The Gokstad Ship 900 AD by Siggi52 - 1:50

[J11]

Magnificent detailed construction work! 

[Siggi52]

Hello and thank you for your kind comments and likes

today I finished the knees. That was a nerve-consuming process. But now it's done. The next not so easy work would be the stand, standing in front of the mast.

[Keith Black]

Wow, Siggi. What gorgeous workmanship. 

[Siggi52]

Thank you Keith.

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the first stand (?) is installed. This is the fourth version of it. 😟  I worked here after a drawing from Frederik Johannessen, he reconstructed the ship.

And at least the whole ship

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  This is the best Gokstad model I've yet seen ... kudos !

[Siggi52]

Thank you Johnny

[Keith Black]

 Normally when folks take closeup photos of their work it's none too kind. With Siggi's Gokstad, the closer the photo taken the more beautiful it is. Case in point are the third and second to last photos in post #125, those are just remarkable images.  

[Siggi52]

Thank you Keith for your kind words

[Baker]

Indeed, just like real

 

[Siggi52]

Thank you Patrick

[CiscoH]

Could you post a description of how you made it?  And seeing your first 3 stands that didn't work out would be very instructive all well. 

 

Absolutely beautiful!

[Jim Lad]

Continuing beautiful craftsmanship, Siggi!

 

John

[Siggi52]

Hello Cisko,

as you can see in the picture, the stand is made of 3 parts. I haven't found more parts in the trash bin anymore. In this case, the stand itself must first be dressed. That's the difficult part. Everything else will explain itself, hopefully.

[Siggi52]

Hello,

After a short break, we continue now. The last two stands are now ready. Since nothing is straight here, they got me really busy.

But it's done now. Next is the deck to be made. That means, cutting wood first.

[Keith Black]

23 minutes ago, Siggi52 said:

Next is the deck to be made

Siggi, you're going to cover all that beautiful work with decking? 

[Siggi52]

Keith, not all. At the SB side I would left the deck right to the mast fish open. 😊

[Jim Lad]

Glad to hear you're leaving one side open.

 

John

[Ian_Grant]

Perfection!!

[Siggi52]

Hello, and thank you all for your comments and likes

today I started with the deck. Now with the first oiling. The toggle is for the halyard, fastened to the frame below. So I started also with rigging. 😊

[Siggi52]

Hello,

it is done, the deck is finished. That was no easy job, at least in the stern and stem. I'm waiting now for the second oiling, and build in that time may be the rudder, some cleats or toggles.

And that is all you could see from the interior. Just some frames and parts of the mast step. But I have the pictures.

[Ian_Grant]

Another absolute gem of a build, Siggi.  I am in awe...........

[Jim Lad]

I agree with Ian! 🙂

 

John

[Siggi52]

Hello, and thank you for your comments and likes

today I started with an experiment to create the shroud pins. With some branches from my boxtree. Let's see what's going to be.

The arrow shows one of the Gokstad ship in the scale, it is 13mm long!