I actually agree about going smaller, just have to see if I can do it.
The Schooner Bluenose 1921, POF Yuanqing Models 1:72 [COMPLETED BUILD]
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No doubt in my mind you can do it.
Thanks for the encouragement, Johan, I just ordered some 1mm tubing so we shall see.
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wow. I didn't know this existed a POF Bluenose.
Congratulations on a job well done.
Looking forward to following your build log.
Congratulations on a job well done.
Looking forward to following your build log.
Wow! An analog caliper. Doing it ‘old school‘ Daniel!
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I'm afraid I own an even older one. Always works though...
What’s a calliper???
. Grants method- hold it up to the light and it looks about right.
.Seriously tho Daniel, awesome as always. Yep with Peter viewing your build you have a walking encyclopaedia of the BN giving some pointers. Enjoy. Cheers Grant
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Most definitely a True Story Grant. Thanks for the compliments.
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will do. thanks
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Better yet, if you're really interested in purchasing one, PM @Heinrich, he is the focal point with YQ, the kit supplier.
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good to know, thanks
Good afternoon, all my end of the forum seems quite on this holiday weekend, I've been working on the bobstays at the bowsprit. I have decided to stay with my special scale for most all the rigging including the bobstays. LB Jenson states the upper and lower stays are iron rods (circ. 3.25" and 4.5") on the BN 2. I've researched what the materials might have been on the original BN but cannot find anything, so I assume the original had iron rods as well. I used 1.0mm and 1.5mm brass tubing painted silver to represent the iron rods. I can see in these closeups I need to tension the bottom stay a little more.
See what you think.
A work in progress hope you enjoy.
See what you think.
A work in progress hope you enjoy.
I most certainly do
It’s looking nice, Daniel.
And you are fully correct about the Steel Bars what Jenson wrote on pag.20.
I was stuck on pag.19: Rigging - all rigging to be of galvanized plow steel with shrouds, stays, sheets and halyards, according to rigging plan.
Perhaps for me a re-do ……..
No, we know the differences and imperfections …….And Chapelle wrote: Wire rope for standing rigging was introduced prior to 1885. A wire rope bobstay was the same dia. as the jibstay, and was set up with a turnbuckle under the bowsprit in a heavy wye.
So, both are ok.
Regards, Peter
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Very nice touch on the bobstays, Daniel; they are keepers.
Funnily enough your bobstays show the same phenomenon I observed on my bobstays; they converge at the bow instead of at the tip of the bowsprit. I recall having used the YQ drawings to determine the attachment points. Probably should have used the MS drawings instead.
The rigging of the bowsprit is a project of its own; lots of small detail work with limited room
Funnily enough your bobstays show the same phenomenon I observed on my bobstays; they converge at the bow instead of at the tip of the bowsprit. I recall having used the YQ drawings to determine the attachment points. Probably should have used the MS drawings instead.
The rigging of the bowsprit is a project of its own; lots of small detail work with limited room
