Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

Hello Friends,

As prompted by Grant (@GrantTyler) I'll share this minor update. I have actually been working on my ship (more or less) though I see it has been a while since I posted anything. The American holiday gave me a few days off from my paying job - but, as I mentioned earlier, my hobby job has some increased demands through the beginning of the new year so shipbuilding has been sporadic.

Over the past two weeks I installed the remainder of the deadeyes and chain plates at the channels. I have been noodling on how to do the same at the tops (the mars) but have been stumped thus far. I can see how they were done on the museum ship but I did not anticipate something when I scratch built my tops and I made something far too narrow (actually I upcycled a plywood kit-supplied part that I now regret doing). Anyway, I will need to invent an alternate approach because I am not going to remake my tops. RESPECT to my fellow builders who have recently reworked their completed shrouds and ratlines, I admire your tenacity.

I also thought I was further along on my mast segments. But my inexperience caught up with me and I have had to work out how to stack them vertically at the crosstrees. I figured it out but at the cost of several days. On my next ship...

One thing that I did make actual progress on was the mast caps. I think the following photo essay will be self-explanatory:

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Nothing is glued in place until I sort out the deadeyes and chain plates at the tops.

We had an unseasonably pleasant day on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so I made it out to my garage and turned/sanded all of the yards except for the longest one (which is still held hostage awaiting the arrival of the bed extension for my mini-lathe). I still need to cut those to their final length and finish the ends (the narrower bit right at the tip).

Oh, and I have been making ropes in various sizes in preparation for the standing rigging. Rope making is quite satisfying - but it is not fast.

As you can see this build has been 'wandering about' more than heading any particular direction. Progress is being made nonetheless.

I see that lock-downs are being renewed where some of you live - I hope you will be safely tucked away in your hobby-room and those you love will be safe as well. Can we agree this pandemic thing has lost its charm??? Be well friends!
 
dockattner said:
Hello Friends,

As prompted by Grant (@GrantTyler) I'll share this minor update. I have actually been working on my ship (more or less) though I see it has been a while since I posted anything. The American holiday gave me a few days off from my paying job - but, as I mentioned earlier, my hobby job has some increased demands through the beginning of the new year so shipbuilding has been sporadic.

Over the past two weeks I installed the remainder of the deadeyes and chain plates at the channels. I have been noodling on how to do the same at the tops (the mars) but have been stumped thus far. I can see how they were done on the museum ship but I did not anticipate something when I scratch built my tops and I made something far too narrow (actually I upcycled a plywood kit-supplied part that I now regret doing). Anyway, I will need to invent an alternate approach because I am not going to remake my tops. RESPECT to my fellow builders who have recently reworked their completed shrouds and ratlines, I admire your tenacity.

I also thought I was further along on my mast segments. But my inexperience caught up with me and I have had to work out how to stack them vertically at the crosstrees. I figured it out but at the cost of several days. On my next ship...

One thing that I did make actual progress on was the mast caps. I think the following photo essay will be self-explanatory:

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Nothing is glued in place until I sort out the deadeyes and chain plates at the tops.

We had an unseasonably pleasant day on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so I made it out to my garage and turned/sanded all of the yards except for the longest one (which is still held hostage awaiting the arrival of the bed extension for my mini-lathe). I still need to cut those to their final length and finish the ends (the narrower bit right at the tip).

Oh, and I have been making ropes in various sizes in preparation for the standing rigging. Rope making is quite satisfying - but it is not fast.

As you can see this build has been 'wandering about' more than heading any particular direction. Progress is being made nonetheless.

I see that lock-downs are being renewed where some of you live - I hope you will be safely tucked away in your hobby-room and those you love will be safe as well. Can we agree this pandemic thing has lost its charm??? Be well friends!
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Now I know how big a ‘one cent’ coin is. Thanks Paul. :)
But …… those mast caps looks beautiful. With the bands and nails.
Regards, Peter
 
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dockattner said:
Hello Friends,

As prompted by Grant (@GrantTyler) I'll share this minor update. I have actually been working on my ship (more or less) though I see it has been a while since I posted anything. The American holiday gave me a few days off from my paying job - but, as I mentioned earlier, my hobby job has some increased demands through the beginning of the new year so shipbuilding has been sporadic.

Over the past two weeks I installed the remainder of the deadeyes and chain plates at the channels. I have been noodling on how to do the same at the tops (the mars) but have been stumped thus far. I can see how they were done on the museum ship but I did not anticipate something when I scratch built my tops and I made something far too narrow (actually I upcycled a plywood kit-supplied part that I now regret doing). Anyway, I will need to invent an alternate approach because I am not going to remake my tops. RESPECT to my fellow builders who have recently reworked their completed shrouds and ratlines, I admire your tenacity.

I also thought I was further along on my mast segments. But my inexperience caught up with me and I have had to work out how to stack them vertically at the crosstrees. I figured it out but at the cost of several days. On my next ship...

One thing that I did make actual progress on was the mast caps. I think the following photo essay will be self-explanatory:

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View attachment 271852

View attachment 271853

View attachment 271854

View attachment 271855

Nothing is glued in place until I sort out the deadeyes and chain plates at the tops.

We had an unseasonably pleasant day on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so I made it out to my garage and turned/sanded all of the yards except for the longest one (which is still held hostage awaiting the arrival of the bed extension for my mini-lathe). I still need to cut those to their final length and finish the ends (the narrower bit right at the tip).

Oh, and I have been making ropes in various sizes in preparation for the standing rigging. Rope making is quite satisfying - but it is not fast.

As you can see this build has been 'wandering about' more than heading any particular direction. Progress is being made nonetheless.

I see that lock-downs are being renewed where some of you live - I hope you will be safely tucked away in your hobby-room and those you love will be safe as well. Can we agree this pandemic thing has lost its charm??? Be well friends!
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Hi, just wondering what you are using as a rope making machine? I have started the same, and as you say it's satisfying, but not fast, although i do have some speed control. It's the setup part that is slow; for me anyways.
 
Jack Sparrow said:
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Hi, just wondering what you are using as a rope making machine? I have started the same, and as you say it's satisfying, but not fast, although i do have some speed control. It's the setup part that is slow; for me anyways.
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Hello Captain Sparrow,

I have a Domonoff planetary rope making machine for large volume production. Once it is set up it is fast but is limited to a single thread per source (only can make 1X3 rope - with and without a core) - thickness is controlled by the size of the source threads. For intermediate sizes and for multi-strand source threads (2x3, 3x3, etc.) I have a vertical rope walk. Now the set-up takes longer than the spinning but allows me to dial in the exact size I am looking for. If this hobby becomes an ongoing thing I will need to build a much longer (horizontal) rope walk. My ropes are getting better and better with practice - but I am not ready to open a retail storefront ROTF.
 
dockattner said:
Hello Captain Sparrow,

I have a Domonoff planetary rope making machine for large volume production. Once it is set up it is fast but is limited to a single thread per source (only can make 1X3 rope - with and without a core) - thickness is controlled by the size of the source threads. For intermediate sizes and for multi-strand source threads (2x3, 3x3, etc.) I have a vertical rope walk. Now the set-up takes longer than the spinning but allows me to dial in the exact size I am looking for. If this hobby becomes an ongoing thing I will need to build a much longer (horizontal) rope walk. My ropes are getting better and better with practice - but I am not ready to open a retail storefront ROTF.
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Thank you for your reply. No me neither. Let's just say, my current build is an experiment in all that is modelling. This is the first time I make a rope and it looks like crap lol. I'll have to keep practicing until I get the right setup. I use the ZHL planetary machine.

If I may ask, does not the Domanoff machine allow multi strand sources? I thought it was just a matter of changing the direction of the planetary gear relative to the direction of the strand twists or am I missing something?
 
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Jack Sparrow said:
Thank you for your reply. No me neither. Let's just say, my current build is an experiment in all that is modelling. This is the first time I make a rope and it looks like crap lol. I'll have to keep practicing until I get the right setup. I use the ZHL planetary machine.

If I may ask, does not the Domanoff machine allow multi strand sources? I thought it was just a matter of changing the direction of the planetary gear relative to the direction of the strand twists or am I missing something?
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You're right. But that involves respooling the newly made rope back onto the feeder spools and it gets all twisted and knotted and sometimes it doesn't feed out smoothly and then I say bad things because I just wasted a bunch of already made up rope and... I have found it's just easier to move over to the vertical rope walk. Plus, the larger the rope being made the less well the planetary machine seems to work.

What the planetary machine does not do (which I wish it would) is feed multiple strands (2x, 3x, 4x) off each feeder spool. I just haven't found a way to make that work (first, it's hard to load the spool with multiple threads - and then things get all twisted up when the spinning begins). It never occurred to me this would be a problem when I bought the machine. I still use it - but it has not provided the single-machine solution I fantasized about.
 
dockattner said:
You're right. But that involves respooling the newly made rope back onto the feeder spools and it gets all twisted and knotted and sometimes it doesn't feed out smoothly and then I say bad things because I just wasted a bunch of already made up rope and... I have found it's just easier to move over to the vertical rope walk. Plus, the larger the rope being made the less well the planetary machine seems to work.

What the planetary machine does not do (which I wish it would) is feed multiple strands (2x, 3x, 4x) off each feeder spool. I just haven't found a way to make that work (first, it's hard to load the spool with multiple threads - and then things get all twisted up when the spinning begins). It never occurred to me this would be a problem when I bought the machine. I still use it - but it has not provided the single-machine solution I fantasized about
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Ok Thank you for the explanation. After reading this I may have to resort to saying more colorful bad things to say about my machine too.
 
Jack Sparrow said:
Ok Thank you for the explanation. After reading this I may have to resort to saying more colorful bad things to say about my machine too.
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I wonder if the tension is too low in the feed ropes? Does your machine have a way to remove slack in the feed ropes?
 
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