YUANQING BLUENOSE - Peter Voogt [COMPLETED BUILD]
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Thanks, Mark. Photography is another hobby of mine. With a little bit of attention, it also makes it attractive for you all, as respected viewers.Peter I can look at pictures of your model for a very long time without getting bored. Great precision and very nice photography as well
Regards, Peter
Thanks, Dean. As related to my post in your build-log a moment ago: the first of the paper-sail ….. no experience, more a reasoned 1st attempt, hoping fore the best.
The other sails became under: more and more experienced. 
And I haven’t shown what went wrong by several attempt. Just told you about the 2 wrong jumbo’s. But not about the ripped off edges of sails, loose glued edges, torn out hank’s etc. And if you look closely you can see on both storm sails 2 repairs of small holes. But that can also fall under ‘realistic appearance’.
Regards, Peter
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Hi Grant. Thanks you very much for this complimentary words. I didn't have any of this in mind when I started it. ‘Advancing insight’ ……… ?
Regards, Peter
Thanks, Johan. Ideas can change in a matter of hours or days.
But with the input of compassionate and thoughtful forum members, fortunately with a satisfactory result.Regards, Peter
I am sure there was a steep learning curve on those sails, with a few mishaps along the way...however the end result is fantastic! I have not seen better!Thanks, Dean. As related to my post in your build-log a moment ago: the first of the paper-sail ….. no experience, more a reasoned 1st attempt, hoping fore the best.
And I haven’t shown what went wrong by several attempt. Just told you about the 2 wrong jumbo’s. But not about the ripped off edges of sails, loose glued edges, torn out hank’s etc. And if you look closely you can see on both storm sails 2 repairs of small holes. But that can also fall under ‘realistic appearance’.
Regards, Peter
I think your Bluenose will be the one to set the standard, which all others will hope to achieve... yet most will fall short and many won't even try.
What you have accomplished is nothing short of spectacular and something to be proud of. Congrats my friend!
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Remember the bell curve? 70% roughly in the middle of it, with a normal distribution; that's where the majority of the enthusiastic modelers reside and the quality/standard of their models.I think your Bluenose will be the one to set the standard, which all others will hope to achieve... yet most will fall short and many won't even try.
Then there's the 15% to the right and to the left of that large population. Peter's model falls within the top 1%, meaning it has become something to strive for, a goal, but not a standard; a standard is something which should be achievable for the majority of the modelers. Falling short is in this case not something to be ashamed of.
Personally I abuse Peter's build very frequently as a work of reference; looking for ideas, methods, materials I can implement in my build. Often I'm able to (partially) use some of those ideas and often I have to conclude certain things are out of reach, like making sails out of tissue. Is that a bad thing? No, I don't think so, but I know for sure that my model looks way different from what I anticipated, when I started my build about a year ago. My build will not compare to Peter's build and I don't mind, at the same time I thoroughly enjoy his updates because a) they have a high entertainment value, b) there's always something to take away, c) they are accompanied by nice pictures and d) what's not to like about the Bluenose...
Agreed, but its semantics at this point to say set a standard, set a bar, set a goal...the real point is his build is the pinnacle of BN builds! How is that?
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I can't but agree with that statement!Agreed, but its semantics at this point to say set a standard, set a bar, set a goal...the real point is his build is the pinnacle of BN builds! How is that?
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Quite honestly, I think it is either your current configuration with jumbo and foresail, or you should have set the mainsail with one reef plus the jib, icw the other two sails to have her balanced and esthetically appealing. I would say mission accomplished!Thanks, Johan. Ideas can change in a matter of hours or days.
Regards, Peter
I am sure there was a steep learning curve on those sails, with a few mishaps along the way...however the end result is fantastic! I have not seen better!
I think your Bluenose will be the one to set the standard, which all others will hope to achieve... yet most will fall short and many won't even try.
What you have accomplished is nothing short of spectacular and something to be proud of. Congrats my friend!
Agreed, but its semantics at this point to say set a standard, set a bar, set a goal...the real point is his build is the pinnacle of BN builds! How is that?
I can't but agree with that statement!
Phoe ........ what can I say to this communication ........ It makes me quiet and blush. But I feel very flattered by these comments. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
Regards, Peter
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The Ship’s Bell: How something small can be (too) big!
A ship's bell is included in the YQ kit. But .......
In The Sage by L.B. Jenson, on pg. 51, he signed it. And I also found a picture on the internet. They are from the BN-II, but they may have kept them the same as the original in terms of model:
A beautiful model ship's bell on an elegant pendant. With a sturdy rope on the clapper, where you will not easily go wrong.
In terms of size, the bell is just under half the thickness of the mast.
On my model, the main boom is 7.8mm/.30", the fore mast 7.1mm/.28". The bell should then be in scale about 3mm/.11".
On this photo on the right side the YQ ship's bell. The bottom border is 8mm/.31". That's more than the size of the masts .......... too big:
In my (very) old stock I still had a small ship's bell. Bought once, along with a slightly larger one for my Robert E. Lee. The largest has gone on the Lee. And the smallest is now going on the Bluenose.
The bottom edge is just under 5mm/.019. Actually too big. I've been looking in different shops for a while, but didn't find anything that was to my liking.
That's why the little one is used and made the support, a small base plate and the rope myself.
That gives this result:
In the Saga and on the current BN-II, the ship's bell hangs at the rear of the foremast. However, with the design of the foremast of MS/Lankford, there is no room for that. There is room enough at the rear of the main mast. That is immediately much closer to the helmsman who has to call out instructions for the signals given with the ship's bell. But the latter is BL-AL-FI.
I left the bell brass. Because a ship's bell should be like this on (old) sailing ships. I can't understand why it's done that way on the BN-II.
Regards, Peter
A ship's bell is included in the YQ kit. But .......
In The Sage by L.B. Jenson, on pg. 51, he signed it. And I also found a picture on the internet. They are from the BN-II, but they may have kept them the same as the original in terms of model:
A beautiful model ship's bell on an elegant pendant. With a sturdy rope on the clapper, where you will not easily go wrong.
In terms of size, the bell is just under half the thickness of the mast.
On my model, the main boom is 7.8mm/.30", the fore mast 7.1mm/.28". The bell should then be in scale about 3mm/.11".
On this photo on the right side the YQ ship's bell. The bottom border is 8mm/.31". That's more than the size of the masts .......... too big:
In my (very) old stock I still had a small ship's bell. Bought once, along with a slightly larger one for my Robert E. Lee. The largest has gone on the Lee. And the smallest is now going on the Bluenose.
The bottom edge is just under 5mm/.019. Actually too big. I've been looking in different shops for a while, but didn't find anything that was to my liking.
That's why the little one is used and made the support, a small base plate and the rope myself.
That gives this result:
In the Saga and on the current BN-II, the ship's bell hangs at the rear of the foremast. However, with the design of the foremast of MS/Lankford, there is no room for that. There is room enough at the rear of the main mast. That is immediately much closer to the helmsman who has to call out instructions for the signals given with the ship's bell. But the latter is BL-AL-FI.
I left the bell brass. Because a ship's bell should be like this on (old) sailing ships. I can't understand why it's done that way on the BN-II.
Regards, Peter
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Great job on the Bell!he Ship’s Bell: How something small can be (too) big!
A ship's bell is included in the YQ kit. But .......
In The Sage by L.B. Jenson, on pg. 51, he signed it. And I also found a picture on the internet. They are from the BN-II, but they may have kept them the same as the original in terms of model:
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A beautiful model ship's bell on an elegant pendant. With a sturdy rope on the clapper, where you will not easily go wrong.
In terms of size, the bell is just under half the thickness of the mast.
On my model, the main boom is 7.8mm/.30", the fore mast 7.1mm/.28". The bell should then be in scale about 3mm/.11".
On this photo on the right side the YQ ship's bell. The bottom border is 8mm/.31". That's more than the size of the masts .......... too big:
View attachment 364076
In my (very) old stock I still had a small ship's bell. Bought once, along with a slightly larger one for my Robert E. Lee. The largest has gone on the Lee. And the smallest is now going on the Bluenose.
The bottom edge is just under 5mm/.019. Actually too big. I've been looking in different shops for a while, but didn't find anything that was to my liking.
That's why the little one is used and made the support, a small base plate and the rope myself.
That gives this result:
View attachment 364077
In the Saga and on the current BN-II, the ship's bell hangs at the rear of the foremast. However, with the design of the foremast of MS/Lankford, there is no room for that. There is room enough at the rear of the main mast. That is immediately much closer to the helmsman who has to call out instructions for the signals given with the ship's bell. But the latter is BL-AL-FI.
I left the bell brass. Because a ship's bell should be like this on (old) sailing ships. I can't understand why it's done that way on the BN-II.
Regards, Peter
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I'm missing the inscription on the bell: "PV me fecit 2021-2023".he Ship’s Bell: How something small can be (too) big!
A ship's bell is included in the YQ kit. But .......
In The Sage by L.B. Jenson, on pg. 51, he signed it. And I also found a picture on the internet. They are from the BN-II, but they may have kept them the same as the original in terms of model:
View attachment 364075
A beautiful model ship's bell on an elegant pendant. With a sturdy rope on the clapper, where you will not easily go wrong.
In terms of size, the bell is just under half the thickness of the mast.
On my model, the main boom is 7.8mm/.30", the fore mast 7.1mm/.28". The bell should then be in scale about 3mm/.11".
On this photo on the right side the YQ ship's bell. The bottom border is 8mm/.31". That's more than the size of the masts .......... too big:
View attachment 364076
In my (very) old stock I still had a small ship's bell. Bought once, along with a slightly larger one for my Robert E. Lee. The largest has gone on the Lee. And the smallest is now going on the Bluenose.
The bottom edge is just under 5mm/.019. Actually too big. I've been looking in different shops for a while, but didn't find anything that was to my liking.
That's why the little one is used and made the support, a small base plate and the rope myself.
That gives this result:
View attachment 364077
In the Saga and on the current BN-II, the ship's bell hangs at the rear of the foremast. However, with the design of the foremast of MS/Lankford, there is no room for that. There is room enough at the rear of the main mast. That is immediately much closer to the helmsman who has to call out instructions for the signals given with the ship's bell. But the latter is BL-AL-FI.
I left the bell brass. Because a ship's bell should be like this on (old) sailing ships. I can't understand why it's done that way on the BN-II.
Regards, Peter
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Peter and everyone for that matter, here is the primary supplier of brass lost wax detail parts to the model railroading hobby. These folk sell literally tons of brass "jewelry" annually to thousands of satisfied railroad hobbyists. I myself have bought I bet a thousand or more of these pieces from them and their business predecessors over at least 55 years.
This is a link to their PDF catalogs. For bells you are interested in the steam locomotive and diesel locomotive catalogs. Just for reference, the O Scale is 1:48 and the HO Scale is 1:87. That said, in real life locomotive bells are huge in comparison to the BN bell so I suspect HO Scale stuff might be the more appropriate.
And hellsbells anyway, these might have many more useful things than just bells, fun to look at anyway.
<<https://www.precisionscaleco.com/all-catalogs/>>
This is a link to their PDF catalogs. For bells you are interested in the steam locomotive and diesel locomotive catalogs. Just for reference, the O Scale is 1:48 and the HO Scale is 1:87. That said, in real life locomotive bells are huge in comparison to the BN bell so I suspect HO Scale stuff might be the more appropriate.
And hellsbells anyway, these might have many more useful things than just bells, fun to look at anyway.
<<https://www.precisionscaleco.com/all-catalogs/>>
Thanks, Dean. I enjoyed this job on this small bell.Great job on the Bell!
Regards, Peter
Thanks for the link, Alf. I will take a look.
Regards, Peter
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Yeah, right...
Hallo @Peter VoogtAlthough I do not intend to start the construction of the Bluenose immediately when I have the kit , I am already starting with this building report. Because the beginning of the kit starts at the factory and with his journey to my house. And that trip I came face to face through these messages from FedEx:
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Through this link I can see how the transport goes and it shows that my Bluenose Kit #010 has already made a whole trip around the world.
The original Bluenose has even done better:
14/12/2020 6:58 Qingdao, China
15/12/2020 2:05 Beijing, China
15/12/2020 22:24 Incheon-SI, (south) Korea
16/12/2020 00:54 Guangzou, China
16/12/2020 10:42 Koln, Germany
16/12/2020 18:32 Paris/Roissy Charles de Gaulle
17/12/2020 06:19 Utrecht, The Netherlands
Visually is this route:
In the far East:
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To Europa:
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(PS: Not by train
In Europa
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The last part from Utrecht to Woudrichem still has to come soon ……..
The making of this report is partly motivated by the fact that I want to make a photo book/report about the construction of the Robert E. Lee. Partly mainly for myself but also for others who want to know something about it. Then you don't have to open the PC and internet and wrestle through the entire build-log. And easy if the Lee might ever be on an exhibition somewhere.
From the build of the Bluenose will also comes such a book. And the starting of this build-log is a good beginning for that book.
And in fact, my wife inspired me to make one. Because i've have quite a bit of experience in making reports like this. For example by making photo books/reports of my expedition climbs such as:
2009/2010 Mont-Blanc (highest mountain in the Alps)
2011 Toubkal (highest mountain in Marocco / North Africa)
2012 Elbrus (highest mountain in Europe)
2013 Ben Nevis (highest mountain in Scotland)
2015 Kilimanjaro (highest mountain in Africa)
And several other sporting activities.
So, now you will know a bit more about my sporting activities that will also take a lot of time. Because in a trekking organization of a few colleagues I support and supervise several trekkings, in recent years especially those with / on the MTB.
When the Bluenose is arrived, I will tell something more about myself in the INTRODUCTION-log.
Let's wait and see if FedEx is indeed on the doorstep on Monday.
And who knows, I'll start with the Bluenose anyway....... I can hardly wait.....
Regards, Peter
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