Bluenose by Retired guy - Model Shipways - scale 1:64

[FriedClams]

Nice update on the dories, Richard.  That last photo shows how identically you're building them.  Excellent!

 

Gary

[JohnU]

On 3/7/2024 at 5:38 PM, JohnU said:

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the reply. I looked at the link you sent. These are adaptable. But none like the ones you have from VM! Another site I found had some usable figures, but still not quite as good. https://www.shapeways.com/product/QK2DXA2W9/printle-w-homme-1334-p-1-64?optionId=300710035&li=marketplace

There seems to be a 3-D print to order market in Europe. Still haven't found any in US. I see Modelu has a distributor in Canada but they only carry model railroad sizes.

On another topic, what do you use for magnification?

John

John

I received the ModelU figures. Here's a link:

 

[Retired guy]

On 3/26/2024 at 8:02 AM, FriedClams said:

Nice update on the dories, Richard.  That last photo shows how identically you're building them.  Excellent!

 

Gary

 

Thanks Gary, the jig/plug is working very well. 

 

On 3/29/2024 at 4:20 PM, JohnU said:

I received the ModelU figures. Here's a link:

 

 

Just saw them on you WIP they do look great 👍

 

Regards

Richard

[Retired guy]

Looking at the drawing I bought from the Fishing museum in Lunenburg it shows how the planks overlapped at the middle station, then at each end they butt up so to hold plank in place I drilled holes in the jig so that it would overlap in middle and butt up at ends, started with three wood posts which was not enough so added two more, then I broke the wood posts so change them to brass tube..

 

Shape was good so have cut all sixteen planks now started the production.

Got two glued and they have come out pretty good.

Have been using this glue on all my wood gluing and it works great.

 

 

 

Thanks for all the comments and likes, until next time.

 

Regards

Richard

 

[Retired guy]

Finished the second planking, then removed pins then re-drilled re added pins for adding third planks.

 

 

This again worked well, now have all with three planks each side and pins removed to start last set of planks.

 

 

Thanks guys for looking in and the likes.

 

Regards

Richard 

Edited April 17 by Retired guy

[Mirabell61]

Hi Richard,

I had a look at your splended and wonderful build of the Bluenose (in progress ) for several times already. It keeps me reminded to my 1:75 Billing Boats model of the Bluenose gloucester fisher I was excited for, after seeing the movie " The World in his Arms ", featuring amoungst others  Gregory Peck and Anthony Quin long, long ago as skippers, both masters of two of these ships, and in a spetacular breathtaking Bluewater-race, hard at the wind,  in the Pacific ocean at the edge of limits

 

Nils

[allanyed]

On 4/1/2024 at 6:14 PM, Retired guy said:

Looking at the drawing I bought from the Fishing museum in Lunenburg it shows how the planks overlapped at the middle station, then at each end they butt up so to hold plank in place I drilled holes in the jig so that it would overlap in middle and butt up at ends,

This was typical for lapstrake boats.   Even those that are not double enders have gain at the bow where the strakes stopped overlapping and butt against each other.  The sketch below was shown to me by MSW member Druxey many years ago.

Allan

[Retired guy]

On 4/30/2024 at 3:33 AM, Mirabell61 said:

Hi Richard,

I had a look at your splended and wonderful build of the Bluenose (in progress ) for several times already. It keeps me reminded to my 1:75 Billing Boats model of the Bluenose gloucester fisher I was excited for, after seeing the movie " The World in his Arms ", featuring amoungst others  Gregory Peck and Anthony Quin long, long ago as skippers, both masters of two of these ships, and in a spetacular breathtaking Bluewater-race, hard at the wind,  in the Pacific ocean at the edge of limits

 

Nils

 

Hi Nils, been awhile since I have posted, thanks very much for looking in on my slow build, so you built the Canadian Lunenburg Bluenose, the Gloucester boats Delawana, Esperanto, Henry Ford, Columbia and the Gertrude L. Thebaud where built in the US.

As you say it was spectacular breathtaking Pacific ocean water racing, I have a book called "A Race For Real Sailors" by Keith McLaren which tells in detail about each race from 1920 - 1938 highly recommended.

 

Regards

 

Richard

 

 

[Retired guy]

On 4/30/2024 at 3:54 AM, allanyed said:

This was typical for lapstrake boats.   Even those that are not double enders have gain at the bow where the strakes stopped overlapping and butt against each other.  The sketch below was shown to me by MSW member Druxey many years ago.

Allan

 

Hi Allen,

Thanks for your post and the picture, have been looking at my eight Dory builds and have found that the supplied drawing in the Model Shipways plans are not correct.

So from Roger Pellett suggestion I have bought the Dory Book by John Garner which is brilliant and the Luneburg Dory drawing I have I am going to make all eight Dory's again.

 

  

If anyone wants these unfinished Dory's then can PM me and all I will charge is the shipping

 

 

Regards

Richard