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Revell Viking Ship WIP- FINISHED!!

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 22, 2016 11:29 PM

Bakster

Holy Viking Ship GM! That is gorgeous! It should be under glass for posterity.

Hey! I read in another thread that you throw your builds out when you are done building them. Save the space in the landfill and ship that sucker to me.  I'd proudly display that work of art until my last breath. 

She is a beauty...

 

I wouldn't toss this one until all of my old airplanes have gone west. Might have my wife place it in my hands on the belt into the crematorium though.

Thank you, I'm pleased to get your view. As I built the thing and read about how these were designed, my old sailing nerves came back.

Imagine this: Each hull strake, and there were fifteen up each side and a couple three long each butt jointed. Each had a rabbet on the bottom outer edge to accept the one below it, and a rabbet on the inner top edge to nestle the one above it. And the connection at each rib, of which there were about twenty for each strake, each side was a tie that  ran through a pair of cleats on the inboard side of the strake, either side of the rib, and through a bored hole in the rib.

All hand tools, no saws, and by the way those pairs of cleats for twenty ribs each side, fifteen strakes high each side, were carved from the back of the strake, in other words left in relief.

 

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 22, 2016 11:36 PM

 

 Rain today so no pictures

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 22, 2016 11:37 PM

docidle

That is one beautiful Viking ship! You have definitely raised the bar on this kit. Hopefully, anyone who is considering building this model will study this thread. Well done.

Steve

Thanks Steve. I did so much reading for so many years about these boats. And as we've shared, friend, we both have sheets in our hands and a tiller under an armpit.

The thing came alive on the bench in a way I've never seen a boat/ ship do before. I have imagined myself flying my airplane models, but this got to me.

I spent a year in High School in Norway and had a chance to go to their Viking ship museum. A year in college in Denmark and I had the chance to go to their museums and Iron Age re-enactment settlements.

The model just said "sail me".

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 22, 2016 11:49 PM

tankerbuilder

Hey " G "

    When are you gonna build mine ? That , My Friend is a beautimus job of shipbuilding . Bravo !  Tanker - Builder

 

Notice the deck detail, just a half dozen ordinaries.

Huddled below the gunwale to escape the spray.

Tilley is right- the kit is a real winner.

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:02 AM

Fred I went by the Sailor's Union Hall today and saw the bust of Lundeberg outside in his "West Coast Stetson". Thought of you and your father. Thanks for giving the time to comment.

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  • From: Franklin Wi
Posted by Bakster on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 9:57 AM

Say GM, I am glad to hear that this build is being held so close to your heart. That makes the build even more awesome. BTW...taking it into the crematorium with you could be a fitting end to her. It would go back to dust with her creator.

Isn't it amazing what they were able to do? The skill, craftsmanship, and even their knowledge to design it as such is simply amazing. I share that awe with you.

 

“The thing came alive on the bench in a way I've never seen a boat/ ship do before. I have imagined myself flying my airplane models, but this got to me.”

  

I have to tell you that when I looked at your finished ship, that this is exactly how it struck me. In a brief moment it looked alive to me. It was like I was looking at an actual Viking Ship. Maybe you were so in the zone that you put life into her. Yes

It is very cool and you should feel very good about this.

Enjoy it!!

Steve, A.K.A. Bakster.

 

GAF
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  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:52 AM

GM,

Sometimes the modelling gods smile upon us.  I think they did on this build,  though maybe with only one eye!  Wink

Good work!

Gary

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  • From: Greenville, NC
Posted by jtilley on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 1:15 PM

A mighty fine, attractive model. I'm glad to think I may have had something to do with it.

I hope one message comes across loud and clear from this thread. A model of a small vessel in a large scale, based on a good kit, can be an extremely worthwhile exercise. You don't have to blow your budget, or hundreds of hours of your time, to build a nice ship model - and the experience can be rewarding and FUN.

Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.

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  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 5:57 PM
Sweet tea and cookies, G! Well done!
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  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Thursday, February 25, 2016 11:51 AM

See Mike Belcher/BelcherBits posting on Hyperscale.   

http://www.network54.com/Forum/409174/message/1456420914/Viking+sea+chests+...+seriously%21

He is trying to determine if there is sufficient interest to expand his Canadian aircraft aftermarket line to include sea chests for the poor Vikings to rest their weary butts while rowing.  As he notes,  they were also perfect for storing all their personal grooming equipment.

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  • From: Greenville, NC
Posted by jtilley on Thursday, February 25, 2016 1:32 PM

Hmmm...."Viking personal grooming equipment" sounds to me like an oxymoron. Thanks for the link, though.

I can't say definitively that I'd buy a set of those benches for my model (which has been finished for quite a few years now). But I'd be happy to see them on the market. One point: the Revell kit is on about 1/64 scale - not 1/50.

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, February 25, 2016 2:11 PM

Hair "product", deodorant soap, dental floss, fingernail clippers, lint rollers. It probably was a long list...

Yep, I set the scale on 1/64, based on a bunch of sets of numbers from different sources for o.a. length. Used that to sculpt my little men.

It's also far from clear if thats really where they sat. It's pretty obvious they sat on something, the oar holes are close to the deck and standing wouldn't have worked.

The Norwegian buried ships, since they were repurposed as human tomb burials, had all that normal stuff removed in order to put up the deathbeds, tents, wagons, shields,  other offerings and dead people and animals in them and around them.

The wrecks sunk in the mouth of the fjord at Roskilde in Denmark were stripped of their stuff beforehand.

The contemporary Bayeux tapestry from France of the 11th Century seems to show every one standing up, but they aren't rowing.

Thank you, Ed. Those look pretty swell. There's also a need for 1/64 Olafs and Erics. If I were Belcher I'd make those a combined casting.

 

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, March 15, 2021 11:31 PM

It rests in the care of my friend Edwin, who collects Iron Age history. I should have thought of you. I may build another one yet.

 

Bill

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:33 AM

Very nice!!

I can't wait to get mine on the bench.  Got to finish the two projects on the bench and clean and resurface it.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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