TerryPat

Thanks Mark! I appreciate the nice comments

Thank you!

Got it! Thanks

How do i delete those last two photos. They're not needed and I'm not sure how they got there.

Summer is over according to the calendar, but here in the upper midwest of the US the summer weather isn't quitting. Ok by me. Regardless, I've gotten into my basement shop to get to work. Very slowly though. I have no idea who will be looking at my build log. Hopefully some. At the very least if someone starts an MSW 1/64 Bluenose build they can benefit a little from what I've done, along with the many fine Bluenose build logs. All of the Bluenose build logs have been a tremendous help. What a fantastic resource. A resource that wasn't available when I did some wooden boat kits 35 to 40 years ago. And I must mention the helpful Bluenose buiders I've contacted. David Lester is a wealth of knowledge. I think he's on his 4th Bluenose build. He's always available to answer my questions and offer some encouragement. Thanks also to Retiredguy and CPDDET for answering questions. So, to continue from where I left off: I assembled the keel by gluing together and keeping it weighted while the glue dried. Then I attacked the bearded rabbet. It was really quite easy to cut the rabbet and shape the bevel from the beard line to the rabbet cut. I found that the bevel on this xacto blade is 1/16 th inch deep. I simply cut to the depth of the blade while cutting the 1/16 th depth of the rabbet. I cut the bevel from the beard line to the rabbet with an exacto chisel. I added a 1/16 in peice of tape at the stern post to give me a guide where to stop carving. Bulkheads;: I wasn't too happy with the bulkheads. The char was really bad. But many builders wrote about dealing with char. I didn't know what is normal char. A few of the stanchions were badly burned. Not normal in my mind. But.. many builders cut those away and replacing them with the false stanchions. So I built. I also sent pics to Model Expo explaining mine looked far worse than the pics I've seen in build logs. They agreed. Apparently they had a run of bad plywood. Since I was in the process of building they offered to cut new bulkheads for me and send everything i need to start over if I want. So I have that going for me. Haha.. I think that's very fair. I've soldiered on and all ok. I installed the bulkheads to the keel per instructions paying attention to all marked reference lines. I made a simple jig to hold the keel vertically at the bottom. I installed the bulkheads over a few days. After a couple of days I found the keel taking on a bend. Particularly the stern section. It was hooking hard to port so I quickly added support to my jig to straighten out the keel until I could get all bulkheads installed with some struts between the bulkheads. I ended up with sort of a poor man's Fair-A-Frame. It worked Fairing and stern block: Fairing took quite a bit of time. I had to add wood strips to many of the bulkhead edges. Lots and lots of sanding and checking fairness with a loose plank. I'm sure I'll be doing more fine tuning of the fairing during my planking stage. I took a little different approach to the stern blocks. Instead of using the supplied blocks, i laminated cut pieces of scrap laser cut keel sheet. It was likely the same amount of labor. I chose more cutting and less grinding. As far as the initial shaping of the blocks, there's a portion of Bob Hunt's practicum, available free on his website, detailing a method. Very helpful. Getting the stern blocks to match the side profile was a bit tricky. Simply lifting the lines from the plans and shaping wasn't going to work. You can see by the photo that a plank would not flow smoothly around the block section to the transom. It would jut out a bit and not fair with the rest of the hull. I took measurements in many places on the plans and found I needed to shim the sides of the last bulkhead "O" with strips and sand in the edges of the blocks to make a smooth plank flow and match the drawings. I made upper sides and tumblehome pieces from scrap wood used for my bulkhead struts. lots of sanding and checking fair with a loose plank as well as checking fit of the laser cut stern railing piece. Railing: That was another big project. I made one side per instructions by piecing together supplied wood strips. I lifted the shape from the plans and got the curve of the hull by pinning the rail section to the hull and attached a temporary plank below it and penciled in a line on the rail. It came out as an acceptable part. But at my local hobby store I found a 1/16 in thick sheet of basswood long enough to make two single piece railings. I used my segmented rail as a template. That gave me two clean single piece rails. Ignore that nice piece of walnut sheet Rails pinned and roughed in I made the knight heads from 1/8 x 1/8 stock About ready for planking fun. Ok! I did some proof reading. I'm not a great writer. I hope it all makes sense. I think it's time for planking which will be a long slow process. I'll keep in touch with updates Oh... and all of the burns and car has been either eliminated or covered up

Excellent build. I'm looking forward to your updates

Gorgeous build! Fantastic work!!

Beautiful model! Great work

Very nice build!!

Beautiful ship! Amazing work!

Beautiful ship! Awesome job!

Is this a kit? If so, which one? I'm interested but the kits I've seen are a bit on the small side. Some barely 20 inches long. Then there is a huge one that is geared towards RC. I may have to scratch build if i can find some plans. You've done a beautiful job!

Thanks Mark I think I'll have something to add to my build log in a,couple of weeks. I'm sure I'll have more questions.

Welcome!

Good idea!! Thanks Terry

Had a rainy morning so I got a few things going. I started inventory then quickly decided to finish it some other day. Everything is probably there . I cut the keel parts from the sheet and got it all out without breaking anything Using my wife's "Christmas" tissue, I traced lines on the drawings to be transferred to the keel sections. I layed the tracings onto the sections. I'll transfer them over with carbon paper. Or I'll poke through the thin tissue with a sharp pencil point and make a series of dots. Not sure yet. I'll glady accept any ideas. Now. Here's a little clue to the operation I'm planning to tackle next: Anyone care to make a guess? 😃 That's all for now folks. Stay tuned Terry

Hello Major C. I found your build log and I think you're doing, or did, a fine job. I plan to do mine like yours.. painted hull but letting the planking details show through. That is, assuming my planking good enough to show. If not, I'll smear it with bondo and call it a day. I'm curious about your kit. Was it new in 2003? Or is it the kit you started back in 2000? I see you have plywood bulkheads. My my kit is new and it too has plywood bulkheads. Many other build logs show what looks to be basswood for the bulkheads. I was originally a little disappointed thinking basswood would be easier to work with. But now seems like plywood is ok by the looks of your work. I've recently started a build log and will slowly get started. Also, i do have that one essential tool that you have. A bottle of good bourbon .. 😋 Thanks Terry

Thanks!! I will do that

Thank you. Glad you're following. I'll have plenty of questions. I'm already getting a lot from your build log

Don't look too close! You'll make me nervous. Haha. Will be great to have you checking in.

Ok.. I started a build log. I hope I did it all correctly. Check it out. Let me know. Thanks all !!

The kit arrived today. Christmas in July! I knd of feel like a kid again. It's a blue box just like in all of the build logs I've seen.. Good start. Lots of wood sticks and slabs as expected. You can see by my side view pic of the keel and bulkhead stock, that the keel is basswood and the bulkheads are plywood. I was hoping for basswood bulkheads as well. Seems plywood is not going to sand as nicely as basswood during the fairing process . Oh well, I'll manage. I probably won't start any building until sometime in September. In the meantime I'll do research, read the instructions, study the plans, do kit inventory, look at build logs, etc.. on rainy days. I appreciated any and all suggestions, guidance, and help. Thanks Terry

Thanks much! Excellent info. I'll be sure to add the tags in my log. And yes.. I've been watching Gary Brinker's YouTube videos. He's pointed out a lot of things I've made mental notes of. And he's quite entertaining.. haha

Thanks Ryland. Very helpful

Thanks Johnny !