Bluenose II 1920 by elguzanoq - Artesania Latina Kit No 20500 - 1:75 scale - first build

[elguzanoq]

I was going to start this in 2019 but had to move and thought I had lost this model and somehow I found it in a bin hidden in my closet. I have terrible instructions but have the plans that came with the ship and did my best to figure things out on my own and by searching other sites with similar ships.

I'm close to finishing the ship and out of curiosity I decided to search on this site for a similar ship then came across a dsmith who is a member her with the exact same model as mine. Well, mine doesn't look half as nice or as acurate as his, but I think I did a decent job for not knowing what I was doing. 

She's not prety but she's mine and I hope to improve as I go along. 

I have a couple more builds in mind and can't wait to get started.

These few pictures of my build were just randome ones I took to show a friend of mine so they are not that great but you can see how I've progressed.

 

 

The hull was started a few years ago before I lost it so I took it apart due to minor damage and attached again. Was trying to figure out the bullwarks but then realized I need to install the stern deck.

Stern Deck and bullwarks installed.

1st and second layer of planking.

 

Here I jump way ahead with installing the stern cabin. I know the stern base looks off but I think it's from the angle of the boat.

 

Trying to see if the rails would look better stained or natural. 

 

Quick full view from bow.

Learngint to assemble the mast. Apologies for not knowing the exact names of the parts off hand, but the block were the masts are joined were too small to fit. I had to widen them a bit but the began to crack. My guess is a bit of dry rot considering the ship has been in storage for nearly ten years.

 

[Ian_Grant]

Good first build; you're a braver man than me. I've never tried planking a hull.

 

Just a note about the blocks in your mast picture:  it looks like the two upper blocks are the wrong way round. By this I mean the single holes should be at the other end. Imagine that the rope passing through has to go around the disc-shaped sheave (a pulley) within the block; whichever direction the rope comes from it must enter the block at the furthest end in order to use the pulley.

 

Enjoy your rigging!

 

Ian

[elguzanoq]

Thank you Ian, I'll double check on the plans so that I know exactly what you mean. hahaha. I know it's a huge challange but I like working with my hands and even it doesn't come out perfect, at least I created something I've never done before.  Feels really good so far.

Eddie

[elguzanoq]

I had posted my first attempt at rigging but it looked awful so I started from scratch and followed the image on instructions for threading the deadeyes. Look much better now. I'm also getting a bit faster at doing it so I think I won't be spending and entire day just threading 3 dead eyes