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MRJG got a reaction from Omega1234 in Bluenose by MRJG - Model Shipways
Today did as DBorgens suggested, put pieces of ply on Keel, then cut my rabbit/bearding, and then assembled the keel and Bulk heads.
Now as I was reading the forums and reading the booklet and also looking at the prints, I was starting to feel a little intimidated from knowing I had to cut a Rabbit and bearding, but as I thought as how I was going to do this I started to feel a little confident, as a thought came to me thinking heck what do I have to lose this is why I started on the Bluenose and joined the NRG... It was to learn and to learn to make display models so I jumped in and went to town, I was proud that the cutting turned out ok and wasn't as hard as I thought.
Tomorrow I'll attack the aft assembly and also put some more reinforcment in as DBorgens suggests.
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MRJG got a reaction from gjdale in Bluenose by MRJG - Model Shipways
Today did as DBorgens suggested, put pieces of ply on Keel, then cut my rabbit/bearding, and then assembled the keel and Bulk heads.
Now as I was reading the forums and reading the booklet and also looking at the prints, I was starting to feel a little intimidated from knowing I had to cut a Rabbit and bearding, but as I thought as how I was going to do this I started to feel a little confident, as a thought came to me thinking heck what do I have to lose this is why I started on the Bluenose and joined the NRG... It was to learn and to learn to make display models so I jumped in and went to town, I was proud that the cutting turned out ok and wasn't as hard as I thought.
Tomorrow I'll attack the aft assembly and also put some more reinforcment in as DBorgens suggests.
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MRJG got a reaction from dgbot in Bluenose by MRJG - Model Shipways
Today did as DBorgens suggested, put pieces of ply on Keel, then cut my rabbit/bearding, and then assembled the keel and Bulk heads.
Now as I was reading the forums and reading the booklet and also looking at the prints, I was starting to feel a little intimidated from knowing I had to cut a Rabbit and bearding, but as I thought as how I was going to do this I started to feel a little confident, as a thought came to me thinking heck what do I have to lose this is why I started on the Bluenose and joined the NRG... It was to learn and to learn to make display models so I jumped in and went to town, I was proud that the cutting turned out ok and wasn't as hard as I thought.
Tomorrow I'll attack the aft assembly and also put some more reinforcment in as DBorgens suggests.
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MRJG reacted to DBorgens in Bluenose by MRJG - Model Shipways
Welcome!
Bluenose is a great kit for your first build.
A couple of suggestions. One, glue a piece of thin sheet (1/32 ply works best) over the joints in the keel before framing. This will help stiffen the keel. Two, I added blocks at the aft side of frame N to stiffen the keel. I cracked mine there as have many others. At least wood is very forgiving of our mistakes.
Do check out some of the Bluenose and other build logs here, they were a big help to me.
Do not hesitate to ask questions here, a lot of friendly builders want everyone to succeed.
Dave B
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MRJG got a reaction from Nirvana in Bluenose by MRJG - Model Shipways
Today did as DBorgens suggested, put pieces of ply on Keel, then cut my rabbit/bearding, and then assembled the keel and Bulk heads.
Now as I was reading the forums and reading the booklet and also looking at the prints, I was starting to feel a little intimidated from knowing I had to cut a Rabbit and bearding, but as I thought as how I was going to do this I started to feel a little confident, as a thought came to me thinking heck what do I have to lose this is why I started on the Bluenose and joined the NRG... It was to learn and to learn to make display models so I jumped in and went to town, I was proud that the cutting turned out ok and wasn't as hard as I thought.
Tomorrow I'll attack the aft assembly and also put some more reinforcment in as DBorgens suggests.
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MRJG got a reaction from Dansweeney in Bluenose by MRJG - Model Shipways
Today I started on my first ship build "The Bluenose I", I recieved the kit on September 10 2015. It is the kit from Model-Expo the 1/64 scale MS2030. I am excited to get started... I started with putting the keel together, there are three pieces that make up the keel with this kit that needs to be assembled and set over night for the glue to cure, then putting a bearding line and a rabbit line that needs trimming/cutting.. as of now the keel is sitting glued together till tomorrow, I'll try to keep up with photos as I build her.
I would appreciate any and all comments as I keep up with building, so please give me all helpful tips and comments.
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