By the way, that was my six-syllable word for the day."ameliorated" - had to look that one up in the Dictionary
un barco de casco macizo no es un modelo de museo ¡¡Jamás!!
It must be difficult to translate sarcasm into Spanish from English. Se suponía que era sarcasmo. La única razón por la que podría llamarse calidad de museo es porque se compró en un museo.
I agree, Donnie. I’ve heard of some marvelous kits of that time. I tried a solid hull kit about 30 years ago, pre Dremel and power sander. After about 30 hours of sanding the hull, I gave up on it. Twenty years ago, I tried a Bounty that had two half-hulls that you were supposed to glue together after forming them. They didn’t fit. I must have done something wrong. I felt like Jeremy Clarkson trying his hand at farming in Clarkson Farm on Amazon Prime.
Belly laughs from the Admiral!
Thanks, Magic Mike! I'm amazed at how many people are following and responding to this build of an out-dated model It's pre-laser cut. I don't have to worry about char, at least, but I do have to cut out everything with either a knife or a scroll saw. Even the gun ports! Old school can be tedious.
Thirty years ago, I only saw plastic and fifty-five years ago I saw only the same. I Thought only museum people had access to wood modeling kits, otherwise I would have a much wider range of the complexity of these magnificent vessels. Is the ship "Kronan" available for a build? Gotta love those Swed"s.
Have you looked it up on the internet? I know the Vasa is available in several companies.
Have you tried drilling multiple pilot holes just inside the actual ports and then cutting from there? Then use a small flat file to bring the cutout to the line.
Just checking that we are talking the same technique - Here's some photos of what I was thinking. It took me about 2 minutes to drill, cut and cleanup in 1/16"
