Bluenose 1/72 POF [COMPLETED BUILD]

[shota70]

Dear Dean, Merry Christmas

 

[Dean62]

Hello Dean, I'm back after a long hard summer . You have did a great job on your YQ-Bluenose and in such a short tine, Well Done.
Bernadette and I take this moment to Wish you and your Family a Very Merry Christmas an an Ever Happier New Year to Come. Your little Grand Daughter looks so cute and sweat, do please give her a hug from us.
Regards Bernadette and Lawrence

Thank you very much! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your wife!

 

[Dean62]

Dear Dean, Merry Christmas

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too. Sorry for the late reply…been offline for a while. Happy New Year as well!

 

[priority_aces1]

Today I visited my sons house and checked on the BN. After about 7 months, she still looks good, perhaps a little dust.
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Dean, your BLUENOSE is beautiful, looking through your building was awesome and inspiring! I do have to ask as I might have missed it, what kit is this and what stains did you use for deck and hull plankings?

 

[RDN1954]

Today I visited my sons house and checked on the BN. After about 7 months, she still looks good, perhaps a little dust.
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Still looking great, she ages well....

 

[Dean62]

Dean, your BLUENOSE is beautiful, looking through your building was awesome and inspiring! I do have to ask as I might habe missed it, what kit is this and what stains did you use for deck and hull plankings?

Thank you! I used a water based golden oak stain on the deck. The hull was clear coated, no stain. The kit is manufactured by YQ.

 

[Dean62]

Still looking great, she ages well....

Thank you! My son was supposed to get a case for it...sigh! But that's on him, I may have to dust it for him!

 

[Dean62]

Still looking great, she ages well....

I keep forgetting I finished it in a little over 7 months. It seemed like a long time when I was building it, but in retrospect, that was fairly quick. And it has been over a year since I finished it. Time flies!

 

[Ted Robinson]

Frame installation continues...bolt heads added and frames glued in place after test fitting and adjusting the notches if necessary.
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Obligatory cathedral shot (initiated by Brewbarian in his log) looking inside of the frames...sitting loosely in the jig.View attachment 239951

Good morning Dean,
Did you make a jig for the bolt heads or just measure from the frame connections?
I want mine to be perfectly aligned as are yours.
What a beautiful model.
Thank you
Ted

 

[Ted Robinson]

Now it was time for the anchors...
I chose to create some admiralty type fishing anchors using dimensions from Rich (thank you sir). I modeled the anchor in CAD and printed it on a plastic printer and painted it...

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I really love the post tops. And the winch detailing. You must have been doing this for years

 

[Ted Robinson]

Thank you Heinrich! I actually stained the rat lines darker to give it a tarred look.
I didn't want to go with black, because no contrast. And I didn't want the lighter tan because that is for running rigging. At least that's my logic.

I love your rigging. A couple of questions if you don't mind.
Are you using the rigging materials provided in the kit and what did you use for the stain on the rat lines.

 

[HHIG]

Fantastic paint work on the models!!!

 

[RDN1954]

Are you using the rigging materials provided in the kit

Hey Ted, it's basically up tot you to go with the supplied hardware or go for a more "accurate" appearance.
There's a lot of information available on the Bluenose support pages, also on this topic:
https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/...ements-by-jenson-lankford-and-chapelle.10917/, with again a big thank you for the work done by Peter, @Peter Voogt.