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Oseberg V3 Build Log by Ashley

Even before I started actual construction of my Oseberg, I knew I wouldn't be able to tolerate the oar holes being completely different from the actual ship. Additionally, as I was applying all the other strakes, as you know, Pavel left some extra length in them to allow for trimming to a close fit at the joints. I figured that if that was the case with the oar strakes, it could be a real problem.

That is why I ordered some sheet birch from @Dave Stevens (Lumberyard) at https://www.dlumberyard.com . I sent him some photos of the kit sheets and he matched them as closely as possible. I plan on making my own oar strakes and now, thanks to you, I am aware of the misalignment issue. Hope you can get it worked out.
 
RussF said:
Even before I started actual construction of my Oseberg, I knew I wouldn't be able to tolerate the oar holes being completely different from the actual ship. Additionally, as I was applying all the other strakes, as you know, Pavel left some extra length in them to allow for trimming to a close fit at the joints. I figured that if that was the case with the oar strakes, it could be a real problem.

That is why I ordered some sheet birch from @Dave Stevens (Lumberyard) at https://www.dlumberyard.com . I sent him some photos of the kit sheets and he matched them as closely as possible. I plan on making my own oar strakes and now, thanks to you, I am aware of the misalignment issue. Hope you can get it worked out.
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Hi Russ, there is no extra on the lengths. Not even a millimeter. If there was, it would not help because so many of the oar holes are misaligned. I need to make a new set where I'll create them to be more like the museum example. If I buy a little lathe later, I'll also make replacement oars.

The bench positions in the plan drawings also needs looking at as its impossible to row as detailed.

Portugal is far from good when trying to seek anything. They are a little behind on the internet and using it for the purpose of marketing their products. What I did this morning was ordered 5 sheet (minimum) via Amazon in Spain. Most of what I buy comes from northern Europe in fact. I'll get back to the Oseberg but I am disappointed that these issues are not corrected.
 
brickman61 said:
Hi Ashley.

That's a real bummer for sure, I've never heard of anyone else noticing this. From day one several people have mentioned the shape of the oar cutouts being wrong, I'm surprised Pavel never made a fix for it. Maybe that's why all of his model pics show the oars stored onboard, instead of fully displayed. In all of the completed builds of Pavel's Oseberg 1/25 V3 I've seen, none of them showed the oars displayed...maybe that's why no one noticed before you.

When people complained about the mast being one frame off and the oars being way out of spec he made corrections and made them available. Maybe if he is contacted he can address this and make a fix for it. I know very little about CAD or Laser Printing but I can't imagine it would be hard for him to make a correction, we can only hope.

Steve
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Hi Steve,

Ship building is a great hobby to be involved in where these days ,we can communicate around the world so easily. It can help us all - the sharing of information. That's why when it was suggested here, how about me doing a build log, I thought, why not. I've learnt a lot through Youtube and SOS plus other forums similar to this. During the works in my previous posting, I have gained so much knowledge. Why not share? Help the community.

Your comment about the oars always being onboard, I'd not ever considered. You could be correct there. From a marketing perspective, the oars in operational place would have been very attratcive.
 
Ashley said:
Hi Russ, there is no extra on the lengths. Not even a millimeter. If there was, it would not help because so many of the oar holes are misaligned. I need to make a new set where I'll create them to be more like the museum example. If I buy a little lathe later, I'll also make replacement oars.

The bench positions in the plan drawings also needs looking at as its impossible to row as detailed.

Portugal is far from good when trying to seek anything. They are a little behind on the internet and using it for the purpose of marketing their products. What I did this morning was ordered 5 sheet (minimum) via Amazon in Spain. Most of what I buy comes from northern Europe in fact. I'll get back to the Oseberg but I am disappointed that these issues are not corrected.
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Oops, I forgot you are in Portugal.

Aside from the misshapen oar ports, another reason I decided to make my own strakes is to make up for any variance to the gunnel that may have happened as I applied the other strakes. If I overlapped my strakes just a little too much, the final strake would be too narrow. This way, I can make it to fit.

On a side note regarding the oar ports, according to excavation documents, unlike other burial finds, there is no evidence on the original that there were ever any covers for the ports as Pavel has indicated. This fact alone has sparked some conjecture about the ship. Since the gunnels are so low in this type of vessel, it could easily ship water through the ports in rough seas, so there are a couple of thoughts about this. One is that the vessel was originally used to ferry a high ranking official (one of the women found buried with her) only in inland waters on relatively calm days and the other is that there may have been another style of "plug" that was not fastened to the hull with a hinge pin. No evidence of these were found however, so who knows?
 
Ashley said:
Hi Steve,

Ship building is a great hobby to be involved in where these days ,we can communicate around the world so easily. It can help us all - the sharing of information. That's why when it was suggested here, how about me doing a build log, I thought, why not. I've learnt a lot through Youtube and SOS plus other forums similar to this. During the works in my previous posting, I have gained so much knowledge. Why not share? Help the community.

Your comment about the oars always being onboard, I'd not ever considered. You could be correct there. From a marketing perspective, the oars in operational place would have been very attratcive.
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Greetings... A drakkar is truly beautiful with its oars stowed, sailing under sail... and just as beautiful when moving under oars. Perhaps it’s worth having two models... to fully showcase all that beauty!23.jpg
 
This is true for sure. The image is also very beautiful. The position of the sailor chests is one of question. I need to investigate this. Thank you for the input.
 
Ashley said:
This is true for sure. The image is also very beautiful. The position of the sailor chests is one of question. I need to investigate this. Thank you for the input.
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Ashley said:
This is true for sure. The image is also very beautiful. The position of the sailor chests is one of question. I need to investigate this. Thank you for the input.
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Take your pick... it’s a debatable point... perhaps things played out differently in different situations...50 — копия.jpg
 
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