YUANQING BLUENOSE - Peter Voogt [COMPLETED BUILD]

Ted, let me know what post/s # (upper right corner of each post) and what you want me to do with those
 
Peter Voogt said:
Before I can continue with the construction on top of the lower masts, I first had to make the mast hoops. The main- and top sails are attached to this and thus slide up and down over the masts.
Here's the example in the old photo and the specification drawing in Howard Chapell's book:
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Here you are looking at the reefed main sail behind the main mast. (There is a good chance that it will also appear on my BN. ;))

The kit does not provide these hoops and in terms of desired size I think I can find them somewhere. So got started myself. With the following steps:
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1: Selected a nice brown color from my Admiral's scrap-book paper collection. Cut strips of about a mm there.
2: Select a pen with the right diameter. Chapelle writes that the 'hoops' are about a quarter larger than the diameter of the mast. My main boom is 7.6 mm at the bottom. The pin is 9.3mm. So look for other pins for the foremast and upper masts.
Strips cut to length so they can go 3x around the pen.
Secure the first contact point of the 1st round with glue.
3: Always apply a piece of glue and start rolling.
4: Because I glue with wood glue (PVA), the glue remains flexible for a while and I can place the rows nicely on top of each other with a pin set.
5: The end between the points of the picet so that I can clamp it flat in the rest to get a round hoop.

Then this will be the result:
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According to L.B. Jenson in The Saga has 36 on the mainmasts, so 18 each. On the uppermasts 24, so 12 each.
He draws fewer in his drawings. But Chapelle writes, "Two or three spare hoops are carried on each mast at the boom.
I have something to do .........
Regards, Peter
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Thank you Peter.
I changed over to some lime wood as it is less brittle.
My technique is inconsistent. Probably will be like every thing else and I will get goo at it when I am done. I will make a bunch and pick the best to sand and stain.
Best regards
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Philski said:
But be careful - the sun fades everything......
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I do, Phil. It just now the low winter sun, exactly through a small skylight in less than half an hour.
GrantTyler said:
This BN is legendary……
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Canoe21 said:
Hello Peter, Great Job, I just love all of that detail that you have added to your YQ Bluenose.
Regards Lawrence
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Ted Robinson said:
Absolutely stunning. I'm amazed every time I see this brilliant work of art
Best regards
Ted
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Thanks for the very nice words, Grant/Lawrence/Ted.
And of course all the extra likes !
Regards, Peter
 
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Peter Voogt said:
I do, Phil. It just now the low winter sun, exactly through a small skylight in less than half an hour.



Thanks for the very nice words, Grant/Lawrence/Ted.
And of course all the extra likes !
Regards, Peter
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It's one of those cases where everyone else is competing for second. IMHO I'm just doing the best I can with my beginner skills set and learning by watching all the skilled builders around me
 
Ted Robinson said:
It's one of those cases where everyone else is competing for second. IMHO I'm just doing the best I can with my beginner skills set and learning by watching all the skilled builders around me
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Ted, every builder of models starts with his first. And learned from another or must be very inventive and starts directly from scratch. What I see: you have learned a lot!:)
Oo, IMHO it’s not a competition….. not on this SoS.;)
Regards, Peter
 
Vfordyce said:
How did you construct the case, and what is it made of, Peter? I’m thinking of building a case for my daughter’s Soleil Royal. It will be a huge case.
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Hi Vic. This case is made from 3mm glass plates. I used the side profiles from -> Occre <-- In the blue text the link.
Building the case for the Bluenose started --> here <--. The second picture showed the brass corner pieces, but I don't used them.
The build goes on for 'a few pages'. ;) The finish is on page 171 post #3418.
But making the bottom with the LED's was 'a challenging activity'. You better can make the bottom like I showed you in the answer in the -> Robt. E. Lee thread. <-
Cleaning the glass plates is a bit easier than acrylic / plexiglass. But glass is much heavier. -> Here <-- I showed the calculation of the weight.
Hopefully this all will give you some information and inspiration for building yours.
Regards, Peter
 
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