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Glad to hear eye surgery was and astounding success Keith is there many recommendation on what/not to do? Regards Richard

Hi Gary thanks very much for your nice comment, build is coming along slowly, probably should not have started the Victory 🤔 might have been finished. Putting all these small pieces I made together is making me think what jig would work to help me hold while I fit very small pins/bolts or nuts. Hope to see some of your brilliant workmanship in the near future. Regards Richard

Just spent some time looking at you brilliant build Nils, I see you like the brass work as well 👍 Regards Richard

Thanks very much Hamilton have made most things from scratch, use box wood for all the deck furniture, masts were made from cherry supplied wood is way to soft, scratch worked many things with brass, drawings are great to work with and the Bluenose is such a lovely fishing schooner, its been to fun to build. Regards Richard

Hi Keith, regarding your question, the scroll on the bow around the hawse pipe will have the scroll I have made out of .018" brass wire, still have to paint them. The scroll on the name board I painted by hand was thinking of doing them out of brass, I think they tuned out ok. Regards Richard

To continue on the update I spray painted the Jumbo boom crutch, Riding bitts, Engine box then hand painted the windlass chain/wood welps then proceeded to put it together with quadrants, quadrant links and Rocker, did make a rough little jig to hold parts while I installed shackles. Then using the 1/12 motorbike chain I had mention back when I machined the gears I file the chain down so it looked like the size it should be, after that I sprayed it black. Bought some 1/64 scale fishermen from Vanguard Models which are brilliant here's couple of pic's so that you can see how big these gears were. Next was to install the steering linkage to the rudder, the steering box still needs to be painted. last pic added the three circles between name on stern, still need to paint the cabin housing but did spray paint the Liverpool head and Dreadnaught head. Until next time. Regards Richard

Thanks Dave we had our Thanks giving a while back, but you have a great thanks giving and hope you have a great weekend. Regards Richard

This is going to be another very interesting build to follow along Keith, just looking at all the parts in the engine room , also hope you have a quick recovery on your eye surgery 👍 Regards Richard

Been working on the Victory and kept looking over at the Bluenose and felt it was well due for an update, 1y 2m since last one 🤔 So thought I would start with getting the name and scroll work on a black board, used Clover House dry transfers, Railroad Roman Condensed Bold - yellow which I think was the closest to the drawing. Scroll work I hand painted, do think I should have left a bit more space between letters or letters could have been smaller. Now the stern name plate was white, did try dry transfers but failed miserably, so started to make a decal, used word to make this but had quite a few rejects. Tried Inkjet printing first, printing was fine used Experts Choice white decal film for inkjet, then followed the instructions to cover the decal with Microscale Liquid Decal film then let it dry for a couple of days. Then went to put decal on the model once I left in water for 45 seconds the ink just peel off the decal leaving more of a white space, so kept trying and could not get it to work (this was the first time making decals) so went on you-tube and one guy was saying you should use a Laser printer, so went and bought a laser printer then had to get white decal film for laser printer. So for me this worked yeah The three white rings to be done later. To be continued. Regards Richard

Hi Wefalck, No did not file each link just removed about .007" each side by holding chain in a jig, it did make a difference. Regarding straps for deadeyes, these were made one by one first drill the holes using a jig I made, then I marked the shape with a pencil then used my Turbo Carver with a diamond bit I removed by eye free hand to my pencil mark, did not remove a small bit so that I could finish off final shape with file, again free hand. Best regards Richard

Thanks Mark

Hi Wefaick Not sure how to link my build but if you go to page 10 and look down 3 or 4 wip you will find mine, do have to do an update. Regards Richard

Hi Keith now have painted the chain but before I did I filed the chain down a bit and now it looks a lot better. Best regards Richard

Hi Jan, do have this picture and got the chain to look a little like it now. Regards Richard

Thanks Dave

Thanks a lot Bob and Nils I will update my blog once I paint it. Regards Richard

Thanks Keith will paint the chain and give some weathering and will see if will appear smaller. Regards Richard

Looking to see if anyone has a drawing, pictures, or better still drawing with dimensions of a Link Belt, which went between sprocket on Boom Crutch to counter shaft stand sprocket on Bluenose 1920 On my WIP here on MSW, back in May 2020 I machined the sprockets and then in post 205 I said I made sprockets to fit a 1/12 scale motor bike chain, well have mounted it now and I think it looks to big, so thinking do I build the Link Belt 🤔 Regards Richard

One heck of a model Robert, brilliantly done 👍 Regards Richard

Good job Tim 👍 Regards Richard

Hi Craig now we have trucks with eight bolt holes 🤔 Regards Richard

Good drawing Gary thanks for sharing, but look where the guns are, not in the middle of gun port? Regards Richard

Hi Allan, From the A.R. Bugler book, the trucks 18" dia and 16" dia were made from two pieces of 3" thk cross-grained curly English Elm, turned on a lathe then bolted together with six iron clench bolts so that the grain ran right angle to the other. Regards Richard

Very nice model Richard, that last picture is brilliant. Regards Richard

Coming along brilliantly Tom, looks like it was easier to do the rigging of the yards before installing masts 👍 Regards Richard