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some pictures to show some of where I am at now. Some details and overall how it's looking.

also the detail picture on the foremast, I made the rings and hinge out of flat brass and a bit of brass wire as close as I could to the plans.   for the smaller rings I used black construction paper in place of metal.  but the larger rings are blackened brass.

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Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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G'day there, Zaabe here.

Like the build of the Bluenose.

Have one question. Can you tell me the rake angle for the two masts and is it measured from the decks or from a horizontal line eg, waterline. If this is so is the ship mounted such that the keel is parallel to the horizontal or is it set up such that the keel has a slope as it does when mounted. Hope this makes sense.

Regards,

Zaabe

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Very nice work on your kit, sje is a pleasure to look at! I look forward to following the rest of your build!

 

Cheers,

Tim

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thank you all for the comments, sorry I just saw them so I will reply now.

 

I got the bug to start the  hull on the Fair American so I have this on hold till I get the bug to finish it :-)

 

the masts are not fixed right now, they are in the holes and free to move a bit, the final placement is very much a 90 degree angle I think.

 

I hope to get more finished on this one before too long.   

Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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I have a question about this ship. I am new on here and This is my first build, and im doing the model shipwasys bluenose. Now, after the stern blocks go on the instructions tell you to put on the quater frames and to carve a peice for the tumble home to a fake stanchion. I can see this on the plans as well, but there are no specifics. What do i use to carve it? What are the dimensions? it just doesnt tell you anything. I know about the practicum by bob hunt, but i have hard time wanting to dish out that much money for a practicum.

 

Jake

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Hello all, well a job change and a move and other stuff kept me away for a long time.... I am on my way back to finishing this stuff.

Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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One thing I look back on at this point is that *IF* a kit was made that was just a little larger scale then there is a lot of detail that could be done on this ship.

I did some soldering of some of the metal rings that mount the upper mast and the eyes and I made the rings and hinge for the one spar/boom that the plans show but at the size of the MS kit they are darn hard to do.

 

after I get some other stuff done possibly in say another 2 years at the speed things have been going (I hope not as slow this next year)

I could be tempted to get a fresh kit and work out a re-sizing of it to  a new scale....  kind of a scratch build based on the plans from MS I guess.

 

AT 1:64   it's a fair size I wonder how big it would be at 1:48 ??   like not double -- 33% larger ?

Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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Correct - 1:48 would be 33% larger.  I'd love to see what you could do at that scale.  The MS plans have lots of details that could be brought out at that scale!

 

Bob

Current build -- MS Bluenose

Future build - MS Flying Fish

 

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." - William G. T. Shedd

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A quick note:   I was in an apartment when I started building the ships, that did not give me much room for tools and parts and such.

then last year I started a new job across town so I was also driving for over an hour and a half every day plus 8 hours work.

 

now I have a town house with a garage and I am getting my tools and such setup where I will have a lot more room to work and I now live 5 minutes form work.

 

so now I am getting all the tools back to where I can find them and found my sheets of plans and bins of the blocks and rigging.

 

I hope that by the end of January bluenose will be finished and I can get to my other kits!

well really I hope faster than that but we shall see how it goes.

Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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I'll be watching also!

 

I know just how disruptive any move can be.

I am just getting use to where all my toys... I mean tools are stashed now

Alan O'Neill
"only dead fish go with the flow"   :dancetl6:

Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class

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Main mast standing rigging done, getting ready to start attaching the masts to the hull and tie down the shrouds

Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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Well the masts are now mounted half the deadeyes and chainplates are mounted, soon this will be done and I can start my fair American build.

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Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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Finally have all the deadeyes ready and now attaching the shroud eyes to the ones on the hull

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Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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Shrouds and standing rigging done, now for ratlines and running rigging.

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Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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Short break today I took the model off the base so that I could sand and finish the base, it had been covered with blue masking tape. Took that off last week but  did not take it apart till today.

Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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She looks great, nice work.

I'll be looking forward to watching your progress

 

  All the best in 2015.

 

Matija

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In another post you mentioned blocks and deadeyes from Syren. Did you opt to get them, or are you satisfied with those that came with the kit? Myself, I'm sort of a basher, but I like to make improvements that please me and don't cost too much. Blocks and deadeyes from Syren seem to be a reasonable cost. What are your thoughts about that?

 

John

"Anything can be made to work if you don't fiddle with it too much."
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Lakers, I used the kit block. If I was going to do this today I would use the siren blocks, but I had started this a while back and wanted to just finish what I had. I have learned a lot in this build and made several small errors in it that are part of the process of learning.

Holding at Rigging stage :

MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work

 

Building Hull :

MS Fair American 1:48

 

In the yard:  18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit

Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat

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