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John Ruy

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About John Ruy

  • Birthday 03/11/1953

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    Biddeford, Maine
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    Became interested in tall ship modeling when we moved to Maine from California and visited the Maine Coast Line. Explored the wonderful Maritime Museums here in Maine with a great history of ship building. Love exploring all of the New England searching out wonderful local sites and history.

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  1. Glad to see you back at it, Bob… She’s looking good, onwards one line at a time. 🍻 So much to do and so little time left. LOL 😂 I hear you… Don’t let those Rats get in your rat lines. John
  2. Congratulations 👏 Soldering requires lots of practice as well as technique and the right equipment. Can’t wait to see your success displayed on your bluenose. I’m sure we all struggle to get it right and continue relearning as we go. I know I do… 😆 John
  3. Thanks again Greg, I did the same, looks like 6 total all on the Bow Sprit rigging. I also looked up Galvanizing, invented in the late 1800s, so I’m pretty sure the turnbuckles would be galvanized to deter rusting. I’ll dab a bit of aluminum paint on the copper eyelets and I’ll be all set. I probably need to paint all of the belaying pins as well. 😆
  4. Yep… I believe the 1921 Bluenose would have had galvanized steel. At 1/16” OD it might be a bit over scale, but I think it looks good. I’ll have to search out the detail to find out how many more I will need to make up. John
  5. Turnbuckles… I used 1/16” OD Aluminum tubing and copper wire to build dummy turnbuckles. There is no mention of turnbuckles in the instructions. I wanted to try to add this detail and tried to get them small enough to be of proper scale. 😆 Used needle file to cut both sides of tubing. Used Copper wire to fit through the tubing. Turnbuckle body is held in place with a touch of CA glue. Bobstays placed Cheers 🍻
  6. Jumbo Jib Stay… For all stays I am using the kit supplied .021” cotton/ploy line (WP1210) For the lashing I am using .18 monofilament line purchased from HiSModel.com. Lashed up the Stay (including downhaul block to the Jumbo Jib Stay Bail previously placed. Completed rigging the Jumbo Job Stay Bridle to attach the Stay to the Fore Mast. Jumbo Jib Stay completed. Next up is the Bow Sprit rigging, so I can continue placement of the Forward Stays. Cheers 🍻
  7. Bob, I airbrushed Model Expo MS 4814 Hull Copper Red and sealed it with Rust-oleum Semi-Gloss Clear. I liked the way it came out. John
  8. You might try these… https://www.ebay.com/itm/155905560329?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=us0rbE0ISEa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=saHjlWAtSV-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  9. WOW! I didn’t know you had this waiting in the wings when I walked in on your Pegasus build a few months ago. Glad to see you have sued her off and are going to finish her. Looks NICE… 👍 I’ll pull up a chair and ride along. Good Luck finding all your parts. John
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