Bluenose II Schooner by massimotocco

[massimotocco]

Hello fellow modelers, looks like that a lot of you like to build the famous Canadian schooner the Bluenose. I am a professional model maker and I live in Canada. I was on the Bluenose last year when I was in vacation in Nova Scotia. I can tell you that the Bluenose that many kit manufactures are selling is the schooner that sunk in 1946 and the one that is in the water at the present time is completely different. The schooner was rebuilt in 1963 with the name changed to Bluenose II. In 2009 a major renovation work was started on the schooner and was finished in 2016. To make the model of the latest one is very difficult because there are no drawings available. I was commissioned in 2024 to build the Bluenose II from scratch, it took me 13 months to finish. The process involved to contact the Maretime museum in Lunemburg which gave me a ton of informations on the present Bluenose II regarding rigging, which was done with a roping machine, cowl vents, done in 3d, colour scheme etc.
Keep up the good work fellow modelers.
Massimo

 

[Peter Voogt]

Hello fellow modelers, looks like that a lot of you like to build the famous Canadian schooner the Bluenose. I am a professional model maker and I live in Canada. I was on the Bluenose last year when I was in vacation in Nova Scotia. I can tell you that the Bluenose that many kit manufactures are selling is the schooner that sunk in 1946 and the one that is in the water at the present time is completely different. The schooner was rebuilt in 1963 with the name changed to Bluenose II. In 2009 a major renovation work was started on the schooner and was finished in 2016. To make the model of the latest one is very difficult because there are no drawings available. I was commissioned in 2024 to build the Bluenose II from scratch, it took me 13 months to finish. The process involved to contact the Maretime museum in Lunemburg which gave me a ton of informations on the present Bluenose II regarding rigging, which was done with a roping machine, cowl vents, done in 3d, colour scheme etc.
Keep up the good work fellow modelers.
Massimo

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Hi Massimo. Mmmmm …. I thought you have build it in —> 2022 over 12 months <—?
I would be nice I you have some picture of the building process. Then this would be a nice build-log to see your approach as a professional model maker of this scratch build model. Perhaps we can learn something of you’re used methodes.
Regards, Peter

 

[massimotocco]

Hello Peter, correct! I build the Bluenose in 2022 and took me 15 months to do it. Sorry for the mistakes on the dates...I don't have any photos of the building process because it was made on commission. I rarely also go on the 'Ship of scale' web site and when I do is just to see what other model makers are at. Perhaps it is better for me to describe myself since I don't recall having done it so far. I am a retired engineer living in Canada and during my life time working experience I left engineering and went to work for eight years for a swiss company making very important architectural models. I never left my passion for ship models and continue to do so. I returned to engineering in my later years until retirement. You could say that my approach to ship models is through a lot of research. At any event I will be happy to answer any questions regarding different ways to build a model which could be perhaps helpful or interesting for you guys out there...
Massimo