Bluenose II by Bertu - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - Scale 1:75 - Fishing Schooner

[Aceman]

Robert, Thanks,,, that sounds straight forward. My kit didn't come with template. I'll have to mark them all out when I get to that point.

 

Keep the pictures coming,,, 

[Robert29]

Some more pictures.  Ratlines for lower masts ready.

[dgbot]

Nice and neat.

David B

[Robert29]

Ratlines for Topmasts ready and Backstays in place. 

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Now working on remaining stays.

 

 

Robert

[dgbot]

Well done nice and neat.

David B

[Robert29]

Some more progress.  Still going slow, wish I had more time I could spend on the model.

 

Finished boom jaws.

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Finished Booms and Gaffs

 

Mor rigging and fixed stanchions and handrails.

 

Robert

[augie]

Coming together beautifully.  Well done, mate.

[Robert29]

David B and Augie - Thank you for your nice comments. Wish I have more time to spend on this beautiful hobby. Hope to have more pictures coming soon.

 

Robert

[Robert29]

Fitted the sails. Had quite a few problems with them. The sails came ready sewn with the kit and some of them were just too big!!!  For some of them I had to relocate the blocks on the mast a bit higher than indicated on the instructions.  But a couple of them I had literally to un sew two corners of the sail cut the extra material and sew again.

 

Sail too big, it overlaps on the foremast. whilst it should be short by about 1/2 an inch.

 

Trimmed and fitted correctly.

 

 

Some photos of the nearly finished boat.  Still some deck finishing to go.

 

 

Robert

 

[Mirabell61]

a beautiful build Robert,

 

hull, fitting out, masting and rigging excellently done

 

Nils

[Robert29]

a beautiful build Robert,

 

hull, fitting out, masting and rigging excellently done

 

Nils

Thank you for your comments Nils. I've gone through some of your projects, they are awesome. I will go through them in more detail, can learn a lot from skilled modellers like you.

 

Robert

[Roubaix]

Hi,

 

Your BN2 looks fantastic! Really like how it came out. Congrats!

 

I'm a newbie. I'm also building this kit. Did you double plank your hull? I really like the color of your hull in natural color(unpainted). Did you use the same kit planks supplied? How did you get that rich reddish color? I'm thinking about double plank the hull with Crown Timberyard Swiss pear planks. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

Here's the link to my build log.

 

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11195-bluenose-ii-by-roubaix-artesania-latina/?view=getnewpost

 

Thanks.

 

Shaun

 

http://www.crowntimberyard.com/swiss-pear-strips.php

[Robert29]

Hi,

 

Your BN2 looks fantastic! Really like how it came out. Congrats!

 

I'm a newbie. I'm also building this kit. Did you double plank your hull? I really like the color of your hull in natural color(unpainted). Did you use the same kit planks supplied? How did you get that rich reddish color? I'm thinking about double plank the hull with Crown Timberyard Swiss pear planks. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

Here's the link to my build log.

 

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11195-bluenose-ii-by-roubaix-artesania-latina/?view=getnewpost

 

Thanks.

 

Shaun

 

http://www.crowntimberyard.com/swiss-pear-strips.php

 

 

 

Hi Shaun,

 

Thank you for the compliment, I am quite a newbie myself.  This is actually my second built, and the first with a planking hull.  My other first built was the Juan Sebastian Elcano with a solid hull.  It is in this Forum's Gallery.  I chose Bluenose II to gain some experience in planking before going to something more challenging.

 

Although my kit is also manufactured by Artesania Latina like yours somehow they seem to differ from each other.

 

This is the packaging for my kit.

 

These are the instruction booklets with it.  I don't know what instructions you have with it.  From your images I noticed you have a plan. I don't have any with mine, just two booklets one with the instructions for the hull, deck, fittings planking, etc, the other for the masts, sails and rigging.  

 

Yes it is double planked. The first layer is basswood 1.5 x 4mm.  The second layer (the finish) is sapelly sheets 0.6 x 4mm.  It is quite thin and it was supplied with the kit.  The first layer must be sanded to remove any irregularities and leave it perfectly smooth. Then the sapelly plates are glued on this smooth surface.  I used normal white carpenters glue. Every plate you fix wipe immediately the excess glue with a damp cloth and you should have no problem.  After all hull is covered sapelly and well dried you have to sand it again.  To get the nice smooth finish sand it very lightly.  Do not use coarse sandpaper firstly because you do not want to remove a lot of the material, as the plates are very thin and secondly a coarse sandpaper will leave a lot of tiny scratches which will be difficult to remove with a finer sandpaper on such a thin surface.  I first used grit 280 then finished with grit 400.  Then I painted with normal water based varnish with a satin finish. Do not use matt varnish, the grain comes out much better with satin finish. You have at least to give it three coats and sanding very lightly (grit 400)  between each coat after well dry.  I usually leave a couple of days before giving the next coat. Obviously do not sand the last coat.  I did not use any dyes, just clear satin finish varnish.  

 

I have scanned a few images from my instruction booklets which may be of some help to you.  I don't know if you have the same instructions with your kit.

 

 

To be honest with you I never used the swiss pear planks, so I can't tell you what finish you are going to get.  But if as it says on the supplier's site it has an ebony finish, stand to be corrected if I am wrong, it has a dark finish and not much grains show.  To be honest with you the sapelly I used was quite workable, I did not have any issue with splintering.

 

Good luck Shaun

 

[Roubaix]

Wow, your kit is completely different from mine. Maybe your's is a European version. Even the hull color themes are completely different. See my kit pics. The instruction came with my kit is NOT nearly as nice as yours.   Your's show full color detailed step by step instructions. 

 

Do you know where I can get the sapele planks? My Swiss pear planks look more pinkish. Not sure if I could stain them to make them look richer color.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2015 by Roubaix

[Robert29]

Finally finished.  Here are a few images of the finished Bluenose II. I enjoyed building it.  My choice for going for this kit was to gain some experience especially in planking and rigging before going for a more challenging project.  This was my second build, my first build 'Juan Sebastian Elcano' had a solid hull. Now I am tempted to go for the HMS Victory 1:72!!!!

 

I would like to thank all those who posted the likes and the comments in my Build Log.  I would also like to thank those who followed my build and also the visitors. If I go for the HMS Victory I will definitely start a build log from the very beginning as I am sure I would have a lot of questions along the build.

 

 

Robert

 

 

[GuntherMT]

Congratulations, great looking ship!

[thomaslambo]

Yes, congratulations are definitely in order...great job, and good luck with your next build 

[Aceman]

Incredible Job,,,, 

[Jparsley]

Very beautifully done

[MRJG]

I just got my kit of the Bluenose a couple of days ago. which is going to be my first build, and looking at your build here...  All I can say is WOW!!! excellent work!

[Robert29]

I just got my kit of the Bluenose a couple of days ago. which is going to be my first build, and looking at your build here...  All I can say is WOW!!! excellent work!

 

Thank you for the compliment. Welcome to this great forum. Good luck on your first build. Going through the builds in this forum you will learn a lot and get a lot of ideas.  I found it of great help.  I think Bluenose is a good model to start on.

 

Robert

[Dimitris71]

Hello Robert , your bluenose looks fantastic. Congrats!!! :)

 

Cheers

Dimitris

[ChrisLinden]

Looks awesome robert. Very clean and tight work. Looks impressive!

[dgbot]

Great work your Bluenose is a success.  Nicely done.

David B

[Seventynet]

Hi Robert, I just discovered your Bluenose build. Gorgeous! Fabulous workmanship.

Ian

[aydingocer]

Hi Bertu,

Excellent job indeed. Congratulations.

I have this kit as my next project and I was wondering how did you manage to get those plank nibs so smoothly into the waterways (see picture below for what I mean)? 

Did you first install the waterways and cut off parts as the planks come by, or did you use some other way? Can you share your method? 

BR;

Aydin

 

[aydingocer]

Well, I searched around and found this topic in this forum about my question above. I will check it out but any first hand experience tips are still appreciated (I tried to edit my post but Forum did not let me, therefore I had to post a new reply about it).

 

 

[Robert29]

Hi Aydin,

 

Sorry for my late reply.  Thanks for your compliment.  Bluenose was my first planking job.  I first glued the waterways then trimmed them with a sharp blade as the planking progressed. When planking, every time I arrived to a nib I cut the plank to shape, mark it on the water way and carefully trim the waterway.  What you have to be careful about is to make sure that you get identical nibs on bothe sides of the deck, otherwise they will not look good.  I worked this by starting the deck planing from the middle and working sideways,  all the time checking he distance from the last laid plank to the waterway.  Thus if I notice any difference from one side to the other I just send a little from the edge of the next plank to be laid.  Hope i have been clear.

 

Robert

[aydingocer]

Thank you very much for your reply, Robert and it is never too late for answer :).

I think the waterway had been already glued in your case. How hard was it to remove the the waterway piece properly clean after you have used the blade on the marked lines? Did you use a weaker glue when you fixed it on the false deck in order to make it easy to rip off pieces afterwards? Or was it just easy to do it? 

/Aydin

 

[Robert29]

I used normal white wood glue for the waterways and all planking.  After marking and gone over the markings with a blade it was quite easy to chisel away. You have to be carefully for the trimmed edges to keep them clean and sharp. The underlaying plywood doesn't matter as it is going to be covered again.

 

Robert

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