Model Build - Bluenose II: 20 - Fitting out the Deck

By this juncture, I felt I was about ready to step the masts and commence rigging. However this also meant that I would have to bite the bullet and start gluing things to the deck, In other words, this was pretty much the point of no return; any mistakes here and I would likely have to live with the results.

Having decided some time ago to replicate the original Bluenose, the task of preparing the deck fittings was made a little easier by virtue of being able to use several of the original kit items. I've covered some of the 'fine tuning' of these items in previous posts and suffice to say that a similar approach was used on other items, for example, the deck house. Since most of this fabrication or modification was minimal and relatively straightforward, little would be gained by documenting it Thus I will merely provide pictures of the installed end items, which consisted of:

bowsprit bitts and samson post
windlass, including engine cover boxes
hatches
grates
fore boom sheet buffer
main mast fife rail
companionways
deck house
wheel box
quarter bits

Where possible, I've included images of the Bluenose II rebuild. However, one must bear in mind that there are significant differences between the deck furniture that would have been on the original Bluenose (which, after all, was a working fishing schooner) and Bluenose II, which was configured more as a personal yacht. I did read,though, that an effort was being made to render the Bluenose II rebuild closer to the original but I don't know to what extent that was achieved.

I've also included applicable diagrams from Model Shipways Kit No. 2130 - The Bluenose.

Bowsprit Bitts & Samson Post