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Post by matti on Sept 22, 2013 10:48:21 GMT
I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for those times we need reference of something specific. Someone else might allready have that picture and can post it here, or can take a pic when going to the museum.
/Matti
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Post by fredhocker on Sept 23, 2013 7:14:06 GMT
I can also sometimes fulfill specific picture requests from our image database. I can't help with "send me all of the pictures you have of the quarterdeck" requests, but specific details are usually pretty easy to find.
Fred
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Post by matti on Nov 9, 2013 13:48:35 GMT
Hey all! Anyone having good reference of the (1:10 model) big lion at the bow? I need to see the sign/shield it holds and how it is painted.
/Matti
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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 matti on Nov 18, 2013 9:30:37 GMT
Cheers Fred! When searching for reference of the 1:10 this is one of the areas not covered (I could have missed them of course).
/Matti
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Post by fredhocker on Nov 19, 2013 9:39:00 GMT
Matti,
We have some images of the 1:10 model on the museum website, but probably not enough to be really useful. I will talk to the web people and see if we cannot create a page with a bigger gallery.
Fred
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Post by Clayton on Nov 19, 2013 12:18:37 GMT
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Post by matti on Nov 20, 2013 20:06:22 GMT
Thank you Fred, that would be great and I think it would be used by many modelers!
Clayton: Yeah, that page is excellent and Ive looked at it before, but thanks for the tip though! Like you said the angle of the front with the lion and the shield is not there either.
The images on that page looks more like the real 1:10 to my eye, the red and yellow is not as strong like the official pictures on the museum page but more muted. I think its the flash causing it.
/Matti
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Post by matti on Dec 30, 2013 19:50:58 GMT
ere are two pics of the 1:1 lion replica I took at the museum. The one at the 1:10 model cant be reached because of the sail in front of it. /Matti   |
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Post by ulises on Jan 6, 2014 12:18:01 GMT
Hello all. Someone has more specific information about the flags? Which flags the Vasa carried, in which masts and where/how they were attached?
Thank you in advance.
Ulises
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Post by fredhocker on Jan 7, 2014 7:27:12 GMT
There is not much specific information about flags. The regulations of the 1620s indicate that a ship of Vasa's size should carry five flags and three streamers, but would not fly all of them at once in most circumstances (you got to put it all up if the king was on board). We believe that the streamers were blue and yellow, and that at least one of the flags was very similar to the modern naval ensign, three-tailed with a yellow cross on a blue field, but not the same shade blue used today. Otherwise, there are a lot of possibilities, including the earlier national flag (blue and yellow horizontal stripes), heraldic flags representing important people on board, etc. We have some information about the relative sizes of flags, based on an inventory for another ship. If the relationship between flag size and ship size is about the same, then the five flags and three streamers for Vasa would have the following lengths (sorry about the table tabs not tranlsating):
Item Tre Kronor Vasa estimated
Spritsail topmast flag 8 aln (4.75 m) 10 aln (5.94 m)
Foremast flag 12 aln (7.13 m) 14 or 15 aln (8.32 or 8.91 m)
Mainmast flag 13 aln (7.72 m) 16 aln (9.50 m)
Mizzen flag 12 aln (7.13 m) 14 or 15 aln (8.32 or 8.91 m)
Ensign 20 aln (11.88 m) 24 aln (14.26 m)
Foremast streamer 20 fathoms (35.64 m) 24 fathoms (42.77 m)
Mainmast streamer 25 fathoms (44.55 m) 30 fathoms (53.46 m)
Mizzen streamer 15 fathoms (26.73 m) 18 fathoms (32.08 m)
Fred Hocker
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Post by ulises on Jan 7, 2014 18:13:54 GMT
Thank you very much, Fred!
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Post by matti on Feb 26, 2014 12:24:46 GMT
Hi, anyone got any good close up reference of a closed gunport hatch with a good view of the hinges?
/Matti
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Post by janv on Feb 26, 2014 18:50:46 GMT
As far as I can remember (using my pictures) all hatches are opened in the Museum, maybe Fred can close one and take a picture  I am also interested in this detail as within a few weeks I am going to start with this part also |
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Post by fredhocker on Feb 27, 2014 13:31:09 GMT
I have to measure a set of hinges for the the replica section of ship side we are building as a target for the cannon copy, so will take a picture then. Not sure how accurate they are, but I will check that too.
Fred
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