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jre8655 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I present, for your inspection and critique, my completed rendition of the Canadian Schooner Bluenose.
I tied the last knot at 1730 hour MST this evening.
Just to add a bit of authenticity and acquire official approval of the model, I asked my neighbor to come over. He, being from Canada, inspected the model and gave me a thumbs up.
From start to finish this has been an adventure. I am very pleased with the Model Shipways Kit and the quality woods and especially the building manual. Granted, there are a number of improvements that can be made to any kit, but overall this is a well thought out product.
I’ve learned to bend and shape various woods, sew sails, and above all patience!
My next step is to complete the display case and mount the Bluenose.
To all of you that have followed this build and provided instruction, and inspiration, I thank you.
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jre8655 got a reaction from Keith_W in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I present, for your inspection and critique, my completed rendition of the Canadian Schooner Bluenose.
I tied the last knot at 1730 hour MST this evening.
Just to add a bit of authenticity and acquire official approval of the model, I asked my neighbor to come over. He, being from Canada, inspected the model and gave me a thumbs up.
From start to finish this has been an adventure. I am very pleased with the Model Shipways Kit and the quality woods and especially the building manual. Granted, there are a number of improvements that can be made to any kit, but overall this is a well thought out product.
I’ve learned to bend and shape various woods, sew sails, and above all patience!
My next step is to complete the display case and mount the Bluenose.
To all of you that have followed this build and provided instruction, and inspiration, I thank you.
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jre8655 got a reaction from tasmanian in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I present, for your inspection and critique, my completed rendition of the Canadian Schooner Bluenose.
I tied the last knot at 1730 hour MST this evening.
Just to add a bit of authenticity and acquire official approval of the model, I asked my neighbor to come over. He, being from Canada, inspected the model and gave me a thumbs up.
From start to finish this has been an adventure. I am very pleased with the Model Shipways Kit and the quality woods and especially the building manual. Granted, there are a number of improvements that can be made to any kit, but overall this is a well thought out product.
I’ve learned to bend and shape various woods, sew sails, and above all patience!
My next step is to complete the display case and mount the Bluenose.
To all of you that have followed this build and provided instruction, and inspiration, I thank you.
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jre8655 got a reaction from gulfmedic1 in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I present, for your inspection and critique, my completed rendition of the Canadian Schooner Bluenose.
I tied the last knot at 1730 hour MST this evening.
Just to add a bit of authenticity and acquire official approval of the model, I asked my neighbor to come over. He, being from Canada, inspected the model and gave me a thumbs up.
From start to finish this has been an adventure. I am very pleased with the Model Shipways Kit and the quality woods and especially the building manual. Granted, there are a number of improvements that can be made to any kit, but overall this is a well thought out product.
I’ve learned to bend and shape various woods, sew sails, and above all patience!
My next step is to complete the display case and mount the Bluenose.
To all of you that have followed this build and provided instruction, and inspiration, I thank you.
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jre8655 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The time has come for the tedious part of the build. The Ratlines! This is probably going to take me longer than I am anticipating, but I want to make sure that at this stage of the build I don’t do something that is going to detract from the overall appearance of the model and I sure don’t want to damage any of the other structures or rigging.
I used the jigs I made for the Deadeyes and glued a horizontal guide to them to provide uniform spacing for the Ratlines.
I did a little research, both here in the forum and in two of Lennarth Petersson’s books on rigging, to get an idea of just how to properly tie the Ratlines.
I have also secured the expertise of a Ratline expert. He assures me that he is the one that put the “Rat” in Ratline.
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jre8655 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
Tying Ratlines is slow and tedious. My assistant seems to have abandoned ship!
Using the jigs I constructed, the Ratlines are going in evenly.
It’s taken me 10 days to complete the Port Side.
I’m switching my jigs over to the Starboard Side now and hopefully will have everything completed within the next week.
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jre8655 got a reaction from phonedudeak in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
All the running rigging is now complete. I added rope coils to every belayed line to give it a touch of realism. Now it’s on to the standing rigging.
I needed some way to hold the Deadeyes in place while seizing the shrouds. Came up with an idea for a set of jigs to help me. Using 3mm and 5mm thicknesses of Basswood I constructed two jigs to help hold the Deadeyes in place. One for the Fore Mast and one for the Main Mast.
A closer look at the Fore Mast Jig:
I pinned the Deadeyes to the 5mm Basswood and clamped the upper section of the jig to hold everything in place. Had to use two pins to keep the Deadeyes from rolling while being seized.
With everything in place I began the seizing process.
Once I have the Port Side finished I will flip the jigs and repeat the process on the Starboard Side.
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jre8655 got a reaction from phonedudeak in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The masts are ready to be glued into the hull. In one photo I have of the Bluenose I found that there is a collar (Boom Jaws Rest) on each mast. The kit includes 20 brass rings (10 for each mast) to secure the Main and Fore Sails to their respective masts. These rings were placed on the masts then the Boom Jaws Rests glued in place. This really helped prevent the rings from dropping all the way to the deck and in the case of the Main Mast they would have rested inside the Fife Rail.
With the masts in this configuration I set about epoxied them into the hull. On this model there is no rake to the masts so they are set perpendicular to the deck. I cut some cardboard braces to size and secured them to each mast to hold the mast at 90 degrees while the epoxy set.
I believe I’m ready to move on to the booms, gaffs, and jaws.
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jre8655 got a reaction from Fright in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The time has come for the tedious part of the build. The Ratlines! This is probably going to take me longer than I am anticipating, but I want to make sure that at this stage of the build I don’t do something that is going to detract from the overall appearance of the model and I sure don’t want to damage any of the other structures or rigging.
I used the jigs I made for the Deadeyes and glued a horizontal guide to them to provide uniform spacing for the Ratlines.
I did a little research, both here in the forum and in two of Lennarth Petersson’s books on rigging, to get an idea of just how to properly tie the Ratlines.
I have also secured the expertise of a Ratline expert. He assures me that he is the one that put the “Rat” in Ratline.
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jre8655 got a reaction from tasmanian in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I’ve attached all the standing and running rigging to the sails and am ready to begin attaching the sails to the model.
I opted to begin with the Fore Sail. It just seemed to me that this was the logical sail to start with because I have to get in pretty close to tie the Mast Hoops to the sail. Looks like it’s all coming together. At least this one. All in all, it took the better part of two hours to get this sail in place.
I’ll move on to the Main Sail next.
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jre8655 got a reaction from jml1083 in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I began the rigging process yesterday. I began by lashing the Main and Fore Sails to their respective booms and gaffs. The instructions and plans show the Main and Fore Sails lashed to the gaffs, but are secured to the booms only at the corners. Looking at the photos of the actual Bluenose it shows that these sails were lashed along the entire boom.
I decided to lash my sails to the booms and gaffs, but opted for a running stitch. Using a Tapestry Needle gave me enough of an eye in the needle to use 0.25mm rigging line. The running stitch also allowed me to adjust the tension on the lashing for a uniform appearance.
I used the same running stitch for the Fore Sail.
Because I already had the Mast Hoops in place I used a method described by Dave Borgens back in August. His method uses a simple cow hitch to secure the line on the Mast Hoop then running these lines through the sail to secure it to the Mast Hoop.
Couldn’t wait to see how the Main Sail looked on the model.
Now it’s just a matter of securing the appropriate rigging lines to the other sails.
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jre8655 got a reaction from tasmanian in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The Holidays, with all the family activities, do not lend themselves to model ship building. Throw in a week-long trip to San Diego, a birthday for our granddaughter, and things very rapidly come to a halt. I’m not complaining. It’s been wonderful having all the family over for the various celebrations and I’ve been able to get in an hour or two of building every couple of days.
As stated in a previous post, after the seams were sewn in, I painted the hems with a 50% solution of white glue and water.
The result was that the sail cloth took on the texture of light construction paper. I used a dental spatula to score the hem fold lines. This made for a very nice, sharp crease in the cloth.
The crease made it fairly easy to hold the hem fold while sewing and the result was a very nice hem line.
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When I finished the hems I laid out all the sails and discovered that the Main and Main Topsail didn’t match up where they will be secured to the Main Mast Gaff.
I had to recalculate the two sail patterns then completely remake these two sails. They now align where they should.
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jre8655 got a reaction from DSiemens in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The time has come for the tedious part of the build. The Ratlines! This is probably going to take me longer than I am anticipating, but I want to make sure that at this stage of the build I don’t do something that is going to detract from the overall appearance of the model and I sure don’t want to damage any of the other structures or rigging.
I used the jigs I made for the Deadeyes and glued a horizontal guide to them to provide uniform spacing for the Ratlines.
I did a little research, both here in the forum and in two of Lennarth Petersson’s books on rigging, to get an idea of just how to properly tie the Ratlines.
I have also secured the expertise of a Ratline expert. He assures me that he is the one that put the “Rat” in Ratline.
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jre8655 got a reaction from captainbob in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The time has come for the tedious part of the build. The Ratlines! This is probably going to take me longer than I am anticipating, but I want to make sure that at this stage of the build I don’t do something that is going to detract from the overall appearance of the model and I sure don’t want to damage any of the other structures or rigging.
I used the jigs I made for the Deadeyes and glued a horizontal guide to them to provide uniform spacing for the Ratlines.
I did a little research, both here in the forum and in two of Lennarth Petersson’s books on rigging, to get an idea of just how to properly tie the Ratlines.
I have also secured the expertise of a Ratline expert. He assures me that he is the one that put the “Rat” in Ratline.
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jre8655 got a reaction from captainbob in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
Using the jig I made, I rigged all the Shrouds on the Post Side to the Deadeyes. It wasn’t as difficult as I originally thought; especially with everything held in place with the jig.
Once I had the Port Side Deadeyes seized to the Shrouds I removed the jig and lashed the Deadeyes.
I’ve moved the jigs to the Starboard Side. The way I made the jigs, all I had to do was flip the pieces over and they fit. I’ll begin seizing the Starboard Side Shrouds today.
One thing I noticed was that as I’m getting very close to finishing the Bluenose now, I have to really slow myself down to make sure I don’t rush these last few building steps and destroy some of the underlying work.
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jre8655 got a reaction from JPett in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I’ve attached all the standing and running rigging to the sails and am ready to begin attaching the sails to the model.
I opted to begin with the Fore Sail. It just seemed to me that this was the logical sail to start with because I have to get in pretty close to tie the Mast Hoops to the sail. Looks like it’s all coming together. At least this one. All in all, it took the better part of two hours to get this sail in place.
I’ll move on to the Main Sail next.
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jre8655 got a reaction from JPett in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I present, for your perusal, my Schooner Bluenose with a full set of sails.
After attaching the Fore Sail, I rigged up the Main Sail, and then added the Fore Top and the Main Top Sails.
At this point I was able to rig the two Gaffs.
With the top masts in place, it allowed me to proceed to the Stay Sail then add the three Jib Sails.
Port Side:
Starboard Side:
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All the running rigging is in place and routed to their respective belaying points. I now have to install the Belaying Pins, tie off the various lines, and add rope coils.
The Admiral was looking over my shoulder while I was finishing up the Bow Sprit and asked if the model was finished. It took a little while to explain that I still have belay all the running rigging the lash the Deadeyes to the standing rigging and tie the ratlines. There’s still a bit of building yet.
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jre8655 got a reaction from DBorgens in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The Admiral says that is not official; I’m insane!
I finished belaying all the running rigging. Looks nice, but not realistic enough. I remembered reading a post some time ago concerning the coiling and securing of ropes. I found it and set about trying to add coiled lines to the model.
Like I said, when the Admiral saw what I was doing she said I’m out of my mind.
Toward the stern there just isn’t enough clearance between the pin rail and the deck to allow for a hanging coil. I’ll have to come up with something; maybe just place a rounded coil over the Belaying Pin.
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jre8655 got a reaction from JPett in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The Admiral says that is not official; I’m insane!
I finished belaying all the running rigging. Looks nice, but not realistic enough. I remembered reading a post some time ago concerning the coiling and securing of ropes. I found it and set about trying to add coiled lines to the model.
Like I said, when the Admiral saw what I was doing she said I’m out of my mind.
Toward the stern there just isn’t enough clearance between the pin rail and the deck to allow for a hanging coil. I’ll have to come up with something; maybe just place a rounded coil over the Belaying Pin.
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jre8655 got a reaction from Elia in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
The Admiral says that is not official; I’m insane!
I finished belaying all the running rigging. Looks nice, but not realistic enough. I remembered reading a post some time ago concerning the coiling and securing of ropes. I found it and set about trying to add coiled lines to the model.
Like I said, when the Admiral saw what I was doing she said I’m out of my mind.
Toward the stern there just isn’t enough clearance between the pin rail and the deck to allow for a hanging coil. I’ll have to come up with something; maybe just place a rounded coil over the Belaying Pin.
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jre8655 got a reaction from hamilton in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I’ve attached all the standing and running rigging to the sails and am ready to begin attaching the sails to the model.
I opted to begin with the Fore Sail. It just seemed to me that this was the logical sail to start with because I have to get in pretty close to tie the Mast Hoops to the sail. Looks like it’s all coming together. At least this one. All in all, it took the better part of two hours to get this sail in place.
I’ll move on to the Main Sail next.
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jre8655 got a reaction from tasmanian in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I began the rigging process yesterday. I began by lashing the Main and Fore Sails to their respective booms and gaffs. The instructions and plans show the Main and Fore Sails lashed to the gaffs, but are secured to the booms only at the corners. Looking at the photos of the actual Bluenose it shows that these sails were lashed along the entire boom.
I decided to lash my sails to the booms and gaffs, but opted for a running stitch. Using a Tapestry Needle gave me enough of an eye in the needle to use 0.25mm rigging line. The running stitch also allowed me to adjust the tension on the lashing for a uniform appearance.
I used the same running stitch for the Fore Sail.
Because I already had the Mast Hoops in place I used a method described by Dave Borgens back in August. His method uses a simple cow hitch to secure the line on the Mast Hoop then running these lines through the sail to secure it to the Mast Hoop.
Couldn’t wait to see how the Main Sail looked on the model.
Now it’s just a matter of securing the appropriate rigging lines to the other sails.
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jre8655 got a reaction from bhermann in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I present, for your perusal, my Schooner Bluenose with a full set of sails.
After attaching the Fore Sail, I rigged up the Main Sail, and then added the Fore Top and the Main Top Sails.
At this point I was able to rig the two Gaffs.
With the top masts in place, it allowed me to proceed to the Stay Sail then add the three Jib Sails.
Port Side:
Starboard Side:
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All the running rigging is in place and routed to their respective belaying points. I now have to install the Belaying Pins, tie off the various lines, and add rope coils.
The Admiral was looking over my shoulder while I was finishing up the Bow Sprit and asked if the model was finished. It took a little while to explain that I still have belay all the running rigging the lash the Deadeyes to the standing rigging and tie the ratlines. There’s still a bit of building yet.
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jre8655 got a reaction from riverboat in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I present, for your perusal, my Schooner Bluenose with a full set of sails.
After attaching the Fore Sail, I rigged up the Main Sail, and then added the Fore Top and the Main Top Sails.
At this point I was able to rig the two Gaffs.
With the top masts in place, it allowed me to proceed to the Stay Sail then add the three Jib Sails.
Port Side:
Starboard Side:
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All the running rigging is in place and routed to their respective belaying points. I now have to install the Belaying Pins, tie off the various lines, and add rope coils.
The Admiral was looking over my shoulder while I was finishing up the Bow Sprit and asked if the model was finished. It took a little while to explain that I still have belay all the running rigging the lash the Deadeyes to the standing rigging and tie the ratlines. There’s still a bit of building yet.
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jre8655 got a reaction from riverboat in Bluenose by jre8655 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:100
I’ve attached all the standing and running rigging to the sails and am ready to begin attaching the sails to the model.
I opted to begin with the Fore Sail. It just seemed to me that this was the logical sail to start with because I have to get in pretty close to tie the Mast Hoops to the sail. Looks like it’s all coming together. At least this one. All in all, it took the better part of two hours to get this sail in place.
I’ll move on to the Main Sail next.
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