Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Philski]

Hi Grant. Presently in standing rigging purgatory. Apparently have not paid adequate penance. Hoping to resurface soon but every time I think I might be permitted to leave my cell I am sent back for additional correction.

Did upgrade my lighting. Easier to see my mistakes now!

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And I made a 6-hole deadeye...

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That's about it in terms of net progress. Have gotten very good at starting over and ending up with the same results. I believe the definition of insanity might apply:

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Looks great! Cannot have too much light huh! And the deadeye is wonderfully made!

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Paul, are the main channels supposed to be THAT far BEHIND the main mast? The forward most shroud is usually in line with the mast itself. Please check this with your sources and correct it if necessary before going any further.



NEVERMIND. It really does look like that. Very strange.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Art imitating real life, so Paul has it as right as he can make it.

 

[Vfordyce]

Paul, are the main channels supposed to be THAT far BEHIND the main mast? The forward most shroud is usually in line with the mast itself. Please check this with your sources and correct it if necessary before going any further.

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NEVERMIND. It really does look like that. Very strange.
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Again, no wonder it sank!

 

[GrantTyler]

Hi Grant. Presently in standing rigging purgatory. Apparently have not paid sufficient penance. Hoping to resurface soon but every time I think I might be permitted to leave my cell I am sent back for additional correction.

Did upgrade my lighting. Easier to see my mistakes now!

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And I made a 6-hole deadeye...

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That's about it in terms of net progress. Have gotten very good at starting over and ending up with the same results. I believe the definition of insanity might apply:

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Good morning Paul. Funny and beautiful. Brilliant job on the hand made dead eye. Cheers

 

[Heinrich]

Hello Paul. While I was researching whipstaffs, overlapping planks and bilge pumps, I stumbled on this picture depicting the VASA's whipstaff among many other things.

 

[dockattner]

Hello Paul. While I was researching whipstaffs, overlapping planks and bilge pumps, I stumbled on this picture depicting the VASA's whipstaff among many other things.

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Wonderful Heinrich - an internal diorama!

 

[Dematosdg]

Wonderful Heinrich - an internal diorama!

Paul, you can cut yours and do it !!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Daniel

 

[Stargazer]

Dr. Paul, I see there are a few clove hitches in your very near future…. Do you have a plan of attack or are you just going till your back/shoulders give out?

 

[dockattner]

Dr. Paul, I see there are a few clove hitches in your very near future…. Do you have a plan of attack or are you just going till your back/shoulders give out?

Hey Lou, I don't even know how to tie a clove hitch yet, so I guess that means I lack a plan. Perhaps you're volunteering???

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Paul, you can cut yours and do it !!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Daniel

I can turn it into a cutaway model... Tools standing by.

 

[Vfordyce]

I'll chop it in half for him... Tools standing by.

Kurt, I believe you'd do it!

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Kurt, I believe you'd do it!

Not afraid of change...

 

[Bryian]

I can turn it into a cutaway model... Tools standing by. View attachment 289903

Thats a funny comment Kurt.

 

[Stargazer]

Hey Lou, I don't even know how to tie a clove hitch yet, so I guess that means I lack a plan. Perhaps you're volunteering???

Nope, I’m saving my shoulders for my Revenge - that will be the most challenging rigging I have undertaken so far!

 

[Heinrich]

Apologies, Paul! Never in my wildest dreams did I envisage that my posting of the diorama will lead to a cut-up VASA. I know of a few guys who must have loved Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Apologies, Paul! Never in my wildest dreams did I envisage that my posting of the diorama will lead to a cut-up VASA. I know of a few guys who must have loved Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

I would offer to build all the internal details for Paul, but it may not be up to standards of neatness. You do great work, Paul, and you're also a real sport.

 

[Bill Hime]

Paul, she's looking beautiful! And what an outpouring of support and "HELP" you are receiving!!

 

[dockattner]

Apologies, Paul! Never in my wildest dreams did I envisage that my posting of the diorama will lead to a cut-up VASA. I know of a few guys who must have loved Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

No worries Heinrich. More than once I considered turning her into kindling myself...

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

No worries Heinrich. More than once I considered turning her into kindling myself...

SACRILEGE!

(There are days when I have more fun messing with Paul than working on my own model... maybe it's because I wore braces for 6 years... and he's a dentist.)