MajorChaos
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A 4mm star looks like a perfect fit. If I finish this BN the star will be a nice addition to the finish. It was worth an update…. Anyone want a star? I ordered 30, I’ll have 29 spares haha.
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Planking this little thing is much harder than it looks. I did try to keep it nice. A little sanding and some of it looks ok. The last plank looks like a lot of work…. Maybe below the paint line filler won’t show.
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A plank bender was a great investment. Micro Mark #60663. It worked great for edge bending. I’m still learning how to bend and shape curves. I’m trying to not handle the planks much when wet as they bend and mis form easy. This little boat is so much harder to build great than it looks. 8 lazy hours on 6 planks and 2 starting the bends. I need to work my way thru this one to rigging so I can learn some more of those skills to continue on the Bluenose.
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Well, I showed my wife my new hull and keel. “You started another one… ??” Went over like a lead ballon. I might have to finish one of the others before I continue. Opps. The beard line and rabbit look great!!
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@GGibson great advice. One of the reasons I started the bowspirit bitts was to get the bowspirit mounted/built/cut/formed. It can only go in one time and be finished. It does not look removable after more of the pieces are attached. Bob stay plates and chain plates are next to build. I’ve worked pretty hard to have the slots in place even thru the painting stages. My goal was to finish anything and everything below the main rail inside and out before I started working up. The Bluenose is parked and covered for now. I found another bag of small nails when I was cleaning up! Cleaning up and putting things away was a good thing lol.
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The detail is what made me want to start this one. Time to see what I’ve learned to do this hull even better 🤞🏻
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Another one begins. I really like the plans and detailed pieces for this one.
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@hamilton I enjoy the hull planking. The deck planking not as much. Shipping a completed model wouldn’t work well no matter how much packing and support. They get bounced like mad in a box. I’ve not done any deck structures or major rigging to know if I like it or not. Haha
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I think I like building hulls the most. Deck structure work doesn’t at the moment look like fun. I cleaned off my work space. I’ve about got the Ben Latham unpacked to start. The instructions and plans and pieces are everything the Bluenose is missing or falls short. Maybe I should make a deal with someone that doesn’t like hulls to take over building up. Haha
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I didn’t get any pictures of the resistive soldering setup. The last part that helped was paste solder. Using a soldering iron to bond these pieces was crazy hard. The resistive soldering method made quick work of it with the paste solder. Highly recommended. It will be useful many times over at certain stages. It’s extremely quick. The rudder is attached. With blackened parts. The hull is surprisingly sturdy, it was somewhat a violent process. I’ve looked at the deck structure plans all day. I guess I’ll just have to start and see where it goes. There is a large number of wood sticks left and the plans seem to say, build it however you want, with what ever wood you want. It’s clear why there are a large number of Bluenose logs unfinished. Maybe it’s time to dock this project and see what I can do to wrap up the other 3 in work. The cutout sheets I made when doing the main rail work worked good for deck structure location planning. I did rough out some parts for the Samson post, bowspirit bitts and platform, I could figure out what it was made of at least. Maybe build what I can figure out and see what’s left. Tiny micro mark nails will be my signature when able.
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Finishing the deck in natural satin. Progress is progress. Deck stuff next. Officially at the end of what skill I may have. I’m waiting for som solder paste and can finish attaching the rudder, resistance soldering is awesome.
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Hawse Pipe is what I think this is called. The mooring chock installed also. Horrible Britannia pieces. It’s amazing how much detail the pictures pick up. When I turn down the lights and move back about 5 ft it looks amazing!
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The rudder parts were harder than they look. The pintles and gudgeons are not called out in the instructions at this point but it seemed like a good idea. Soldering isn’t going well. I had to stop in frustration trying to get it to stick and line up. Tomorrow sometime I’ll bust out the new resistive soldering setup and give it a go. It looks like I could electrocute myself easy. My wife said she would help me get it set up…. She’s very sweet. 🤣. I’ve watched every MCU movie and TV show. Every LOTR at least once. Mr Robot series The Last Kingdom Every Star Wars. Every Star Trek movie. Listened to many audio books. The new Reacher on Netflix was great. All the Indiana Jones movies. John Wick 1-4 Matrix all of them. Pirates of the Car all of them, I missed one or 2 that I had not seen before recently. And so much more I can’t remember.
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It’s not perfect but it’s not too bad.
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Painted the bottom of the hull. Another coat and maybe some sanding. And then fixing all the stuff I wasn’t supposed to paint…. Haha.
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The black is mostly done. I’m still working out how I want to paint the white on top. I’ve seen all different color breaks. I’m not sure how I’ll pull off a clean yellow strip. I think I have the white strip and red color break figured out. I had to make a marking stick to fit in the scribe tool. 1/4 pencils in round are not easy to find. It worked. I’ve thought about being at this point and beyond for over 15 years. Feels good.
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I’m tying to not make this look like one brush stroke per picture, but the next coats are darking up nicely and lay down good. The semi gloss finish will look great end the end. I’ve received my waterline tool today, and a resistance soldering iron setup. Has anyone added up how much they spent on small tools, files, blades, electric motor gizmos, sand paper and all the other bits? Yeah, not doing that…
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Another coat of white on top. A start of black, a thin coat and that’s what it is. The primer fights to stay in view. The wood soaked up the black. It’s going to take a few coats. And… it’s a hot mess. Maybe when the first coat drys/cures it won’t lift or smear when another is added. ME paints are being used.
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@bhermann Thank you for your recommendations. I caved I bought the Micro Mark tool. It was a bit spendy, but it looks like it could be used for other holding tasks. Certainly trying not to rush. And not miss anything. I’m running to the end of my skills and will need to learn new tricks to get the top of the deck and rigging installed. I’m currently chain plates out side camp, not sure how to cut the grove and make it look nice nice. I’ll trade a fashion piece for a chain plate error lol. https://www.micromark.com/Toolmakers-Surface-Gauge-Ship-Waterline-Marker @GGibson I may get that tool also. Looks handy. I’ll see how the other one works out. Thanks for sharing it. Main rail with a thin coat of white paint. I promise I want to paint it with one brush stroke, but slowly might finish up nicer. 🤞🏻
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The fashion pieces secured in place and dressed. They turned out nice. The transom fill work looks more complete. I prepped the rudder. I’ve filled some cracks, sanded, damp cloth dusted the hull and the deck and main rail most of the day. I think I could do this for days and not find it all. I’m trying to get a decent finish. I’ve got to mark the waterline next. I don’t have a great tool or setup for the waterline marking.
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The fashion pieces. I probably looked at this piece on the drawings and in the book for an hour before I figured out what the heck it was and how it was shaped. It finally clicked. I figured I could used the square stick I made the railing pieces out of. Dove in and started carving and sanding. They need a little more finish sanding and squaring up with the transom but I’m very happy with how well they look.
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The deck planking is complete. Needs a bit more finish sanding but it’s done. Time to study to see what I need to do next. Painting the hull looks like a good next step.
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I thought I posted more pictures… I hope I didn’t put them on someone else’s build log 😳. Decking and decking and more decking.
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I guess that’s why they look like that’s what it needs to lay down. I see the note now on sheet 6. I was going to leave them on the outside. I’m still working out how to build them lol. Looks like my list of ‘I’ve no clue how to do that’ is getting bigger. 🤣. The Benjamin W. Latham might be ‘easy’ when I get this Bluenose done.
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