Hello all,
My name is Lennart and I am a new member. I live in the Netherlands and am about nine years away from retirement.
About fifteen years ago I bought the model ship Wasa from Billing Boats. It was second-hand and partly built. The previous owner has passed away due to old age, and his children had no interest in the model. They told me he had been a woodworker and that he had built the base of the Wasa himself, as show in the picture.
Normally I would prefer to start a model from scratch, but there is no way I could have achieved the quality of his work. I am therefore very happy with this well-built and solid base, and I hope I can live up to his standard.
Fifteen years later, I decided to pick up this project again, only to discover that I was missing parts. Sometimes you have all the luck in the world: just when I realized most of the fittings kit was missing, I found one in France on eBay. New old stock, sealed, and like brand new. So now I really have no excuse to delay this project any longer.
My goal is to build the Wasa as nicely as a builder named Nazgul did on another forum, although he called his version Wasan for some reason. I specifically like the way he painted the ship, see attached picture. This is a perfect example of how I imagine I would like to see my Wasa.
Modern times call for a modern approach, and since I am quite a ChatGPT fan, I have already gathered a lot of information and advice. I will also use my air brush for painting and together with chat I will try to get the colours as close as possible to the colours of a two year old freshly built ship before it sunk. However, despite modern technology, there is nothing better than advice from people who have actually built model ships. So here I am! If there is anyone holding the original building papers of the Wasa from Billing boats, I would like to know if they are different for the downloadable PDF file on Billing Boats. Would it be nice if I start a new building thread of my ship?
My name is Lennart and I am a new member. I live in the Netherlands and am about nine years away from retirement.
About fifteen years ago I bought the model ship Wasa from Billing Boats. It was second-hand and partly built. The previous owner has passed away due to old age, and his children had no interest in the model. They told me he had been a woodworker and that he had built the base of the Wasa himself, as show in the picture.
Normally I would prefer to start a model from scratch, but there is no way I could have achieved the quality of his work. I am therefore very happy with this well-built and solid base, and I hope I can live up to his standard.
Fifteen years later, I decided to pick up this project again, only to discover that I was missing parts. Sometimes you have all the luck in the world: just when I realized most of the fittings kit was missing, I found one in France on eBay. New old stock, sealed, and like brand new. So now I really have no excuse to delay this project any longer.
My goal is to build the Wasa as nicely as a builder named Nazgul did on another forum, although he called his version Wasan for some reason. I specifically like the way he painted the ship, see attached picture. This is a perfect example of how I imagine I would like to see my Wasa.
Modern times call for a modern approach, and since I am quite a ChatGPT fan, I have already gathered a lot of information and advice. I will also use my air brush for painting and together with chat I will try to get the colours as close as possible to the colours of a two year old freshly built ship before it sunk. However, despite modern technology, there is nothing better than advice from people who have actually built model ships. So here I am! If there is anyone holding the original building papers of the Wasa from Billing boats, I would like to know if they are different for the downloadable PDF file on Billing Boats. Would it be nice if I start a new building thread of my ship?
