Gokstad viking ship by bigpetr - WAK - 1:72 - CARD - SMALL - upscaled to 1:48 - modified

[bigpetr]

Hi friends,

 

I have finaly decided to build Gokstad viking ship because I always wanted to build viking ship. Basic info about the ship can be foun here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gokstad_ship

 

I used beautiful paper model kit from poland publisher WAK in 1:72 scale as a base for the build and upscaled it to 1:48 scale.

Original build of the kit from its designer loks like this:

Kit is used basicly as a plan. I am altering thickness of the parts according actual ship. I will be sanding some parts and repainting the whole ship (since I will modify the kit I do not know if I choose right forum category to start the thread, hopefuly yes). Main source of information is this book - Das Gokstadschiff und seine Boote by Werner Dammann . It is full of information about the ship construction including thickness and type of used material.

 

Here are some preliminary tests to find suitable colours.

Frame went together nicely according the instructions:

I am painting each plank white, separately. Brush strokes are also part of the proces to make the effect of wood texture.  I do the carvings on the plank. Then the plank is attached to the hull.

[bigpetr]

I reached control point with my planking and I am way off at the stern and stem. After the searching why this happend I figured that the keel becomes longer because I use water based glue to make him and the paper stretched.

 

I will have to start over because I also want to change the planking itself to be more precise.

[bigpetr]

Because I will be scratch building this ship I will continue in scratchbuild section: