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Bluenose Billing boats 576 build

need help... BB instructions (it's hard to call an instruction) shows metal thing should go into deadeye, but it does not fit... sand it down or how is best to make it smaller? also I'm looking for some coating to cover these metal parts, what kind of varnish or what could be used? deadeyes I'm planning to paint, plastic ones looks bad, for this price BB could include wooden ones :(

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Hope you have a drawing where you can measure the correct length between the nailing / fixing point and the deadeye?!?
I would first cut the brass to the necessary length (f.e. red lines) - do not forget, that you need some length for the bow or eye after the ring of the deadeye)

afterwards you can try do reduce the thickness of the brass with sanding (green length) but you can also try to widen the eye at the deadeyes (blue arrows) with a small needle file, a drill etc. - maybe a combination of reducing the diameter and widening the hole will bring the result

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thank you for insight - BB has very limited instructions, will measure length on general chart, do not want to make hole bigger in the deadeye, it looks fragile already...
I have some wooden ones w/o the hole, will check maybe it's possible to use them
should I varnish metal with something?
 
Hi Kundelis. Nice to see the build of you BB Bluenose.
In post #1 of this thread is a excel-list of Bluenose build:

List of BN-kits.

Hallo, From the PAYMENT AND ORDERING thread of @Heinrich, I have put together an excel-sheet with an overview of all sent BN kits. With the columns: A: Number of the kit B: SoS username C: First Name D: Country E: Build-log hyperlink F: Sequence number of BN-Build logs G: Date of starting the...
shipsofscale.com
Although it’s in the YQ-area, I have also included construction from other manufacturers. If you scroll down you will see several BB-builds.
Perhaps it will help you with some problems during your build.
I will ad your BN build-log to the list.
Regards, Peter
 
Kundelis said:
need help with line 2, it's 2 single blocks and 3 lines - how to fix it and does it go down to deck?

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Kundelis said:
seems it's double block and line attached to single block on beam, does it sound correct?
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Hi. I am not aware of the drawing of BB. But this is what the drawing L.B. Jenson made in his 'Saga' for the BN-II:
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But the main principles are the same as the original BN.
Lankford set in his drawings for the BN for both a triple and a double block.

On this page you see in post #1 a excel-file BN-List:

List of BN-kits.

Hallo, From the PAYMENT AND ORDERING thread of @Heinrich, I have put together an excel-sheet with an overview of all sent BN kits. With the columns: A: Number of the kit B: SoS username C: First Name D: Country E: Build-log hyperlink F: Sequence number of BN-Build logs G: Date of starting the...
shipsofscale.com
In the second part you will find 9 other build-log's of Billing Boats builds. Both of the original and from the BN-II. In the fields under column 'E' you find the hyperlinks to those log's. Perhaps you will find there more information.
I will ad your build to the list.

Regards, Peter
 
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