How do I start a build log for my project ELSIE ?
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This will be your build log. I modified the title to make it more logical and distinct, hope you don't mindHow do I start a build log for my project ELSIE ?
As well she should. The way I'd put it, Bluenose looks like Elsie. Bluenose (1923) evolved out of the design of many American schooners, like Elsie (1910). In the Fisherman's Race Elsie competed against Bluenose and lost. Because of her greater size, Bluenose had the advantage of the greater waterline length. Both are lovely schooners.Looks like the Bluenose to my untrained eye.
Click on the link in my previous post, and buy a set of plans from ModelExpo. I just work here... but I stayed at a Holiday Inn and play a doctor on TV.Thank you so much. How should we proceed with the exchange?
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I have an Elsie made by my father around 65 years ago. I remember that it was a wood kit that required a lot of skill to be made.I had the pleasure of working from the same plans for Elsie, though I made my model from scratch instead of the kit. It was a very satisfying project and I hope you will find it is as well. By the way, the correct scale is 1:96 for 1/8" = 1'. Model Shipways made a mistake on the box with the 1:64. Erik Ronnberg, who drew the plans for the kit, also published a small booklet on making a model of a fishing schooner. It is mostly about the Benjamin Latham but much of the information is relevant to Elsie as well. I referred to it constantly through the project. Good luck and enjoy!View attachment 248855