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Bluenose Schooner 1921
1/64 scale Model Shipways kit #2028
Finished length 32", height 26 1/2", beam 5"
Plank-on-Bulkhead wood ship kit
Over 942 parts & 115 yards of rigging line-
6 full size Blueprints & Builder's Book
Details
Bluenose
The schooner Bluenose was built in Nova Scotia in 1921 to fish the rough waters off the coast of Newfoundland. A salt banker type, she stayed out until her holds were full, using salt to preserve the catch. Bluenose was lost on a reef near Haiti in 1946, but an exact replica was launched in 1963.
Designed by William Roué and built by Smith and Rhuland, Bluenose was launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on March 26, 1921, as both a working cod-fishing schooner and a racing ship. This was in response to a Nova Scotian ship's defeat in a race for working schooners established by the Halifax Herald newspaper in 1920.
After a season fishing on the Grand Banks, Bluenose defeated Elsie
(out of Gloucester, Massachusetts), returning the trophy to Nova Scotia. During the next 17 years of racing, no challenger, American or Canadian, could wrest the trophy from her.
Bluenose and her captain, Angus Walters, were inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1955. That same year another honour was bestowed upon the famous sailing ship when a new Canadian National Railways passenger-vehicle ferry for the inaugural Yarmouth-Bar Harbor Service was launched as the M/V Bluenose.
Bluenose under full sail has adorned the Canadian dime since 1937, has been portrayed on a postage stamp, and appears on the current Nova Scotia licence plate.
Bluenose II
Her daughter, Bluenose II, was launched at Lunenburg on July 24, 1963, built to original plans by many of the same workers. She cost $300,000 to build. She was sold to the government of Nova Scotia for $1 and serves as a goodwill ambassador, tourist attraction in Lunenburg, and symbol of the province. During the summer she visits ports all around Nova Scotia and the world.
Model Shipways' kit is the most authentic representation of any Bluenose available. And now, thanks to newly drawn plans and revised instruction book by Ben Lankford (it's really good!), it's ever more accurate and easier to build.
Plank-on-bulkhead construction uses laser cut basswood parts for a perfect fit. Flexible basswood strips are supplied for planking the hull. Fittings are true to the originals, and include wooden blocks and deadeyes, brass ring and eyebolts, plus Britannia metal bilge pump, fife rail and anchors. Three diameters of rigging line and cotton sailcloth ensure an impressive model.
Parts List
Laser-cut wood parts: 202
Hardwood pieces: 189
Planking strips: 295
Beech dowels: 7
Britannia Metal Castings: 37
Brass & other Metals: 312
6 full-sized Blueprint sheets & 1 instruction manual
and 115 yards of rigging line supplied in 4 diameters in black & manila hemp
(Pedestal Display base is not included)
*** The full picture PDF manual for building this ship can be yours now ***
It's on my Blueprints Ezine page, and it is of value for any ship you're thinking of building.
Also there is a short view I wrote for the beginning shipyard- Building Wood Ships.
Finished Kit
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* A note on overseas shipping *
This kit has metal parts so a fair chance of setting off the metal
detectors and being held in your Customs Office for a few days.
I do send your Customs Form # so you can track, and you may
have to go to your post and pick up your package in person, and
pay an import duty fee. Import fees are not included in the price.
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