Oseberg Viking Ship (v3) by Kevin - FINISHED - Pavel Nikitin - 1/25 - Started June 25 to August 25

[Kevin]

far to late to change mine

 

Edited July 30 by Kevin

[James H]

Don't worry about it. You were perfectly happy until you saw that.

 

I'm definitely not bothered about that change.

[Kevin]

4 hours ago, James H said:

Don't worry about it. You were perfectly happy until you saw that.

 

I'm definitely not bothered about that change.

im very pleased that he is continuing to update the builds, this is the 2nd change in design since i started mine, the oars originally had to be made up, but the billet that had the blades on also had the handles to the shields, which has not been added to any of the run since i believe they are sending them out to me. no big deal i will make some 

[md1400cs]

Kevin,

Great work !!! - I saw your image on "at a glance" -- Did you add the oar hole covers, or did those also come with the kit? Nice detail.....

 

I'm waiting for the 1/35th to be available in the US - shipping directly from the Ukraine is very "OUCH". 

 

Again great work - looks awesome indeed.

 

Need to get back into this hobby - been MIA for too long......

 

Cheers,

Edited August 2 by md1400cs

[Kevin]

4 hours ago, md1400cs said:

Kevin,

Great work !!! - I saw your image on "at a glance" -- Did you add the oar hole covers, or did those also come with the kit? Nice detail.....

 

I'm waiting for the 1/35th to be available in the US - shipping directly from the Ukraine is very "OUCH". 

 

Again great work - looks awesome indeed.

 

Need to get back into this hobby - been MIA for too long......

 

Cheers,

The shaped inserts come with the kit, the handles per the instructions are shaped dowel, but i used some out of scale belaying pins

 

[md1400cs]

On 8/1/2025 at 11:30 PM, Kevin said:

The shaped inserts come with the kit, the handles per the instructions are shaped dowel, but i used some out of scale belaying pins

 

Excellent - your log will be a "must go to" when the 1/35th is ordered and received. Very nice work!!

 

Regards,

Edited August 5 by md1400cs

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

 

i seam to have missed a post, so lets play catch up

 

seat lockers day 29-2

nice and simple with just 28 to make up, stain and varnish

oar storage brackets stained and fitted

name plate two tone stained and varnished

day 29-2

barrels made up along with cradles and the rudder

oars required a lot of clean up due to laser char, then stained

 

1st August 2025 day 34-2

stand cleaned up, stained and varnished 

outside contractors employed (Ruth)(wifeypoos) for sail building

 

3rd August day 36-3 started rigging

i fed a bolt rope around three sides, and room for a wire if im unable to get the sail to sit right

not many rigging lines to fit, but getting the sail to sit right took longer than most other things

today was spent tidying her up. and adding a few bits like the rudder, oars, seats, rope coils

 

more to add tomorrow, before the big reveal, and move on to the next project

 

 

Edited Friday at 07:15 PM by Kevin

[Kevin]

good morning everyone

 

took a while to get the sail to look more realistic, but i think this looks better, most of the fittings are now in place, except the shields and mast stands along with the bow and stern scrolls

still have to trim some excess thread from the sail, and cut the bolt rope ends.

 

5 seconds after the last photo the breeze caught her and she landed on the puppy, puppy is ok though, and build was repaired

Edited Saturday at 05:41 AM by Kevin

[Ronald-V]

It looks great Kevin!

[Kevin]

finished, will post better photos later

 

[chris watton]

Well done, Kevin, she looks superb!

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

 

42 days on the table and of those i did something on 39 of them and im calling her finished, i have another couple of figures to paint but im not good enough to do them

Thoroughly enjoyed this one, quick build, brilliant online tutorials, excellent plans and wooden material, pants supplied thread, instructions, and after sales (but im very well aware of what is going on in their country

glues used Titebond original and C/A

Occre walnut and oak dyes

paint 1 bottle came with the kit, a acrylic metallic colour for the shields

figures from Aliexpress

i have the Captain John Smith's Shallop ordered at the same time from @chris watton Vanguard Models

 1:32 Captain John Smith's Shallop - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™

 

but have also recently ordered the  San Bartolome

1:48 San Bartolome by Pavel Nikitin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:35 PM by Kevin

[ccoyle]

Nice work, Kevin!

[Ronald-V]

Very nice! Congratulations on finishing this beauty! 👌

 

That San Bartolome is quite a beast! Will be nice to see you tackling that one  

[SiriusVoyager]

Very nice looking model!

[Seventynet]

Very nice job!

[Chuck]

Nicely done!! She looks very nice i deed.

[mgatrost]

Nice work, that came out spectacular. 

[shipman]

Well done Kevin, I enjoyed following your build.

 

How did the original Norse bend those amazing bow and stern planks?

[Morten]

9 hours ago, shipman said:

Well done Kevin, I enjoyed following your build.

 

How did the original Norse bend those amazing bow and stern planks?

 

[Morten]

They heated them over a fire.

[RVB]

Great and beautiful build!!! 
Best RVB

[Kevin]

Thank you everyone for the comments and likes. one final photo before i start my next build

 

me with my happy face

Edited yesterday at 06:35 PM by Kevin