John Ruy
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Sails… Carefully trace all sails from drawings. Cut out sail leaving 1/4” to fold over the edge. I use a muslin material purchased at a fabric store. The Kit supplied sail cloth is usually too heavy. Fold the 1/4” edge seam and iron it flat for sewing. Trim corner to lay flat before sewing. Edge seams sewn 1/8” from the edge. Trim the under side, fray check the fabric edges and iron out flat. Mark up seams with water soluble ink pen. (fine point) Sew seams including those for reef points. Main Sail sewn and ready for additional details. Bolt rope, reef point ropes and corner rings. Remaining sails cut out ready for sewing. Fore Sail Stay Sail Main Top Sail Fore Top Sail Jumbo Jib Jib Sail Balloon Jib All Sails sewn and ready for details to be added. Cheers 🍻
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You are welcome Greg…. We all have those that inspire us and those we hope to inspire here on MSW. MSW is a great place to grow and thrive in this hobby. It’s a great community no matter the skill level, beginner to master. 😎 Cheers 🍻
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Greg, Very Nice progress. Great spars, a very important piece has been accomplished with great skill and patience. One more step closer to the finish line. Steady as she goes… Good job. 👍
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The Hull continued… Completed cutting out 26 Bulkheads for the hull framing. Bow bulkheads will need some serious faring prior to hull planking. Before planking I will need to install two cantilevered Beams through the transom. These will support the Paddel Wheel. Just getting started… Cheers 🍻
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Agreed… POF is the way to go, I still have some spot filling and sanding to do here. Many more coats of paint. 😜
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Painting the hull continues… Spot putty and sanding prior to color coats… Painted hull semi gloss black and masked off water line in preparation for Hull Copper Red below the Water line. Air Brushed the Hull Copper Red… Color coats complete, still needs some touch up prior to finishing with Semi Gloss Clear Coat. Cheers 🍻
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Excellent… 👏 Nice work Ron, your hard work has paid off. It’s been quite the journey, Job well done. 👍 John
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Nice work on the soldering, the hardware is the toughest part of this build. She is looking really good. 👍
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Standing Rigging continued… Shackles easy as 1 2 3… Jib Stay completed… Pullback Stay and Spring Stay completed… Flying Backstays and Main Topmast Stay Completed… Standing Rigging Complete. Ready to start sewing Sails. Cheers 🍻
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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
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Soldering Success.... Finally!
John Ruy replied to GGibson's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
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 -
Bow Sprit… Guys and Back Ropes… Foot Ropes… Stirrups… Job Stops… Bow Sprit Rigged, now on to Jib Stays. Onwards 🍻
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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. 😆
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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
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Thanks…. Should they be painted black or aluminum to represent Galvanized Steel?
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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 🍻
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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 🍻
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Looking good Greg…
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That looks good, I’d say you have got a good start there. 🍻
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