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One more day
All the Viking ship armatures are now welded. Every piece (23 per ship) has been sent off to the galvanizers to get its shine coat of zinc. So far we only have enough back to build one and a half halves of the ship.
Ship shaped
Yesterday and today were busy days as the crew worked hard to sculpt the skin of half of the first Viking ship hull. Those many weeks of preparation made the sculpting process straightforward. The hull now looks bigger than ever! The second half of the hull will be ready for sculpting early next week – about the same time we’ll begin the painting of the first half.
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Heads or tails?
With the cutting, fitting and welding on the Viking ships now behind us we can concentrate on the sculpting at last. Today that work began on the first Viking ship beginning with the head and tail of the keel and the shields which hang on the side of the ship’s hull. Things went well and we begin the actual hull of the ship tomorrow. While the crew sculpted I spent the day with our client on the next project
Last weld on Viking ship structure!
Just before quitting time today we did the last weld on the second Viking ship. It’s been nine weeks of cutting, fitting, welding and grinding to get the structures of this project done. There’s still little bits of welding on the dragon keel for the front plus some stands and pallets for shipping but that won’t take long. We still have to send the rest of the pieces to the galvanizer but one half of the first ship is now ready for sculpting and the rest won’t be far behind
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