Model Shipways BLUENOSE CANADIAN SCHOONER 1:64 SCALE
Model Shipways BLUENOSE CANADIAN SCHOONER 1:64 SCALE
Model Shipways Bluenose Canadian Schooner 1:64 Scale
What happens when you put a distinguished maritime historian and an accomplished naval architect together?
You get a model that’s not only beautifully designed, but historically faithful to her last line and fitting.
Erik A. R. Ronnberg, Jr., winner of the Harold Hahn Award by the Ship Modelers Association, whose models grace the halls of the Smithsonian, Mystic Seaport, and other important institutions, brought decades of deep research to the project. Every deck detail, every rigging choice, every sheer line was carefully cross-referenced with period photographs and Canadian shipbuilding practice.
Ben Lankford turned that scholarship into a build that flows beautifully. As a naval architect and author of How to Build First-Rate Ship Models from Kits, he led the design of the Bluenose kit’s structure. Drawing on years at the Naval Ship Engineering Center and collaborating with maritime experts, Lankford crafted plans that are solid, smart, and incredibly satisfying to bring to life.
by Model Expo - Plank-on-Bulkhead Kit
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 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. (Display base with brass pedestals not included.)
Previous modeling experience helpful.
Length 32" / Height 26-1/2" / Scale 3/16" = 1 ft (1:64)
BRIEF HISTORY
Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship and a symbol of the province. The name "bluenose" originated as a nick-name for Nova Scotians.
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.
Fishing schooners became obsolete after World War II, and despite efforts to keep her in Nova Scotia, the undefeated Bluenose was sold to work as a freighter in the West Indies. She foundered on a Haitian reef on January 28, 1946.
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.
