Looking back it's been just a bit over a year since I had a ship in the dry dock with the Going Merry. Now I will be diving into something completely new a wooden ship kit. This is Amarti 1/50 Drakkar longship reviews show it's a good starter kit for those with no experience with wooden kits or modeling in general so hopefully I will be able to do something with it. Also I think you guys know me well enough by now that of course I would build a longship. I will also be using my resin 3D printer to make some extras for this. For starters something different for the bow not every Longship had a dragon head carved. Unless you was a very wealthy Jarl or king most of your fleet would more than likely have a simple curve and going into battle a animal skull such as a ram, deer or elk attached to it.
Starting with the kit, I will never complain about Dragon instructions again these are something special I don't know if it's just a wooden kit thing in general or this kit. Second wood glue compared to something like Tamiya extra thin, I like the extended work time but it's a lot slower build as you can only do little by little.
Getting to this ship now first thing I did, this is a older boxing of the kit and the newer ones come with a different stern spiral you can cut off and attach. Here is what the spiral looks like on the blue print.
So I spent about a hour carving out the spiral to something better.
I also got the false deck that you lay the planking down onto completely glued down and it's drying.
Next up will be planking the hull I'm going to say that will take at least a week since I want to make sure each strip is fully dry and in place before moving onto the next.
If anyone has any experience with wooden kits and can offer some advice I would appreciate that very much.
Thanks for looking in
SKOL!
Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
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Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
Welcome to SPAM’s new sub forum, SWAM- Scale Wooden Aquatic Modeling
This is gonna be a good one!
This is gonna be a good one!
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
Thank you Carlos, I'm not going to be abandoning plastic this has been fun and different so far but I know something bigger with tons of rigging isn't for me.
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
This will indeed be fun to watch. With balsa kits, CA is quite useful. May be of some use here...
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
Lyle and Bruce glad to have you guys along.
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
Certainly it is my pleasure. This will be fun.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
Interesting! I've never seen a WIP for a wooden model before.
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Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
It may not be my last wooden ship WIP I also have two tug boat kits that was also my Grandpas.
Got the first hull plank in place it's one of 20 (10 per side) my guess is I could possibly get two done a day one in place when I get home from work then another when I wake up before work.
Thanks everyone for following.
SKOL!
Got the first hull plank in place it's one of 20 (10 per side) my guess is I could possibly get two done a day one in place when I get home from work then another when I wake up before work.
Thanks everyone for following.
SKOL!
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
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Re: Floki's Shipyard 1/50 Drakkar
Following this one...
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn