The Schooner Bluenose 1921, POF Yuanqing Models 1:72 [COMPLETED BUILD]
Great progress Daniel. I love the shroud lines! 
From my build log…maybe a little late, but you can see the curved bars, etc.
Thank you Shota!Dear Daniel
great progress it's looks beautiful, I liked the combination of the black and white with steel cables
Thank you, Dean, your build has been a great source of inspiration for me.Great progress Daniel. I love the shroud lines!
Yes, I wanted to set the shroud lines first. I have already fabricated straight bars to fit, just need to glue them in and paint.
Hello Heinrich, no cocoons or diesel engines on this ship Ha. Full sails and just the wind at her back.
Good afternoon Daniel. Very good call IMHO. Cheers Grant
One observation, the sheer pole is located higher up in the reference picture of the BN.
Hi Dean, you are correct with respect to the BN2. This photo of the BN1 has them right on top of the dead eyes with the lanyard tie off on top.
While I do have an amalgamation of BN2 and BN1, I saw an advantage of the pole being where I have it in that you know how dead eyes sometimes have a tendency to twist, well the shroud line affords two ropes coming off the top of the dead eyes giving me a surface if you will to flatten against the pole thus holding each dead eye parallel with the pole.
Looks like a good analogy and approach.
Another good morning to everyone. I decided it was time to jump back to the bow sprit and finish up the shrouds associated with it. Following the BN2 configuration which has the best pictures, I set the shrouds which have the turnbuckles attached at the hull and seized at the sprit tip. Here is my reference photo.
Following is my version with rat lines installed. I am leaving out the foot rope, it would just be too cluttered, I think. While not completely satisfied with the ratline look, I think it is close enough to convey its purpose.
I decided to construct the ratline system off ship then tie it on in place in lieu of trying to tie all the knots on and under the bow sprit. Some may find this to be a practical method.
I wanted to leave slack for adjustments but ended leaving a little too much slack. I may redo this just don't know yet.
For now, the anchors are just stacked on the deck. I'm going to replace them, one of them actually broke when I bumped it.
Hope you enjoy.
Following is my version with rat lines installed. I am leaving out the foot rope, it would just be too cluttered, I think. While not completely satisfied with the ratline look, I think it is close enough to convey its purpose.
I decided to construct the ratline system off ship then tie it on in place in lieu of trying to tie all the knots on and under the bow sprit. Some may find this to be a practical method.
I wanted to leave slack for adjustments but ended leaving a little too much slack. I may redo this just don't know yet.
For now, the anchors are just stacked on the deck. I'm going to replace them, one of them actually broke when I bumped it.
Hope you enjoy.
Nice to see your approach of making the bowsprit ratlines, Daniel. with a nice outcom!
Regards, Peter
Thank you Peter.
Hello Johan, for now, my desire to move on ahead is greater than attempting a redo on something I think has a low probability for improvement.
Good afternoon Daniel. Nope, I think they look great. Certainly serve their purpose and then some. Cheers Grant
Hey, thanks for the input, Grant.
Sunday evening and the first nice cool front of fall has finally arrived. Not a big update but an interesting one for me. I have formed what they call 'bails', not unlike the bail you might find on a spinning reel. The first one goes on the top bracket that connects the fore main and fore topmast. There are two hooks that I braised to the bail as per the Jenson drawing shown and it was surprisingly easy to accomplish once I figured out how to hold the pieces and apply heat.
Next up is the bail at the main mast main top connection. There is a curious starboard side ring that everybody has (I do not know what it is for yet) but have included it.
And lastly, I have a forestay bail located in the bow over the bow sprit. Everything is dry fit for now, still need to paint and make sure I am ready to permanently install. I study Jenson, and the other masters who have placed sails on their ships until I'm blue in the face and I know there will be some important hard to get to fitting I'll leave off that a sail needs to have. I've already found two eyes to install on the underside of the fore mast trestle tree for the Jumbo sail halyard. now I have to drill upside down into the trestletree.
Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking in.
Next up is the bail at the main mast main top connection. There is a curious starboard side ring that everybody has (I do not know what it is for yet) but have included it.
And lastly, I have a forestay bail located in the bow over the bow sprit. Everything is dry fit for now, still need to paint and make sure I am ready to permanently install. I study Jenson, and the other masters who have placed sails on their ships until I'm blue in the face and I know there will be some important hard to get to fitting I'll leave off that a sail needs to have. I've already found two eyes to install on the underside of the fore mast trestle tree for the Jumbo sail halyard. now I have to drill upside down into the trestletree.
Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking in.