Viking longboat by toms10 - FINISHED - scale 1:64 - late 9th century

[toms10]

Managed to get the shrouds installed today. Not too much rigging to do on this model. Time to start working on the sail. 


Tom

 

[toms10]

Painted up my sail with a threatening looking dragon.😂 Now I need to bend it to the spar and add some sheet and leech lines. I’m hoping to set sail for foreign lands soon. 😁

Tom

[vossiewulf]

Would scare the hell out of me if I saw it coming around the bend of a river!

[Knocklouder]

Great looking sail,  

Bob  M.

[Louie da fly]

Very appropriate. What the Vikings would call Orm - a "worm" (serpent/dragon). At the battle of Svolder King Olaf Trygvasson had a longship called the Serpent (Orm) and another, bigger one called the Ormurin Langi (long serpent).

 

Steven

[toms10]

I now have a sail with all the rigging and spare mast and yard in case of some nasty weather in the North Sea. 😂

 

Getting down to the final details, sea chests, oars, rudder assembly, rope loops at all the tie offs and the delicate details on the dragon head/tail (horns, tongue, saber teeth and tail spikes). Everything is already made so it is just assembly work. 
 

And lastly, the base and acrylic case. The end is within sight. 😜

Tom. 

[Freebird]

Totally awesome Tom!

 

Best Regards …. Rick

[Knocklouder]

   Nicely done. 

 

Bob  M.

[tartane]

Hi Tom,

Do not lay the grain of the several pieces of veneer in the same direction. Of course that will not work.  

Constant

[toms10]

The drakkar is complete and ready to set sail.  I will probably add a few barrels (after I make them) to store food and water. 

Going to take s bit of a break and work on my 9000+ piece puzzle of the Battle of Algiers. That should be a few months. Then I am planning on starting a scratch build of the French ship La Courrone from 1635. 
 

Tom

 

[vossiewulf]

Congratulations on finishing! She looks fearsome

 

[Seventynet]

Beautiful job. I especially like the dragon head and tail. 

 

Ian

[mtaylor]

Just beautiful, Tom.

[Thukydides]

Beautiful work as always Tom. So many cool little details which combine together to create a really impressive model. Personally my eyes are drawn to the shields. I like how the bright colours contrast with the drab wooden ship.

 

Congrats!!!

[ccoyle]

Great job, Tom!

[Ryland Craze]

Beautiful job Tom.  I hope to see this at the Northeast Joint Clubs Conference and Show in April.

[toms10]

6 hours ago, Ryland Craze said:

Beautiful job Tom.  I hope to see this at the Northeast Joint Clubs Conference and Show in April.

Hi Ryland

Thank you and yes the plan is to bring this to the conference. 
Tom