YQ Bluenose by Johan [COMPLETED BUILD]

RDN1954 said:
After applying a semi gloss varnish the gloss shine has been reduced considerably.
I'll leave the paint job for now, let her sit for a couple of days and see if I (and the Admiral of course) still like it; Dean's suggestion is still on the table...
Now it's touch-up time, tidying up the waterline and cleaning out the scuppers.
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Looking very classy indeed Johan Thumbsup
 
RDN1954 said:
Wanted a semi gloss finish. The colors I went shopping for are nearly impossible to obtain.
So to my great dismay I have to settle for gloss, since matt paint is no option for me.
I also had to do quite a bit of paint mixing

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I use a satin clear coat. That way the paint you use doesn’t matter. ;)
edit - I see you used a semi-gloss varnish, that looks great IMO!
 
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RDN1954 said:
After applying a semi gloss varnish the gloss shine has been reduced considerably.
I'll leave the paint job for now, let her sit for a couple of days and see if I (and the Admiral of course) still like it; Dean's suggestion is still on the table...
Now it's touch-up time, tidying up the waterline and cleaning out the scuppers.

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Given the results, I don’t think a veneer planking would warrant the work involved. I agree you should leave well enough alone and chalk it up to experience! ;)
 
Dean62 said:
I use a satin clear coat. That way the paint you use doesn’t matter. ;)
edit - I see you used a semi-gloss varnish, that looks great IMO!
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Dean62 said:
Given the results, I don’t think a veneer planking would warrant the work involved. I agree you should leave well enough alone and chalk it up to experience! ;)
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Hey Dean,
I've been looking at the paint job for about a day and a half now and I can't convince myself to add the veneer. What's more, I'm turning the painted side more and more in sight because the dark blue and funny red are really appealing. The satin, or semi gloss varnish really does the trick.
 
While I was merrily brushing aside all my paint job blues, I took on a little side project, namely nibble planks.
As already mentioned a couple of times; if one lowers the waterways onto the deck beams, instead of installing the nibble planks/false decks first and on top of that the waterways, the nibble planks, if not modified, are pushed inboard by about 2.5mm. On this scale that's quite a bit and it may well cause some issues with the fwd deck equipment. Henk Liebre (@Henk Liebre) was running into some issues there.
So I started to make some changes. First I cut up the false decks such that I was left with 4 nibble planks. I also reduced the width of the nibble planks by about 1.5mm.
Another issue I tested was the finish, the deck planks will be pear, whereas the nibble planks would remain whatever wood they're made from. Using some stain on the original nupibble planks led to an unfavorable look, it just did not match a varnish finished pear strip...
Next I cut myself, from 5mm wide pear wood, a nibble plank, another 1mm less wide than the previous modification. I just traced the inbd contour of the YQ nibble planks on the pear wood strip, taking into account that I want to have the strip 1mm less wide.
The picture shows on the top side the original nibble plank with its width reduced. The bottom side shows the home made nibble plank.
I'm afraid I'll be making another 3 nibbleplanks somewhere in the foreseeable future.

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The color match between the scratch-made nibble plank and the rest of the deck planking looks spot on, Johan. That was clearly the right call to make so I guess you will be making another three nibble planks. :)
 
Heinrich said:
The color match between the scratch-made nibble plank and the rest of the deck planking looks spot on, Johan. That was clearly the right call to make so I guess you will be making another three nibble planks. :)
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I think you're right Heinrich, I've shown that I can do it, so I no longer have an excuse not to. :cool:
Although I broke my knife-holder on it, fubar...Sick
 
Heinrich said:
The color match between the scratch-made nibble plank and the rest of the deck planking looks spot on, Johan. That was clearly the right call to make so I guess you will be making another three nibble planks. :)
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For one reason or another, I can't in all honesty find the light wood of the supplied decks convincing.
 
RDN1954 said:
For one reason or another, I can't in all honesty find the light wood of the supplied decks convincing.
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That is the beauty of model building - when you remain unconvinced, I agree fully that you change it!
 
Heinrich said:
That is the beauty of model building - when you remain unconvinced, I agree fully that you change it!
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Instead of changing the wood because of the light color, might it be feasible to change the apparent color of the wood itself? An untested idea that I have been mulling for some time is to "tint" my oil a bit darker using one of the many inks that are marketed to the calligraphy hobby.
alf in Iowa (whose BN is on the home delivery truck as I write)
 
Alf in Iowa said:
Instead of changing the wood because of the light color, might it be feasible to change the apparent color of the wood itself? An untested idea that I have been mulling for some time is to "tint" my oil a bit darker using one of the many inks that are marketed to the calligraphy hobby.
alf in Iowa (whose BN is on the home delivery truck as I write)
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Hey Alf,

I did consider that and even tested the "cherry" colored stain I also used on the frames and beams and even then the wood remained too light for my liking. Besides, the pear wood itself I intend to use for the deck planking is, with just one layer of clear varnish, darker than the stained original wood, so that didn't match either. Then I'm not even talking about the grain...
To add to misery, some of the holes in the pre-printed decks, as supplied with the kit, are slightly misaligned with the interfacing holes in my build. Most likely due to errors on my behalf, but bothersome enough for me not to be acceptable.

Johan

(Who's anxiously waiting for Bluenose pics from Iowa.)
 
RDN1954 said:
Hey Alf,

I did consider that and even tested the "cherry" colored stain I also used on the frames and beams and even then the wood remained too light for my liking. Besides, the pear wood itself I intend to use for the deck planking is, with just one layer of clear varnish, darker than the stained original wood, so that didn't match either. Then I'm not even talking about the grain...
To add to misery, some of the holes in the pre-printed decks, as supplied with the kit, are slightly misaligned with the interfacing holes in my build. Most likely due to errors on my behalf, but bothersome enough for me not to be acceptable.

Johan

(Who's anxiously waiting for Bluenose pics from Iowa.)
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Hmm, methinks then I'd enjoy following a forthcoming handlaid individual board decking sequence, eh?
 
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