Vasa by Nautilus - Corel - 1628, scale 1:75

[CptNautilus]

I am doing good progress with the decorations. Still, I'm not sure I'll finish before Christmas holidays stop me. So I thought I would give a head-up here.

 

Chapter 19 is not yet finished but you can already check it.

 

The plan fails to explain how the upper part of the poop is supposed to be done. This is how I did it:

 

 

I used some "brou de noix" (natural tincture made out of crushed nuts) to paint the outside.

 

 

 I planked the inside with the same wood used for all the other gunwales. Finally I painted the top edge with a copper paint I have used for the cupolas.

[CptNautilus]

  Yeah! A rainy Sunday gave me a boost and allowed me to complete the hull before Christmas. Finally it will have taken me less than one year to complete the hull.

 

Chapter 19 - The decorations

 

 

  I felt that sometimes a bit of copper paint would improve the fittings:

 

 

  I am now moving to the masts, which I feel will asks for several new techniques.

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Here is a recapitulation of all the chapters completed up to now:

 

Chapter 1: the frames

Chapter 2: Planking the hull, first layer

Chapter 3: Planking the stern

Chapter 4: Planking the hull, second layer

Chapter 5: Covering the door frames

Chapter 6: Planking the decks

Chapter 7: Stern galleries

Chapter 8: The support

Chapter 9: The beakhead and the keel

Chapter 10: The rudder

Chapter 11: The heads and the beakhead

Chapter 12: The handrails

Chapter 13: The davits

Chapter 14: Deck fittings (belaying pins, bits, doors and chains)

Chapter 15: Deck guns

Chapter 16: The boat

Chapter 17: Varnishing

Chapter 18: Port hole doors and false canons

Chapter 19: The decorations