after the arizona and the bismarck , needed something light .
gmorrison ,I know you did this mate , can you remember when , I would like to go over your build , for some refence material .
in the 3rd picture down , you will notice the bottom oar is way bent . any ideas on how to straighten it please .
Net, so what kit is it?
Hi;
That looks interesting. Now as to that oar. You can try some very distantly applied heat. That’s why I keep a " BIC " in the shop! Or a kitchen match that you just extinguished and is still hot.
I find a small heatgun less risky. Also, if you can, clamp it straight before applying heat.
I use hot running water to straighten bent or warped plastic parts. Simply hold the part under the hot water running from the kitchen tap, slowly straightening as you go. It should only take a few minutes. It’s easy.
Bill Morrison
Hey Steve, cool project. Excited to see this come together.
Were you able to open the link to my WIP thread from some years ago?
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/169278.aspx
Those oars come in a number of lengths. Tilley and I worked up to the idea that this was to compensate for the oarsmen at the bow and stern being higher above the water than those amidships, due to shear.
The question I confronted was what to even use the oars for. It seems unrealistic to stick them out of the sides of the ship without oarsmen holding onto the end, and those are hard to come by.
We couldn’t figure out just what those T shaped posts up and down the centerline are for. The three most likely candidates seem to be the mast and/or yard, but that would be a chore to get up on them and why?
It could be the leech pole; the poles that hold the leeches or edges of the sail away from the ship when the sail isn’t full. That’s my guess.
Or the could be for the oars.
That oar actually perfectly replicates the one used by the not-so-famous Viking explorer Ragnar the Disoriented. He and his unfortunate crew set out for a three-day sail from Norway to Denmark…and ended up accidentally discovering Tasmania.
The Tasmanians were none too happy about it…
[But seriously…Emhar does a set of 1/72 or so Viking oarsmen. Shows as being ‘in stock’ at Hobbylinc.]
Dragging the ship across the Arctic must have been a lot of work.
I made the decision (just me) not to use the oars as I didn’t have a bunch of Bjorns, and their seat/ sea chests, to hold on the inboard ends.
The chests of course were where they kept their personal grooming products.
Bill
Now I can’t remember, did you also omit the shields as well, since you were not modeling a Kirk Douglas movie?
I did. Research suggests that the shields were placed along funeral ships but were not present on sailing ships.
Strangely, one of the better sources for medieval ships are the Normans as they illustrated their ships, including once at large scale.
No shields there.
Bill
Revell.
sorry guy’s forgot to add this .
thanks for the link bill , this one worked ok . will sit down tonight with some coffee and study your build . luckily for me . it look’s like you and the prof , have a good discussion about it .
glued the hull halves together .
knocked the knees off of the deck , will post pic’s when I make my own . I am leaving the ones on the crone for the time being .
this piece of board should do for the display
Hey Steve, the link below is to a build I doubt is “accurate” – but it might inspire you anyway. This guys has a decent channel and for me, the cool thing, he lives in my home State. Thought you might enjoy seeing his build.
nice steve , liked his weathering . thank’s for showing me mate , what’s his name would like to see some of wooden ships .
gmorrison , I have a question for you please , a guy on another forum , said to throw the anchor , as the vikings had no metal , and to use a large rock and rope , well they had swords , did they have anchors mate .?
Steve, don’t know whether you’ve encountered this site, but it’s got some useful stuff…including pics of both metal and stone/wood anchor styles:
https://regia.org/research/ships/Ships2.htm
(Scroll down to ‘Controlling the Ship.’ Individual images open in b/w instead of ‘negative.’)
Really enjoying your project!
Cheers
My understanding is that the Vikings were expert metal workers. There was an exhibition at our Historical Society of Viking artifacts, and they made pretty fancy jewelry and ornamental objects from iron, as well as fancy helmets. BTW, they did not use animal horns on them. Their helmets liked much like other European helmets of the time.
Steve, search for Hpiguysworkshop. I subscribed to his channel. He has some ships, but he builds everything. His builds are fun to watch because he doesn’t get caught up in too much of the details, and he’s having fun doing it. And even though he shortcuts things here and there, his builds look pretty decent. I have learned some techniques from watching him. Is a fun channel.
At Oseberg, an anchor without a stock, and two other stocks, were found.
