ArnoldAmbrose Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Gidday @Marklo, she looks great with her bottom painted. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 It floats, couldn’t resist testing it Another coat of paint I’ll probably finish it with oils. A bit more cleanup then I need to plank the inside and probably make a stand. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Brilliant . Hagar will be pleased Martin H 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 I made a stand, no not against Bertie a wooden one Even more disturbing the hull fits!!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 45 minutes ago, Marklo said: I made a stand, no not against Bertie a wooden one Even more disturbing the hull fits!!! Very nice. I'd like a scroll saw too but I can't justify the expense. I have a fretsaw and that will have to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelKrypton Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Very nice. It is really starting to look like a Norse longship. cheers Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 May I put in; if you are doing Dragons heads. They were removable and sometimes carried into battle, ala the French Eagle of the Napoleonic Wars period. If not into battle the Dragons heads were dismounted and remounted at the door of the leader's longhouse. The weather vane atop the mast was also dismounted and carried into battle, as a rallying point for the ship's crew 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said: I'd like a scroll saw too but I can't justify the expense. I got mine in LIDL for €89 last year it’s more than paid for itself since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 Deck cut and dry fitted There seem to be several styles of interior for longships. I’ve decided that this is the setup I’m going to follow, not sure it’s completely correct but it is something I’m capable of building. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 The crew sat on their own personal treasure boxes as they rowed So You have a lot of boxes to make, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Marklo said: That's very interesting. Putting the deck planking between the frames instead of over them would be so much easier, although there would have to be compensating longitudinal stiffening under there somewhere. Maybe that flipping great tree goes all the way to the ends? 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Black Knight said: The crew sat on their own personal treasure boxes as they rowed So You have a lot of boxes to make, Not to mention shields they hung over the side and of course oars. Still, if you make boxes you probably don't have to make thwarts (seats). Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Black Knight said: You have a lot of boxes to make, That’s one arrangement I’ve seen I’ll be resin casting if I go that way, another is a pair of front to back beams that each rower straddled, yet another is an open rib that each rower sat on. Option one two is probably the easiest option one makes sense. Still to makeup me mind. Next step will be to score the deck and skin the interior of the hull. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, PeterB said: Still, if you make boxes you probably don't have to make thwarts (seats). That’s my thinking too but I’ll still have to make around thirty oars, shields and boxes. Blue stuff and resin I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberDaveToo Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Marklo said: Deck cut and dry fitted There seem to be several styles of interior for longships. I’ve decided that this is the setup I’m going to follow, not sure it’s completely correct but it is something I’m capable of building. I'm just wondering how you intend to fashion that golden bell: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, UberDaveToo said: I'm just wondering how you intend to fashion that golden bell: Which bit is that exactly? the deck scored and with some rib detail added. Starting on the big wooden thing in the middle A lot of cutting, fitting and fiddling and I have this. Not entirely sure if the hole for the mast is in the middle, but not too difficult to correct if it’s not. Some capping strips on the gunwales and a coat of flat brown. The mast hole is central btw. Edited February 4, 2023 by Marklo 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 21 minutes ago, Marklo said: the big wooden thing in the middle I'm not sure what the Norsemen called it but I've seen similar structures on 19 century boats which both held the mast and had an option to lie it down - they were called tabernacles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberDaveToo Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, Marklo said: 4 hours ago, UberDaveToo said: I'm just wondering how you intend to fashion that golden bell: Which bit is that exactly? I guess you haven't seen that flick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Bertie McBoatface said: I'm not sure what the Norsemen called it but I've seen similar structures on 19 century boats which both held the mast and had an option to lie it down - they were called tabernacles. According to the Osprey Vanguard book "Viking Longships" they called the lower part of it the "Kjerringa" which is old norse for "The Crone" - we would call it the keelson. That was a socket that supported the bottom of the mask below the deck, and the "humped" bit above the deck that provided further support was called a "mast partner" or mast fish" apparently due to its shape. Useful book! Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, UberDaveToo said: guess you haven't seen that flick... Well it’s certainly not ringing a bell, errrr Edited February 4, 2023 by Marklo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberDaveToo Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 45 minutes ago, Marklo said: Well it’s cern ringing a bell, errrr Richard Widmark, and Sidney Poitier, what's not to love? ...Anyway, I meant to mention, "my Barque is worse than my Bight," outstanding wordplay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 36 minutes ago, UberDaveToo said: my Barque is worse than my Bight Somebody finally noticed it thank you. Edited February 4, 2023 by Marklo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 16 hours ago, Marklo said: Somebody finally noticed it thank you. Oh we all noticed at Mark. We just didn't laugh. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said: We just didn't laugh. 😂 What’s the world coming to when people don’t laugh at my convoluted puns…. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) The cap strips on the gunwhales are almost finished, might need a tiny bit of filling and shaping. I need to add the uprights for the ribs next and that’s the interior pretty much done. Then it’s in to the mast and sail, oars, chests etc. and of course a nice dragons head for the front. And a bit of light relief one of my favourite tracks by one of my favourite bands and it’s thematically appropriate too. Edited February 5, 2023 by Marklo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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