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Post by fredhocker on Jun 18, 2014 7:55:18 GMT
Sorry Jan, you will have to read something else this summer! Progress is steady, but the cannon replica project is taking up most of the energy at the museum right now. Hope to deliver this beast to layout at end of the summer, but we will see!
Today I am working on the final drawing of the weather decks, which will also be the basis of the belaying plan. I am inking this at scale 1:25, so that when reduced to the publication size of 1:50 it will be clean and sharp. At 1:25 it is a drawing nearly 3 meters long, so one or the other end hangs off the end of my drafting table in a roll.
Fred
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Post by matti on Jun 18, 2014 8:02:07 GMT
It's impressive how many big projects you manage to juggle.
/Matti
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Post by janv on Oct 29, 2014 19:27:50 GMT
I am sorry to ask again
I know you were busy the lasy months with the canon tests.
Is there already an updated planning when the book is expected?
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Post by fredhocker on Nov 3, 2014 8:37:24 GMT
Jan,
On Monday I am starting a year as a visiting fellow at Cambridge University, specifically so that I can finish up Vasa II without interruption. We already have a publisher lined up, who will start on layout of the completed parts of the book this month. How long all of that will take I do not know, but I hope to be done in the winter!
Fred
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Post by Peter Jenssen on Apr 23, 2015 6:12:12 GMT
Hej Fred!
How is the Vasa II book coming along?
thanks,
Peter Jenssen
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Post by fredhocker on Aug 19, 2015 7:02:37 GMT
We are starting layout this fall, at long last. Will let everyone know when it gets close to publication.
Fred
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Post by janv on Aug 23, 2015 17:38:37 GMT
Thanks for your update Fred
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Post by willem on Aug 27, 2015 20:12:18 GMT
Hi Fred
Can we add it to our Christmas present wish lists?
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Post by fredhocker on Aug 31, 2015 7:25:08 GMT
Probably not, Willem; the layout process will take us into the winter, but you might keep an eye on your Easter basket...
Fred
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Post by willem on Sept 16, 2015 10:12:04 GMT
I am sure the wait will be worthwhile....
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Post by JohnD Australia on Oct 3, 2015 22:38:20 GMT
Looking forward very much to the publication of Vasa II. I saw the ship 10 years ago....and have never forgotten the excitement!!!!
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Post by fredhocker on Mar 31, 2016 7:08:30 GMT
Here is an update on the progress of Vasa II.
We have a publisher who is interested in the level of quality that we want, and I have a meeting next week to discuss costs, paper choice, bindings, etc. We have already delivered some of the text and illustrations so that they can begin the layout design. The book will look a little different to Vasa I, thanks to helpful comments from a number of you and other readers. It will be the same height, but not as wide, so that it will be easier to use, and we will use more of the page area, so it should not have to be as thcik and the binding will last longer.
I am completing the last digital reconstruction drawings (the riding bitts) this spring, and will work on the big plans during the summer.
No word yet on a release date, but you will be among the first to know once I know!
Fred
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Post by Duff on Mar 31, 2016 7:26:31 GMT
WOW, thank you Fred~! Duff in Middletown, CT USA
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Post by janv on Apr 17, 2016 16:18:58 GMT
We will wait for the release Fred
Due to some private issue's my build is very slow at this moment, so this year I hope to finish the standing rig including the hundreds of knots
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Post by fredhocker on Apr 18, 2016 6:38:00 GMT
Latest news on Vasa II: We had a meeting with the publisher on Friday to settle some format issues and look at how we will pay layout and printing costs, how many books we will print, and other technical questions. It looks like we will be able to get the book into a single volume, rather than two books in a slipcase, and we are looking at what scale the plans will be in order to have them bound in. We may have to choose a non-standard scale for the bound plans, but if that is the case, we will probably make the plans available separately in standard modelling scales. The book itself will be the same height as Vasa I but not as wide, to make it easier to use and to make the binding last longer.
We are looking at doing most of the layout work in September and October, with delivery from the printer at the beginning of 2017, but no promises on that.
Fred
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