Looks Awesome, great idea. Did the Vikings actually have big hangars like this?
In our timeline, Iām pretty sure our historical vikings did not. Take a look at recreated longhouses in Iceland and Norway, and at lāAnse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.
But on the other hand, itās pretty clear that the vikings in the timeline pictured above, did in fact have large post-and-beam-construction barns in which to create their fleets, safe from the vagaries of the weather outdoors. 
Interesting. One would think that they had to protect a ship from the elements in some way during construction. Obviously they were able to make the shipās wood extremely weather and water proof for the harsh northern weather conditions.
Real or not,your barn looks believable, and thatās all that matters for sucessfull concept art.
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I do recall reading some article about āancient shipyards,ā and some of the archaeological investigations of those sites. It is, indeed, quite clear that ships were constructed in protected buildings with access to water. (The workers needed protection from the elements, and they probably wanted to be sure that things remained dry during certain stages of the work.) But I donāt know what details of their construction could be discerned from what remains.
Anyhow ā this is a marvelously detailed model. (As might have been the actual ships ā¦)
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If you run across a link, Iād love to see more info.
Iāve watched some documentaries (link?) where modern folks are building long-ships in traditional styles with traditional tools. They are working outdoors. The wood is usually oak, which apparently splits quite straightly for āinstant boardsā ā no need for a sawmill. The split boards are radial, so thinner towards the center of the treeā¦ the thin triangular cross-section lends itself to the overlapping ship-lap construction. After construction (in the documentaries) they take them out to sea for proof of seaworthiness. If Iām not mistaken, I believe there have been 1 or 2 trans-Atlantic crossing in the last 2 or 3 decades: Scandinavia to at least Newfoundland.
In general, these ships are very light for their size, and flex a lot. There is not nearly as much heavy interior bracing as was seen during the later āAge of Explorationā ātall shipsā. The whole thing is effectively an overgrown canoe.
As far as protecting the ship from the weather ā observe the North Atlantic (itās full of weather, much of it rather unpleasant). Vikings sailed these ships in all kinds of weather, and open to the weather. The bottom is in constant contact with salt-water, and top receives salt-spray (it gets everywhere) and rain, depending. To protect from the elements an object, whose entire reason for existence is to be in contact with the elements, seems like a āfirst world problemā to me. 
Fun fact: the poem āRime of the Ancient Marinerā ā Rime is not an obscure mispelling of Rhyme (as in āpoetryā). Rime is crusted salt-spray. It gets on everything at sea, and in my experience has at the same time a sort of greasy-crunchy feel to it. āOld Saltsā, being old sailors are āSaltsā because they are literally covered in saltā¦ at least until the next rainstorm.
The fore and aft ādragonsā (or fore dragon head and aft dragon tail) are separately carved from the keel and main construction, and just fitted into mortices. The single mast is seated in a footer, and held upright purely by ropes (rigging). When the head + tail + mast are removed, much of the vertical dimension disappearsā¦ so even if someone did make a barn in which to build such a ship, it would only need to have a 5-7m high ceiling.
Camps are sometimes discovered as 1-3 "boat-shaped rock-foundations ā the boat itself would be hauled ashore and inverted onto the foundation for a make-shift roof to a quick longhouse, to over-winter if necessary.
Read the Icelandic Saga Database. Thereās not a lot of information on actual ship-building, but ships and their usage do appear in some of the sagas. If you read 2 or 3 of these, you may come away with the impression (as I did) that they were making tougher people back in the day. Not the sort of people who were afraid of a little weather. 
Edit: don't take anything I say too seriously. I read some stuff, but what do I know? :)
Thatās awesome. You can feel the excitement building as the time comes to take it out on itās first run.
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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!
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thank you!
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Why notā¦ ??
One of the longest viking house ( 83m ):
https://www.historytools.org/stories/secrets-of-the-vikings-inside-the-largest-longhouse-ever-found
biggest viking ship ever found 37m (Roskilde 6)
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thank you Bart!
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Love the mood, the atmosphere, the carvings.
Looks great
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Composition and lighting are superb, I like how the face of the subject close to the camera is hidden so you focus on the boat pattern, amazing work I love it! great attention to detail.
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