CPS_skybolt
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I shaved the wood quarter galleries from the wood hull. It was no help to me. The cast quarter gallery lower stool threw me for quite awhile. After much study I decided the counter was concave and not convex to fit the stool. I then glued the quarter gallery assembly to the hull and bent the stool under to fit as flush as I could to the counter. BlueJacket says a guy who has built this model for them many times takes calls about this kit .His name is Charlie Cook at 800 336 2795 9-4 Mon thru Friday. I tried to reach him a couple times but never got a phone answer. I am going to try again as I have a part that looks like a grease gun ( a lot of them ) and have no Idea where they go. Think they are hand pumps. I figured out what the grease guns are, the swivel guns for the fighting tops, LOL. NOTE July 2018 : I just found this reference photo of the stool, see below. I do not know if this for the time period of this model. I believe the stern was rebuilt differently several times. Bob
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Not really. The photos in the instruction book are dark, poor quality. I could not figure out what to do with the lower stool of the quarter gallery as they just didn't fit so I curved them under until they were flush with the counter. Not real happy with them that way. I studied many pictures but could not come up with an answer I was satisfied with. Also, the 1812 stern view shows two windows below the transom on the counter. I will need to form them yet. I tired of the stern problems so I moved on. I wanted to work on other parts of the model. I'll go back to the stern later on .
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Thanks billt. I have researched the stern during this period and never came up with an answer I was happy with. So this is what I did with the stern. I sprayed decal paper black and covered it with a clear. Then I cut strips of this and applied them to the quarter gallery. I can't paint small stripes so I use decal paper. The canons do not have holes in the barrel and to try to drill holes in the barrels is beyond my skill and equipment . For the canons I painted decal paper grey and punched out the small disks using a bit and a drill index. Does not look like I would like it to but this is the best I could do.
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I build this kit and I get more people admiring it than the bigger more complex model kits. Your model looks great.
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Looks great. Nice work
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good luck with the ship .
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With all due respect to Tasmanian, we build for ourselves not for others. I know you mean well and we all like helpful input.
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For the gun ports I used a 3/8" mortise chisel & bit set. I took the bit out and used a clamp to cut my way through the side of the hull. I am terrible at cutting gun ports.
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Beautiful planking. So is the rest but the planking is what caught my eye. Great job.
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I was looking for a challenge and did I find one. This is my first online build.
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As you build your ship all the problems of the day vanish. Enjoy the slow build.
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Thanks Blue Ensign for the info on the breeching rope.
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Thanks Russ. I am installing the 24 pounders on the BlueJacket USS Constitution and was wondering what size rope to use.
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Thanks tdmongillo for you entries. Good job.
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I am currently building the Bluejacket Constitution. I am taking pictures as I progress and will post them when I have made some significant progress. Right now I find the instructions confusing and lacking. I have constructed several Bluejacket models and this one is the only one I have found the instructions so confusing. I think for me it is a lack of knowledge on my part.
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