The hull has so beautiful lines - I am in love with this ship already
and very good work on the model
and very good work on the model
I was following your build for a while but not posted a reaction, Allan. But it’s time to compliment you on your build so far. A nicely lines hull and masts with fine details.
Regards, Peter
Thank you very much Karl and Peter.
The rigging details that I could find came partially from old photos of Effie as well as some excellent information from Chapelle. Deadeyes and strops are one example and can be seen below.
The anchor is quite different than what I usually made for the 18th century British warships and something of a challenge and fun mini project to make an accurate pair of replicas. Small point of interest, when launched as the Effie M. Morrissey her anchors likely had wooden stocks. By the time she was sold and re-named Ernestina, she carried anchors with iron stocks.
Allan
The rigging details that I could find came partially from old photos of Effie as well as some excellent information from Chapelle. Deadeyes and strops are one example and can be seen below.
The anchor is quite different than what I usually made for the 18th century British warships and something of a challenge and fun mini project to make an accurate pair of replicas. Small point of interest, when launched as the Effie M. Morrissey her anchors likely had wooden stocks. By the time she was sold and re-named Ernestina, she carried anchors with iron stocks.
Allan
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I am quite impressed with your work. Where will the model be going when it is finished. If it were up for sale what would be the expected price. It would be great if there were some guidelines established for retail value of our models. Where would one go to have models appraised? What would be the criteria to be an appraiser of ship models as there are appraisers for visual art work? I feel that our art work is severely undervalued!
Thank you kindly Robert
This is actually a retro-build. I started it in 2013 then set it aside for a number of years and then finished it in 2020 for Bristol Marine, the shipyard that did the rebuild of the original schooner, for a very fair price.
Other than one time I put my own prices and have only had negotiate a few times. The one that I did not price myself was sold via a broker who sold it to a professor in Switzerland.
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I much prefer the look and feel of hoops made of wood. I have made them of hard wood with a lathe but have switched to making them as a spiral then cutting off individual pieces. All you need is a piece of dowel that is slightly larger in diameter than the mast receiving the hoops and a strip of wood. I prefer holly as it is ready to work after a couple minutes soaked in water. I expect bass or some other soft species would work as well. I usually use distilled water or filtered water as holly is so white but is probably unnecessary.
The soaked strip is wrapped around the dowel then hit with a hot air gun. (Her hair dryer works as well, but not recommended for domestic tranquility reasons)
The pieces are then cut with an angle as shown below and glued together. If pre- glued they need to be put on the mast before the tops go on and the mast is fixed in place. Alternatively they can be made and wrapped around the finished mast after it is fixed in place then glued on the ends. I find this more difficult, but to each his own.
Allan
The soaked strip is wrapped around the dowel then hit with a hot air gun. (Her hair dryer works as well, but not recommended for domestic tranquility reasons)
The pieces are then cut with an angle as shown below and glued together. If pre- glued they need to be put on the mast before the tops go on and the mast is fixed in place. Alternatively they can be made and wrapped around the finished mast after it is fixed in place then glued on the ends. I find this more difficult, but to each his own.
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The enginuity and creativity here never cease to amaze! 
Thanks again Peter,The enginuity and creativity here never cease to amaze!
It is just a matter of experimenting and/or reading about what others have done. There is is no right or wrong way, as long as the end result is what you are looking to achieve.
Allan
Sorry I don't did not take more detailed photos. The sails are silk span painted an off-white. I prefer this to cloth as there is no cloth with a thread count that is to scale at 1:48 or smaller. Same for stitching, it is near impossible to sew to scale by hand or with a machine.
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Her clean lines and finish belie the significant amount of work beneath that beautiful skin. She's a wonderful model I am glad you posted a log of all the work, time and effort going into building her, and all the history as well. A spectacular outcome 
Beautiful!Hi Bill,
I used spray paint, three or four coats if I remember correctly with a light sanding with 800 grit in between each coat. I top coat with a clear as well. More pics of the hull below as well as the name at the bow.
Thanks Peter, very much appreciated
Luckily I used the plans from the LoC and drawings and sketches as well as scantlings from Chapelle so did not have to rely on my imagination -- that would have likely been a disaster.
Allan
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A very nice fully rigged model under sail, Allan.
She has no Fisherman sail?
Regards, Peter
The sails are looking very good - now she is a sailing boat
Hi Peter
I just went with the following photo as a guide. You may be absolutely correct that there should be another sail.
Allan
For shure you know what sail I mean, but for sure:
On this picture of MacAskill of the Bluenose.
I made it for my —> Fisherman’s sail on my Bluenose <—,(click) but put it folded on deck.
Regards, Peter
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Good morning Allan. Beautiful. Love the detail and the clean hull lines. Silkspan works a treat for the sails. Cheers Grant
Allan, good afternoon.
I understand that this structure is many years old, but I am confused by one issue with the sails. Namely, the arrangement of the canvases on the sails, not vertically (as is usually the case), but horizontally.