pavel nikitin oseberg 3

[yancovitch]

not an actual build log, but rather my take on this kit, and in a nutshell, what i'm doing with it....
first issue is a prayer for ukraine...god help them find their way through this insanity....
when i put the hull together, something didn't feel right, so i looked online at photos of the original in the olso museum, and was impressed with the narrow refined bow and stern.....soooooo....i cut off the bow and stern of the model ends, tapered down the planking, so they will mate with the thickness of the two ornate end pieces glued together......
obviously a messy job and i had much sanding and filling to make it look acceptable......it would be easy if modified a new kit from scratch.......you can see from the comparison photos included compared to the kit version, of course which still looks nice...but i got picky....
of course, to cover up the mess, i had to paint the krylon hull dark brown satin, and flattened it with krylon crystal clear flat spray...great stuff.....actually, if i rebuilt the kit, i would make the bow even a tiny bit thinner....

 

[Roger Pellett]

I don’t know about this ship in particular, but the Vikings’ building process did not include fastening planks to a narrow stem like later wooden vessels. Instead they used a large tapered stem with outlines of planking carved into it. The actual planking of the hull butted against these carved planks well aft of the stem. I have not seen this feature duplicated in a kit.

Roger

 

[yancovitch]

i decided to color the shields, but i didn't want them to look to bright as there would be too much contrast with the dark hull, so i used felt pens......oh, this version is with the new mast step.....and for the deck i used my ''favorite'' covering.....orange shellac, flattened with the krylon crystal flat...by the way, the stand is temporary ...

 

[yancovitch]

I don’t know about this ship in particular, but the Vikings’ building process did not include fastening planks to a narrow stem like later wooden vessels. Instead they used a large tapered stem with outlines of planking carved into it. The actual planking of the hull butted against these carved planks well aft of the stem. I have not seen this feature duplicated in a kit.

Roger

thanks for that .......amazing these people who do extensive research....but sadly, i'm just a romantic modeler...i just look for the lines, balance and form which is pleasing to me....i rely on people like you for guidance, and i understand what you expressed....
oh, do you have any idea what those grated walkways are called?.....i'll be making intuitive changes there too....

 

[yancovitch]

i'll be making the sails with blue and yellow stripes........

 

[yancovitch]

this is a temporary configuration i'm considering....i shortened the oars a half inch....and moved the chairs back to move the fulcrum to a viable rowing position.....yep...i missed a strap on the barrels....
this is pure intuition, and i welcome anyone to offer a better solution...no idea where the walkways goes, but they seem comfortable here.......