Viking ship kit

I’ve been doing some reading and it looks like this model even has authentic looking Viking sea chests (which were different from other European sea chests). These also doubled as rowing benches at sea (or so most archeologists believe). Cool.
I’m looking forward to building it, although I have no idea where I’ll have room to display it.
 
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Is this using actual paint or oil/stain? I don’t think the Vikings painted their ships, but used oil type materials to preserve and waterproof the wood. I might not have this completely right.

I just started my model and I intend to use oil stains to darken the wood and bring out the grain rather than paint (whenever I get that far along.)
 
Submarinerblue said:
Is this using actual paint or oil/stain? I don’t think the Vikings painted their ships, but used oil type materials to preserve and waterproof the wood. I might not have this completely right.

I just started my model and I intend to use oil stains to darken the wood and bring out the grain rather than paint (whenever I get that far along.)
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I only use stain to give the ship the color of oak or ash, the materials used to build the Vikings. In the kit are used species of wood - beech and cherry, these species have a very light tone, that's why I use stain. Regarding oil, this is a question that the modeler decides for himself, in my opinion the main thing is that the coating was matte, and what kind of coating is not so important...).

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Alex R said:
Pavel's Winchelsea Nef is really cool also. One can certainly see the continuity of design from the Osberg Viking ship to merchant ship. (Hanseatic league ?) .
Alex R
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To be fair, the Nef is a warship. There is continuity of course, they sailed the same North Sea, and even in almost the same time period.
 
Pavel Nikitin said:
To be fair, the Nef is a warship. There is continuity of course, they sailed the same North Sea, and even in almost the same time period.
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Hi Pavel,
Yes, of course it's a warship-. The castles indicate that; the Spanish Caravels also had sort-of castles bow and stern, and were used as armed merchant ships. Didn't the Roman triremes have castles also ? Now, that would be a worthy ship model: a Greek or Roman bireme or trireme . I need to get my history books out..
Thanks.
Alex R
 
Alex R said:
Hi Pavel,
Yes, of course it's a warship-. The castles indicate that; the Spanish Caravels also had sort-of castles bow and stern, and were used as armed merchant ships. Didn't the Roman triremes have castles also ? Now, that would be a worthy ship model: a Greek or Roman bireme or trireme . I need to get my history books out..
Thanks.
Alex R
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Hello, Alex.
It's a bit different with the Nef, it was originally built to fight Viking dracars, which was eventually realized. But of course, having a hold it could carry goods, and thus be a merchant ship).
Roman birema I want to realize in a set, but it will be in about five years....
 
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