Oseberg Viking Ship by Jason Builder - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:25

[Louie da fly]

Nice shields. You're right, Viking shield bosses were of iron. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield.html There are no traces of paint on the ones found in archaeology as far as I know, but that doesn't mean they weren't painted. I would have thought a silver finish (to suggest new iron) would be better, but it's your model and that means you get to choose. And who's going to tell you you're wrong?

 

Steven

[Jason Builder]

Good Day All!

 

Some work on cleats and oar racks.  Rough sanding and shaping done, some finish sanding still to go (finish sanding on the whole model for that matter).  Chasing down completion on a daily basis now.

 

 

 

 

[Jason Builder]

Final wooden pieces to be attached to the ship....some trim pieces at the stem and stern.  Note which edges of these pieces stand proud of adjacent woodwork and which are flush.

 

 

 

[Jason Builder]

Hi Everyone,

 

Made the sail tonight.

• sketched out the size and the vertical seams in pencil on the fabric from the kit
• cut out the out line with a sharp scissors
• ironed the fabric, including ironing the folded over hems around the edges, to make the sewing of those edges so much easier
• stitched the perimeter hems and the vertical lines on the sewing machine in a zi-zag pattern
• Ironed the whole thing again

 

In overall finish, I will going for a lighter stained/caramel colored woodwork and an all-white sail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by Jason Builder

[Jason Builder]

Ég er næstum búinn að klára þennan bát

I carved the rigging cleats for the standing rigging out of basswood.  Also , I am at the point where I stained the boat!  Fun step. I am going with Minwax Golden Oak stain.  After staining the parts I installed the rudder, I got a longer wire nail than what was included in the kit for this purpose.  All worked out nicely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jason Builder]

Hi All!

 

The rigging on this ship is quite limited and simple, making for a one-afternoon project to complete it.  I used some smaller scale rope I had in stock for some lines, but mostly used the cotton rope supplied in the kit.  I started rigging the ship using the very white rope in the kit but it was too bright white in my opinion so I took the whole spool of rope and dunked it in the can of stain and the pulled the rope out of the bucket through a rag to press the stain out and this resulted in a nice color rope for the ship.  The holes in the standing rigging fittings needed to be enlarged in diameter, which I accomplished with a small round file.

 

Here is the rope after staining it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2023 by Jason Builder

[Jason Builder]

Hi Everyone!  

 

Working on the stand for the model tonight.  I will make it out of Aspen, which is a bright white clear grained nordic softwood.  I will be adding some celtic carving to the stand base for fun.  I used a profiling gauge to draw out the angle of the bracket stands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jason Builder]

Greetings!

 

Here's the finished stand:

[Jason Builder]

Hello Fellow Ship Modelers!

 

I have completed the Oseberg model.  This was a very fun project and I am enjoying looking at it in the location that I had in mind for it when I started building it.  Some final photos below.

 

Peace!!

 

Jason

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

Very nice result! Congratulations!

[Knocklouder]

Awesome work,  Congratulations    

[Glen McGuire]

That is a beautiful model, Jason.  Congratulations on your fine work.

[Jason Builder]

Thanks very much for the kind words all!   It was a fun project!

[Louie da fly]

You've done a very nice job. Superb.

 

Steven

[Cathead]

Great work on an attractive model! Thanks for sharing.