VASA builders

[uncchains]

Former and current VASA builders: What have you found to be the spacing between the lowest cannon ports and the ship's water line? So far I have not been able to find this in my research. It may be mentioned in VASA II, but as yet I have not been able to get a copy for review.

References would be most helpful and greatly appreciated.

 

[uncchains]

For those of you who have built the VASA, especially those of you who built the VASA version, how did you begin the second planking (mahogany and walnut)? I have finally finished the first planking and will be sanding the result to get a smooth finish for the second planking.

Did you build up from the keel, from the main deck down, or did you use the lowest gun port, measure down approximately 1.25 scale meters and use that point as a starting point? According to Dr. Hocker, the waterline would be 14 feet at the stem and 16 feet at the stern because of the sheer rising so much at the stern. I am going to use those measurements if I can set up a marking guide to follow the sharp fore and aft curves.

I am a quandary about this as the plans are not reliable to give proper scale length and spacings.

Any advice will be welcomed and appreciated.

I will try to start including photos and restart the build log I started a while back.

 

[Donnie]

I am bumping this to the top - does anyone have any knowledge on this request?

Thanks

 

[dockattner]

Thanks for bumping this topic, Donnie. Unfortunately, while I did build a model of the Vasa, it was my very first attempt - and I followed the DeAgostini instructions without questioning them or wondering if there might be something more accurate to refer to.

From another site I know that Dr. Hocker was actively involved in what eventually became the DeAgostini kit so there might have been a good reason for me to put faith in that - though I know those plans aren't perfect. For example, from the resurrected ship we know the port and starboard sides were not even identical - but of course the kit does not pretend to reflect that...

Sorry @uncchains, I wish I could be more helpful.

 

[uncchains]

Thanks for bumping this topic, Donnie. Unfortunately, while I did build a model of the Vasa, it was my very first attempt - and I followed the DeAgostini instructions without questioning them or wondering if there might be something more accurate to refer to.

From another site I know that Dr. Hocker was actively involved in what eventually became the DeAgostini kit so there might have been a good reason for me to put faith in that - though I know those plans aren't perfect. For example, from the resurrected ship we know the port and starboard sides were not even identical - but of course the kit does not pretend to reflect that...

Sorry @uncchains, I wish I could be more helpful.

Thanks. My initial problem in beginning the second planking has to do with the difference in the plan-indicated width of the planks (6 mm) and the actual width (5 mm) of the mahogany strips supplied with the kit. The plan shows installing 19 strips. If I did this using the supplied strips, I would come up 5 - 6 strips short. Maybe I'm being too literal or maybe its ramping up my OC a bit. I'm leaning more to setting the waterline following Dr. Hocker's real-life supported information, planking downward to the keel and then go upward to the main deck and higher.

 

[dockattner]

Thanks. My initial problem in beginning the second planking has to do with the difference in the plan-indicated width of the planks (6 mm) and the actual width (5 mm) of the mahogany strips supplied with the kit. The plan shows installing 19 strips. If I did this using the supplied strips, I would come up 5 - 6 strips short. Maybe I'm being too literal or maybe its ramping up my OC a bit. I'm leaning more to setting the waterline following Dr. Hocker's real-life supported information, planking downward to the keel and then go upward to the main deck and higher.

I don't remember concerning myself with the waterline. I established the flow of the planking by installing a temporary wale (the one right below the gunports) and proceeded from there.

Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

Looking good, I see you used the angle on the transom, 52 degrees I think? Don’t forget you still have to sand the veneer level. Although it’s thin and fairly uniform in thickness, it is still a good idea. Thanks, Dean. Yes, sanding remains to be completed but I need to veneer the little wing...

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