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YQ Bluenose by Johan [COMPLETED BUILD]

RDN1954 said:
ROTF I don't know what's worse, trying to get those tiny lights to work, or tossing the idea around of sawing my Bluenose in two...
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Actually, in retrospect, I can't even believe I have "liked" that post ROTF ! You are not seriously contemplating taking a saw to your Bluenose - are you?
 
Heinrich said:
Actually, in retrospect, I can't even believe I have "liked" that post ROTF ! You are not seriously contemplating taking a saw to your Bluenose - are you?
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Sit back and relax, Heinrich, although the Admiral is pushing the idea every chance she gets, I'm not inclined to go there, at least not with the current build...
 
Peter Voogt said:
Me and Johan's Admiral aren't either ........ ;)
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Heinrich said:
Hmmm ... why am I not entirely convinced?
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I'm desperately trying to convince myself as well... :eek:

My escape so far is that I told my Admiral, that if I'm successful with my current Bluenose build, I'll build another one, which I then will sacfrice on the altar of the Japanese saw. I also decided that my next project will be the build of an airplane. At least that gives me ample time to think of some really good excuses not to use the saw... ROTF
 
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Never knew this:

http://design-ties.blogspot.com/2009/09/ships-of-lunenburg-part-1-bluenose.html?m=1

"While crossing the Atlantic on her return voyage from England in 1935, Bluenose encountered the most powerful storm she had ever faced. She actually keeled over and stayed down for five minutes, masts and all. But she somehow managed to right herself, and Bluenose and her crew eventually arrived back in Lunenburg safely."
 
RDN1954 said:
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The last few days saw some more work on interior parts. I wanted to start installation of the first deckbeams with internal- and external lighting, but I started contemplating that, since I made a galley for the focsle, I might also need something more, to make the focsle a little more "alive". Since there are many examples from the more gifted builders, adding all kind of detail to their models, it's easy to find inspiration. Especially since I lowered the fwd lower deck level to be more in line with the focsle arrangement of the original Bluenose, giving me a slightly more realistic configuration to work with , it appeared to be a very legitimate reason to add a little more detail.
So I decided to add some sleeping accommodation, 4 bunks to be precise, with an integral bench and a table. Given the geometry of the YQ kit, it's near impossible to get close to the original Bluenose configuration, without serious demolition and I'm not willing to go just there. So what I ended up doing was quite AL-FI. As I said, I added 4 bunks, whereas Saga indicates 8 (per side). The table is also sculpted after my imagination and not in accordance with reality. It's pure for my own pleasure, adding some bits and pieces, just to enhance the model, once it's finished. Historically correct? No way! Satisfactory? Oh yes! If only the Admiral didn't mention the focsle is lacking a stove now...
The main drawback I'm experiencing is that I started this build without a clear plan of what I wanted to achieve. I set out with the goal to finish my first POF build ever and that was that. Then I was drawn into the world of customizing one's build and now I find myself adding details on the fly. At least I'm gaining an awful lot of experience...
 
Peter Voogt said:
It was quite for some days, but this is why!
That looks very nice, Johan.
I am sure your crew loved to sleep and eat on that.
Regards, Peter
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Thanks Peter! Adding those details, I find, is rather time consuming. It requires planning, designing, scratch building, refining, adjusting... It's also a lot of fun.
 
RDN1954 said:
"While crossing the Atlantic on her return voyage from England in 1935, Bluenose encountered the most powerful storm she had ever faced. She actually keeled over and stayed down for five minutes, masts and all. But she somehow managed to right herself, and Bluenose and her crew eventually arrived back in Lunenburg safely."
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I think that must have been my Bluenose Johan. I was always convinced that if I took her to water she would simply keel over ROTF
 
RDN1954 said:
The main drawback I'm experiencing is that I started this build without a clear plan of what I wanted to achieve. I set out with the goal to finish my first POF build ever and that was that. Then I was drawn into the world of customizing one's build and now I find myself adding details on the fly. At least I'm gaining an awful lot of experience...
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Certainly not a drawback Johan, rather creative and innovating. It is with bated breath that we wait to see what you produce in the end. And I'm sure it'll be worth the wait :)
 
Very nicely constructed Johan. I really like your bunks and table. And you said it: you are having lots of fun! That is priceless!
 
The customizations I'm implementing are very time consuming, the main reason being I don't have enough small dwarfs for me to do the job. ;)
For the focsle I build a table and a set of bunks. Those were installed without too much fanfare.
Then I came to the conclusion that the wires, resistors and soldered connections were taking up quite some space and worse, they were visible from the starboard side, the side which remains "open". That resulted in the conclusion that I needed a cable duct to hide from view, to some extend, the wires, resistors and connections. So I fabricated an open cable duct, which in turn required modifications to the already finished bunks, galley and the first bulkhead.
After installing the cable duct it was the time to install the deckbeams bordering the front mast fore and aft and the focsle access hatch, also for and aft. Those beams, plus the adjoining ones, 12/13 and 18/19, which accommodate a light point each, became an assembly, after connecting all the lights, five in total for that area, see also post #403. After adding this assembly to the skeleton, I tested, once more the lights and, to my delight, they were all good.
The coming weeks will not see much building activity; the Admiral and I will enjoy a stay on Lanzarote and the Bluenose stays were she is, in the shipyard, at home.

The open cable duct, left is fwd. The step, approx midpoint, accommodates the step in the forward and aft decks.
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Bunks and table added, I couldn't lower the focsle floor more than I did. The space available didn't allow me to make all of it to scale. It does look nice though.
On the port side the cable duct can be seen.
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View looking down into the cable duct. For a future build I would look for methods to reduce the wiring mess.
On the right hand side the opening for the focsle access hatch can be seen.
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Test of the five lights in the focsle and nav lights: pass!
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View looking fwd, with the aft partition wall of the galley in plain sight.
No clear visibility of the bunks, nor the table, unfortunately.
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Next up are the bulkheads, separating the focsle and fwd fishhold and the two fishholds and the deck beams, holding a light, but that'll have to wait until after our little break.
 
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