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pavel nikitin oseberg 3

I especially like the shields. I think somewhere in a post somebody mentioned aging with regard to the use of felt pens. I imagine that if in time the coloration deteriorated it would look great and have a nice weathered look and evolve with the model. Cool :)
 
yancovitch said:
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....

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WOW! Pretty convincing match!
 
yancovitch said:
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....
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I can relate. That's a pretty accurate description of my own approach to building model ships. Roger's wealth of knowledge is impressive and elucidating!
 
oh.....i'm a loss as to how those possible spoon shaped replacements for deadeyes work.... their purpose?.......
and if they are some kind of quick release system, maybe this may make more sense? hmmmm....the only thing i can think of......had to add a notch so the line doesn't slip off...........

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pavel responded on facebook:

These are the so-called “bows” — they are used for tensioning the shrouds of the mast. Their key feature is that they can be installed and removed very quickly. This was important because the entire rig of a drakkar was designed to be removable. According to historians, the full rig could be set up in about 10 minutes, and taken down even faster.

There was no need to cut a slot in the “bow.”Please look carefully at the two drawings you sent — the issue is the order in which the ropes are threaded. Swap them: first the “bow” goes through the upper loop, then through the lower one. Right now you have it reversed, which is why the loop is slipping.

i wrote back................... but i still don''t understand how they work....my way, the lower loop can be easily slipped off by pulling down on the line, which i guess, may be too insecure....but if i knew how they worked, i would be able to see where i'm wrong......will see how he responds....
 
pavel responded......
In this system the tension is not adjustable — it has a different function: to create a pre-calculated fixed tension. Imagine a crew that has to step the mast, tension the shrouds and stays, and raise the sail in about ten minutes. No one was “fine-tuning by eye” — all standing rigging ropes were made to the exact required length from the start, and they were tightened using this bow with the knob. Its shape works as a lever that provides a strictly predetermined amount of tension.Please look carefully at the sequence in the diagrams I sent you — steps 1 through 8. If the principle is still not clear from those, then I honestly don’t know how else to explain it. You are the first — out of roughly 485 completed builds so far — to ask specifically about how this knot works, even though it is very simple and has been in use for about 1200 years.This setup is taken from Bishop’s book. On my model this system allows me to step the mast in about five minutes: the shrouds and stays become perfectly tight, and the mast simply stands in the step — it cannot even be moved, that’s how rigidly everything is held.

maybe there is someone else besides me, who didn't know this...so i posted this...or maybe i missed it in the plans.....
mystery solved......cheers.....

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Victor, there are no “stupid questions” here — if something can’t be read from a drawing, then it really can’t be read. That’s exactly why we share diagrams and explanations — to make life easier for each other


To be honest, the only reason I understood this knot is because my grandfather showed it to me when I was a child — he was a hereditary carpenter and often used old methods that almost nobody remembers anymore…


This knot is present in the kit, but without a dedicated diagram the principle is indeed hard to “read with the eyes.” You did absolutely the right thing by posting the drawing in the SOS thread — such images save nerves and time for dozens of people who might otherwise be shy to ask the same question.
 
Pavel Nikitin said:
Victor, there are no “stupid questions” here — if something can’t be read from a drawing, then it really can’t be read. That’s exactly why we share diagrams and explanations — to make life easier for each other


To be honest, the only reason I understood this knot is because my grandfather showed it to me when I was a child — he was a hereditary carpenter and often used old methods that almost nobody remembers anymore…


This knot is present in the kit, but without a dedicated diagram the principle is indeed hard to “read with the eyes.” You did absolutely the right thing by posting the drawing in the SOS thread — such images save nerves and time for dozens of people who might otherwise be shy to ask the same question.
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Where do the shrouds attach to the hull? This is not shown in the plans, at least I don't see them in the plans.
 
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