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Your Connie is brilliant Mike glad you do remember me, live on the Island now so one day we will meet up but until then will be watching your fantastic HMS Agamemnon Regards Richard

Very nice progress Lazy Saint 👍 Regards Richard

Great progress Phil 👍 Regards Richard

Brilliant job for your first time rigging a ship you must be very pleased well done Mugje Regards Richard

Hi Mike, Just wondering if you remember me, Richard from Calgary, was on a forum with you when I was building my Endeavour and you were building your Connie I think this was back around 2004/2005 could have been before this as well hope all is well with yourself and family. Here is a picture you sent me dated March 2005, love to see a finished ship are there pictures on this site? Also did get to visit Whitehorse back in 2012 when my wife and I visited Anchorage Alaska on our Motorbike, sorry did not know how to contact you would have loved to meet up. Here are couple of pic's of your lovely place I do like how your Agamemnon is coming along got to get back on mine. Regards Richard

Hi John thank you for your post, did not use treenails just glued each plank along edges very carefully, if you look at the pictures above (the one I posted of the first Bluenose and the other which Rick posted) you don't really see the treenails some people put them in and others don't. Paint which is on there is primer, top coat will be a Copper/Red. Which Bluenose do you have? If you look in the Nautical research Guild you will find a Bluenose Practicum which has a lot of info hope this helps. Again thanks for looking in Regards Richard

Nice progress Phil they looked fiddly to do 👍 Regards Richard

Great canvas for the 2nd planking, like the way the tapering of the planks went 👍 Regards Richard

Hi Rick, Just to clarify, on post #32 I made the tool/blade to make the groove in the coamings for stern cabin, hatches for deck, Forward companionway and Forward Cabin skylight on the deck I needed a very small groove. I cut the cove in the plank which you have shown with picture above (I think this is what you mean) with my Byrnes table saw From looking at the picture you posted you can see the stern is different from the picture I posted so you might not need to change the AL Bluenose 11 Regards Richard

Coming along nicely Phil, here are a couple more of my pic's from the inside looking out at the Bowsprit thought you might like to see Regards Richard

Thanks very much Mugje she is look quite good, I am very pleased with the way she has gone together seeing this is my second wood frame ship. Thanks Dave hope the build will help in anyway, regarding your question here is how I made the slits for chainplates Traced the top rail from the drawings marking the slit, transferred tracing to cap rail, the chain rail is .016" thick so I used a .016" drill and drilled two holes in each slit (taking great care to make sure I didn't drill into plank), then used a #11 blade very carefully remove some of the wood in between the holes I had drilled, then I took a 4" swiss file and ground sides to the size of slit, on one flat side I ground it down to the thickness of just under .016" thick and then I carefully filed slit so that I could get the chainplate to go through. It was quite time consuming but it did work for me, Hi Rick we will see another Bluenose in the horizon yeah, I have no idea what the AL kit is like but you will find the Bluenose 11 is different than the first Bluenose, I have also bought the book Bluenose 11 Saga of the great fishing schooner by LB Jensen great book, but you will see that the deck hatches, cabins etc are different between each one, also not sure why the stern is more square than the original Bluenose, anyway hope you will have fun building her just as I am with mine, attached below picture of Bluenose 1921 this pictures is to show stern if this is not allowed please delete. The bottom I prime painted with a mix of floquil railway colours zinc chrome and red oxide will be painting it copper red later, will have an update soon. Regards Richard

Made the lower shroud chain plates they are made so that they can be pinned to hull, and also got the lower hull prime painted Until next time Regards Richard

Your start on the rigging is coming out great Mugje 👍 Regards Richard

Hi Jeff thanks a lot not the pretties but did get what I wanted. Regards Richard

Did a test on wood and yes the Tung oil will be used once I glue all deck pieces and thanks very much for your kind words. Regards Richard

Take your time it will look perfect once complete Regards Richard

The ship is starting to take shape nice fit up Mark 👍 Regards Richard

Thought I would show a few more pictures of the coamings, the small grove in each I made with a tool I made up. Next up I have built the Bowsprit, Bowsprit bits, Samson post, Windlass & Counter Shaft, Jumbo Jib Boom Crutch and last the engine and clutch cover boxes Bowsprit I made from a square piece of wood and filed, sanded to shape, note bottom of Bowsprit is straight and tapers on top Made the Batterns for Jib stops and just pined these for now will glue once I mount, wont be able to go through hole Here are some pic's of the Counter shaft assembly and Jumbo jib boom crutch And this is how it all looks REgards Richard

Thanks Mark a lot of filing planks to shape but the end result I do like. Thanks Michael I was thinking of using one or the other of these, what do you think, also thinking of Danish Oil Regards Richard

Making good progress Lazy Saint, guns would look good black, but it is your ship you chose 😉 Here are a couple of my pictures I took when I last saw her hope this helps your decision Regards Richard

Thanks again everyone for all the likes do appreciate very much 👍 Made all the coamings for hatch, cabin skylight and companionway as per drawings and installed onto supports I had added, made the nibbing strake for the fore deck and made deck planking from kit supplied wood 1/16" thick trial fitted before gluing, each plank I ran a 2B pencil along on side to show caulking once laid. Fore deck runs parallel to the center line and stops at the step then planks taper on the quarter deck Once this was done did a very light sanding of deck Regards Richard

Thanks Micheal took my time doing it and it paid off, working with smaller lengths works a treat. Regards Richard

Love the extra detail you are adding. Regards Richard

Coming along brilliantly Mugje Regards Richard

Very nice carving Phil, have done a little bit myself but I use boxwood it does not splinter as bad as basswood. Thought you might like these two pictures I took back in 2004 Regards Richard