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Post by marktiedens on Jan 29, 2015 23:51:31 GMT
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Post by Clayton on Feb 8, 2015 16:54:31 GMT
Welcome, and this is very nice and clean looking work.
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Post by marktiedens on Feb 9, 2015 14:44:01 GMT
Thanks Clayton.I hope to do a decent job on it despite the poor castings.
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Post by alexander on Feb 10, 2015 14:55:41 GMT
Looks very good, marktiedens
How lang has you worked on your Vasa so far?
Alexander
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Post by marktiedens on Feb 12, 2015 17:35:56 GMT
Thanks Alexander. I started it at the same time that I started the Sergal kit. It was then put away until the Sergal kit was finished,so actual time working on it is about 3 to 4 months.
Mark
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Post by marktiedens on Mar 11, 2015 13:51:16 GMT
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Post by marktiedens on Mar 21, 2015 14:04:17 GMT
Hi everyone - most of the bow figures done.
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Post by shel on Mar 22, 2015 19:48:23 GMT
Well done Mark. Those scarfs are a nice detail. Are adjacent planks separate pieces of wood or do the scarfs just scribe to partial depth?
Shel
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Post by marktiedens on Mar 23, 2015 21:17:17 GMT
Hi Shel - the hull planks are separate pieces at the scarfs but the whale scarfs are just scribed.The whales are just too narrow at this scale to make a good tight joint. I did not try to show every single scarf - too many of them. If the figures were more accurate I would probably have spent more time getting them exactly right. I am no carver so trying to carve all those little figures at this scale will not be attempted.
Mark
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Post by marktiedens on May 1, 2015 19:28:24 GMT
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Post by Peter Jenssen on May 2, 2015 13:37:23 GMT
Hi Mark,
Much improved indeed! One can easily get a bit overwhelmed trying to fix all Corel inaccuracies I think. I love your colour scheme. Did you paint the gilded Corel sculptures or did you replace them? The hull planking bolts look convincing too. What did you use for these?
keep up the good work, /Peter
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Post by marktiedens on May 3, 2015 16:24:10 GMT
Hi Peter,
Thanks for your nice comment. The figures are all Corel,which I painted - I am no sculptor.You are correct about all the inaccuracies.The nails in the whales are track fixing pins from the model railroad section of my local hobby shop - very nice small nails that are already blackened.The smaller nails in the hull planking are called micro-spikes - very small square l-shaped nails that I cut the "L" off of. They were a bit fiddly to do because of their small size but I think the effect turned out ok. They are also from the model railroad section. I tried to get the Billing Vasa fitting kit for it`s much better figures but I was told it is unavailable. Even though they are plastic they are much better than Corel`s.
/Mark
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Post by marktiedens on Jul 11, 2015 17:37:38 GMT
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Post by vladfs on Jul 12, 2015 17:44:17 GMT
Hi, marktiendes! Nicely, but with some mistakes. Channels were reeved on wales but not above wales. Vlad
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Post by marktiedens on Jul 13, 2015 20:57:19 GMT
Hi Vlad - I am aware of the wrong placement of the channels.I mounted them above because I could not get the chainplates to fit otherwise due to the poor design of the kit & I did not want to scratch build them.There are many other problems with the kit which I did not change such as the poor castings & incorrect hull shape. The problem with the chainplates is they are too short.
/Mark
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