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 Hi all just had my delivery of Wasa by Corel . This ship is the one I have always wanted to get  I will be building this when I am waiting for packs of the Sol to turn up  Had a quick look in the box and wow lots and lots of castings and bulkheads plus a set of sails . I must admit I am really buzzing to get going on this trouble is I have just changed job and on two days training for elf and safety  but will hopefully post some pics tomorrow of the grand opening of the box  Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Your like a kid in a sweet shop  can`t wait to see your build start Martyn  regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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The two 'bible" ref books for Wasa...
"Vasa I - The Archaelogy of a Swedish Warship of 1628" by Carl Olof Cederlund, edited by Frederick Hocker (Fred Hocker is the current Wasa Museum Director of Vasa Research).
"The Royal Warship Vasa" - Bjorn Landstrom - This is by far the best book available though is long since out of print and genberally sells for silly money if you can find one.
Look forward to seeing how you get on Martyn, the Corel Wasa is based on the graphic reproductions published by the Board of the Museum. Tomick attached the following image(s):
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worse than that Phil can't wait to start Just had another look and there are lots of tiny castings of figures that are going to need painting oh my poor old eyes . In the instructions it says made with the co-operation with the wasa museum so hopefully will be quite accurate but I have Fred Hockers book on the Wasa so will be adding more details Cheers for looking in rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Cheers for the info Tom will have to look around the web for those books Looking forward to getting this started Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Vasa I on sale here..
http://www.oxbowbooks.co...%20Maritime%20Museum%29
There are a few copies of the Landstrom book out there, but all are over £100 and as high as £280 - found this one on eBay Oz for £105 which seems to be the cheapest at the moment..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...60f3:g:T0YAAOSwLVZVjOiW
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Martyn Nothing like getting your hands on that so wanted item. Hope you get a lot of pleasure from your new purchase and enjoy building it. Happy Modelling
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Cheers Tony I have wanted this kit for ages and looking forward to building it Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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 Ouch that's a bit steep but thanks for looking Tom  Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Hi Martyn. Will enjoy following this build the Vasa Museum is on my bucket list of things to do. Enjoy your build rgds Nige Building: Sovereign Of The Seas Reading About Everyone Elses Builds[/b]
Enjoy Making
Nige
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Will be following this one Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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You can guarantee I'll be stuck to your diary on this one Martyn, a fabulous looking ship and a great kit to get your hands on....You're going to get a great deal of pleasure building this one... good luck with it..... Regards Alan
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Looks like you've got a great kit there, looking forward to seeing it progress.
Graeme
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 Sorry I haven't posted any pictures but after two days of elf and safety my brain has totally collapsed  totally bored stupid but anyway on to something better . Had a look at the instructions and trying to understand the broken English I am slowly getting my head around them I think this is going to be one heck of a build as the lack of measurements and having to cross reference everything with the main plan will certainly be fun but I love a challenge Will post pics tomorrow promise rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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First pictures of the contents of the box lots of castings planks and shaped wood also a full size plan and sub assembly's Hi all I am on my day off so have started putting this kit together and boy is this thing fighting me  I will do a warts and all report on this kit and the first thing is Corel can't use a rule as every slot is to small ie 5mm ply into a 4.5 slot so every one has to be filled to get a snug fit  Next problem there is a 10+10mm rod witch I think is designed to help hold the bulkheads at 90 deg but they can't get that right as the slots they fit in are to small and two are out of line on No 4 - 7 bulkheads so you can't slip them in  so it's back to filing and cursing come on Mr Corel how can you let that happen Any way I have managed to glue up the bulkheads and dry fitted the deck to keep it all lined up Next thing to do is learn Italian so I can understand the parts list as the instructions are in sort of English but the list is in Italian rgd Martyn Martyn Ingram attached the following image(s): Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Am sure that Jack Aubrey would pleased to assist with the Italian..
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Thanks Tom I will pm him and see if he can help Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Great start, looks a quality kit and like the idea they supply blue veneer strips, far better than paint
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Martyn A few niggles but sure you will overcome them. If your list is not too long you could try google and type "translate "whatever the word is" to English". Had similar issues on some mamoli pkans a while back. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Thanks for the feedback guys Hi Tom the quality of the wood and castings is top notch but the instructions are a bit lacking certainly not a kit for a beginner Cheers Tony I think I have been spoilt by the quality of the fit you get with Deag kits but I like a challenge so onwards and upwards Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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