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Post by fredhocker on Nov 15, 2013 8:10:45 GMT
We have reconstructed the mainstay as slightly thicker than the forestay, based on the strop grooves in the deadeyes used for tensioning them. The shop is currently sold out of plans, but have not told me if they plan to print more. I will pester them a bit. Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Nov 15, 2013 8:08:43 GMT
Shield at the bow should be a gold wheat sheaf on a shield striped red, white and blue diagonally, just like the one at the stern. Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Nov 15, 2013 8:07:09 GMT
Thanks Matti! Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Nov 15, 2013 8:06:44 GMT
The illustrations in Landström are the real value here. He worked with the woman who was responsible for documenting the ship in the 1960s and 70s, Eva Marie Stolt, and spent a year crawling around in the ship before starting the paintings. The illustrations of the ship under construction are particularly good, and accurate for the most part. The color scheme he used was based on what the museum thought at the time, before the paint remains had been documented and analyzed, so I would not take him to task for that. The text is another matter. Landström was an excellent observer and artist, but he was not an historian. He is one of those responsible for the myth that the meddling king altered the specifications of the ship after construction started, and some of what he says about the history of the ship either cannot be substantiated or does not tally with the evidence. On balance, I think this is an excellent source for model builders who want to know how the ship is constructed. Fred Hocker
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Post by fredhocker on Nov 5, 2013 8:34:49 GMT
Clayton has the arrangement spot on. In addition, there is an iron reinforcement plate at each hole. See the attached reconstruction drawing. Fred Hocker
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 30, 2013 7:48:03 GMT
Afraid we are all sold out of the earlier run of castings!
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 28, 2013 8:07:38 GMT
Hej Matti, We used to sell scale resin copies of some of the sculptures, but the production costs were high in the days before scanning and 3d printing. The shop has talked to us about using the scanned data to produce copies, if they can get the cost into a reasonable area. Even with modern CNC milling and 3d printing, there is still some hand work in finishing masters for resin casting, etc., but the initial tooling cost of making scale masters is much lower. Would you think people would want them painted or unpainted? Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 28, 2013 8:04:15 GMT
I am happy to do it, if Clayton can create the folder. Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 28, 2013 8:01:59 GMT
I can answer. The foremast and mainmast both have sheaves in the hounds below the trestletrees for the halliard ties; these were bronze on the mainmast and survive, and probably wrought iron on the foremast (do not survive). The eyebolts in the underside of the cap are for the toprope (one for the dead end, one for a single block). The upper block for the lifts is a pendant block of a peculiar form, long with a hole in each end (pendant and becket), probably made fast at the underside of the top.
Fred Hocker
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 24, 2013 7:16:55 GMT
Hi Shel,
I have the plan set as PDFs, but will have to check the status with the shop to see if htye plan on printing any more first (I can't undercut their business).
As far as Vasa II goes, I had a meeting with the publication team yesterday and things are looking good to start on proofing and layout next month.
Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 22, 2013 7:03:19 GMT
Would it be a good idea to have a folder here somewhere about different types of source material for Vasa builders? I have been thinking about writing a short review of the books available and how useful they are, but this could also include other types of information, such as where to find out about 17th-century rigging or gun carriages, etc. This would be more than just specific technical questions, but could help people who are in the process of collecting references before starting a build.
Fred Hocker
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 22, 2013 6:58:36 GMT
Beautiful work! Fred Hocker
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 22, 2013 6:52:02 GMT
The stays themselves did not survive, so our reconstruction of the mouse is based on images and models, as well as the later process of making a mouse. We can show exactly where the mainstay was wrapped around the head of the mainmast, since there is a notch for it in the edge of the lubbers hole in the top. All of the associated details in the mast and top, as well as the deadeyes for the lower end of the stays, indicate that the stays were rigged in the conventional fashion of the time.
In a real eye and mouse, the mouse is made up of a large number of small strands woven together over a lump raised on the stay. Olof Pipping, who rigged Vasa in the 1990s made one mouse and eye just to practice before doing the final one. The are of the mouse thus does not show the lay of the stay, but a woven exterior which extends above and below the lump.
Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 22, 2013 6:47:14 GMT
The notches for the chainplates are covered by a capping strip which is nailed in place. In some cases, the inboard edge of this is notched for the chainplate. The lower edge is beveled up to about half the thickness of the chainwale. I do not think the nails would be especially noticeable at 1:60. Fred
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Post by fredhocker on Oct 22, 2013 6:45:12 GMT
Hi Shel,
The width figures are correct, and having spent a fair amount of time standing on the chainwales, I can say that the fore and main ones are more than wide enough for working the guns. The mizzen chainwales are a little narrower, but there are no guns to be loaded there.
Fred
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