Vasa by BLACK VIKING - De Agostini - 1/64 scale

[marktiedens]

Really nice work - your paint work is awesome!

 

Mark

[Pat Lynch]

I see what you mean about that mass of shrouds blocking working room!

 

Pat 

[BLACK VIKING]

Thank you for the lovely comments Mark and Pat and all the likes  

The shrouds would definitely get in the way Pat as they go back quite a long way 

I will post some more pics hopefully in the next few days.

Martyn

[md1400cs]

Martyn,

 

One of the great Vasa's indeed. Super nice work. 

[BLACK VIKING]

Cheers for the comments Michael.

Sorry for not posting for a while but life has really got in the way. Got made redundant in May so have running around trying to get another job . Then last week my wife got taken into hospital for open heart surgery for a replacement valve so have been running to and from the hospital so not a lot happening on the build and I have lost a bit of mojo to get on with it. On the bright side I would like to thank Michael aka mid 1400s for sending me lots of pictures on the rigging as the ones from Deag are totally wrong. I have managed to rig the bowsprit sails and still got some more ratlines to do but onwards and upwards . Hopefully will get some more done next week. As always thanks for the likes and following.

Martyn 

[fmodajr]

Martyn,

 

Your model is looking great!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your wife.

Yes, Michael is a great resource and very supportive. He helped me a lot on my Vasa build.

Best,

Frank

[BLACK VIKING]

Thank you for the best wishes for my wife. She is coming home today 😎

Michael has been real help as the rigging plan from Deag is very basic.

Thanks again Frank.

Martyn

[md1400cs]

Martyn,

 

Certainly great relief for you regarding your wife - cheers !

Your rigging is looking excellent  - happy that those files (I got them from Karl) were useful as well.

 

Still odd to me that DeAgostini would have poor rigging sheets as part of their kit. Frank (fmodajr) and I were laughing yesterday about STILL waiting for the Vasa II rigging book to be released - should have been about two years ago. Our Vasa's would still be collecting dust waiting for the rigging to be done as close as poss. to original with historical accuracy  --  haha

 

PS: According to Fred Hocker the 1/10th is not quite right either. He mentioned that some bits are "English" - 

 

Regards,

 

[EJ_L]

Great to hear that your wife is coming home!

 

I've noticed, as have many others that rigging plans typically seem to be the most neglected part of many kits. Especially details such as where they belay. It is almost a must to have outside source material to even attempt to do a semi realistic rigging and even then the older the ship the harder it is and non English vessels harder still. Many rigging books focus on English ship rigging as they did the best job in preserving nautical practice knowledge over the centuries. As a result, many models of ships from other countries end up with "English" rigging components. As for the Vasa II, I am holding off my own build of her till that book comes out. At least that is the plan...

 

In any case, your rigging is looking fantastic! Clean and detailed and the addition of the sail rigging adds even more. Well done!

[BLACK VIKING]

Thanks for all the great replies guys 

A small update. My wife is slowly getting better still a long way to go but onwards and upwards we go  

All the rigging has been completed on the foremast and I have fitted a missing gunport on the mizzen quarter deck . 

Next job fitting the gunport lids to the side, quite a long job as each one is pinned with a brass pin to give them strength. The thread hanging down the sides are from the rigging as I leave them till I put the rope coils over the belay pins so I can adjust the sails to how I like them .

cheers for following 

Martyn

[Old Collingwood]

Stunning work  - really first class.

 

OC.

[BLACK VIKING]

Cheers OC for the comments and the likes 

I have now finished the Vasa . I can say I have really enjoyed building this model . A few miner admissions but nothing that can't be fixed . 

Thanks for following 

Martyn

[marktiedens]

Very nice!  Wonderful job.

 

Mark

[Old Collingwood]

Stunning work.

 

OC.

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!

[BLACK VIKING]

Thanks for the comments guys. Sorry about that rubbish pictures but it's as gloomy as hell here at the moment.

will try and take some more when the weather becomes brighter.

Thanks again for following 

Martyn

[Snoepert]

Your workmanship and detailed work has given me a lot of incentive to achieve better for my model 

thanks for posting your work as I will use it as a guide.

eddie

[BLACK VIKING]

Thanks Eddie, glad my build has helped. That's the great thing about this forum we can always learn from each other's build. 

Rgd Martyn

[BLACK VIKING]

Thanks for the comments and likes 

As promised some more pics taken in better light now the clouds have broken up and we have sunshine 

Martyn

[BLACK VIKING]

[fmodajr]

Congratulations!

 

Beautiful workmanship!

 

Frank

[Old Collingwood]

Stunning build   - you should be very proud.

 

OC.

[EJ_L]

A very beautiful build indeed! A ship to display with pride.

[md1400cs]

Martyn,

Been away the last couple of weeks – been following on my iPad, but forgot my login info haha – now back at home so I can post again to builds that I follow 🤔 A big congratulations!! indeed a beautiful example of the Vasa - 

PS: Also really like the stern lantern - was it part of the kit?

 

Cheers,

Edited February 4, 2020 by md1400cs

[BLACK VIKING]

Cheers for the comments guys and the likes 

Glad to see you back Michael and looking forward to seeing your Trinadad X section again. The lantern was scratched built with a bit of poetic license as the lantern hasn't been found, but who knows as their is a lot of bits and pieces still to go through so you never know 

Martyn

[md1400cs]

Martyn,

 

I checked the DeAgostini instructions - interesting that the kit would not include "a" lantern, especially with the Museum being involved.  Yours looks great. As you know

I'm working on a "fix" for mine.

Doubtful that it will be found - though glass bits might offer a clue, assuming that it was mounted at launch.

PS: your painting details for all of those figures is absolutely superb 

 

Took a bunch of photos of the long boat when I visited the museum in 018, tempted to try to scratch build one -- or not haha

 

So what's next - a rest first I would imagine.

 

Cheers,

Edited February 4, 2020 by md1400cs

[BLACK VIKING]

Hi Michael a visit to the Vasa museum is on my bucket list and I would love to see your pictures of the ships boat.

There are a few bits missed on the Deag build like the hallard pulleys and the gunport on the quarterdeck but all in all its a cracking kit . 

Cheers for looking 

Martyn

[md1400cs]

Martyn,

 

I also remember that Clayton on the Vasa site had some photos of the boat - he built one, if I remember - iffy these days haha

 

 

Edited February 4, 2020 by md1400cs

[Karinmutter]

Hello Martyn,

 

You are doing a great job, I really like your Vasa and the figurines let the ship come alive!

I am almost finished with my present ship (Agamemnon) and I consider doing the Vasa next. By coincidence I came upon the de Agostini version. Before,  I only knew of the Corel, Mantua and Billing boat kits. But since the people from the Vasa museum seem to approve to the DeAgostini vasa, I wonder if it is the best version  Do you agree? Can you recommend buying it?

Happy modelling and

greetings from Germany

Martin

Edited March 4, 2020 by Karinmutter
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[BLACK VIKING]

Hi Martin and thanks for the great comments. The Deag Vasa is probably the most accurate one out there as Fred Hocker from the Vasa museum had a lot of input into the kit . There are still a few bits that need changing like the hallards as the rigging has been simplified probably for first time builders. Also there is a missing gunport on the quarter deck and a missing post ports but these are very easy to fix . The carvings are really good and there are a lot of them. I thoroughly enjoyed building this model and I really recommend it.

Martyn