Pavel Nikitin 1/25 Oseberg V.3

[Willbor237]

I've now started the large deck plank puzzle. All the planks in the panels are individual planks. I discovered this when I opened the packaging, as many fell out. Getting everything back in place was a puzzle in itself. Now I've glued the panels with the points to a large plank so I can pick them out individually with a palette knife.



This allows me to remove the soot from each one and carefully round off the edges a bit for a realistic effect. Then I'll glue them together.
This allows me to adjust them later and then finish them with alcohol ink.

I've removed all the soot from a few planks; now it's time to glue them together.

I'm using a steel ruler for this, which I'm securing to my worktable with a few clamps.
This ensures a nice, straight edge.

Next, I use a small amount of glue to attach the first plank to my workbench. I then glue the planks together one by one. The rest of the glue on the underside also helps the planks adhere to the workbench, creating a nice, solid finish that allows me to work on the rest of the piece.
After gluing them all together, I scrape the planks. Personally, I find scraping works better than sanding. Finally, I carefully go over the whole thing again with a brass brush. This doesn't damage the wood, but it cleans the seams and removes any glue residue left behind by cleaning the seams with a scraper.

After that, I can carefully loosen the whole thing with my scraper.
I clean the workspace again, and we can move on to the next piece.

 

[Willbor237]

It's been a while, but in the meantime I've continued with the deck, the mast base, and the benches/boxes. For the deck, I chose to create the curve around the mast base. According to the kit, the deck should have been flat, but I opted to create a bump, so to speak.
I also made the mast base; it was a matter of gluing several pieces of wood together and then shaping them nicely. I think this speaks for itself. Unfortunately, I didn't move the location of the mast base. A fellow builder pointed this out to me. I was aware I should move it because I'd read about it, but I simply forgot. I decided to leave it as is, because I've already made too much progress and it's not worth changing at this point, considering the damage I'll have to repair later. It is what it is, and I'll definitely adjust it the next time I build this model again, (my daughter wants to have this one)
I also made the benches/boxes, which also speaks for itself. As they say, pictures speak for themselves, so hopefully the pictures explain a lot.

 

[Pathfinder65]

Your build looks great, nicely done.

Jan

 

[Willbor237]

I've started another "small" project: the stand. It comes as a series of laser-cut parts, where identical pieces are glued together, and then all the soot can be removed. No complaints about Pavel's approach, but I'm not a fan of simply sanding and finished. I've taken the difficult route myself, removing all the soot and then shaping the figures and frames. It's not the easiest method and takes a lot of time, but so far I'm happy with the result.
Below some pictures..

 

[Pathfinder65]

I've started another "small" project: the stand. It comes as a series of laser-cut parts, where identical pieces are glued together, and then all the soot can be removed. No complaints about Pavel's approach, but I'm not a fan of simply sanding and finished. I've taken the difficult route myself, removing all the soot and then shaping the figures and frames. It's not the easiest method and takes a lot of time, but so far I'm happy with the result.
Below some pictures..

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Wow, that is a lot of work with a great result, nicely done.

Jan

 

[dockattner]

I've started another "small" project: the stand. It comes as a series of laser-cut parts, where identical pieces are glued together, and then all the soot can be removed. No complaints about Pavel's approach, but I'm not a fan of simply sanding and finished. I've taken the difficult route myself, removing all the soot and then shaping the figures and frames. It's not the easiest method and takes a lot of time, but so far I'm happy with the result.
Below some pictures..

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That's a seriously impressive upgrade! Well played!

 

[Willbor237]

One done, one to go.

Thanks everyone for the comments, appreciate it..
Still working on the stand, finished more or less one part, its a lot of work but i like the result..

 

[RussF]

Nice! You have really raised the bar on this kit. Please tell us, what methods are you using to deepen the scrollwork? Freehand rotary tool? Carving gouges? Or are you doing everything with the files that are present in nearly all your photos?

 

[Willbor237]

Hi RussF,

I use a lot my files, they are some juwelers files, they work fantastic, and i am using dentist tools, but not in a dentist drill, just a little holder gives in my opinion better control.