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

[md1400cs]

Matti,

 

You really captured the weather deck stern braces. Looks really spectacular. I also like the wooden trim that you have added around the curves. Your Galleries are really coming along so nicely, yes its a lot of detail work, but so nice after its done correctly. You will really appreciate the effort. Great update.

 

Regards,

 

michael

[NAZGÛL]

Thank you for the nice comments fellas, they really gives energy to the build!

 

Ferit, thanks, I agree they are like a signature for her. The red color is funny, as it responds much to the lights. In sharp sunlight its quite bright, while it turns much more muted in normal to low light. That makes a nice vibrant effect when applied in slightly different shades.

 

Nigel, thanks. Yeah the construction has a lot of angles and shapes to get right. The "towers" are tricky to do with the parts that come with the kit. I will try to get them fair looking. The good news is that I managed to snatch a "reserv part" kit of this model (that is a kit that the seller has taken spare parts from and sold to customers) from the local hobby shop for very little money, and these parts are in that. That gives me an extra set and I can experiment all I want without any stress of ruining anything crucial.

 

Cheers Michael, I hope I can get them as good as yours. Like you say,if I pull them off it will feel rewarding afterwards. The messageports are the small ones farthest down and to the stern: 

 

 

 

/Matti

 

 

[mtaylor]

NIce work Matti.  Don't try to get too precise in the cutting of the towers using the plans.  As I recall, I cut close on the angles and dimensions and then had to spend much time fitting them exactly into place.  Any tolerance build up in the hull, planking, etc. will throw off what the plans says for dimensions. 

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks for the comment and advice Michael. I will try to be careful, and also try to look at reference pics to see what I can do. So far Id say this is a tricky part of her construction.

 

 

/Matti

[marktiedens]

Excellent job so far - I am also still dealing with the galleries on mine - very fiddely work.

[clipper]

Hi Matti, good heads up on the drainage holes, I must remember these details when I start my rescue build. Your local knowledge of this ship will be a great help to modellers like myself who live far away from the modelling subject

Tony

[S.Coleman]

Looking good there. Love the realistic colours keep it up!

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks Mark, they sure are. I will look at your way of doing them for inspiration.

 

Hi Tony, glad if I could help. Do you have the official plans from the museum? If not they are really helpful when placing details like these. The plans are slightly idealized in some areas, but quite complete. You can use a high resolution pic of the 1:10 model for the portside details and the plans for the starboard side. That way you get a good detailed view all around her.

 

Thank you Coleman, Im glad you like the paintjob!

 

 

/Matti

Edited July 28, 2013 by NAZGÛL

[clipper]

Hi Matti, I don't have the plans but I willl try and get them before starting the build, thanks for the info

Tony

[NAZGÛL]

I think you can ask the museum to send them to you. At least i heard someone doing it that way.

 

 

/Matti

[md1400cs]

Thank you for the nice comments fellas, they really gives energy to the build!

 

Ferit, thanks, I agree they are like a signature for her. The red color is funny, as it responds much to the lights. In sharp sunlight its quite bright, while it turns much more muted in normal to low light. That makes a nice vibrant effect when applied in slightly different shades.

 

Nigel, thanks. Yeah the construction has a lot of angles and shapes to get right. The "towers" are tricky to do with the parts that come with the kit. I will try to get them fair looking. The good news is that I managed to snatch a "reserv part" kit of this model (that is a kit that the seller has taken spare parts from and sold to customers) from the local hobby shop for very little money, and these parts are in that. That gives me an extra set and I can experiment all I want without any stress of ruining anything crucial.

 

Cheers Michael, I hope I can get them as good as yours. Like you say,if I pull them off it will feel rewarding afterwards. The messageports are the small ones farthest down and to the stern: 

 

 

 

/Matti

Matti,

 

As usual a big thank you. So it seems that I was working on those openings, not even knowing what they were for. Now I understand. Thanks (:-)

[NAZGÛL]

Glad if I could help, those ports are my fav. I like how irregular they are positioned, and the realism they give from their everyday use.

[NAZGÛL]

Hey all! Started to work on those towers. Still some shaping to do, but its starting to get there. Im nervous about drilling the center hole for the sculptures that sit on top of them. I hope they will work out. Id hate if it would crack them.

 

 

/Matti

[md1400cs]

Hey all! Started to work on those towers. Still some shaping to do, but its starting to get there. Im nervous about drilling the center hole for the sculptures that sit on top of them. I hope they will work out. Id hate if it would crack them.

 

 

/Matti

Matti,

 

A suggestion, start with a smaller drill bit and build up to the size hole that you need. This has always worked for me in these type of situations, where I think that the wood may crack because of too much stress.

 

Michael

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks Lawrence!

 

Cheers for the suggestion Mike, Ill try it out.

 

 

/Matti

[NMBROOK]

Lovely work carving the towers Matti,I know from personal experience how much work is involved in creating shapes like these.

Kind Regards Nigel

[Salty Sea Dog]

I love that last photo Matti. That is a great shade of red. The towers are 'shaping' up nicely!

[Ferit]

" I agree they are like a signature for her."

You had begun to autograph your Wasa, very nice progress...

[marktiedens]

I have had good luck drilling pieces like this by lightly clamping them in a small vise with the grain parallel to the vise jaws so it can`t separate.

[Ferit]

I use thinner CA to indurate the wood, I make the wood absorb it... Then it becomes much resistant and solid...

[mtaylor]

Matti,

 

As I recall, the wood for the towers is a pretty hard wood.  Do what's been suggested by starting with a small hole and making it bigger  Go slow and check the size regularly as it's easy to make it too big. 

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks for the kind words and tips everyone!

 

Nigel, thanks, but its nothing compaired to your detailed sculps. id be chanceless doing those. id love to learn though, so reading threads like your are inspirational.

 

Cheers Buck! Yeah the red effect with different shades on each plank did work out the way I hoped.

 

Thanks Ferit! Thats a great advice. I would have guessed it would make it rock hard but still with the risk of cracking. thats something to remember for the future.

 

Thanks For the advices Mark! Yeah I did like you guys said and like you say the wood is quite hard and took the drilling well. started small and made the holes wider little by little and it worked. Even the ones woth tiny areas held up. I grabbed a glass of wiskey and the dremel and faced my nerves.

 

Funny info, some of the old towers are slightly different shaped compaired to the newer ones, the old ones have thinner tops. Maybe they have slightly dofferent shapes because of how they are made. It doesnt matter as Im resculping them anyway. The originals are also wonky and different from eachother.

 

Since I have two sets I decided to not use the biggest towers but use the middle sized ones instead. To me the big ones wouldnt work as well.

 

 

/Matti

Edited August 1, 2013 by NAZGÛL

[NAZGÛL]

And the first tower has its basic shape. Only five more to do.

 

 

 

/Matti

 

[Ferit]

Your famous red again... Glorified build as usual...

[NMBROOK]

The tower looks fantastic Matti,excellent work!

Kind Regards Nigel

[Kevin]

have you seen this link, i will remove if you dont want it here

 

https://sites.google.com/site/clayton707/swedishwarshipwasa

[NAZGÛL]

A big thanks, fellas, most apreciated!

 

Thanks Ferit, yeah had to paint it to see if it works, and it gives me energy to make the others. Its pretty repetative stuff.

 

Nigel, thanks! I try to get the wonkyness of the original, but hope I didnt overdo it.

 

Kevin, cheers for the link. Yeah Ive seen it, and Claytons work is excellent!

 

 

/Matti

[md1400cs]

have you seen this link, i will remove if you dont want it here

 

https://sites.google.com/site/clayton707/swedishwarshipwasa

Kevin,

 

Thanks so much. These larger format pics. of Clayton's astonishing Vasa will be so helpful. I thought that I had found all of his available info; I had not some of these were added Again thanks

 

Michsel

[md1400cs]

Matti,

 

Your tower looks perfect. I can visualize that your galleries will be spectacular. Congrats super nice replication from the 1:1 pic.

 

Regards,

 

Michael

[NAZGÛL]

Lawrence, thanks! Yeah, I think so too, but I will also learn to make them better, wich is a little frustrating when looking back at the first one.

 

Cheers Michael! I think the small towers in the BB kit are based on the drawings in Landströms book, and they have wrong shape. This may give me problems with fiting the sculptures, as my towers are smaller. I really wanted smaller ones though, and will try to tackle the following problems if they come later on.

 

 

 

/Matti