Wasa 1628 by JanV - Corel - scale 1:75 - Vasa

[JanV]

Your are write Matti,

I realized now that for some items I should have started earlier with the painting, but that has happend, so now I am painting some parts even with one hair pensels.

last stage for the main hull has started.

[JanV]

starboard side is now also painted. in order to get going on, I have already glued some attributes in front and rear side (as an activator for my self to continue after this holiday period )

 

 

[NAZGÛL]

Looking good Jan! Great choice of red against the hull color.

 

Your build is very clean. Things like that beakhead "floor" is really making this a great model.

 

 

/Matti

[JanV]

First I have resorted all figures to determine which items needs some final painting

 

Bowpart

 

Galleries

 

Rear

 

Others

[md1400cs]

JanV,

 

Coming along beautifully. Nice work with the painting, so time consuming, but worth the effort. I really like your bow section, you have really captured the look of the 1:1 Congrats...Looks so great especially since its a Corel (:-)

 

Michael

[amateur]

Isn't it scary to go 'top-down'? in case of mis-allignments, there is little room for correction...

Stacking the stern-decorations bottom-up looks safer to me...

Jan

[JanV]

@ Jan:

the attirbutes are already dry-fitted before I fixed this one. I know now that I need some extra fillers inbetween the figures as the figures dimensions are not exactly correct due to some changes by me.

 

 

 

further ordered some extra attributes to replace the dolfins as delivered by Corel(Corel partnummer D304)

 

[fmodajr]

Jan,

 

The ship model and the paint job looks fantastic. Very neat.

 

Frank

[JanV]

after one week in bed with the flue started today again

 

I have started with sawing the figures from the malls. very difficult as this is a hard metal

 

still 20 to go

 

[JanV]

the last days busy with the finalization of the painting work (still several days to go !!!!)

but in order to see some progress, I have mounted some items already

 

[JanV]

Question for the Corel builders of the Wasa.

I am dry-fitting the figures and noted that I have to modify some of them as the angel is not correct, specially on the galleries

Does anyone have any experience in adjusting these figures by bending or other technics.

 

Thanks

[fmodajr]

Hi Jan,

 

I had the same problems with my figurines. I was able to put a carbide grinding bit onto my Dremel tool and grind the backs of the figurines to get the right curves and to thin them out. 

 

Frank

[JanV]

Thanks Frank, I got that tip also elsewhere, but wanted to confirm this with someone with experience with the Wasa Corel kit

[Andre]

Jan,

I also experienced that the curvature of the figurines did not match the gallery. I have grinded a little bit the back of the heads, and also made some dents in the galleries to accommodate the heads, for which I used my Proxxon-tool. Still the curvature did not really match the curvature of the gallery, but with some glue I was able to position the figurines straight.

Success!!

[Ulises Victoria]

JanV. DO NOT try to bend them. They will break. Try using the grinding method mentioned above.

[NAZGÛL]

I suppose you could buy the plastic BB Vasa sculptures as spareparts? They are easy to thin down and shape around the difficult shapes like the galleries and towers so you could use them on those areas.

 

/Matti

[JanV]

That is indead a good point for the Billing kit.

I have already painted al figures and I am not going to change this anymore.

I will check this weekend which and how many figures are having a problem.

[JanV]

first figures for the galleries adjusted and mounted

 

 

further a dryfit for the stern

 

[JanV]

made a paper copy of the stern to adjust all items in dryfit

need to make an adjustment on top of the lions. I will carf some relief in it.

 

Further I will not use the kit windows and make some of my own

 

 

[JanV]

made a test with the yellow paint to finalize the main paintings before final mounting the figures

 

 

[JanV]

Does anyone knows a website with very good pictures of the 1:10 model in the Museum which I can use for the painting as a guideline

 

I am now using this as a reference, but not all details are complete shown.

http://www.modelships.de/Museums_and_replicas/Vasa-Museet-Stockholm/Photos-Vasa-model.htm

 

during my visit in Stockholm I made some pictures but due to the bad light in the museum, most of them were not good made (studid, I know) I can ask for a re-visit to my wife, but I assume she will not approve this visit

[JanV]

started with the yellow part. also some small wooden yellow pieces on the galleries

 

[JanV]

the yellow lines are now finished (leftover wood strips 0,5mm)

 

 

and continued with the figures on the galleries

 

 

I adjust these with my sanding machine

 

[JanV]

first gallery completed with the mermaids, now the figures on the downside of the galleries and of course the other gallery

 

[JanV]

now the other side:

 

 

Unfortunately I am out of glue, need to go the shop this weekend for new glue

in the meantime already the figures for the gallery sorted by shape and color

 

[NAZGÛL]

You're moving quick, good job Jan.

 

/Matti

[JanV]

started with the canon doors (do not know the correct english term)

 

 

and mounted the figures below the galleries, these does not fit perfect.

 

 

[md1400cs]

JanV,

 

Nice update. Stern section really coming along very nicely.

 

Michael

[WackoWolf]

Beautiful work. Nice detail on the AFT section. Keep the pictures coming.

[JanV]

thanks for your nice comments.

 

I expect to continue tomorrow, nice sunday without any appointments, so all day working on the Vasa, hopefully, unless my wife has other plans.

Edited February 22, 2014 by JanV