down the L shaped timbers holding the bow. Looking back I think it was good to wait with drilling the rope holes until knowing where to put them. That gave me liberty to arrange the beek head "floor planks" the way I wanted and then arrange the rope holes acccording to them, not the other way around. That said, I would have thinned down the L shaped parts slightly pre assembly to make it easier to get room for the holes, and this is a tip for builders of the kit. This way made me nervous about destroying anything... I never was happy with the paint job on the lower beakhead parts, and this gave me an opportunity to make it better. /Matti Edit: I just realized that I didn't explain that the kit construction is with the ropes running "outside" the lower beakhead construction (wrong). Remember that I broke the beakhead earlier and strengthened it when repairing it. This made my beakhead stronger and that's good when doing this mod to the build. Edited September 26, 2014 by NAZGÛL NMBROOK, edmay, popeye the sailor and 16 others 19 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
riverboat Posted September 26, 2014 #1299 Posted September 26, 2014 Matti that last image is just beautiful!!!... awesome ! work there Matti. Frank NAZGÛL 1 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk)
mar3kl Posted September 26, 2014 #1300 Posted September 26, 2014 Beautiful job, especially with saving things afterward. Now I have to make sure my construction in that area won't have the same problems. NAZGÛL 1 Quote
JesseLee Posted September 26, 2014 #1301 Posted September 26, 2014 Very ornate detail. What a beautiful job on this beakhead! NAZGÛL 1 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
NMBROOK Posted September 26, 2014 #1302 Posted September 26, 2014 Fabulous work mate!! I wouldn't envy the sailor whose job it was to shimy along the bowsprit Kind Regards Nigel NAZGÛL 1 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline
NAZGÛL Posted September 26, 2014 Author #1303 Posted September 26, 2014 Cheers guys! Yeah Nigel it must have been horrible, almost as bad as the poor souls having to be up in the tops... Thanks for the likes everyone! /Matti WackoWolf and Salty Sea Dog 2 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
mar3kl Posted September 27, 2014 #1304 Posted September 27, 2014 At least to get to the tops you had ratlines to climb. I have no clue how the sailors were expected to walk on the bowsprit with no handholds and all that pitching up and down. Maybe they weren't expected to hoist sail there very often. mark NAZGÛL 1 Quote
amateur Posted September 27, 2014 #1305 Posted September 27, 2014 Most of the lines for the spritsail were guided towards the more reacheable parts of the ship. Most of the times there was a line fromthe top to the forestay, as a kind of railing. Btw furling the mainsail high above the deckwasn't funeither, I guess... Jan NAZGÛL 1 Quote
NAZGÛL Posted September 28, 2014 Author #1306 Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) I don´t know, consider walking up this in heavy wind... What a hard life. /Matti Edited September 28, 2014 by NAZGÛL Dubz, canoe21, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
amateur Posted September 28, 2014 #1307 Posted September 28, 2014 Did you already made the little clamps to prevent the woolings to slide down the bowspeit? Jan NAZGÛL 1 Quote
fmodajr Posted September 28, 2014 #1308 Posted September 28, 2014 Hi Matti, your ship is looking great as always. Beautiful work on the shrouds! Question for you. I am at the stage now where I have to decide about the thin delicate upper rail system on the ship. If I don't think about it now or decide to put it in later, I am worried about being able to get in there after the shrouds are in. What is your view? Are you planning to add the railings in or are you leaving them out? Thanks for the help and I keep looking forward to viewing your log! Frank NAZGÛL 1 Quote
NAZGÛL Posted September 28, 2014 Author #1309 Posted September 28, 2014 Hans, I just added them. I´ll post pictures later. Cheers Frank! I will add the top railing later, the BB railings are very fragile. I got the suggestion to wait by Nigel earlier and it is the best solution. I don't think the shrouds will be to much in the way. /Matti NMBROOK and fmodajr 2 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
NAZGÛL Posted September 28, 2014 Author #1310 Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) Hey all! Small update. I added the clamps holding the bowsprit ropes. I blended them to match the other wood, so they aren't very obvious. I also made the mainstay collar, trying to get it like the real one at the museum. Paintwise its washes and trying to get everything to blend and look balanced. I'm glad I repainted the lower area of the beakhead. /Matti Edited September 30, 2014 by NAZGÛL themadchemist, marktiedens, popeye the sailor and 18 others 21 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
popeye the sailor Posted October 1, 2014 #1311 Posted October 1, 2014 very well done Matti! NAZGÛL 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
NAZGÛL Posted October 2, 2014 Author #1312 Posted October 2, 2014 Cheers pops! I tried to take dark background images earlier. I don't get why the LED lights look so weird in the image. IRL it is quite dim and have a grey/greenish tone, as the windows are tinted. The camera pick the light up as bright and almost blue. Now it's back to shaping deadeyes and the metal parts for them so I can continue with the foremast. Thanks for the likes everyone! Matti Lin Feng, Blue Ensign, Salty Sea Dog and 20 others 23 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
riverboat Posted October 2, 2014 #1313 Posted October 2, 2014 Nice Matti... I like the lights, I didn't realize you had put lights in there, it looks great!! Frank NAZGÛL 1 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk)
NAZGÛL Posted October 3, 2014 Author #1314 Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks buddy! I like lights in models, and the way the kit is constructed made it easy to install. The dimmed effect and the actual light doesn't come through in the picture though. Cheers for all the likes! /Matti mtaylor 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
amateur Posted October 3, 2014 #1315 Posted October 3, 2014 It took me a few moments to realize that your new signature-picture is not the original..... Jan NAZGÛL and Salty Sea Dog 2 Quote
popeye the sailor Posted October 3, 2014 #1316 Posted October 3, 2014 beautiful work Matti........I had forgotten you put lighting in her as well.........looks great! NAZGÛL 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
mobbsie Posted October 3, 2014 #1317 Posted October 3, 2014 Nice one Matti, LED's always make the build that bit extra special. She looks great mate. 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 :-
mtaylor Posted October 3, 2014 #1318 Posted October 3, 2014 I love the lights. Looking great, Matti. 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)
NMBROOK Posted October 3, 2014 #1319 Posted October 3, 2014 She is looking great mate and some very nice pictures Kind Regards Nigel NAZGÛL 1 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline
NAZGÛL Posted October 3, 2014 Author #1320 Posted October 3, 2014 Thank you very much guys! Your kind comments make the work with the dead eyes more fun. /Matti NMBROOK 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.