BLUENOSE By Jerry - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64

[Fright]

Compliments to the chef on this one! Very nice indeed.

[Glenn-UK]

Hello Jerry

All is looking good, and I'm glad that you're back in the shipyard as I do enjoy watching your progress and workmanship.

 

Work is progressing slowly on my HMS Pegasus build but I'm happy to take my time this time around.

I plan start the second planking tomorrow. My DeAgostini Victory build is also moving along and I'm waiting for delivery of this month subscription before moving on with the main ship build. I'm part way through the build of the launch, just waiting for delivery of a primer / filler before moving this small build forward.

 

Have a great day

Glenn

Edited November 12, 2016 by Glennard

[popeye the sailor]

oh hell yea...........your doing better!   shrouds and ratlines look great     do you need that high a mag though?  I put on the 2.00's and my eyes go buggy after a while......I can't wear them for too long.  did your doctor tell you what your sight is?  check it out........you may be able to get along with less  

 

so very glad for you.........this is good news indeed!  

[Jerry]

Hello Fright.. Sorry don't know your name but appreciate very much your visit to my log.  Thank you for your comments and please come and see us again.

Best,

Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Glenn..

Looks like your away and running again..Good for you.  I heard from Lawrence that David (Shipyard Sid) is back in the model building business and I'm very happy to hear that.  I need to look him up and see what he is up to.  I'm still making rat lines and it looks like that will take the better of another week.  I think I may have tied well over two hundred clove hitches again and there are plenty more to go.  Stay in touch, please.

Best,

Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Popeye...Good to hear from you again.  Yes, the news is good, thank the good Lord.  My eyesight is better in my right eye but that's all I need to keep going.  All the ratlines aren't helping as after awhile things get blurry.  Too many clove hitches, I guess.  Actually, everything is okay now and I'm back in business.

 

Have a great weekend, my friend.

Best,

Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Lawrence.

i hope you and Bernadette are having a terrific vacation and too bad it has to end.  I expect to hear all about it when I speak to you next.  Thanks for telling me about David.  I haven't heard from him and am a bit surprised but it's good to know that he's back in the ship model building business.  Has he posted a new log?  And what is he building?  let me know when you get a chance.  Have a safe trip home and get in touch with me by Skype when convenient.

Best,

Jerry

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Jerry

Hello young man. It looks like you are enjoying yourself on this build, and it is all looking splendid. I posted yesterday on my Diana log, and sent you a pm last week.. keep enjoying your build and I will catch you later. Regards DAVID

[Jerry]

Thanks for the info, Lawrence.  

David wrote to me but I missed his PM.  I'll check with him on his Diana  log.  It's so good to see him back with us again.  I really missed him; especially his witty sayngs.  I;m trult happy that he's back.

Best

Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello David...

ROPE Society is truly cooking again.  I'm sorry to say that I haven't received your PM.  I double checked just now at my Old Mail but the last PM's I have from you were back in March.  No matter, I'm just thrilled that you are back doing your thing again.  Glenn is correct and i'm tickled that he kept buzzing your ear as we all missed you very much.  I'll check out your Diana site  as I'm really anxious to see where you're at.

Best to you,

Jerry

P.S.  No real pointy ends on the Bluenose but I managed to break other things for sure.

[Jerry]

Hello Everyone.

Today is a very happy day for me.  I completed the ratlines!! I believe that this is the most boring part of the build,  It took me much longer than I anticipated to which i blame my vision problem  However, thank the good Lord because I was able to do it in spite of my problem.  I really shouldn't complain because when I think back to my HMS Victory days and the huge number of clove hitches I tied compared to a couple of hundred on this model, I guess it wasn't so bad after all.    The point is I shouldn't complain.  

 

I want to finish the chain plates next; I'm planing to simulate them with black construction paper.

 

Hera are the latest pictures which included the starboard chain plates.

Best,
Jerry

Edited November 16, 2016 by Jerry

[Jerry]

Good afternoon everyone...

 

Today has been another good day in the dry dock.  I'm very happy to have finished the rat lines, needless to say, a very boring part of this experiment.  But as I said this has been  a good day because I managed to complete the rest of the standing rigging so all the stays are now in place.  Tomorrow I hope to start rigging the gaffs and see how far I can go.  

Here are some pictures to bring the project up to date.

Best

Jerry

Edited November 17, 2016 by Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

Nice work Jerry

[Jerry]

Many thanks, Glenn....

[Jond]

Hi Jerry

 

I'm back again and taking a look at lines and rigging. You are doing great.

 

My larger scale...1:24.. makes everything very visible. I need to learn seizing and things like never before. I am also working hard to make decent dories. Anyway I look forward to seeing what you and others are doing. These logs also get us to all kinds of hints.

 

My log link is to a scratch build. You can see if you visit I am getting close to rigging. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers jon

[Jerry]

Hello Lawrence..

Good to see you back again.  I hope you and Bernadette had a terrific holiday and that you are back and getting ready for the snow.  Looks like you'll have to convert your mower to a snow blower again; I heard there's going to be a lot of snow coming your way this winter.  I'm having a real good time working on this model; I'm so thankful that my eye problem didn't stop me and that I'm seeing well enough to continue.

No sails...Now you know better than that, Lawrence, I like to keep the rigging exposed and bedsides, sails are dust collectors..

So welcome back to civilization and to many happy days on finishing your Bounty.

Best to Bernie

Jerry 

[Jerry]

Hello Jon,

Many thanks for your visit to my log.  I did go to your log and checked it out.  It's very impressing to see how you work.  What you are doing I must admit is far beyond my talent.  I recently stopped sailing R/C sail boats in order to concentrate on model ship building.  But when I sailed I had two sailboats, a Soling and a Seawind.  The club I belonged to was a bit too competitive for me (that really means I was a lousy sailor)  so I sold the boats and started to build the models.  Please come and see me again

Best,

Jerry 

[popeye the sailor]

look'in great Jerry!   your mov'in right along with the rigging  

[Jerry]

Hello Popeye...

Thanks for the visit and nice comment.  Hope to see you soon.

Best.

Jerry

[Doug James]

Your ship is looking great, and I know not an easy build. I'm working on the same kit,it now six years  and with some luck I might Finnish it this winter.

I have picked up some points from following your build so thank you for posting all you work.

Doug

[Jerry]

Hello Doug..

Thank you so much for letting me know that my log has helped you somewhat.  It's good to know that my efforts have helped somebody.  I don't mind maintaining a log as it also provides me with a chronological record of my work.  I'm getting into the home stretch now and I believe that I'll finish this model in a month or so.  I hope you have a great weekend.

Here are some more pictures to bring my progress up to date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best,

Jerry

Edited November 19, 2016 by Jerry

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings young man

Hope you are both keeping well. Well I thought it was time to peruse the log of your latest build, which I believe is number five not including the Cutty Sark, which I have been down to see three times this year, and also been around it once since it's restoration. It's more or less a straight tube run from my sons in Edgware. The National maritime museum is only ten minutes away from the Cutty Sark and really worth visiting. Any way it's good to be back and see how thing are going. So you will soon finish your bluenose which has gone really well, as have your previous builds. So what is next?? I must say I am a little perplexed as to why you are building your bluenose on the floor. Is it to stop you dropping it ?? What does also concern me a bit, is I hope you don't think the bluenose is submarine. Anyway keep up the good work and take care. I will catch you later. Best wishes. DAVID, Photos HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool. Golden Hind London .

[Jerry]

Hello David...

Thank you for the "young man" reference.  I wish it were true but things are really pretty good these days.  And thanks for the photos of the two relics which I see are not anywhere near Cutty Sark in stature.

It was easier to to do the top mast rat lines having the ship sit on the floor than on the table.  It's a lot easier for me to maneuver when at that height.

Bluenose is number 5 not counting Curry Sark but why eliminate Cutty Sark from my fantastic accomplishments.  Just kidding of course.

I think I have about two or three more weeks before finishing Bluenose and then I will probably take a hiatus and try something else for awhile.  I need to get my mind going in another direction while I still have time to accomplish something.  I might write another play because I thought of a situation that might make a very funny plot.

Anyway, thanks for getting in touch and I hope things go well for you from now on.

Best regards,

 

Here are some pictures to bring Bluenose up to date...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry

Edited November 22, 2016 by Jerry

[Jerry]

Good evening everyone..

Today was a day that I worked at the bow end of the ship.  There is a pair of bob-stays and guys that run from the front of the bowsprit to the front and both sides of the hull,  seized at both ends.  I plan to install a foot rope under the bowsprit in my next session even though the practicum doesn't call for it but the plans show it.  I can't imagine the sailors crawling on the bowsprit to get to the end of it without a foot rope to stabilize them.  I'm also constructing the anchors which I hope to hang tomorrow as well as attaching the rudder along with their gudgeons and pintles.  The catheads supplied in the kit were very fragile and I made the mistake of installing them early in the build..I constantly hit them with my arm and eventually they twisted and broke. I highly recommend not installing these until the anchors are ready at the end of the construction.  I fashioned my own catheads which can be clearly seen in the picture.Then comes the running lights and the flag. Some painting touch up will follow that and if all goes as planned this Bluenose should be finished in a week or ten days.  Here are some additional photos bringing the build to date.

 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.

 

Jerry

Edited November 23, 2016 by Jerry

[popeye the sailor]

nice rigging Jerry....so,  your almost to the end.   I'll look forward in seeing another fine build......after you hiatus,  of course     sweet looking ship Jerry  

[Jerry]

Hello Popeye..

Hope you're having a great Thanksgiving weekend.  Yep, almost to the end.  I should have this baby finished in a week or so.  Then it's hiatus time and then who knows?  Take good care,

Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Lawrence.

Thanks for stopping by while making your "rounds."  I certainly appreciate your very nice comments and your visit.  Today, being Sunday, it's football time without any thoughts about Bluenose.  My progress has been good and this build will be completed during the next week.  All I have left is to hang and rig the anchors, build the running light boards, hang the flag and some paint touch ups.  I'm not sure what the next project will be or when it will happen but I know I won't be able to sit around and do nothing.  As soon as I have some more pictures I'll post them to complete this log.  My best regards to Bernadette.

Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Everyone..

 

Well, today is the day that for all practical purpose, my "Bluenose" has been completed.  I still need to mount her on a base, run up the Canadian flag and encase her in a display case.  I didn't attach the flag because frankly I don't like the one that came with the kit.  It looks like it has a perpetual erection and certainly doesn't look like it will hang naturally.  So, I'll look around and see what I can find in the next few weeks.  The display case will take some time to arrive and I'm still not sure how I want to mount the model to the base.  She is surprisingly light; I don't think she weighs more than a pound and a half,  so I may stand her on a pair of 2 mm brass wires glued into a finished base.  There's a lot to be said about this kit but I think I'll spare Model Shipways my thoughts so as to not embarrass them and most importantly...myself.  This project took a little more than five months and it would have been quicker than that if I didn't go through the problems with my sight.  So this won't be my last posting but it will probably be a little while before my next one which will wrap up the project.

 

I have several more photos which I shall post and unfortunately the ones of the full shot of the ship are not very good due to bad contrast.  A white background hides the natural rigging lines and a dark background eliminates the black lines.  I tried placing the ship on the table in front of my black faced TV set to bring out the natural rigging but as you shall see,  the reflections ruined that.

 

Here is the last group of pictures I have and when the ship totallt completed I'll post a few more to finalize this log.

 

I wish everyone a very happy evening.

Best,

Jerry

Edited November 30, 2016 by Jerry

[bhermann]

Looking very nice, Jerry.  Congratulations on a job well done!  Good job on those finishing details.

 

About the flag, if your kit is the same as mine, the flag that came with it is the Maple Leaf flag, which didn't come into use until well after the Bluenose's career was over.  I believe the Red Ensign might be more appropriate for her era.  Check out this wikipedia article:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Red_Ensign

 

Looking forward to seeing her mounted and cased.  Of course, as always, she is your ship, fly whatever flag you like! 

 

Bob

[robert22564]

You've done a fine job on that Jerry, well done.