Bluenose by Fubarelf - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64

[Fubarelf]

9 hours ago, GGibson said:

Great sail work, Tim!  and I love the rope coils next to the belaying pins! Sharp looking! 

 

A question on your picture just before your "Finished Sail" text, the one with the single block right next to the fife rail.  Where is that rigging going up to on the mast?  Not seeing this in the Sheet 5 or Sheet 6 Rigging details, but am overlooking it, I am sure.

Thank you, Gregg. The blocks on either side of the fire rail are for the main throat and peak halliards.  They support the main gaff. Detail is on plan 6. 

Tim

[Fubarelf]

9 hours ago, wmherbert said:

I'm a fan of sails on a model. Yours are looking good. 

 Also nice rope coils.

Bill

Thank you, Bill!

[CPDDET]

Nice work!

[Fubarelf]

Continuing on with the sail rigging...Fore sail and fore top sail next, starting from the bottom with the fore sail.  There are a lot of blocks and a fair amount of rigging required for the peak and throat halliards.  Need to pay close attention to the rigging plan on sheet 6 to make sure all the lines run to the correct pins.  

 

I attached the fore boom and loosely rigged the sheet and topping lift so that they could be tightened up as needed once the sail was rigged and attached.  

Once the boom was in place I added all of the ties for the mast hoops to the fore sail and lashed the top of the sail to the fore gaff.

I thought I had taken pictures of the completed peak halliard before I added the fore top sail but, did not have any when I went to edit the pics for posting.  

Once I had the gaff rigged, I lashed the bottom of the sail to the boom and then snugged all of the lines up.

The fore top sail was next.  I learned from the main top sail to attach all of the clew line fairleads and blocks, the rigging line and block and the mast hoop ties BEFORE attaching the sail to the mast.  So much easier to work with the sail off of the ship, duh!  Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of this interim step and only have a photo of the sail fully rigged.  

Once again, very important to study the rigging plan, check and double check all the lines to make sure they are all routed appropriately and tied off to the correct pin prior to any permanant attachment.  I finished off all of the tie offs with rope coils.  While I was looking things over, I noticed that my main top sail and fore top sail were rigged on opposite sides of their associated peak halliards.  What I discovered is that I had placed the main top sail on the wrong side.  Both sails are set to the port side, but the bottom corner of the main top sail and tack line goes over the main gaff to the starboard side.  This is noted on the plans.

On to the stay sail...4 more to go!

 

Tim

 

 

 

[Nirvana]

Tim, that looks real good.

When I will be back at my Bluenose I will make her naked......😀, no sails as it takes away a lot of the nice rigging.

[Fubarelf]

8 minutes ago, Nirvana said:

Tim, that looks real good.

When I will be back at my Bluenose I will make her naked......😀, no sails as it takes away a lot of the nice rigging.

Thank you, Nirvana!  I considered that, but really like the look of the bluenose in full sail.  It is a lot of rigging, but I am enjoying the process and learning a ton to apply to future builds.

 

Tim

Edited April 10, 2024 by Fubarelf
Accidentally submitted before typing reply.

[Fubarelf]

Getting closer to completion, but it has been slow going.  Summer, work on the house and the yard, and other various obligations have not left much time for working on the Bluenose.  Finished the Stay Sail and Jumbo Jib, only two more sales to go!!

 

I used rings for the hanks on the Jumbo Jib.   I had originally used silver rings I had in my supply, but felt like they looked too big once on the sail and I could not blacken them.  I ordered smaller brass rings from Model Expo, blackened them and attached to the sail.  When I went to start rigging the sail, I realized that I had sewn the hem around the edge of the sail on the wrong side .  It was backward from all the other sails on the ship, so I remade the sail.  I also had managed to get a stain on the original sail, so this solved that problem as well.

Just realized I never added the parrels to the main gaff...Always more to do...

Tim

[CPDDET]

Looks great! I know what you mean about life getting in the way. I haven't made it into the shipyard for weeks.

[GGibson]

Sails are looking really nice, Tim!  Great job with the rigging.  I'm still very apprehensive about doing the sails on mine...  You are about done!  Congrats!

[Nirvana]

5 hours ago, CPDDET said:

Looks great! I know what you mean about life getting in the way. I haven't made it into the shipyard for weeks.

Hmm, thank you for acknowledging this. Because I am equally bad.... or worse, my shipyard is at stand still.

[CPDDET]

6 minutes ago, Nirvana said:

 

 

7 minutes ago, Nirvana said:

Hmm, thank you for acknowledging this. Because I am equally bad.... or worse, my shipyard is at stand still.

Well, it's a hobby and not a quest. I work on my model as time allows and when I'm in the right frame of mind to commit to quality work. And those 2 things don't always coincide with each other.

[Fubarelf]

On 7/4/2024 at 11:35 AM, GGibson said:

Sails are looking really nice, Tim!  Great job with the rigging.  I'm still very apprehensive about doing the sails on mine...  You are about done!  Congrats!

Thank you, Gregg!  Was a lot of steps to create the sails (and redo some), tie all the blocks, run all of the rigging lines (and redo some!).  Very satisfying though once the work is done. .  Still have to go back and finish the boats, deal with the anchors and a few other minor details, but I think I can see the finish line.

 

Tim

[Fubarelf]

On 7/4/2024 at 9:53 AM, CPDDET said:

Looks great! I know what you mean about life getting in the way. I haven't made it into the shipyard for weeks.

Thank you!  I pulled everything out of the shipyard, reorganized and added some book cases.  Had the models-in-progress stashed away in a spare bedroom to keep the cats away while the shipyard was out of commission.  All done now and looking forward to finishing the Bluenose.

 

Tim

[Fubarelf]

I have finally completed the Bluenose!!  I actually completed all the sails and final odds and ends a couple of months ago, but needed to add the flag and figure out what to do about a name plate for the base.  While it sat on the shelf, I completed the Flying Dutchman.  I found a Red Ensign flag online from www.Duplicataproductions.com.  They can in a sheet with several different sizes.  Unfortunately, while gluing the two sides together, I smudged part of one side of the flag.  Also unfortunate, the size I wanted to use was one of the few that did not have duplicates on the sheet.  I tried to fix as best I could.  Hard to tell from normal viewing distance, so ok with it for now.  May order another set at some point in the future.

 

 

For the name plate, I ordered a custom printed brass plate from Etsy.  I also found a commemorative stamp and dime on eBay.  I made a simple plaque with a sheet of basswood and stained before adding the nameplate, stamp and dime.

 

For my first build, this one was challenging but a lot of fun.  I have always wanted to build this model, so I can now check this one off.  I may come back at some point and add the dories if I find a more suitable option than the kit supplied boats.  May just be me, but I did not like the way they went together and thought they would detract from the rest of the model with the way they were turning out.  Have several models waiting in the shipyard (Midwest Canadian Canoe, Billings Oseberg, MS Constitution).  Will probably build the canoe next, just for a break from the more complicated builds (and rigging!).

 

Happy New Year!  Tim

 

[CPDDET]

You should be proud! Takes lots of persistence and dedication to produce such a fine model!

[GGibson]

Hey Tim!  Congratulations on your Bluenose completion!  The sails look awesome, and your nameplate design is unique and is a nice addition.  Great work, sir!  The Bluenose really is a beautiful ship to build and I, too, had a lot of fun building it.  Again, fantastic work, Tim! 

[Fubarelf]

1 hour ago, CPDDET said:

You should be proud! Takes lots of persistence and dedication to produce such a fine model!

Thank you very much, @CPDDET!!

[Fubarelf]

1 hour ago, GGibson said:

Hey Tim!  Congratulations on your Bluenose completion!  The sails look awesome, and your nameplate design is unique and is a nice addition.  Great work, sir!  The Bluenose really is a beautiful ship to build and I, too, had a lot of fun building it.  Again, fantastic work, Tim! 

Thank you, Gregg!!  Have appreciated all the comment and encouragement!

[Ed Ku20]

Hi Tim,

Congratulations on the completion of your Bluenose.  Excellent craftsmanship.  I can't believe that was your first model ship!  I especially like your rigging work and the sails.  I used the kit supplied sail cloth.  Your sails look professionally done!  Display it with pride!

 

Best regards,

Ed

[David Lester]

Good Morning Tim,

You have done a great job on your Bluenose. It's really nice and I can't get over how well you've done the brass work which is hard to to do without getting everything overscale.

 

I agree that those dories are a real pain in the neck to do, and I can't remember how many times I have soaked them in acetate to unglue and then redo them, but I would encourage you to not give up. The nice thing is, you build them completely off the model, so there's no danger of undoing all the beautiful work you've done. You don't need to add them until you're completely happy with them.

 

I'm currently building my fifth Bluenose and my third once from scratch and I have finally managed to get the dories to work. If you need more material you can buy a sheet of 1/64" plywood from BlueJacket and it's not expensive. Here are my tips: be sure to clamp the sides to every one of the frames while the glue is setting and clamp the bow end together. This part is not too hard to do. It might also help to cut a temporary piece of wood to jam between the sides at midpoint to help them keep their shape. There's only really tricky bit that I can't really find a work-around for is getting the stern piece to sit squarely, so I focus all of my frustration on it and work at it until it's sitting right (or close enough.) Once it's in place, the hard part if over. I also found the bottoms very hard to install and difficult to glue because there is so little edge, but I solved that problem. For every dory except the top ones, I simply omit the bottom, there's no actual need for it, and for the top two I don't use the thin plywood provided, but I cut new bottoms from 1/16" material. This helps enormously and they glue into place easily, and you only need two of them! Once they're ready to come off the form, it's just a matter of detailing them to whatever degree you like. I tend to keep it to a minimum.

 

Two other smaller issues: The first is their colour. The real dories were a very bold yellow and I found that if I painted them a bold yellow that they drew the eye too much and I felt detracted from the overall effect. So I found a toned down colour, more of a buff really. It blends in with the decking, and doesn't draw the eye, but still looks more or less authentic. The other one is the number of them. I believe Bluenose carried eight dories. I found two stacks of four to also look too distracting, so I do two stacks of two and it conveys the idea without being a distraction. Here's a shot from my last scratch-built effort.

 

Anyway, maybe some those techniques might encourage you to give the dories another try, and again, congratulations on a great Bluenose.

David

 

 

[bhermann]

Beautiful job, Tim!  Your workmanship and attention to detail produced a fine finished model.  The embellishments on the name plate are a nice touch as well.  Congratulations!

 

Bob

[ccoyle]

Great job, Tim!

[Fubarelf]

8 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Great job, Tim!

Thank you, Chris!

[Fubarelf]

9 hours ago, bhermann said:

Beautiful job, Tim!  Your workmanship and attention to detail produced a fine finished model.  The embellishments on the name plate are a nice touch as well.  Congratulations!

 

Bob

Thank you, Bob!  

[Fubarelf]

19 hours ago, Ed Ku20 said:

Hi Tim,

Congratulations on the completion of your Bluenose.  Excellent craftsmanship.  I can't believe that was your first model ship!  I especially like your rigging work and the sails.  I used the kit supplied sail cloth.  Your sails look professionally done!  Display it with pride!

 

Best regards,

Ed

Thank you so much, Ed!!

[Fubarelf]

10 hours ago, David Lester said:

Good Morning Tim,

You have done a great job on your Bluenose. It's really nice and I can't get over how well you've done the brass work which is hard to to do without getting everything overscale.

 

I agree that those dories are a real pain in the neck to do, and I can't remember how many times I have soaked them in acetate to unglue and then redo them, but I would encourage you to not give up. The nice thing is, you build them completely off the model, so there's no danger of undoing all the beautiful work you've done. You don't need to add them until you're completely happy with them.

 

I'm currently building my fifth Bluenose and my third once from scratch and I have finally managed to get the dories to work. If you need more material you can buy a sheet of 1/64" plywood from BlueJacket and it's not expensive. Here are my tips: be sure to clamp the sides to every one of the frames while the glue is setting and clamp the bow end together. This part is not too hard to do. It might also help to cut a temporary piece of wood to jam between the sides at midpoint to help them keep their shape. There's only really tricky bit that I can't really find a work-around for is getting the stern piece to sit squarely, so I focus all of my frustration on it and work at it until it's sitting right (or close enough.) Once it's in place, the hard part if over. I also found the bottoms very hard to install and difficult to glue because there is so little edge, but I solved that problem. For every dory except the top ones, I simply omit the bottom, there's no actual need for it, and for the top two I don't use the thin plywood provided, but I cut new bottoms from 1/16" material. This helps enormously and they glue into place easily, and you only need two of them! Once they're ready to come off the form, it's just a matter of detailing them to whatever degree you like. I tend to keep it to a minimum.

 

Two other smaller issues: The first is their colour. The real dories were a very bold yellow and I found that if I painted them a bold yellow that they drew the eye too much and I felt detracted from the overall effect. So I found a toned down colour, more of a buff really. It blends in with the decking, and doesn't draw the eye, but still looks more or less authentic. The other one is the number of them. I believe Bluenose carried eight dories. I found two stacks of four to also look too distracting, so I do two stacks of two and it conveys the idea without being a distraction. Here's a shot from my last scratch-built effort.

 

Anyway, maybe some those techniques might encourage you to give the dories another try, and again, congratulations on a great Bluenose.

David

 

 

Thank you, David!  My work bench is currently empty and you have inspired me to give the dories another go.  
 

Tim