mrcc Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share #151 Posted November 16, 2015 Seems like I am always good for a posting once a month... and since the last discussion I created my upper (topmast) shrouds going with the 0.75 mm thread from Caldercraft, also using regular cotton thread for the ratlines that is perhaps 0.15 or 0.2 mm in diameter in my estimation. I then compared the look to the previous mast that I had done, and quickly realized the redo was much better. popeye the sailor, GuntherMT and Mfelinger 3 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share #152 Posted November 16, 2015 I also added a few extra details to the masts ie: ringbolts and spring stay bails (that's what the Model Shipways Plans called them anyways). The next item on my agenda was to set the masts... and I noticed lots of debates whether to glue them in or set them with the stays and shrouds alone. The problem for me was that when I made the mast holes and then the mast collars, I noticed lots of sway to the masts and thus went for the glue... I basically just eyeballed it... From the picture, it looks like I was using a heavy duty clamp but in fact was only using it to prevent the mast from leaning to the side. Everything looks good to me... GuntherMT, Mfelinger and popeye the sailor 3 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share #153 Posted November 16, 2015 Now my focus is adding all the extra details to the booms and gaffs according to the Model Shipways Plans that have been absolutely invaluable to me for adding all the extra details that make a model more interesting. I might be adding sails in the next week or two... popeye the sailor and Mfelinger 2 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share #154 Posted November 16, 2015 One problem that I see is that when adding cleats to the main boom... they appear out of scale to me. It is one thing when they are in your hand and you are sanding them down from a scratch piece of wood and they look small enough... until they are glued in and in place on the main piece. Is this another redo? Fright, popeye the sailor and Mfelinger 3 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share #155 Posted November 20, 2015 Well I reworked the cleats and they look much better and more to scale on the main boom... Mfelinger, GuntherMT, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share #156 Posted November 20, 2015 Now that I have posted this and looked at them again... They still may be out of scale Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Provinces Posted November 30, 2015 Share #157 Posted November 30, 2015 Hi Julian I see you have some nice progress again and I see your point with the cleats. I took a minute to look through the photo archive and found a picture showing one of the cleats: https://novascotia.ca/archives/bluenose/archives.asp?ID=203 I hope that helps... Quote Fair winds and following seas, Jan-Willem current build: Billing Boats Bluenose "the anonymous schooner" (enhanced-bashed-scratched-whatever) in a scale between 1:55 and 1:69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share #158 Posted December 2, 2015 Thanks Jan-Willem for the archive photo! I forgot about those images on file with the Nova Scotia archives. PS. I did sand them down but have not yet posted the images, and yes they look better. Cheers, Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share #159 Posted December 8, 2015 More progress... inching ever so closer to hanging the sails. Adding details to the fore gaff, per the Model Shipways plans, by creating / sanding the cleats and gluing to the gaff and then cutting back, sanding and shaping to the final profile. popeye the sailor and AON 2 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share #160 Posted January 1, 2016 Thanks for all the likes... I also hope everyone had a wonderful Xmas season. I had completed a lot of the present work in early December, but with a week in Mexico and then with Xmas, only now have I had time to post some progress. I had my sails professionally sewn by a seamstress and with the details added to the booms and gaffs, using both resources from my limited Billing Boats plans and then the greater details added from the Model Shipways plans, I think both aesthetically and historically (at least I hope to think so), everything has turned out very well. The fore boom and fore gaff details were done first and then I added the block and bridles to the gaff before lashing the sails to them. I then further prepped the mast so as to do all the blocks and rigging lines before sails were added. And oh yes, all my stays between the foremast and mainmast were done prior to attaching the sail. bhermann, popeye the sailor, Mfelinger and 2 others 5 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share #161 Posted January 1, 2016 The fore topsail and staysail was done in the same fashion... Mfelinger, GuntherMT, 7 Provinces and 4 others 7 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted January 1, 2016 Share #162 Posted January 1, 2016 looking very nice Julian Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share #163 Posted January 1, 2016 Thanks Popeye... I have been through all your logs and love your work and narrative that you write! popeye the sailor 1 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted January 6, 2016 Share #164 Posted January 6, 2016 then I should be thanking you but really.......your doing a super job on her. as a matter of fact, a friend of mine who lives in Barrys Bay gave me a Billing Bluenose that he couldn't finish. I'll be getting into it one of these days, and your log will be a good reference keep up the good work! Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share #165 Posted January 9, 2016 More progress to report... My approach to rigging has been to study the plans and add all the details prior to attaching the sails and here I have added the blocks and bridles to the main gaff. For this particular model, I then attached all the running rigging details to the sail and then attach the sails to the respective booms and gaffs, in these pictures, to the main boom and gaff. I always made sure that the running rigging lines had more than enough length to the line to anchor to the blocks on the masts and then let the lines fall so as at a later time (in the next few days) anchor them to the pins and blocks on the deck. GuntherMT, popeye the sailor, Mfelinger and 3 others 6 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share #166 Posted January 9, 2016 And here is my technique on the main top sail... 7 Provinces, AON, GuntherMT and 4 others 7 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share #167 Posted January 9, 2016 I must say that as I get closer to completing this, yes though my second model started, this is my first completed and it is a very nice sense of accomplishment with lots of pride for me when looking at my "almost finished" Bluenose. I have certainly enjoyed the rigging more than I thought I would, perhaps because this kit was easier and more manageable compared to perhaps the rigging plans of more complex and larger models. And as I look at it at this stage, I certainly feel that the Billing Boats kit is decent as long as you take the time to add the "extra details" and that the plans and instructions provided are not all the bad... and of course it certainly does not hurt to look at such a beautiful and handsome ship as the Bluenose! Cheers, GuntherMT, fnick, shipcarpenter and 11 others 14 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted January 10, 2016 Share #168 Posted January 10, 2016 verrrrry nice! 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...
CKNavy Posted January 13, 2016 Share #169 Posted January 13, 2016 Very Nice! I'm starting to build the Bluenose II for my first wood model. Just wondering what you used for painting the hull? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted January 13, 2016 Share #170 Posted January 13, 2016 looks like all you have left to do is the shrouds.........surely made tying the hoops easier. when I did the AmericA by Billings, I tied them after the shrouds were in place. with no ratlines involved, they weren't too tough a pill very nice looking Bluenose.......can't wait to start mine Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share #171 Posted January 24, 2016 Thanks for all the likes! CKNavy, I used Tamiya paints which are in my opinion, great. My experience in the past, has been with Admiralty paints, and I find them very thick compared to Tamiya. The colors were Sea Blue and Flat Red. Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share #172 Posted January 24, 2016 Thanks Popeye for the feedback, and my instinct was to do the shrouds absolutely last. This was my first attempt at rigging and I must say that I actually enjoyed the process and quite proud of how my Bluenose looks. ... mind you it is quite a simple rigging setup compared to the big frigates that you see on others' build logs. Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Provinces Posted January 27, 2016 Share #173 Posted January 27, 2016 You are fully in your right to feel proud Julian, I think your hard work has resulted in a beautiful model. Quote Fair winds and following seas, Jan-Willem current build: Billing Boats Bluenose "the anonymous schooner" (enhanced-bashed-scratched-whatever) in a scale between 1:55 and 1:69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share #174 Posted January 29, 2016 Thanks Jan-Willem... I think it is all about adding the extra details. PS. Looking forward to seeing your progress on your build. Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share #175 Posted March 15, 2016 Thanks Rick for your kind comment and sorry for getting back to you so late. I have taken a bit of a break and with me now not able to get email notifications about comments, I find that I am even further "out of the loop". With this posting, I have shown some of my efforts in creating ropes and hanging them. popeye the sailor, Mfelinger, 7 Provinces and 2 others 5 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share #176 Posted March 15, 2016 And with this posting, I am showing some of the details that I added with respect to the standing/running rigging. Again most of the details are gleaned from the Model Shipway plans... I have a few more lines to add and then I can add the lower shrouds (which I have been procrastinating doing...) Mfelinger, popeye the sailor, bhermann and 2 others 5 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted March 17, 2016 Share #177 Posted March 17, 2016 good to see her closer to completion......looking sweet! mrcc 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Provinces Posted March 22, 2016 Share #178 Posted March 22, 2016 Wow she's really looking good Julian, almost finished. Very nice looking sails and rigging! popeye the sailor 1 Quote Fair winds and following seas, Jan-Willem current build: Billing Boats Bluenose "the anonymous schooner" (enhanced-bashed-scratched-whatever) in a scale between 1:55 and 1:69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share #179 Posted July 19, 2016 Finally an update... Spring and summertime is always busy with outdoor activities and of course the last 0.05% of work on this model has been the most difficult to get done. In this post I have created the light beacons and tied them to the lower shrouds... The light itself was created with the stock kit supplied plastic base and the brass light fixture with a small tube of red plastic in one and green tube in the other. I made these probably 12 months ago and remember painting a plastic tube both red and green, which was the end of an applicator stick for glue, and stuffed them into the brass piece replicating the fixture.. popeye the sailor, 7 Provinces, Mfelinger and 1 other 4 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcc Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share #180 Posted July 19, 2016 Here is some extra detail on the bowsprit as well... Of note is I cut out the original wire lines that I did for the standing rigging and replaced them with 1mm black rigging thread. I could not get the wire tied taut and the wire lines just looked sloppy at the bow... much better now! Mfelinger, popeye the sailor, Fright and 1 other 4 Quote Julian Current: Mamoli - Friesland Billing Boats - Dutch Sperwer Finished: Billing Boats - Bluenose Mamoli - Santa Maria On Hold: Caldercraft - Bomb Vessel Granado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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