Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

What a great observation of Future Five! I particularly liked the one about Shota's build and Maarten's involvement - fine observation! As to me starting a career at Kolderstok - now there is a novel idea. At this stage though, I will probably be well advanced on my Willem Barentsz thesis.

Back to the VASA - your work is superb! The mouse is nothing short of extraordinary and so is the rest. I'm sure they used crows' feet because it looked cool - with the VASA form definitely took preference to function! And as to it taking to you a day to accomplish - last night it took me three hours to shape one canopy plank, fiddle it into position and glue it. :eek:
 
Heinrich said:
What a great observation of Future Five! I particularly liked the one about Shota's build and Maarten's involvement - fine observation! As to me starting a career at Kolderstok - now there is a novel idea. At this stage though, I will probably be well advanced on my Willem Barentsz thesis.

Back to the VASA - your work is superb! The mouse is nothing short of extraordinary and so is the rest. I'm sure they used crows' feet because it looked cool - with the VASA form definitely took preference to function! And as to it taking to you a day to accomplish - last night it took me three hours to shape one canopy plank, fiddle it into position and glue it. :eek:
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That's pretty crazy it took you that long but your work is that good so I can imagine it.
 
dockattner said:
Work continued today on the standing rigging.

For the record...I spent the ENTIRE DAY on our beloved hobby and only finished two stays (the main and fore topmast stays). I know what you're thinking...I could have done two stays in about an hour, two tops... I won't argue the point.

Based on today's progress I did some quick calculations and the following things will happen before I'm done with the standing rigging:
  • Dean (@Dean62) will complete two airplanes, a model of the Batmobile, and the Millenium Falcon which he'll bash by adding 14,600 boltheads
  • Stephan (@Steef66) will custom fabricate three more modeling tools and publish logs on how you can make each one spending no more than 12 euros on AliExpress
  • Kurt (@DARIVS ARCHITECTVS) will complete, tear out, and then rebuild the stern section of his ship twice
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Actually, I do need to gut the stern upper galleries up top the poop deck, but, yeah.
So you thought rigging would go quickly, huh? Be warned... Ratlining will make your head explode.

Your work is neat and tidy, so stop fretting over the time spent. The end result will be worth it.
 
dockattner said:
Work continued today on the standing rigging.

For the record...I spent the ENTIRE DAY on our beloved hobby and only finished two stays (the main and fore topmast stays). I know what you're thinking...I could have done two stays in about an hour, two tops... I won't argue the point.

Based on today's progress I did some quick calculations and the following things will happen before I'm done with the standing rigging:
  • Dean (@Dean62) will complete two airplanes, a model of the Batmobile, and the Millenium Falcon which he'll bash by adding 14,600 boltheads
  • Stephan (@Steef66) will custom fabricate three more modeling tools and publish logs on how you can make each one spending no more than 12 euros on AliExpress
  • Kurt (@DARIVS ARCHITECTVS) will complete, tear out, and then rebuild the stern section of his ship twice
  • Heinrich (@Heinrich) will retire from teaching and start his new career at Kolderstok
  • Shota (@shota70) will sell all of his remaining kits so he can buy tools for a scratch build that he will carve from a 1 meter by 2 meter chunk of boxwood that Maarten (@Maarten) will mill for him out of his personal stockpile (that he cut from his neighbor's yard while they were on holiday)
  • Marc (@Hubac’s Historian) will define finally 'tumblehome' so I can stop wondering if he's referring to a drinking game
I've got many (many) more but I think I've offended enough people at this point ROTF ROTF ROTF .

Here's the main topmast mouse (there's another one just like it on the fore topmast) and some futtock shrouds:

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The main topmast stay terminates in a tackle at the base of the foremast (several out of focus images because I'm lousy at taking pictures):

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The fore topmast stay terminates with a complex arrangement of lines at the bowsprit. For the life of me I can't imagine why crows feet would be needed when tying to a robust hunk of wood like the bowsprit. Anyway, most everyone does their Vasa this way so I did too (and Anderson says this is correct as well):

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Getting these lines equally snug was just about the most stressful thing I have done on this ship. I used a double hitch to tie off the lines as I could find no guidance. Oh, and I made the euphroes from a scrap piece of pear:

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The tensioning line for the crows feet runs through a block at the knee for the spritmast top and then runs back to a cleat I added:

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And that, dear friends, took about 10 hours. I have no idea why.

In a sea of fabulous build logs I am humbled that you would visit my shipyard.
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Don't let even one of those boltheads roll under the furniture or you'll be screwed! (Count ALL of them before you start!)
 
dockattner said:
Work continued today on the standing rigging.

For the record...I spent the ENTIRE DAY on our beloved hobby and only finished two stays (the main and fore topmast stays). I know what you're thinking...I could have done two stays in about an hour, two tops... I won't argue the point.

Based on today's progress I did some quick calculations and the following things will happen before I'm done with the standing rigging:
  • Dean (@Dean62) will complete two airplanes, a model of the Batmobile, and the Millenium Falcon which he'll bash by adding 14,600 boltheads
  • Stephan (@Steef66) will custom fabricate three more modeling tools and publish logs on how you can make each one spending no more than 12 euros on AliExpress
  • Kurt (@DARIVS ARCHITECTVS) will complete, tear out, and then rebuild the stern section of his ship twice
  • Heinrich (@Heinrich) will retire from teaching and start his new career at Kolderstok
  • Shota (@shota70) will sell all of his remaining kits so he can buy tools for a scratch build that he will carve from a 1 meter by 2 meter chunk of boxwood that Maarten (@Maarten) will mill for him out of his personal stockpile (that he cut from his neighbor's yard while they were on holiday)
  • Marc (@Hubac’s Historian) will define finally 'tumblehome' so I can stop wondering if he's referring to a drinking game
I've got many (many) more but I think I've offended enough people at this point ROTF ROTF ROTF .

Here's the main topmast mouse (there's another one just like it on the fore topmast) and some futtock shrouds:

View attachment 298153

The main topmast stay terminates in a tackle at the base of the foremast (several out of focus images because I'm lousy at taking pictures):

View attachment 298149

View attachment 298150

The fore topmast stay terminates with a complex arrangement of lines at the bowsprit. For the life of me I can't imagine why crows feet would be needed when tying to a robust hunk of wood like the bowsprit. Anyway, most everyone does their Vasa this way so I did too (and Anderson says this is correct as well):

View attachment 298152

Getting these lines equally snug was just about the most stressful thing I have done on this ship. I used a double hitch to tie off the lines as I could find no guidance. Oh, and I made the euphroes from a scrap piece of pear:

View attachment 298148

The tensioning line for the crows feet runs through a block at the knee for the spritmast top and then runs back to a cleat I added:

View attachment 298151

And that, dear friends, took about 10 hours. I have no idea why.

In a sea of fabulous build logs I am humbled that you would visit my shipyard.
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Good morning Paul. Outstanding work. I learn much from you. The way you have tied the futtock shrouds is brilliant as an example. I’m not sure if all ships use a similar process, however certainly provides an answer for me.

Your “nails” on your cleats on the bowsprit? I am curious as how you did these. I love them. Are they simulated or an actual nail.

Yep your photography is just sad;). If so then mine should be banned from publication. ROTFSeriously you put together an awesome log with brilliant photos.

Cheers Grant
 
Heinrich said:
What a great observation of Future Five! I particularly liked the one about Shota's build and Maarten's involvement - fine observation! As to me starting a career at Kolderstok - now there is a novel idea. At this stage though, I will probably be well advanced on my Willem Barentsz thesis.

Back to the VASA - your work is superb! The mouse is nothing short of extraordinary and so is the rest. I'm sure they used crows' feet because it looked cool - with the VASA form definitely took preference to function! And as to it taking to you a day to accomplish - last night it took me three hours to shape one canopy plank, fiddle it into position and glue it. :eek:
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Heinrich working for Kolderstock is no prediction! He already does! :p
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning Paul. Outstanding work. I learn much from you. The way you have tied the futtock shrouds is brilliant as an example. I’m not sure if all ships use a similar process, however certainly provides an answer for me.

Your “nails” on your cleats on the bowsprit? I am curious as how you did these. I love them. Are they simulated or an actual nail.

Yep your photography is just sad;). If so then mine should be banned from publication. ROTFSeriously you put together an awesome log with brilliant photos.

Cheers Grant
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Paul probably purchased a $5,000 camera, and then spent $500 and 2 weeks on photography courses, all just so he could take pictures of his Vasa! :p

Ps - I heard he’s buying a sawmill to start making his own lumber!!! ;)
 
dockattner said:
Work continued today on the standing rigging.

For the record...I spent the ENTIRE DAY on our beloved hobby and only finished two stays (the main and fore topmast stays). I know what you're thinking...I could have done two stays in about an hour, two tops... I won't argue the point.

Based on today's progress I did some quick calculations and the following things will happen before I'm done with the standing rigging:
  • Dean (@Dean62) will complete two airplanes, a model of the Batmobile, and the Millenium Falcon which he'll bash by adding 14,600 boltheads
  • Stephan (@Steef66) will custom fabricate three more modeling tools and publish logs on how you can make each one spending no more than 12 euros on AliExpress
  • Kurt (@DARIVS ARCHITECTVS) will complete, tear out, and then rebuild the stern section of his ship twice
  • Heinrich (@Heinrich) will retire from teaching and start his new career at Kolderstok
  • Shota (@shota70) will sell all of his remaining kits so he can buy tools for a scratch build that he will carve from a 1 meter by 2 meter chunk of boxwood that Maarten (@Maarten) will mill for him out of his personal stockpile (that he cut from his neighbor's yard while they were on holiday)
  • Marc (@Hubac’s Historian) will define finally 'tumblehome' so I can stop wondering if he's referring to a drinking game
I've got many (many) more but I think I've offended enough people at this point ROTF ROTF ROTF .

Here's the main topmast mouse (there's another one just like it on the fore topmast) and some futtock shrouds:

View attachment 298153

The main topmast stay terminates in a tackle at the base of the foremast (several out of focus images because I'm lousy at taking pictures):

View attachment 298149

View attachment 298150

The fore topmast stay terminates with a complex arrangement of lines at the bowsprit. For the life of me I can't imagine why crows feet would be needed when tying to a robust hunk of wood like the bowsprit. Anyway, most everyone does their Vasa this way so I did too (and Anderson says this is correct as well):

View attachment 298152

Getting these lines equally snug was just about the most stressful thing I have done on this ship. I used a double hitch to tie off the lines as I could find no guidance. Oh, and I made the euphroes from a scrap piece of pear:

View attachment 298148

The tensioning line for the crows feet runs through a block at the knee for the spritmast top and then runs back to a cleat I added:

View attachment 298151

And that, dear friends, took about 10 hours. I have no idea why.

In a sea of fabulous build logs I am humbled that you would visit my shipyard.
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you are doing wonderful work on the topmast mouse and The mast of the ship.
I wish your prayer would be answered :D
and I would be able to sell both models. For now there is no demand, but from experience life of patience proves itself
 
Paul you should reproduce those tools I made. You will discover that your work will definitely goes faster. xD
But I can tell going back to your work, rigging like this wil take a lot of work. Special those crowfeet. I make always a sort of construction to keep the blocks in place with a piece of rope or just a construction of clamps and pieces of wood.
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This works very well for me. Maybe a for you to.

It can always go smaller, this picture comes from the museum in Berlin. Not taken by me, but by Mees Ippel.
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dockattner said:
Work continued today on the standing rigging.

For the record...I spent the ENTIRE DAY on our beloved hobby and only finished two stays (the main and fore topmast stays). I know what you're thinking...I could have done two stays in about an hour, two tops... I won't argue the point.

Based on today's progress I did some quick calculations and the following things will happen before I'm done with the standing rigging:
  • Dean (@Dean62) will complete two airplanes, a model of the Batmobile, and the Millenium Falcon which he'll bash by adding 14,600 boltheads
  • Stephan (@Steef66) will custom fabricate three more modeling tools and publish logs on how you can make each one spending no more than 12 euros on AliExpress
  • Kurt (@DARIVS ARCHITECTVS) will complete, tear out, and then rebuild the stern section of his ship twice
  • Heinrich (@Heinrich) will retire from teaching and start his new career at Kolderstok
  • Shota (@shota70) will sell all of his remaining kits so he can buy tools for a scratch build that he will carve from a 1 meter by 2 meter chunk of boxwood that Maarten (@Maarten) will mill for him out of his personal stockpile (that he cut from his neighbor's yard while they were on holiday)
  • Marc (@Hubac’s Historian) will define finally 'tumblehome' so I can stop wondering if he's referring to a drinking game
I've got many (many) more but I think I've offended enough people at this point ROTF ROTF ROTF .

Here's the main topmast mouse (there's another one just like it on the fore topmast) and some futtock shrouds:

View attachment 298153

The main topmast stay terminates in a tackle at the base of the foremast (several out of focus images because I'm lousy at taking pictures):

View attachment 298149

View attachment 298150

The fore topmast stay terminates with a complex arrangement of lines at the bowsprit. For the life of me I can't imagine why crows feet would be needed when tying to a robust hunk of wood like the bowsprit. Anyway, most everyone does their Vasa this way so I did too (and Anderson says this is correct as well):

View attachment 298152

Getting these lines equally snug was just about the most stressful thing I have done on this ship. I used a double hitch to tie off the lines as I could find no guidance. Oh, and I made the euphroes from a scrap piece of pear:

View attachment 298148

The tensioning line for the crows feet runs through a block at the knee for the spritmast top and then runs back to a cleat I added:

View attachment 298151

And that, dear friends, took about 10 hours. I have no idea why.

In a sea of fabulous build logs I am humbled that you would visit my shipyard.
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Beautiful work Paul, It is amazing how much time goes by relative to work accomplished.
 
Dean62 said:
Paul, great work!
By the way, since you started this build…I have built 2 ships, started a 3rd, and am 3/4 done with an airplane! :p
All had extensive bolts added to make sure nothing will fall off! ;)
And if you guys don’t stop making everything out of pear wood, there will be a worldwide shortage!!! There are plenty of other beautiful wood species to work with, even in the modeling world! :p
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I'm afraid my next project will be pearwood as well :D .
 
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GrantTyler said:
Good morning Paul. Outstanding work. I learn much from you. The way you have tied the futtock shrouds is brilliant as an example. I’m not sure if all ships use a similar process, however certainly provides an answer for me.

Your “nails” on your cleats on the bowsprit? I am curious as how you did these. I love them. Are they simulated or an actual nail.

Yep your photography is just sad;). If so then mine should be banned from publication. ROTFSeriously you put together an awesome log with brilliant photos.

Cheers Grant
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Simulated Grant. A gentle push with a scribe followed by a twist of 0.3 mm lead pencil. Those parts are super tiny in real life and when I tried to drill them for a brass pin they just crumbled.
 
Dean62 said:
Paul probably purchased a $5,000 camera, and then spent $500 and 2 weeks on photography courses, all just so he could take pictures of his Vasa! :p

Ps - I heard he’s buying a sawmill to start making his own lumber!!! ;)
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Too busy planting pear trees... ROTF

Though I did get a new band saw. Strangest thing - ever since I started in this hobby I have an urgent need to give my son my old tools. Of course, that means I need to replace them with upgrades...
 
Steef66 said:
Paul you should reproduce those tools I made. You will discover that your work will definitely goes faster. xD
But I can tell going back to your work, rigging like this wil take a lot of work. Special those crowfeet. I make always a sort of construction to keep the blocks in place with a piece of rope or just a construction of clamps and pieces of wood.
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This works very well for me. Maybe a for you to.

It can always go smaller, this picture comes from the museum in Berlin. Not taken by me, but by Mees Ippel.
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I like the jigs Stephan. I did this set of crows feet in situ but in the future I'll need to tie to stays and shrouds so I may need to employ some aids. Thanks for posting pictures.
 
dockattner said:
Too busy planting pear trees... ROTF

Though I did get a new band saw. Strangest thing - ever since I started in this hobby I have an urgent need to give my son my old tools. Of course, that means I need to replace them with upgrades...
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Good plan Paul! I do the same, now my son has a compound miter saw, compressor, shop vac, etc. all for free. Seems we are on the wrong end of that deal! :p
 
Maarten said:
Finally I got you Paul. You try to get us smiling continuously to all sell us a pair of dental braces.
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Yup. Everyone except the British. Can't seem to crack that nut...

My goal is to become the endorsed SOS team orthodontist so I can travel and visit all the marvelous builds and builders as a business expense.
 
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