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There was a ship find at Ladby on the island of Fyn, in 1937. The ship itself is from about 900 A.D. A well preserved iron anchor without stock, and about 10 meters of iron chain, were found there.
Assuming that it belongs to the ship, it would be as old.
Bill
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
a quick builders tip . make sure where you are cutting off of the sprue , saves a lot of work .
got the knees done , and a bit extra at the aft and fore areas.
the knees still need a lot of sanding .
started the painting and weathering process .
How about some info on the paint you are using. It looks great! What did you use?
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Don, please see my PM.
sorry about that don , I used a flat black primer , MM dark tan on the outside hull and MM light tan on the inside , I then clear coated it , before using an oil wash of burnt umber over everything . on the inside I then dry brushed tamiya nato brown . I am thinking of using an off white dry brushing to imitate a salt build up on the outside hull .
started on making my own mast and spar's .
got the ship mounted , try starting on the rigging now .
can someone please help me , how was the spar hoisted up the mast , in other words , what was the rigging system for the mast , what did the rope go through to hoist the spar up , and how was it tied off at the bass of the mast , any help will be very much appreciated .
Can't give you any advice on the mast rigging, but this picture can illustrate how the furled sail was stowed as well how the ornemental shields were arranged along the gunwale.
Happy modeling Crackers
Anthony V. Santos
We don't really know. There were probably no lifts to the ends of the spar . I would guess there was one halyard that was seized around the spar at midpoint and ran through a block and aft to the stern where it was tied off to the beam going across behind the tiller man.
With all respect, I wouldn't put much behind that particular replica. It's possible the T things held the yard, but on the one ship they are really far apart for that.
And the shield display is fantasy, as are the benches for the rowers.
our guys sat on their sea chests, which held their personal grooming products.
thank's guy's for the replies , a bloke on another forum ,found this for me .
FWIW, here are a couple of renderings of their equivalent of blocks or deadeyes...referred to, according to one source, as 'virgins'....
Greg
George Lewis:
got some rigging done , I know it isn't 100% , but I'm happy . just wish they put more of those deadeye's in the kit . so I just made do .
gregbale , cheers for the rigging diagrams mate .
a very weak oil wash has been applied to the rigging .
I got to wondering, where were the shields stowed when underway? I can see where their swords, axes, and mail would fit in their sea chests, but would the shields fit in a sea chest?
Looking good Steve, are those after market blocks?
Michael D
I can't anwer your question don , GM probably the man to ask .
yes they are michael , 2mm blocks from cornwall boat fittings , I held them betwen pliar jaws and enlarge the hole to 1mm .
crackers Can't give you any advice on the mast rigging, but this picture can illustrate how the furled sail was stowed as well how the ornemental shields were arranged along the gunwale. Happy modeling Crackers
I just noticed that the pictured vessel has thwarts!
Steve.... your Viking ship is looking awesome. I like the paint work and rigging that you did. Your paint detail has it looking like wood.
Nice work Mate!
Any notion of how the stays were set up is valid as there isn't solid evidence of any one thing.
There is a good argument that the stays had a quick release like a toggle so that the yard could be swung from perpendicular to the keel, to parallel.
don , I was lead to believe they sat on their sea chests .
steve , cheer's mate , nice to hear from you .
steve5 don , I was lead to believe they sat on their sea chests . steve , cheer's mate , nice to hear from you .
That is what I had heard too. However, the course I am taking in Viking histoy stressed that the vikings were very decentralized and ship design varied a lot from area to area and with time. Looks like some ships had thwarts and some didn't. I suspect stowage of shields probably varied to. There were no establishment specs to control viking ship builders.
I find it interesting in looking at reconstructions the many varied apparatus for tensioning the shrouds and stays. I guess that goes along with the idea I mentioned above about the decentralization of design. I guess each region tended to rediscover ways of doing this.
Also found an interesting piece on shields on ships.
https://bavipower.com/blogs/bavipower-viking-blog/viking-shields-on-the-sides-of-ships-historical-or-not
that was interesting don, but the nay's still didn't say where they were stowed , my guess would be the bow , pick them up when they jumped ashore .
The history course I am taking talked about the sea battles. The vikings actually fought among themselves a lot. This guy says using the shields fastened to the upper strakes formed a defense wall against arrows and spears- yes the vikings did have archers. The idea of sea battles with longships is new to me- I thought the vikings only raided other peoples. This Prof said in particular the Danes and the Norwegiens went at each other at sea- dynastic wars.
the very few shieldds found near ships were about 32 inches in diameter and 1/4" thick at the center, tapering to less than that at the edges. Some have a row of holes around the perimeter, maybe to attach a rim. There's no evidence of the edge being metal.
if the model were handy (the extra oarts), i'd check that. It would be a good idea if shields are to be included, to make them out of plastic about 1/(64 x4), or 1/256 of an inch. I.e. 0.004 inches. Think my math is right.
Oh ! You are so right Don!
The Norse (Denmark, Sweden and Norway ) were fantastic archers! I think sometmes that their only equals were the English Longbowmen.
Tanker-Builder Oh ! You are so right Don! The Norse (Denmark, Sweden and Norway ) were fantastic archers! I think sometmes that their only equals were the English Longbowmen.
My prof says the Norse were late to animal husbandry because of the dense forests, so hunted for all their meat, and the bow was their weapon of choice for that so they got a lot of practice.
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