Well done, great tutorial. I agree that you qualify for the scratch build award.
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Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]
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Great job Paul!
In my opinion you are definitely a kit basher this is the best kit based Vasa I have seen. The standard tops looked OK to me the homemade ones are excellent well worth the effort. BTY on the rails are the nails real or simulated.
They are 0.5 mm pencil lead. That thing is so fragile I was afraid to drill and nail.
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Wow, Paul, you underestimate/assess your own talents. Very nice, clean work. I like your ladders, love the top. It's very clean work, symmetrical and I appreciate the esthetics of three tones of wood you use. Very pleasing to my eye. Very nice end product!
And the play by play is very much appreciated as well as we can see how you do think outside the box. Imagination and creativity seen in other's works are the seeds we plant and hope to later sow from our own work. Thanks!
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Pulling my RIP van winkle trick and appearing after an absence that I spent preparing my international students for their IELTS examinations, I had to do some proper reading to keep up! Great work and progress Paul. I hate the term kit "basher", because there is absolutely nothing that is "bashed" here. So let's officially call you a part-scratch builder!
Paul,
Leave this section "open" with slats - that was - as you know - from where the seamen's head with the tiller in hand was shouted instructions
Leave this section "open" with slats - that was - as you know - from where the seamen's head with the tiller in hand was shouted instructions
Hmm. You are asking me to remember something for a long time John. The instructions call for that area to be closed off. But, of course, you are correct:
Open it shall be. Thanks!
That’s crazy, Paul! I don’t think I’ll attempt this on my Soleil.
HA! Now I have to make five more - and two of them require 2x the number of little bits. Too clever for my own good... They are slow-going so its going to take a while. Hope you are having a great time in Omaha with family!
Still on the way. Admiral is driving.
Hey Paul... I was looking at your log today and suddenly I was reminded of the time, not long ago, when you were intimidated by the thought of planking the hull of your ship. Now look at you...lol! You really have come a long way, and I am proud of you! I’m sure I am not the only one either. Anyone who has watched you grow through out this build, must recognize the same as me. You have determination, drive, your resourceful, and failure is not in your vocabulary. Your skills improve with every task. I am predicting this is going to be one of the premier Vasa builds, that people will refer to, when it’s all said and done. I bet you never imagined that at the onset of this log!
Looking forward to your next update.
Looking forward to your next update.
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Amen!Hey Paul... I was looking at your log today and suddenly I was reminded of the time, not long ago, when you were intimidated by the thought of planking the hull of your ship. Now look at you...lol! You really have come a long way, and I am proud of you! I’m sure I am not the only one either. Anyone who has watched you grow through out this build, must recognize the same as me. You have determination, drive, your resourceful, and failure is not in your vocabulary. Your skills improve with every task. I am predicting this is going to be one of the premier Vasa builds, that people will refer to, when it’s all said and done. I bet you never imagined that at the onset of this log!
Looking forward to your next update.
Hi Dean,
I am simply blown away by your kind and generous words. I am out of my league among the many fantastic builders on this forum and have been helped along the way over and over again. What I lack in experience and knowledge (ship knowledge and ship model knowledge) has embedded many errors in my build - some of which I have been able to walk back and fix - others that will remain forever. But what I do bring to the task is good hands and a willingness to try to do my best work.
One of the things I have observed in others (and am learning myself) is to take joy in the process of building rather than in the finishing. For example, the kit provided tops (there are six) could have been pieced together in about an hour and I could have moved on to the next step. Instead, I am scratch-building my own tops - the smaller ones have 48 individual pieces and the larger two have 91 each. Most of those pieces have to be made by hand. That seems massively stupid because I have turned a one hour project into one that will probably take me a month - except for the fact that I'm enjoying the process. Of course this means my log has gone silent despite the fact that I have been working at my typical (glacial) pace...
Again, thank you for your kindness extended toward me - and to everyone who has been so gentle with my beginner's efforts. You're all a fine bunch.
Taking my wife on a date vacation this coming week and I’m not going to bring along any Vasa kit parts - but I do have stashed away a book on rigging period ships. Those long vertical things are called masts, right?
Onward!
I am simply blown away by your kind and generous words. I am out of my league among the many fantastic builders on this forum and have been helped along the way over and over again. What I lack in experience and knowledge (ship knowledge and ship model knowledge) has embedded many errors in my build - some of which I have been able to walk back and fix - others that will remain forever. But what I do bring to the task is good hands and a willingness to try to do my best work.
One of the things I have observed in others (and am learning myself) is to take joy in the process of building rather than in the finishing. For example, the kit provided tops (there are six) could have been pieced together in about an hour and I could have moved on to the next step. Instead, I am scratch-building my own tops - the smaller ones have 48 individual pieces and the larger two have 91 each. Most of those pieces have to be made by hand. That seems massively stupid because I have turned a one hour project into one that will probably take me a month - except for the fact that I'm enjoying the process. Of course this means my log has gone silent despite the fact that I have been working at my typical (glacial) pace...
Again, thank you for your kindness extended toward me - and to everyone who has been so gentle with my beginner's efforts. You're all a fine bunch.
Taking my wife on a date vacation this coming week and I’m not going to bring along any Vasa kit parts - but I do have stashed away a book on rigging period ships. Those long vertical things are called masts, right?
Onward!
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Paul, when you start deciding to go above and beyond what the kit provides, and instructs you to do, then you will start building first-rate ships! You are there! So don’t worry about time added, and stay focused on a good end result, which you are already doing. So keep up the good work and enjoy your vacation! Don’t get caught reading your book!Hi Dean,
I am simply blown away by your kind and generous words. I am out of my league among the many fantastic builders on this forum and have been helped along the way over and over again. What I lack in experience and knowledge (ship knowledge and ship model knowledge) has embedded many errors in my build - some of which I have been able to walk back and fix - others that will remain forever. But what I do bring to the task is good hands and a willingness to try to do my best work.
One of the things I have observed in others (and am learning myself) is to take joy in the process of building rather than in the finishing. For example, the kit provided tops (there are six) could have been pieced together in about an hour and I could have moved on to the next step. Instead, I am scratch-building my own tops - the smaller ones have 48 individual pieces and the larger two have 91 each. Most of those pieces have to be made by hand. That seems massively stupid because I have turned a one hour project into one that will probably take me a month - except for the fact that I'm enjoying the process. Of course this means my log has gone silent despite the fact that I have been working at my typical (glacial) pace...
Again, thank you for your kindness extended toward me - and to everyone who has been so gentle with my beginner's efforts. You're all a fine bunch.
Taking my wife on a date vacation this coming week and I promised to not bring along Vasa kit parts - but I do have stashed away a book on rigging period ships. Those long vertical things are called masts, right?
Onward!
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Paul,
I'm enjoying reading your build. of the Vasa. I copied your "Things I have learned" on planking....it will be well worth remembering your points when I start planking my Pearl. Just finished reading Page 4 of your build. This is one helluva ship to build. Remarkable how good you are doing. Great work. You inspire me to take my time and be patient. It can be done.
Rick
Welcome aboard Rick. I welcome your suggestions for improvement. You’re doing a great job on your BP and write an entertaining log.
When the kit gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Bashing at it's FINEST, Paul.
Paul,
I happened to see this from the Artesinia Website - and thought of you regarding painting all of the figurines superb information- have fun - great info
PS: they have all 400 pages of instructions that can be downloaded. I spent 5 years building a Vasa - done with that lol
That kit looks to be awesome - though why they painted the entire hull with brown paint is beyond me.
Scroll to bottom of page for access to instructions - you may have already been there
I happened to see this from the Artesinia Website - and thought of you regarding painting all of the figurines superb information- have fun - great info
PS: they have all 400 pages of instructions that can be downloaded. I spent 5 years building a Vasa - done with that lol
That kit looks to be awesome - though why they painted the entire hull with brown paint is beyond me.
Scroll to bottom of page for access to instructions - you may have already been there
Thank you, John. Wonderful. I was a little troubled by the fact that I had to go to the "Ships - Elite" page to find the instructions you were directing me to. I was reminded that "elite' hardly describes my status/qualifications as a ship builder but in my naiveté this is where I landed... I think the painting guide, in particular the RAL match-ups, will be helpful to me. Do you think it would be a good idea to now paint my hull brown??? If so, I'm going to "un-friend" you!
