ThorBob

Time to lay down some paint. I used water-based acrylics which I sprayed on. 

Starting off with a thin layer of white as a primer, the first coat will raise the grain of the wood, so a quick light sand is in order to knock down the "fuzz".

I then sprayed another coat of white, then masked off and layed down the red, then finally masked off for the black (while retaining the white stripe). Then at then end I masked off and painted the thin yellow stripe.

First coat of white:

Then all done (no in process shots, unfortunately)

More to come!

Thor

Onwards & upwards!

Prior to installing the cap rail I need to paint the deck waterways (light grey) and bulwarks (white).

 Then came the installation of the cap rails. I managed to break several of the laser cut pieces and ended up making most of the parts from scratch.

Stern cap rail:

Shaping the cap rails:

Bow cap rail:

Halfway done:

Cap rails installed:

More to come!

Thor

On to the scuppers:

I replaced the called out 3/16 bulwark plank with a lower 1/8 and an upper 1/16 plank. The 1/8 plank lined up nicely with the fore- and quarterdeck in such a way that small cut-outs on the top would work as quarterdeck scuppers and cut-outs on the bottom would work for the foredeck. By pinning the plank down on the drawing I first marked out the scupper locations, then using a flat machine vice as a "depth guage" I filed out the scuppers with a small needle file. This gave the scuppers a nice, rectangular shape.

"Scuppered" plank dry-fitted:

Scupper plank installed and filler applied:

After the scupper planks where installed it was time to install the false timbers to the bulwarks. Unfortunately I have no shots of the actual install of these.

It was around this time that I suddenly discovered that my ship was about 5mm too short! So I made an add-on piece for the stern block, and later hogged out the stern interior to get the correct interior deck length. Took some doing, but came out OK.

"Add-on" block glued and clamped to the stern:

Filler applied to the stern:

More to come!

Thor

Time to start planking those decks!

The center foredeck planks being installed. In hindsight I should have installed a thin false deck; this would have made the installation of the deck planking easier in some areas. To simulate caulking I rubbed the edges of the deck planks with charcoal. Messy, but ultimately came out OK!

The foredeck planks are "nibbed" into a thin nibbing strake that runs parallel to the waterway boards. This was a bit of a challenge since its a very thin (and breakable) plank to be working with. But I finally completed all the cuts without breaking it!

Fore deck planking complete, first planks of the quarterdeck being installed.

Quarterdeck planking being installed. These are a bit trickier than the foredeck because they are all tapered.

The quarterdeck planks are also nibbed.

All done with the deck planking, planks given a light sanding and a thin coat of wipe-on poly.

More to come!

Thor

Hi Daniel! Nice to see "locals" around here! Back when I bought the kit (around 2009) I actually ordered it, can't remember from where I got it. But I have later bought quite a few odds and ends from Maritime Hobby (I'm guessing that's the store your are referring to). They have some nice stuff in from time to time. 

Thor

On to the hull planking. Thanks to the sleek lines I recall the planking to be quite straight-forward; with the bulkheads faired the planks joined up nicely. 

First the waterway planks installed:

Then on to the hull planking. Its a single layer of planks, so even though the hull was to be painted I wanted it to be as smooth as I could get it.

Planking complete, first sanding done. Those beautiful schooner lines are starting to show!

Then a layer of filler was applied (yeah - LOTS of it..):

Then a final sanding (creating much dust...) and a thin layer of wipe-on poly:

More to come..

Thor

So, lets see if we can remember how this all went together...

Starting off with the center keel assembled and the rabbet cut below the bearding line:

Dry fitting of the bulkheads:

And the bulkheads glued in place:

Stern block installed and shaped (used a dremel for that):

More to follow...

Thor

Bob, Elia - thanks for the welcome! Great to see you guys here - just like old times! It must be mentioned that Bob's great Bluenose build-log was a huge help to me throughout my build. It would have been a very different ship had it not been for all the inspiration from this forum!

Thor

Hello all!

Way back in 2010 I started a build log (on MSW 1.0) for my Bluenose from Model Expo. This was my very first wooden ship model, and I found tons of help from the forum members. The ship was completed back in 2012, but alas, the build log vanished together with  MSW 1.0. So now I am attempting to re-create this log through the tons of pictures I have left. At this point I have forgotten a lot of the build, but I can hopefully remember enough to make this useful for somebody. So, apologies in advance for all inaccuracies!

Starting off with the actual kit from Model Expo:

And some of the source material used during the build:

Thor