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I'm currently building out the plans and parts for a scratch POB version of RRS Discovery. That is probably at least a month away from making any kind of sawdust, and I wanted to have another project where something other than electrons and paper was created, so I've decided to do the Bluejacket USS Kearsarge. This is my first Bluejacket kit, although I've used many of their parts/supplies in the past. There are other logs, and I won't reiterate what you can find on the Bluejacket website. Suffice it to say that she is a Mohican class steam sloop-of-war, built in 1861 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, ME, and commissioned in January 1862. <aside>If you look up Mohican class on Wikipedia or Google you will initially find the article on the Mohican herself, the Kearsarge and the Oneida (which sank with the loss of 125 in Japan. So far, my far from significant research has turned up 6 of them, two from 1859 (Mohican and Iroquois) and 4 from 1861 (Kearsarge, Oneida, Tuscarora, and Wachusett)</aside> Kearsarge is best known for sinking the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama. This particular battle caught the world's (and certainly the art world's) attention. I have read that only the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack/Viriginia yielded more naval art in this period than the Kearsarge/Alabama fight. I will leave it to the psychologists as to why (larger than life personalities? the appearance of a chivalrous duel? Good artists nearby?), but there is a lot of such art out there. The default one is this one by Manet (image is public domain). It has been pointed out by people with more artistic skill than I that Manet changes the focus to the French ship coming to rescue survivors and that Kearsarge is barely visible. Manet: This is another one by Antonio Jacobsen and shows the Kearsarge nicely, with what appears to be a pretty rational rig. Just one more photo, this one of the ship's officers: I love this photo for what it says about life on board a navy vessel. This was apparently taken after the victory against the Alabama. At this point, this is probably the most famous ship in the Union Navy, Captain Winslow (3rd from left in the front row) is a national hero but you'll see that he is still wearing the old insignia for a Captain (3 3/4-inch stripes), while his junior officers (who presumably are newer at this than he is) are wearing the up to date version using more, narrower stripes (in the 1864 version of the regs, Captain Winslow would wear six stripes in two groups of 3, of the same width as the two LCDRs on his right). Bottom line was that he was on duty and had better things to do than replace his dress coat - not like anyone on the ship was going to be unaware of who he is! So, let's get the initial requirement out of the way. Here is the mandatory photo of the kit on my clean work table (not for long!). As to why this kit, well, it links a couple of areas of my interest. First, it is a Civil War era kit, and I've been fascinated by the history of that period for decades. Second, Kearsarge is, in some ways like Discovery, a transitional ship, powered both by steam and sails, and those transitional vessels have started to attract my interest of late. This project is going to be rather different in many ways from the kits of built recently (three Model Shipways kits, the Pride of Baltimore II, Niagara, and Flying Fish). This is much more 'mixed media' than those in the sense that there are wood parts, Britannia fittings, wood and metal strip, cast resin, styrene, and photo etched brass (a LOT of photo etched brass) so it will no doubt require developing some new skills. I am going to bring some techniques from those other ships though. For example, rather than paint the hull copper or using the individual copper plates, I am going to copper the bottom more or less as I did the Flying Fish using copper tape, and hopefully I'll be able to learn from my myriad mistakes on all the prior models to make this one go smoother. Regards, George
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I’m starting a new build of the Civil War era USS Kearsarge as she appeared in the battle of Cherbourg on June 19, 1864, at least that is what Bluejacket was shooting for with this kit. Here are her specs from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Displacement: 1,550 tons Length: 201’ 4” Beam: 33’ 10” Draft: 14’ 3” Speed: 11 knots Complement: 163 Armament: two 11” Dahlgren, four 32-pdr., one 30-pdr. Dahlgren So far I’ve put together the bulkheads and sub deck, and glued it to the building board. I just started faring the hull for planking. This is my first Bluejacket kit and it looks like it will be a challenging build. They rank it as an advanced kit with previous building experience recommended. There appears to be a nice focus on detail as there are a lot of very tiny parts. I went ahead and ordered the optional copper plates, so this will be my first coppering attempt. The kit gives you the option of including a frame reveal section showing the iron cross bracing and chain armor, I will include this feature in my build.
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Hi, I purchased this model on ebay about 10 years ago and started the build in 2007. I worked on it regularly till work got too busy during the year. Now I want to finish it. There are a few broken pieces to fix and reattach, otherwise i is in great condition. It looks like I was working on the rigging when I left her in drydock. Cheers Mark from Tasmania
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This will be my place holder for when I begin my build for the early 1960's vintage 1:96 Revell Kearsarge. The kit box has seen the ravages of time and is collapsed. However, I am fortunate the contents are still sealed in the original plastic bags intact. There are several things noteworthy about this particular model... **the first thing that catches my eye is how much better the plastic parts look when I compare them with more modern releases of other 1:96 Revell ship kits. It shows how good those molds were when they first came out. **the parts are molded in multiple colors of plastic **the hull halves came pre painted/copper clad from Revell **note how straight the hull halves are. when dry fitted, it's a much more perfect fit than modern releases of similar Revell ship models. requires little - no pressure at all for the halves to fit tightly together. My kit instructions were never in the kit (when I first received it). I will have to rely on the CSS Alabama instructions to some degree to determine what goes where if that is possible. Anyway, I promised some fellows pictures of the Revell USS Kearsarge kit, and here they are.
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Well, I've been lurking around here too long. It's time to start my first ship build. As I stated in the introductions post I looked at several kits and decided on the USS Kearsarge. Haven't found many build logs on the Kearsarge so I might as well start with the requisite box contents picture. I ordered the paint kit to go with it and forgot the copper so I ordered it separately. This won't be a quick build. opefully, it Hopefully it will end in a completed model though and not in the lost builds file Thought the included Brass plaque was a nice touch.
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Good morning, all, newbie here. I am building Revell's USS Kearsarge in 1/96th scale. I've come up with a question. I just obtained Scaledecks wooden deck, and they threw in photo-etched pivot gun tracks for the 11" Dahlgrens. Would these tracks have been inlet into the deck so as to sit flush, or did they stand proud of the deck? The kit has them sitting barely proud, and the photo-etch would do the same. Thank you in advance, Alan- 24 replies
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I started the USS Kearsarge in 1/96 scale a couple days ago. After I built the BlueJacket USS Constitution in 1/96 scale I said to myself no more 1/96 scale wood ships but the Kearsarge is such an interesting ship I had to break that pledge. The Connie kit was a solid hull and the Kearsarge is a POB, a big difference to me . Love POB ship models. Planking and wood working is interesting, rigging is boring but easy to me. Love building hulls, not so much for hanging thread and the shrouds. Notes: Do a thorough inventory of parts before starting the build. When you get to the Main weather deck you have a choice of using the side with the deck structures rastered on them or using the sides without these marks. I used the sides with the deck locations marks. My experience has been that the structures and brass fittings do not overlap all of these marks but actually expose some of these marks. It does not look good. Should I do this again I would use the unmarked sides. With the great drawings in this kit you can accurately locate everything with a set of dividers. Be careful as there is a slight difference between the actual model and the drawings size. Also, The decks are marked with planks that are as long as the ship. I would mark each plank to scale lengths as it looks better. Be careful building the stern, read all instructions before assembly.
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Does anyone know anything about the Blue Jacket U.S.S. Kearsarge? I see that it's a fairly new kit. I did a search above, and asked Dr. Google, but I am coming up with very little information. No builds, no reviews, no real opinions. Blue Jacket has a unpacking video, but not much else. Any information? Opinions? Thanks, Dave
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