Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

That's what bothered me about them - they fact that they are underneath the pin rails. :)
 
No toilet paper. You wait for the perfect wave and voila: saltwater bidet...
Nope ... if that beakhead was immersed in the sea, the ship would have been in trouble ... that is what you had a "swabber" for - a rope with a loosely tied tussle that hung in the water. You would simply pull it up, give yourself an icy-cold, salt-watery wipe and drop the rope back down into the water. The saltwater did wonders as a disinfectant.

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That is, if the wave doesn't buck you off the seat all together...lol...hard life trying to take care of business on a bucking toilet! :p
Is that why they call it shark bait? ;)
I suppose if your dongle dangles that low, you COULD call it fishing... :D


Yes, I stayed up late to fill Paul's log with toilet humor... butt I'm not alone.
 
Nope ... if that beakhead was immersed in the sea, the ship would have been in trouble ... that is what you had a "swabber" for - a rope with a loosely tied tussle that hung in the water. You would simply pull it up, give yourself an icy-cold, salt-watery wipe and drop the rope back down into the water. The saltwater did wonders as a disinfectant.

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Actually that "swabber" is called in seamans Dutch "het allemans eindje", which translates to the all mans end, the end of the rope that every body used.
The predecessor of the wet perfumed toilet tissue. :)
 
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Hi Jim
Actually that "swabber" is called in seamans Dutch "het allemans eindje", which translates to the all mans end, the end of the rope that every body used.
The predecessor of the wet perfumed toilet tissue. :)
You know…at that point I would have been willing to hang off the ship by a rope and get a power wash! :p
 
You know how you set out to build something and you have this wonderful image in your mind of how it will all turn out - but then reality sets in and you end up frustrated o_O, or angry :mad:, or stringing together profanities than would make a sailor blush Redface...

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TODAY!!!

Here are the stairs on the museum ship (well, at least you can get an idea of what I was shooting for:

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And here is my interpretation:

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Notwithstanding what macros uncover I'm super pleased with how these turned out.

There were some concessions to design (the DeAg anatomy in this area is a bit lacking) so as a result I needed to be somewhat creative in how these were configured (the most significant deviation was that I had to bring a step over to the doorway which inexplicably ended in open space...). Anyway, I believe I captured the spirit of what is seen on the mother ship.

I'm certain utter defeat is on the horizon - but today was a good day.
 
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