Bluenose by TerryPat - Model Shipways - 1:64

[TerryPat]

The kit arrived today. Christmas in July! I knd of feel like a kid again.

It's a blue box just like in all of the build logs I've seen.. Good start.  Lots of wood sticks and slabs as expected. 

You can see by my side view pic of the keel and bulkhead stock, that the keel is basswood and the bulkheads are plywood. I was hoping for basswood bulkheads as well. Seems plywood is not going to sand as nicely as basswood during the fairing process . Oh well, I'll manage. 

I probably won't start any building until sometime in September. In the meantime I'll do research,  read the instructions,  study the plans,  do kit inventory, look at build logs, etc.. on rainy days.

I appreciated any and all suggestions, guidance, and help.

Thanks

Terry

[Knocklouder]

Good luck on your journey,  there are a lot of great logs for the Bluenose  on MSW.  I will pull up a chair as they say,  

Knocklouder 😁 

[TerryPat]

2 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

Good luck on your journey,  there are a lot of great logs for the Bluenose  on MSW.  I will pull up a chair as they say,  

Knocklouder 😁 

Don't look too close! You'll make me nervous.  Haha. Will be great to have you checking in.

[CPDDET]

Wishing you the best on your build journey. I'll be following.

[TerryPat]

18 minutes ago, CPDDET said:

Wishing you the best on your build journey. I'll be following.

Thank you. Glad you're following. I'll have plenty of questions. I'm already getting a lot from your build log

[CPDDET]

6 minutes ago, TerryPat said:

Thank you. Glad you're following. I'll have plenty of questions. I'm already getting a lot from your build log

It was my first build. Mistakes were made so tred lightly. LOL

[Ronald-V]

Have fun on your journey!

[TerryPat]

Had a rainy morning so I got a few things going. I started inventory then quickly decided to finish it some other day. Everything is probably there .

I cut the keel parts from the sheet and got it all out without breaking anything 

 

 

 

Using my wife's "Christmas" tissue, I traced lines on the drawings to be transferred to the keel sections.

 

I layed the tracings onto the sections. I'll transfer them over with carbon paper. Or I'll poke through the thin tissue with a sharp pencil point and make a series of dots. Not sure yet.  I'll glady accept any ideas.

 

 

Now. Here's a little clue to the operation I'm planning to tackle next:

 

 

Anyone care to make a guess? 😃

 

That's all for now folks. Stay tuned

Terry

[palmerit]

Another option is to photocopy the plans so you can cut portions out and use something like a light coat of rubber cement to adhere them to the frame (the rubber cement let you easily peel it off). I often photocopy portions of plans to that I can cut into them and poke holes in them and spill things on them, knowing that I have the fresh plans stored in the box.

[TerryPat]

54 minutes ago, palmerit said:

Another option is to photocopy the plans so you can cut portions out and use something like a light coat of rubber cement to adhere them to the frame (the rubber cement let you easily peel it off). I often photocopy portions of plans to that I can cut into them and poke holes in them and spill things on them, knowing that I have the fresh plans stored in the box.

 

Good idea!! Thanks

Terry