Wasa by Corel

[Kageecanuck]

So above the first planks laid down of the second planking there needs to be these planks which are blue stained in the kit which is probably an older kit as I purchased on eBay. My issue is years ago the Wasa was thought to be blue but research has now shown this to be red in color. What would you do remain blue or change to red. Pretty Much nobody where I’m from is gonna know the difference. The blue stain would look really good because it is just a stain and if I tried to change this I would have to paint. ThoughtsView attachment 111896View attachment 111896View attachment 111896

 

[Charles QC]

Always like a 2 planking ship it allow to be able to correct the imperfection of the hull
We have already a good perception of how it will be
Good work

 

[PeterG]

The colours of blue or red are really a choice of how much you want to replicate the original ship. The museum’s research now reliably says that the ship topsides were red. While the ship looks good in blue, you, personally know that it will not be right.

On the other hand, if you are well past reverting to red, I fully understand the difficulty in reworking jobs already completed. You work looks excellent so far. Good luck with your continuing build.

Regards,
Peter G.

 

[Foxtrott]

Hi Kageecanuck,
The research the Vasamuseet had done is excellent. So I think it's better to follow their findings to get a reliable model. A Vasa with the correct color-sheme is always a head-turner.
You can cover the areas with a white primer and paint it vermilion-red. This is a bright red.
Thats my proposal. I also built a red Vasa.

Cheers, Alexander

 

[sailor1637]

The Corel kit is a fine kit to make a good VASA model

Swedish VASA of 1628, ship model

www.modelships.de

However, recent research by the Stockhom museum showed a somewhat diferent painting

Photos of Vasa 1 : 10 scale model in the Vasa museum Stockholm

Photos of Vasa 1 : 10 scale model in the Vasa museum Stockholm. The model is 7 m long and a major attraction for visitors.

www.modelships.de

 

[Sulaire]

very, very impressive.

 

[Le Capitaine]

Looks great. Red or blue, it will look outstanding either way.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

I'd plank it in red, because it's authentic.

 

[Kikatinalong]

Looking great and certainly moving along at a good rate of knots

 

[NMBROOK]

Great work so farI would opt for a prestained red veneer and cut the planks from that as it only comes in sheet form to my knowledge.Here is an example on my Sovereign build,all the red areas are red veneer,not paint.

Kind Regards

Nigel

 

[Kageecanuck]

Haven’t looked at this model in almost 2 months but today I’m back at her probably going to have a little spare time to work on her now the pictures will give you an explanation what I’ve been doing over the last couple months

 

[Jimsky]

Get well soon!!

 

[Maarten]

That is some serious scratch building. Get wel soon.

 

[Uwek]

Hallo @Kageecanuck

we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Norway]

Congratulations on the day, Hope your knee goes well, good luck, greetings from Norway.

 

[Kageecanuck]

Well I haven’t posted in a while so I better catch up because I have been busy l. Corel is great when it comes to the second planking. Everything is set up for you which boards to put where and how many and when you get down to a certain point you just finish the second planking in mahogany.

 

[Kageecanuck]

After I was done the second planking I painted some strips and overlap them and glued them on to the top

 

[Kageecanuck]

Next came the deck planking. The nails are made with just a very sharp pencil.

 

[Kageecanuck]

Next up is the lining of the gun ports with strips of red wood

 

[Kageecanuck]

another pic of the gun ports