Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

Your hobby takes a dangerous influence over you. I am beginning to worry. Paul it's only a pot of glue, many have already thrown away hundreds. And believe me, the only thoughts that come up are: "waste, it was half full" or "don't have a spare, darn it".
 
dockattner said:
Today we pause to remember a dear friend. Loctite 403 went to his eternal home today. I had grown to love him deeply because he is the only 'crazy glue' I have found that I am not allergic to (in truth, I react to this one too - but it's manageable). As a curiosity, I don't think I have ever emptied a bottle CA in my life - all the others ended up with irrevocably blocked tips or hardened in the bottle. Fair winds Loctite 403...

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And I tried out a new way of adding blocks to lines today (in this case a topmast stay). I commend it to you as eminently doable (sorry for the out-of-focus image but you'll get the idea):

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Happy modelling!
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I like that block connection, nice and neat. The connecting band looks like an endless loop, how do you do that?

As far as the Loctite goes...replace him, you will have forgotten the old one in no time ROTF
 
Daniel20 said:
The connecting band looks like an endless loop, how do you do that?
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Cheated. It IS a continuous loop. I wrapped 3-4-5 times and then the two loose ends are glued in place and then carefully cut off using a sharp #11 blade. To be sure it is exacting work and risky putting a blade that sharp near the stay but if you remain aware of how the blade is oriented it can be accomplished.

I actually end all of my seizings this same way (glued down rather than knotted off). Sometimes the end of the thread needs to be held down using a tweezers (pressing it into the nearly set CA). And then, if you 'pinch-spin' the glued area between your fingers it makes the shiny of the CA go away. Doing this has the added advantage of eventually hiding your fingerprints which is an excellent outcome if you happen to be in a witness protection program...
 
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Visitation for Loctite 403 will be this Saturday from 4-5 pm followed by a brief Celebration of Life service; Reverend Doctor Paul F Kattner officiating. Private interment. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to the Kattner Shipyard or to your local mental health and wellness center.
 
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dockattner said:
Visitation for Loctite 403 will be this Saturday from 4-5 pm followed by a brief Celebration of Life service; Reverend Doctor Paul F Kattner officiating. Private internment. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to the Kattner Shipyard or to your local mental health and wellness center.
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Paul, I am just surprised that you have not named it - with your obvious and deeply grounded affection towards it, the use of a generic name sounds out of place. Have you never christened it? Shame on you!
 
dockattner said:
Visitation for Loctite 403 will be this Saturday from 4-5 pm followed by a brief Celebration of Life service; Reverend Doctor Paul F Kattner officiating. Private internment. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to the Kattner Shipyard or to your local mental health and wellness center.
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OMG, sniffing and licking your fingers after gluing???NOT GOOD:eek::eek::eek:
 
dockattner said:
Today we pause to remember a dear friend. Loctite 403 went to his eternal home today. I had grown to love him deeply because he is the only 'crazy glue' I have found that I am not allergic to (in truth, I react to this one too - but it's manageable). As a curiosity, I don't think I have ever emptied a bottle CA in my life - all the others ended up with irrevocably blocked tips or hardened in the bottle. Fair winds Loctite 403...

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And I tried out a new way of adding blocks to lines today (in this case a topmast stay). I commend it to you as eminently doable (sorry for the out-of-focus image but you'll get the idea):

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Happy modelling!
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Just so you don't go withdrawals....
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dockattner said:
Today we pause to remember a dear friend. Loctite 403 went to his eternal home today. I had grown to love him deeply because he is the only 'crazy glue' I have found that I am not allergic to (in truth, I react to this one too - but it's manageable). As a curiosity, I don't think I have ever emptied a bottle CA in my life - all the others ended up with irrevocably blocked tips or hardened in the bottle. Fair winds Loctite 403...

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And I tried out a new way of adding blocks to lines today (in this case a topmast stay). I commend it to you as eminently doable (sorry for the out-of-focus image but you'll get the idea):

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Happy modelling!
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Hi Paul,

Hopefully you didn t decide to cremate your loctite 403. Guess you would end up with an alergic reaction to the fumes. :-)
 
dockattner said:
Visitation for Loctite 403 will be this Saturday from 4-5 pm followed by a brief Celebration of Life service; Reverend Doctor Paul F Kattner officiating. Private interment. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to the Kattner Shipyard or to your local mental health and wellness center.
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Oh dear this is getting serious so how long is the morning period, does this mean inactivity for that time and how soon before you can move on to a new glue without upsetting the memory of the old glue.
 
dockattner said:
Visitation for Loctite 403 will be this Saturday from 4-5 pm followed by a brief Celebration of Life service; Reverend Doctor Paul F Kattner officiating. Private interment. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to the Kattner Shipyard or to your local mental health and wellness center.
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The shipment is on the way and I'll come to pay my respects
 
dockattner said:
Cheated. It IS a continuous loop. I wrapped 3-4-5 times and then the two loose ends are glued in place and then carefully cut off using a sharp #11 blade. To be sure it is exacting work and risky putting a blade that sharp near the stay but if you remain aware of how the blade is oriented it can be accomplished.

I actually end all of my seizings this same way (glued down rather than knotted off). Sometimes the end of the thread needs to be held down using a tweezers (pressing it into the nearly set CA). And then, if you 'pinch-spin' the glued area between your fingers it makes the shiny of the CA go away. Doing this has the added advantage of eventually hiding your fingerprints which is an excellent outcome if you happen to be in a witness protection program...
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Good morning Paul....now you tell me.... I must give this a go. I always have “messy” tags on my seizing- I have struggled to get them neat. Thank you. Cheers Grant
 
Visitation for Loctite 403 just concluded, and I was pretty disappointed with the turnout. When personally invited even my daughters responded with a cold, "there's something wrong with you dad." And all my son cared about was whether there would be beverages served. Sigh...

Undeterred, I set my sights on bowlines. I've settled into a nice rhythm with rigging. With each new line I spend about an hour researching the various routing solutions presented in my resources and make some preliminary decisions. I may not get it perfect, but it won't be because I didn't try.

Here is a sample of my bowline work thus far. This is the main topsail...

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In this case I ended up using the proper knot (a bowline knot). From normal viewing distance no one can see it - but (as we like to say) I know it's there :D.

There are ten sails on the Vasa and 8 of these get bowlines. Four down - four to go.

Thanks for stopping by!
 
Every time I visit you build I have to remind myself that this really is a “dockattner“ first build but all I see and read shows me a Master Builder. I continue to be amazed at your incredible abilities, attention to fine detail and historical accuracy. Just stunning Paul, I wish I had your modelling abilities.
 
No worries guys. I fully intend to do a crap job on my second build :).

I’m actually rather enjoying myself with the rigging. It’s a bit frustrating that there are not always answers to my questions - but I understand that we can’t know everything about how a ship was rigged 400 years ago.

I will add that while many aspects of ship building take a lot of time - rigging is particularly slow moving. Not only are there lots of lines and lots of blocks and lots of sails - but each part of it has several steps.

It helps to be a little bit dumb so you don’t notice that one bowline set took two hours Speechless.
 
Paul, as a product of my meticulous research, I have determined that your build log should co-incidentally end on August 10th, page # 1628. The next day is always my birthday. I expect to be alive, but I remain doubtful that I will ever keep pace with this build-log.

You're in the trenches now! Rigging remains my most daunting personal hurdle, but it is really heartening to watch you do your thing. You and I aren't British, but Goddammit, I can only pray for the English resolve!
 
Hi Paul,
I've been out of the loop for almost the last year and I'm finally catching up some on what you guys have been accomplishing. There really aren't any adjectives to describe how beautiful your ship really is and what meticulous attention to detail that you have paid. I must catch up on your thread and read what you have done over the past year....but no doubt, I have learned so much from you. I'm getting back in the groove to finish up and just wanted to say hi.
Rick
 
dockattner said:
Właśnie zakończyła się wizyta u Loctite 403 i byłem bardzo rozczarowany frekwencją. Kiedy osobiście zaproszono, nawet moje córki odpowiedziały przeziębieniem: „coś jest nie tak z tobą tato”. A mojemu synowi zależało tylko na tym, czy będą serwowane napoje. Westchnienie...

Niezrażony, celowałem w kręgle. Wszedłem w fajny rytm z olinowaniem. Z każdą nową linią spędzam około godziny na badaniu różnych rozwiązań routingu przedstawionych w moich zasobach i podejmowaniu wstępnych decyzji. Może nie dojdę do perfekcji, ale nie będzie, bo nie próbowałem.

Oto próbka mojej dotychczasowej pracy w kręgle. To jest główny topsail...

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W tym przypadku użyłem właściwego węzła (węzeł buliny). Z normalnej odległości nikt tego nie widzi - ale (jak lubimy mówić) wiem, że tam jest :D.

Na Vasie jest dziesięć żagli, a 8 z nich ma buliny. Cztery w dół - cztery do końca.

Dzięki, że wpadłeś!
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Piękna precyzyjna praca . Pozdrawiam Mirek
 
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