Truly exceptional work. Design and build your own model of a Viking long ship, based of details from one found in the mud. Wow, truly gifted, and it looks great too.
Gokstad viking ship / WAK + scratch / upscaled to 1:48
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Thank you friends,
I finished modeling rudder and its holders:
Assembled holder attached to the hull:
I finished modeling rudder and its holders:
Assembled holder attached to the hull:
Rudder is ready too (comparison with original):
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Bigptr, you really got that rudder perfect. The rudder looks like a pin, but it is actually a knot from a thick rope , this is what allows the tiller man to steer the boat, which could not be done if the rudder had a straight pin. You probably knew this, but I have a couple of pictures that show how the know looked, and shows how the rudder could be steered, there was also a rope tied to the trailing bottom corner of the rudder, to life and lower it. I also found a really neat picture of a Viking rudder tiller handle. 
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Thank you for the picturres Zathros. This Viking rudder tiller handle is replica of Gokstad one. I am courious how much detail from this beautiful carvings I will be able to present on my model in 1:48 scale
This is the original:
This is the original:
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It would be pretty hard, your model is coming out so beautiful though. I doubt I'd let anyone that close to this model anyways!!
This is quickly becoming on of my favorite build threads. Your work on this Longboat is outstanding.