Alessandro

Again, from your encouragement, I looked it up. Like the Bluenose, it wasn't fancy. It was known as a boxed compass. A simple but sturdy device mounted in wooden box, about 17.5 cm's square. Bluenose's compass would have been lost with her. This photo is from a compass that is 100 years old from the same town Bluenose sailed from

Hi Ross, no, I didn't actually mean to challenge you, but now you've reminded me that your model is 1:24 scale.
Actually, to verify this, I had to reread a post of yours from about two years ago in which you described the Bluenose model, its length, and its scale.

Yes, I'm convinced that with your skills, if you wanted, you could make a compass that would be a small masterpiece.
There's just one problem: you have a very specific reference naval model, so you should look for photos and drawings of its compass. I have no idea what the Bluenose's compass looked like.

Alessandro

Is this a secret challenge to the 1/24th modelers to create a piece of art of a compass?😉

Thanks, Chris, I agree. Wood and brass are great aesthetic elements.
If it were 1:24 scale, it would have been a beautiful, meticulously crafted piece.

Hi Phil, I'll give it a try, I hope I succeed and don't disappoint you.
With the lifeboats, I was blinded by both the hull and the details, but it was worth it.

Hi Ross, I don't think I fully understood the question, sorry.
If you mean I'll create a "build blog" section just for this element, the answer is definitely no.
Just dedicate a dedicated topic on the forum.

My idea is this:
A ship model has many phases and many interesting parts.
I'll list a few just as an example:
Hull construction.
Mast construction.
Sails.
Rigging.
Propulsion.
Propeller shaft.
Waterproofing.
Painting.
Lifeboats.
Sail control system.
Lateral stability.
Buoyancy.
Other deck elements.

Some people (after seeing the finished model) might be interested in just one of these topics and be curious to understand how it was made.
For example, in a few months, or a year, or even tomorrow, someone might be interested in knowing how the lifeboats were made (which are a separate project for the hull as well).
Well, it will be very complicated and difficult to search for this single topic in the topic dedicated to building the model because it is now so vast. The slowness of the search will discourage you.
If, however, the topic of lifeboats is discussed in the forum as a separate topic, it will be very easy (even after a long time) to do a text search.
I say this because I myself searched for some old messages in the gunboat schooner topic and had a lot of trouble and time finding them.

In fact, I also recommend that you, who are building a very complex model, divide the subtopics (perhaps linking them to the main topic to maintain an overview).

It's nice as well if you can make something out of the same materials as the real item, especially if timber and brass.

Wow what a job you must have a lot of skill to make one from timber and brass cant wait to the finished artical good luck mate
Philuk👍

Alessandro

Will this be listed in the build blogs, with the other construction projects?

Yes, Chugalone, I intend to make the compass from scratch using the photos I attached to build one as similar as possible.
I'll use wood and brass.
I don't think I could make such a piece with a 3D printer; I think it's objectively difficult to make a piece less than 2 cm tall with all that detail.
Consider that a 1.80 m tall man is 3 cm tall in scale, so the compass (which will be at stomach height) will need to be about 1.20 m, more or less.