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Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75


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Hi Everyone,

 

I’m Frank from Massachusetts.

 

I have been working on my Corel Wasa for about 2 years now. My parents visited the ship in Sweden 2 years ago and brought me back some books and plans of the ship. I selected the Corel kit for my build, and  I have been so inspired by the fantastic work of other Wasa logs that I thought I would create my own log for your review. I will skip the pictures of the keel and framing photos and start in on the gun port construction and slowly build my log to where I am currently. (Just finishing the bow section!) Let me know your thoughts!

 

I cut and enlarged the width of the gun port channels supplied with the kit, in order to accommodate the framing of the gunport openings. Then I made a full set of false gun carriages for the guns to sit on. slotted the backs of the gunport frames, so the guns could be inserted and then glued down onto the false carriages. Then I glued a "floor: to the frames so the carriages can sit on them at the correct height.

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First set of planks with the gun ports set at the correct height.

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Both rows of gun port openings completed with 1st layer of planking

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Adding the False Deck

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Finishing the first layer of planking

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For the second layer of planking I selected and cut some darker Walnut wood for contrast on the wales.

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I soaked the planks in a 50/50 mix of ammonia and water, then bent the planks and glued after drying.

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Your Wasa looks great. I'm curious about the bolted on piece at the bow though. Whats that?

Jeff

 

In progress:
Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale

USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76

HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48

HMS Sphinx - Vanguard

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Frank,

 

Welcome to MSW. You will have a lot of friends here including the Vasa builders. Very excellent idea to pre build-in the gun carriages into the lower and upper gun decks. Your pics look great (excellent size) It will be a pleasure to follow along.

 

Regards,

 

Michael

Michael

Current buildSovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal

Under the table:

Golden Hind - C Mamoli    Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati

Completed:   

Santa Maria-Mantua --

Vasa-Corel -

Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th

Gallery :    Santa Maria - Vasa

 

 

 

 

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Excellent! Fond memories of my start of this kit!!! I was going to tell you to rig the violin shaped block before closing your decks, but saw you already did!!!

Good work. I will follow with interest.

 

Best regards

There aren't but two options: do it FAST, or do it RIGHT.

 

Current Project Build Log: Soleil Royal in 1/72. Kit by Artesania Latina.

Last finished projectsRoyal Ship Vasa 1628; French Vessel Royal Louis 1780. 1/90 Scale by Mamoli. 120 Cannons

 

Future projects already in my stash: Panart: San Felipe 1/75; OcCre: Santísima Trinidad 1/90;

Wish List: 1/64 Amati Victory, HMS Enterprise in 1/48 by CAF models.

 

So much to build, so little time!

 

 

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Thanks for the kind words everyone!

 

Jeff, I bolted on a temporary piece of wood on the bow and stern so I could flip the ship over (without damaging the top) and work on the underside of the hull. (See picture above with the ship flipped over). I remove the pieces of wood later in the build.

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Ulises,

If I recall correctly, it was viewing your detailed log that reminded me to add and rig the block before closing the deck!!!

 

Thanks,

Frank

Very likely. I made emphasis on that step! Great idea that of the gun carriages. Why didn't I think of that??? :)

Best wishes!!!

There aren't but two options: do it FAST, or do it RIGHT.

 

Current Project Build Log: Soleil Royal in 1/72. Kit by Artesania Latina.

Last finished projectsRoyal Ship Vasa 1628; French Vessel Royal Louis 1780. 1/90 Scale by Mamoli. 120 Cannons

 

Future projects already in my stash: Panart: San Felipe 1/75; OcCre: Santísima Trinidad 1/90;

Wish List: 1/64 Amati Victory, HMS Enterprise in 1/48 by CAF models.

 

So much to build, so little time!

 

 

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My attempt at the decking went as follows:

 

I found a nice piece of Eastern White Pine at the local lumber yard. I cut it down into 2 to 3" wide strips (So it would fit into my thickness sander). Once I determined the width my planks would be, I ran the strips through the thickness sander and made the thickness the dimension for the width of the plank.

 

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Then, using flat black construction paper, I glued the paper onto 1 side of the strips (using Elmers Rubber glue). I let it dry overnight.

 

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Now I cut the width of the strips to the thickness I wanted to have for the planks. Then I filed the corners of the plank strips.

The result is planks with black paper on one side ready for laying on the deck.

 

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When laying the planks, I inserted small pieces of the black construction paper on the ends and butting up the next plank to it.

 

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For the tree nails I used the following method:

 

A few years ago, I bought a set of wood dowel cutters from a company in California.

Vanda-Lay Industries

Running Springs, CA

(I don't know if they are still in business)

 

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The cutters came in 3 sizes (.026, .031, and .038 Dia.) and they attach to a cover and onto my dremel tool.

I cut some walnut strips square, using my table saw, close to the dia of the cutter. (For the Wasa I used the .026 tool).

When I turn on the dremel, I run the square walnut piece into the opening and it turn the end round to the correct dia.

 

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I pre-drill the planking and insert the now round walnut dowel, cut and sand flush.

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After final sanding, I stained the deck with a light oak finish and put a coat of Satin Poly as a sealer.

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You've done a great job on that deck.it looks very sharp and clean.

Regards, Scott

 

Current build: 1:75 Friesland, Mamoli

 

Completed builds:

1:64 Rattlesnake, Mamoli  -  1:64 HMS Bounty, Mamoli  -  1:54 Adventure, Amati  -  1:80 King of the Mississippi, AL

1:64 Blue Shadow, Mamoli  -  1:64 Leida Dutch pleasure boat, Corel  -  1:60 HMS President Mantra, Sergal

 

Awaiting construction:

1:89 Hermione La Fayette AL  -  1:48 Perserverance, Modelers shipyard

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Frank,

 

Your deck work is setting the standard, and raising the bar very high. Perfect....Thanks for the detailed "how to". Your weather deck is really a work of art.

 

PS: what thickness sander and saw are you using? And to think that I was all done buying tools (:-)

 

Michael

Michael

Current buildSovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal

Under the table:

Golden Hind - C Mamoli    Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati

Completed:   

Santa Maria-Mantua --

Vasa-Corel -

Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th

Gallery :    Santa Maria - Vasa

 

 

 

 

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Michael,

Happy New Year! I hope all is well.

 

The thickness sander I have is from a company called "Ship Ahoy Models and Miniatures"

Website is  www.shipahoymodels.com

It was started by a good friend of mine (and a former employee of mine for many years) Bob Prezioso.

I bought his 6" thickness sander and it works beautifully. Well built. I also own the disk sander with the tilting table and the seizing and serving tool. You can look at everything at his Web site.

 

Hopefully I will be able to post more picts tomorrow!

 

Frank

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JanV and S. Coleman

Thanks for the kind words!

 

DiKri, Yes I was worried that with all the wonderful Wasa logs on this Web site, I would not have much to add! Hopefully I can.

 

Thanks,

 

Frank

I wish you had started your Vasa before I did mine, so I could learn from your build. Seriously.

Respectfully. 

There aren't but two options: do it FAST, or do it RIGHT.

 

Current Project Build Log: Soleil Royal in 1/72. Kit by Artesania Latina.

Last finished projectsRoyal Ship Vasa 1628; French Vessel Royal Louis 1780. 1/90 Scale by Mamoli. 120 Cannons

 

Future projects already in my stash: Panart: San Felipe 1/75; OcCre: Santísima Trinidad 1/90;

Wish List: 1/64 Amati Victory, HMS Enterprise in 1/48 by CAF models.

 

So much to build, so little time!

 

 

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Michael,

Happy New Year! I hope all is well.

 

The thickness sander I have is from a company called "Ship Ahoy Models and Miniatures"

Website is  www.shipahoymodels.com

It was started by a good friend of mine (and a former employee of mine for many years) Bob Prezioso.

I bought his 6" thickness sander and it works beautifully. Well built. I also own the disk sander with the tilting table and the seizing and serving tool. You can look at everything at his Web site.

 

Hopefully I will be able to post more picts tomorrow!

 

Frank

Frank,

 

Thanks for the link. Hmmm they sure have beautiful ships there. Re: sander I have one that also has a sanding belt on one side. I was not aware that these tools were also known as thickness sanders. I will have to learn how to do that.

 

Michael

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Michael

Current buildSovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal

Under the table:

Golden Hind - C Mamoli    Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati

Completed:   

Santa Maria-Mantua --

Vasa-Corel -

Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th

Gallery :    Santa Maria - Vasa

 

 

 

 

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Continuing on with the deck items!

 

The Corel kit comes with metal door pieces. I was able to grind away all of the middle parts of the metal, leaving the decorative frame. I then made the doors out of wood and inserted the decorative frame around the edges. I later take these off and gold leaf them along with all the other fittings later. (I'll get into my gold leafing process (why and how I did them in future posts)!

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Working on the bow section.

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Before going too far with the ship build, I thought it might be prudent to get the ship on a stand. I was worried that if I went too far in the build, I might damage something trying to get the ship fitted on a stand.

 

I made a Mahogany base for the stand.

I had a Pegasus stand kit, given to me by a friend, and I thought it might work well with the ship.

 

I thoroughly cleaned the Pegasus figurines and then I gold leafed them. I mounted them on the 4 pedestals and then mounted the ship to the completed stand. I drilled 2 holes in the keel of the ship and then pinned the ship to the stand. This way, if I had to, I could easy pull the pins and remove the ship from the stand.

 

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