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Post by alexander on Apr 5, 2016 7:35:48 GMT
Thank you, Clayton
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Post by Peter Jenssen on Jun 21, 2016 13:02:47 GMT
Congratulations on the excellent result Alexander!
You have provided a high standard to aim for.
I am going to be looking at your sculptures a lot I think.
(I suspect the hardest part for me)
Your painting is amazing.
Cheers,
Peter
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Post by alexander on Jun 22, 2016 13:14:13 GMT
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Post by alexander on Jun 22, 2016 13:31:30 GMT
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Post by alexander on Jun 22, 2016 13:44:04 GMT
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Post by Peter Jenssen on Jun 24, 2016 6:10:58 GMT
Hi Alexander.
Great pictures. Ship looks amazing. I really like your colours!
What did you use for iron bolts in the hull? Looks great.
Cheers,
Peter
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Post by fredhocker on Jun 26, 2016 11:43:22 GMT
Great stuff! One color comment, the figurehead lion is completely gilded on the original, rather than red.
Fred
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Post by alexander on Jun 29, 2016 8:05:24 GMT
Thanks Peter and Fred,
For the bolts I used copper-nails with a head-diameter of 0.9 - 1.0 mm
For the larger bolts at the wales I used brass nails with a head-diameter of 1.3 mm
The figurehead lion was one of the first carvings I made for my model and I had no other information of its color than a model of the lion I saw at Hans Soop's desk, at that time. So I was a little bit surprised to see some years later the yellow one at the 1:10 model. Fred, have they carried out a color analysis for the lion? He was severely eroded. But I know, they detected a lot of traces of gold leaf.
Cheers, Alexander
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Post by Peter Jenssen on Jun 29, 2016 9:53:53 GMT
Hi Alexander, thank you for the information on the bolts, I need to find suitable smaller ones fitting to my scale. For the lion, I have seen some pictures directly after recovery, like this one: regalskeppetvasa.se/vasahemsidan/fynden/vasa1.jpgIt looks pretty well preserved, and you can see the bits of gold leaf still attached... Not so much in this picture perhaps, me next the lion in 1979: ![]()  I like the red lion though. Looks similar to dutch ship models I have seen. /Peter |
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Post by Clayton on Jun 29, 2016 21:07:54 GMT
Very nice work!
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Post by alexander on Jun 30, 2016 7:59:53 GMT
Thanks, Clayton! Peter Jenssen: A nice picture of you. I visited Wasavarvet for the first time in 1978. Just the same time and it was possible to see the findings very close. Also Hans Soop wrote in his book "Power and the Glory": "The figure was originally wholly gilded..." so my question for color analysis has done. Cheers, Alexander |
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Post by Peter Jenssen on Jul 4, 2016 23:57:41 GMT
Peter Jenssen : A nice picture of you. I visited Wasavarvet for the first time in 1978. Just the same time and it was possible to see the findings very close. Also Hans Soop wrote in his book "Power and the Glory": "The figure was originally wholly gilded..." so my question for color analysis has done. Cheers, Alexander You're too kind. :-) I used to have hair back then. ;-) But no sense of style. Then again, who did, -in the 70's...? It was a different time, You could touch the Vasa, You could go bike riding on main roads without helmets or bike paths unsupervised to a lake and go swimming when 12yo. People went to the moon. Formula 1 pit crews were shirtless guys in jeans improvising with tools strewn all over the place... At the Vasa museum (more like barge with a huge tin shed) I remember seeing a fanciful illustration of a future Vasa museum, all in glass with the ship fully rigged with all sails set (somehow they were also billowing) Along one side, they had put a large ramp where a stream of people were pouring aboard! :-) You know you're getting older when childhood is like an alien place and ten years ago seems like yesterday. Do you remember the discussion you started about the beak head bulkhead balustrade that lead to a new sculpture being found in the storage that previously was presumed to be in the imagination of Björn Landström? That was five years ago! Time flies. Faster and faster! :-) /Peter |
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Post by alexander on Jul 7, 2016 5:08:03 GMT
Hi Peter,
you're right! Time passes by so fast.
I can't believe that I managed all the carvings, but now it's done.
Do you still have a photo of the projected Vasa-Museum? I can't remember.
Cheers, Alexander
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Post by Peter Jenssen on Jul 7, 2016 6:16:11 GMT
Hi Peter, you're right! Time passes by so fast. I can't believe that I managed all the carvings, but now it's done. Do you still have a photo of the projected Vasa-Museum? I can't remember. Cheers, Alexander Sorry, I don't remember much. No picture, just a very faded memory of a glass building, as tall as to fit the ship with topgallant masts and flags. A queue outside and a ramp onboard with all visitors pouring onto the deck. Obviously not a real, serious idea for how the museum should be built, more to create enthusiasm with kids I think. I don't think the ship would last a year if that stream of tourists would be let onboard! Perhaps I can find something on the web? I'll have a look... :-) /Peter |
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Post by alexander on Jul 30, 2016 5:33:36 GMT
Meanwhile, the model has found its place in a showcase So it looks now:  The display case was made by Vtrinen Hesemann . It was planned like this:  As you see, draft and final match well. The wood is ash wood. Overall I am very satisfied. A custom-made isn't pretty cheap and nonetheless holds a number of risks. Nevertheless everything worked out well. Cheers, Alexander |
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