viking ship

steve5

in the 3rd picture down , you will notice the bottom oar is way bent . any ideas on how to straighten it please .

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.]

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.

Hey Steve, cool project. Excited to see this come together. 

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

I find a small heatgun less risky.  Also, if you can, clamp it straight before applying heat.

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.