figuerres Posted February 15, 2013 Share #1 Posted February 15, 2013 Most of the way done on this build, will get some photos and notes here later... Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share #2 Posted February 16, 2013 some photos from the build process ... hull Mfelinger, AON and hexnut 3 Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted February 16, 2013 deck "furniture" nearly done... Mfelinger, hexnut and AON 3 Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted February 16, 2013 some pictures to show some of where I am at now. Some details and overall how it's looking. also the detail picture on the foremast, I made the rings and hinge out of flat brass and a bit of brass wire as close as I could to the plans. for the smaller rings I used black construction paper in place of metal. but the larger rings are blackened brass. Mfelinger, hexnut and AON 3 Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry2000K Posted February 25, 2013 Share #5 Posted February 25, 2013 Great job on the Gooseneck, have been looking for this detail. keep up the good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaabe Posted March 14, 2013 Share #6 Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) G'day there, Zaabe here. Like the build of the Bluenose. Have one question. Can you tell me the rake angle for the two masts and is it measured from the decks or from a horizontal line eg, waterline. If this is so is the ship mounted such that the keel is parallel to the horizontal or is it set up such that the keel has a slope as it does when mounted. Hope this makes sense. Regards, Zaabe Edited March 14, 2013 by Zaabe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elia Posted March 14, 2013 Share #7 Posted March 14, 2013 figuerres, Very nice work on your Bluenose model. The hull, deck furniture, and masting and rigging all look very good. I look forward to seeing future work. Cheers, Elia Quote Elia Rose Valley, PA Arethusa: 1907 Gloucester Knockabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Wood Posted March 14, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 14, 2013 Very nice work on your kit, sje is a pleasure to look at! I look forward to following the rest of your build! Cheers, Tim Quote Tim Current Build: Future Build: BlueJacket - USS Kidd (Fletcher Class Destroyer) Solid Hull BlueJacket - U.S.S. SAMUEL B. ROBERTS, DE413 | Butler-Class Destroyer Escort BlueJacket - 310' Destroyer "The famous "four-piper" of both World Wars" Model Shipways - Pride of Baltimore II (Topsail Schooner) Model Shipways - Willie L. Bennett (Chesapeake Bay Skipjack) Constructo - Pilar (Ernest Hemingway's Fishing Yacht) Sergal - Race Horse (Bomb Ketch) Classic Warships - USS Salem CA-139 (Heavy Cruiser) Resin Kit Pen Duick Schooner - Half Hull (Scratch Build) CSA Submarine Hunley (Resin Kit) Classic Warships - USS Washington BB-56 (Battleship) Resin Kit Blue Ridge Models - USS Alaska CB-1 (Resin Kit) Completed Builds: 18th Century Sea Mortar Endeavour Half Hull by BlueJacket Ship Crafters Scratch Build - Atlantic (Schooner 1903) Half Hull: Winner of the 1905 Kaiser's Cup Race. BlueJacket 80' ELCO PT Boat 1/48 scale Member: Hampton Roads Ship Model Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted March 17, 2013 thank you all for the comments, sorry I just saw them so I will reply now. I got the bug to start the hull on the Fair American so I have this on hold till I get the bug to finish it :-) the masts are not fixed right now, they are in the holes and free to move a bit, the final placement is very much a 90 degree angle I think. I hope to get more finished on this one before too long. Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Sea Dog Posted March 17, 2013 Share #10 Posted March 17, 2013 Keep it coming, i'm first time build bluenose. Quote Dave No problem can be solved from the level of consciousness that created it. Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlenihan Posted August 27, 2013 Share #11 Posted August 27, 2013 I have a question about this ship. I am new on here and This is my first build, and im doing the model shipwasys bluenose. Now, after the stern blocks go on the instructions tell you to put on the quater frames and to carve a peice for the tumble home to a fake stanchion. I can see this on the plans as well, but there are no specifics. What do i use to carve it? What are the dimensions? it just doesnt tell you anything. I know about the practicum by bob hunt, but i have hard time wanting to dish out that much money for a practicum. Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted October 30, 2014 Hello all, well a job change and a move and other stuff kept me away for a long time.... I am on my way back to finishing this stuff. Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhermann Posted October 30, 2014 Share #13 Posted October 30, 2014 Funny how life gets in the way of our hobby - it'll be nice to see you moving forward again - she has turned out really well to this point! Bob Quote Current build -- MS Bluenose Future build - MS Flying Fish "A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." - William G. T. Shedd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted October 30, 2014 Share #14 Posted October 30, 2014 Getting ready to start my own Bluenose....as soon as i remember where i put it. Quote John Current Build: MSW 18 Century Longboat 1:48 Next Build: MSW Bluenose 1:64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted October 31, 2014 One thing I look back on at this point is that *IF* a kit was made that was just a little larger scale then there is a lot of detail that could be done on this ship. I did some soldering of some of the metal rings that mount the upper mast and the eyes and I made the rings and hinge for the one spar/boom that the plans show but at the size of the MS kit they are darn hard to do. after I get some other stuff done possibly in say another 2 years at the speed things have been going (I hope not as slow this next year) I could be tempted to get a fresh kit and work out a re-sizing of it to a new scale.... kind of a scratch build based on the plans from MS I guess. AT 1:64 it's a fair size I wonder how big it would be at 1:48 ?? like not double -- 33% larger ? Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhermann Posted November 1, 2014 Share #16 Posted November 1, 2014 Correct - 1:48 would be 33% larger. I'd love to see what you could do at that scale. The MS plans have lots of details that could be brought out at that scale! Bob Quote Current build -- MS Bluenose Future build - MS Flying Fish "A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." - William G. T. Shedd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share #17 Posted November 3, 2014 A quick note: I was in an apartment when I started building the ships, that did not give me much room for tools and parts and such. then last year I started a new job across town so I was also driving for over an hour and a half every day plus 8 hours work. now I have a town house with a garage and I am getting my tools and such setup where I will have a lot more room to work and I now live 5 minutes form work. so now I am getting all the tools back to where I can find them and found my sheets of plans and bins of the blocks and rigging. I hope that by the end of January bluenose will be finished and I can get to my other kits! well really I hope faster than that but we shall see how it goes. Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted November 3, 2014 Share #18 Posted November 3, 2014 I'll be watching also! I know just how disruptive any move can be. I am just getting use to where all my toys... I mean tools are stashed now Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share #19 Posted November 30, 2014 Rigging is making some progress... Elia and Mfelinger 2 Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted December 9, 2014 Main mast standing rigging done, getting ready to start attaching the masts to the hull and tie down the shrouds Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share #21 Posted December 21, 2014 Well the masts are now mounted half the deadeyes and chainplates are mounted, soon this will be done and I can start my fair American build. AON, Elia, Mfelinger and 2 others 5 Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share #22 Posted December 28, 2014 Finally have all the deadeyes ready and now attaching the shroud eyes to the ones on the hull Mfelinger, russ and Elia 3 Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share #23 Posted December 28, 2014 Tying shrouds , deadeyes.... dreading the ratlines... will be soo glad to get them done! Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elia Posted December 29, 2014 Share #24 Posted December 29, 2014 She is coming alone Figuerres. The ship looks great. I look forward to seeing the standing rigging get installed. Cheers Elia Quote Elia Rose Valley, PA Arethusa: 1907 Gloucester Knockabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share #25 Posted December 30, 2014 Shrouds and standing rigging done, now for ratlines and running rigging. bhermann, Ol' Pine Tar, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrotten Highlander Posted December 30, 2014 Share #26 Posted December 30, 2014 simple calculation will tell you how much larger it will be: 64/48 = 1.3333, so it would indeed be about one third larger in size. Quote Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam Slainte gu mhath L.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share #27 Posted December 31, 2014 Short break today I took the model off the base so that I could sand and finish the base, it had been covered with blue masking tape. Took that off last week but did not take it apart till today. Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mfelinger Posted December 31, 2014 Share #28 Posted December 31, 2014 She looks great, nice work. I'll be looking forward to watching your progress All the best in 2015. Matija Quote My Builds: Pen Duick - scratch build, scale 1:20 Pasara - scratch build, scale 1:30 Bluenose - scratch build, scale 1:50 - completed Trabakul - scratch build, scale 1:30 - completed Gallery: Bluenose - scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kendziorski Posted December 31, 2014 Share #29 Posted December 31, 2014 In another post you mentioned blocks and deadeyes from Syren. Did you opt to get them, or are you satisfied with those that came with the kit? Myself, I'm sort of a basher, but I like to make improvements that please me and don't cost too much. Blocks and deadeyes from Syren seem to be a reasonable cost. What are your thoughts about that? John Quote "Anything can be made to work if you don't fiddle with it too much." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share #30 Posted December 31, 2014 Lakers, I used the kit block. If I was going to do this today I would use the siren blocks, but I had started this a while back and wanted to just finish what I had. I have learned a lot in this build and made several small errors in it that are part of the process of learning. Quote Holding at Rigging stage : MS Bluenose 1:64, rigging and finish work Building Hull : MS Fair American 1:48 In the yard: 18th Century Longboat, Model Shipways Kit Done: AL Bounty Jolly Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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