Bluenose by Fubarelf - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64

[Fubarelf]

Thanks for the encouragement Dave!

[GGibson]

Nice start to planking, Tim, and appreciate the meticulous "start over" attitude!  Keep pushing forward!  I'm still going to school on you!

 

And please tell me you clean off your worktable before your photo ops.  Mine is way too cluttered with... stuff!  

[Fubarelf]

13 hours ago, GGibson said:

Nice start to planking, Tim, and appreciate the meticulous "start over" attitude!  Keep pushing forward!  I'm still going to school on you!

 

And please tell me you clean off your worktable before your photo ops.  Mine is way too cluttered with... stuff!  

Have to admit, I’m a bit of a neat freak. A place for everything and everything in its place. That, and the cats have a bad habit of knocking any loose bits on the floor and carting them off to parts unknown. 🫤

[Fubarelf]

Finished up the first belt "D" of planking!  Going to start to plank from the waist down and for belt "A" next.

 

Tim

[CPDDET]

Carry on, Tim. The planking gets easier, the more you do.

Dave

[Fubarelf]

Belt "A" is complete. Not perfect, but also not out of the range of sanding smooth.  Learning as I go to bevel/shape the planks to make for a clean tight fit.  As you said Dave @CPDDET, it gets easier the more you do.  Thinking ahead and shaping the planks, so that the plank being installed not only fits tight to the previous plank, it is also set up to make for a clean fit to the next plank, has been the biggest challenge and learning.  

Moving to the middle belts next....

 

Tim

[GGibson]

Looks like nice work, Tim!  I am still working on my "Belt A" section planking.

[Fubarelf]

Belt "B" complete!!  Steadily improving my planking as I get further along, but still plenty of practice needed.  I started with the starboard side.  I have read that you should plank evenly on both sides, replicating the planks as you go, but I made some errors on the first side that would have been duplicated had I done that.  Happy with the result and looking forward to finishing the planking!!  

 

Tim

 

[CPDDET]

Looking good there Tim!

Dave

[GGibson]

Looks really sharp, Tim!  Great job!  I am still on my "Belt A" planking (doing more tapering than I thought I was going to do), and have been stalled due to Christmas preps, getting ready to travel over holidays, etc.  So, will hit the shipyard hard again when I get back.  Enjoy your holidays with family!

[Fubarelf]

Hull planking complete!!  Just needs a little more sanding and potentially a little wood filler in a couple of spots.  Overall, turned out pretty good for my first complete hull.  I spent some time thinking about how I would clamp the planks while the glue dried on the last belt.  I decided to use tape threaded through the hull and wrapped around the planks to hold them tight.  In hindsight, I probably could have used this method earlier for belts "A" and "B".  It did a good job holding the planks and did not damage them like the clamps I had used earlier.  So glad to have that done...on to the decking...

Tim

 

[rcmdrvr]

Great job!  Are you planning to paint or stain the hull?

[Fubarelf]

Thank you @rcmdrvr!  I am planning to paint the hull. 

[Worldway]

Very nice work

[CPDDET]

Looks great!

[Fubarelf]

16 hours ago, Worldway said:

Very nice work

Thank you Derek!

[Fubarelf]

14 hours ago, CPDDET said:

Looks great!

Thank you Dave!

[bhermann]

Looking good!  I see your assistant has been keeping a close eye on things

 

Bob

[CPDDET]

1 hour ago, bhermann said:

Looking good!  I see your assistant has been keeping a close eye on things

 

Bob

Last time I left my "assistant " in the shipyard unattended, I lost part of my transom to her sharp teeth

[Fubarelf]

1 hour ago, bhermann said:

Looking good!  I see your assistant has been keeping a close eye on things

 

Bob

Thanks Bob!  Yes, she is a constant presence.  Her favorite spot is lying on the plans! 😺

[Fubarelf]

Before getting started on the decking, I decided to work on all of the deck structures.  I needed a break from any kind of planking and I wanted to get at least the main cabin and the hatches completed, I plan to have the installed on the bulkheads with a 1/16 groove to fit the decking under and around the structures. 

 

I started by laying out the plan cutouts to show where additional support was needed for attaching the deck planks.  

I really only needed to add support around the hatches and the main cabin, as the remaining structures will be installed on top of the finished deck planks, but I got carried away.

 

I started with the hatches.

 

Next, I built the skylight and companionway.   I wasn't sure what to do to create the airports for the skylight (and later for the main cabin).  

 

I had seen on one of the model ship sites that there were air port fitting available, but I decided to come up with my own.  It looked like the rings provided in the kit were the perfect size.  I just happened to have leather hole punch that was the same size as the rings, so I punch out disks of aluminum foil, glued on to the rings.  I drilled holes about the sam size in the sky light and then glued the ring and foil into the hole.

 

 

As I was building up the main cabin, I forgot to take pictures as I was working, so I only have shots of the later stages.  I shaped and installed the base moulding onto the bulk heads and extra support.  Next, I installed corner pieces and cut and fit the walls.  Since the upper moulding had rounded corner, as opposed to mitered corned like the lower moulding, I shaped one long piece  and then soaked it so I could bend as one piece around the cabin.  I built the roof by creating an outer frame and the installed decking planks, tapering each to account for the trapezoid shape of the roof.  I cut out the hatchway and installed the side pieces extending back for the hatchway rails.  

 

 

I carved doors and added door handles, using filed down nail heads.  I finished up by installing the doors and adding the hatch.  

 

I built the sky light and compass housing earlier.  Not sure I am happy with the skylight and may redo that later.

 

 

Last piece was the wheel housing.  

 

 

 

Looking forward to starting on the decking...

 

Tim

 

 

[Fubarelf]

Fore deck planking is complete.  I started by planking down the center, which was all uniform width planks.   I took this out to the point where the wider planks sit for the windlass.  Per the plans, I used 4 planks of 3/32 planking under the bowsprit, from where the windlass will sit to the point of the bow.

 

I cut out the nibbing strake from the plans, used a glue stick to attach to a plank and tried to carefully cut them out.

 

Installed both.

I had to make some minor adjustments to the nibbing strake toward the back of the foredeck to get everything to line up and fit nicely.

Finished up with a first sanding before moving on to the aft deck.

 

Tim

 

 

 

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by Fubarelf

[GGibson]

Great job on the foredeck, Tim! I recall struggling on my first nibbing strakes I made for my Ballahoo build, but made it through it.  Mixed emotions about getting to that point again with my Bluenose build.  Appreciate the inspiration! 

[Fubarelf]

Thank you Gregg!  Happy with how it turned out, but hopefully the Aft Deck will go a little smoother.

[Fubarelf]

I have finished the aft deck!!  The nibbing strakes went much better this time around vs the fore deck.  Still some opportunities, but much less modification needed to make everything fall into place.  

 

Work in process...

Finished decks...

Still some final sanding to do and touch up paint on the waterways.  Moving on to building all of the rest of the deck furniture.  

 

Tim

[CPDDET]

Looks excellent!

[GGibson]

Hey Tim! Your fore and aft decks look awesome! Great work!  I am getting close to finished on my Bluenose decking, as well, but have not done any of the fake stanchions or other bulwark work yet.  Those are next on my list.  Hope mine comes out as well as your Bluenose is looking! Keep doing well! 

[Fubarelf]

On 2/14/2023 at 6:37 PM, CPDDET said:

Looks excellent!

Thank you Dave!

[Fubarelf]

20 hours ago, GGibson said:

Hey Tim! Your fore and aft decks look awesome! Great work!  I am getting close to finished on my Bluenose decking, as well, but have not done any of the fake stanchions or other bulwark work yet.  Those are next on my list.  Hope mine comes out as well as your Bluenose is looking! Keep doing well! 

Thank you Gregg. Happy to have the hull and decking complete, but so much left to do!!  Enjoying work on the smaller details. 

[Fubarelf]

I am still making progress on the Bluenose, although opportunities to work on the model have been scarce the last several months.  I managed to complete a good portion of the deck furniture and shaped the bowsprit and added some detail.  Still more work to be done on the bowsprit and I have been putting off getting to the detail on the windlass and winch.  Lots going on there!!

I have also been working on sanding the hull and prepping it for painting.  I filled in several low planks to even things out.  I really wanted to avoid wood filler as much as possible but, as this is my first attempt at planking a full hull, it had some areas that needed to be addressed.  Got everything pretty smooth and added one coat of wipe-on poly.  I sanded again and then taped off for the red on the lower half.  I have one coat on with a light sanding once that was dry.  Will be slow going until we get through the summer.

Tim