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Hi all. Thanks for posting this pdf. I will put it to good use! I will be posting a log soon. Gary and I have been talking a bit. He pointed out this log by AON. THANKS guy

Hi All, This was me asking Gary the question. Thank you for the answers. I indeed did find them listed and indeed are called whales. Some boating classes make their own as a project. There were several sold here too. But... these are way to pricy for me, and I cannot pour lead anymore.. So, I am using glass weights for my drawings and to weight parts or clamp them there are many designs here. I am tooling up as I plan to do an Underhill style fishing boat here as I have had the drawings many moons. Thanks for a ll the comments and help. I should have just posted to the forums. Have a good morning Guy

John, thanks for the nice pictures and progress. You can barely see any crack indeed. Thinning the bulwarks is a challenge! I like this ship a lot.. and her sister Chesapeake. Guy

Good Morning to all! 1/8"=1foot Benjamin Latham. Model Shipways, Bogota.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/m5rX3cJELFDeW6Sg6 Guy here. This has been gathering dust under my workbench.. Modeling and Fishing Boats always a love.. but past many years I had no time.. Last Oct 2021 life changed. I had my second right cerebral stroke in Norfolk, visiting my special needs son. This is 3 hours from home. I had taken the day off from UVA where I was a director. Well, after 2 hospital stays, learning to walk and having to go on permanent Disability after 20+ years at UVA and another 25 in semiconductor and optics I am now home in my basement. Now a shop of sorts.. I am planning to finally build something with my hands.. my fine motor sitting down is ok.. standing up and moving a completely different story. I love smaller models ( fan of Philip Reed and his books.. I have em all). Tto build my skills I will start here I think.. or one of the shipyard card models (modified greatly with wood).. Any way.. I will read the book that came along with the model in the yellow box.. the prints are 2 colors! nice back then... There are poured parts (lead?) or is it pot metal.. I dont know.. Just saying Hey! Guy PS.. I have stopped, started or ignored several builds here.. please forgive me.. I did not have the time..

I am enjoying some recent postings on youtube by Russell Barnes. He is using CAD (very old Autocad) but this enhances the video. It is very followable, and Mr. Barnes explains line by line what he is doing. Which is a boon for me. I will be laying out frames for some ships I am considering in the near future. I wish there were more videos like this indeed. This is video 1, there are three. Wonderful! Thanks Russell. Hope all are well. Guy

Hi Craig; may I ask what software you are using to draft the frames? What a wonderful project. Thanks for putting this up. Guy

Hi Try DeltaCad. Simple, inexpensive and used widely for what you are doing and ship modeling to boot. see:https://www.deltacad.com/ It has been used widely here as well. Guy

Here is a full pdf copy. ansons-voyage.pdf

Hi Nic, I am not too far in shaping the hull. It would be nice to have a hull with a bit more meat at the front end if you are willing! I had stopped trying to shape the hull trying to figure a way around not using bondo or filler... I'll send you an email! brg Guy

Nic, I just have not had a chance. I posted before you answered. I am going to try to build as best I can. I am still going to try to add wood to the bow and work it into a smooth shape. Apologies if I came across the wrong way. Models are just that .. models.. not EXACT replicas. Thanks for the reply. Guy Eric, I am not going to try to re-drill the masting holes. I am going to adapt the existing. This will make the ship a bit shorter but who actuallly measures a completed model? Except of course the builder who prides himself/herself in a job well done and the joy in the journey. :-) Guy

Charlie, Yup.. And a lot cheaper to boot... next time! At the least, Bluejack "could have left the hull a lot larger than they did .. sure would have saved a lot of head ache... and starting over. Guy PS.. Your Sultana is coming along great!

Hi Eric; I just sent a note to Bluejacket as I have the same kit as you know (I am frustrated a bit with it being an engineer and wanting prints to match the wood in the kit). 1. The prints do not match the wood provided in the kit. a. the hull does not match the drawings b. the templates as defined in the instructions if used with the prints will not work, especially at the stern. c. The deck (nicely done) does not match the prints (the stern post hole is about 3/8" off toward the bow on the wood) And seems to be too far forward on the wood given. The prints seem more correct and if one looks at page 191 in "The History of American Sailing Ships, Chapelle" The Stern post is almost at the Transom. On the wood it is way too forward. 2. At the bow of the wood hull given, using the deck wood, I would have to ADD wood to the hull, about an 1/8" each side, a painful operation and I was hoping to have a very smooth hull.. I am very careful never to remove too much wood. As you noted, you would have to shave the deck down... Being as this kit came from bluejacket and the amount paid... gosh I am more than a bit disapointed... I wished for a "real" set of prints and lines.. there were none. I have written to bluejacket. Perhaps a better option would have been the Lively... or? This was to have been a "quicker" build for my brother and I hoped for something a bit more accurate (at least for prints that matched the wood... not necessarily historic)... -Guy

John, Jim; Thanks for the comments. and I will try to continue. The hull is sound. J.R.R. Tolkien got me through many many nights in my bunk on the "boat" which spent most of its time under the ice or very near various places in the Barents sea that Soviet Subs spent their time.. ;-) guy

All; Oh, most important. This is the AL Model .. rgds Guy

Hi all! First post here and most likely not the last. Name is Guy. (I like Tom Bombadil very much though!). I am currently the Security Systems Director for the University of Virginia, past director of IT. Most of my background is in Semiconductors where I worked for Intel and other Semicondutor manufacturers over the last 20 years. I am at UVA to be able to spend more time with my special needs son Luke, who has a very rare genetic disorder (Mosaic Trisomy 13). You can read more about him here: http://www.livingwithtri13.org/albumluke.html Prior to this I rode submarines for the Navy at the tail end of Vietnam as a Sonar Technician. My last boat was USS Sunfish SSN649 (fast attack). I started this model in 2004-5.. then many things were happening in my family which precluded it moving forward. I was building this using the wonderful documentation from John Earl (who I think is no longer actively building..) here: http://www.modelboatyard.com/bluenose2_articles.html. It has been sitting for a while..well..more than a while. So, I attached some pictures of the current state.. Obviously I need to rework the decking.. I did not know what I was doing.. but the rest..? I have some questions: 1. Should I start all over? picking another version of the BluenoseII? (I love this boat.. I have the book on it by L.B. Jenson..neat book! ). 2. Do kits (the wood) get too old to start again? (it has sat in a very dry basement (sometimes wet though.. dang storms)) but high up on a shelf. 3. I think I "could" double plank this .. ? 4. Continue using John's plans? 5. Pointers? I found this forum last night and spent several hours going through it. What a neat place! Anyway.. look at the attached pictures and let me know what you all think? Don't be too soft.. :-) Many thanks for those who started this forum and those who contribute! I look for many happy hours (especially in the nights which I don't sleep so well.. :-( which is fairly often.. ) building ship model(s). +----------------+ with best regards; Guy Alias: AI1G ... ham Alias: Tom Bombadillo