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  1. J11
    Finally catching up on some blogs. Keith she's looking beautiful, love those cannons!
  2. J11
    Hey @Keith Black, many thanks! Crazy stuff and I'm real tired of dealing with it but we all have to work threw it. Worked real gently and managed to mount the sail. Looks like I got the size on the money and will be working on the others tomorrow. Here's a few images to show the mount, thanks for the input on them gentlemen. Post some more images soon, thanks for the likes!
  3. J11
    Thanks @Hubac's Historian, bunch of work for these and well worth the time for detailing her out. Excited to get this one done along with putting the boom sails on. Will be a couple more months probably but I'll see how they go. Also wishing all good health, wife is in quarantine for Covid-19, found out today when she went to the doc. So I'm stuck at home and have to work on my model.. shame. She'll be fine as I feel she doesn't have it but was exposed and they go nuts when this does happen. Plenty of model time now.
  4. J11
    Well this is a learning process on these sails, building and then mounting does take a tremendous amount of time for the first few. Been about 3 days putting this one together along with mounting work. Not to bad, I'll work on mounting to the mast tonight and see if I can post some more images later. I did use four sizes of rigging to give more detailing on them, I'm pleased with how they are turning out. Shaping will work great when I put the other rigging lines on them for curvature as being wind blown. I'll work out the wind direction for them when I start mounting them to the masts. Then duplicate the angles for the others. Might just run these straight wind as the boom sails might look better that way when added. Decisions, decisions. One down and many more to go: Hopefully have the mounting images soon also. Well gentlemen; thoughts on how the first one looks?
  5. J11
    Great instructions on those reef points, will help a lot. Appreciate the time you took for this tutorial.
  6. J11
    Superb work on her, look forward to more updates!
  7. J11
    She's looking ship shape, nice planking along with contrasting lines on the hull. Look forward to more updates.
  8. J11
    Outstanding craftsmanship!! Love the colors of the wood you have used for contrasting. Looking forward to following this build!
  9. J11
    @Old Collingwood, @Hubac's Historian, glad the sail positions along with the silhouette's look right. I'll try to add some furl to them also when I start the gentle rigging on them. Glad you guys like the way they look. As being my first attempt on these I'm very self criticizing so yawls opinion's helps! The boom sails will be last of course as all the others have to be in place along with the masts so I can measure them correctly and then make those from scratch also. Going over the sail masts tonight making sure I still have all the parts and pieces to mount them correctly and looks like My stashing worked well. Going over all my prints; I'll mount the sail masts first then rig them then start to put the sail on each one with care. These sails are touchy and fragile, I suspect I will tear a couple during installation and will have to make some more. Anyone have ideas for making those reef points quick? I'll need about 300 from my basic count and would like to make them on a assembly line if possible, just don't know how yet as I will search out the blogs later tonight to see others procedures. Thanks for the interest and all the likes!!
  10. J11
    Thanks for all the compliments along with good wishes. Finally things are calming down along with the Covid mess which hit home but we were fortunate it didn't hit our home. Other family members did have a bout and all recovered, but we had to scramble to care for them along with quarantine problems for three other homes. Freaking mess, and getting everything cleaned was extremely time consuming. But it's done deal now. Here's some images for those still interested, sail prep with the masts along with reef points is what I'll be working on for this week. Should have all the masts finished by next Sunday then start slowly sewing the sails on, one by one for mast attachment. She's back on the table ya'll and again thanks for the patience! Sail prep images: Sail primary setup to see how they look. Eh, not to shabby: Hopefully I'll have more soon on progress. Good to be back on the table!
  11. J11
    I'll be posting some more images soon, been tied up with family Covid mess along with property chores and renovations. Sail work is still ongoing as had to mothball her again. Thanks for the patience. Should have images by next week.
  12. J11
    Here's some images of her close up. You should be able to zoom in for details, even down to my mistakes.
  13. J11
    I had used black walnut stain for the hull, Then teak stain for the hull outer ribs. I'll pull her back out and get some more images by tomorrow for you. Glad you like her.
  14. J11
    Your planking looks good, this was my first wooden build also many years ago and I will admit I sanded for a months on my hull to get her looking nice. Here's a couple pics of her: Yep the flag is wrong, I changed her to a Confederate bomber. Will be following your build with interest. If you need some better images of mine, just holler.
  15. J11
    These tracks for the Alabama are wrong per historical configuration. I used the supplied tracks on the molds for definition and cleanliness of the build. Here's the correct historical tracks for the Alabama: Here's te historical confiruration for firing: Hope this helps.
  16. J11
    Thank you Nic for this!!
  17. J11
    My mistake, thanks for clarifying. I am wondering if you have the kit listed in another catalog from 1978 to the present? Very curios as to the cost of the original Bluejacket offering. Again thanks for your time with this.
  18. J11
    Very nice! Appreciate all the extra images.
  19. J11
    Thank you @Gahm. Yep I'll be a happy camper when I have them all done. Then I can finally start rigging away and get this one under glass.
  20. J11
    She's a beauty! Got more images?? Congrats!! Youtube has a lot of information on applying wash, maybe you find something there.
  21. J11
    I'll do some checking, I purchase my wash when needed.
  22. J11
    Just a quick update, I have gotten it down to three hours per sail for finished product and have been building away, I'll post images of all of them when finished. I'll tape them on the ship also to give a better idea as to what they will look like on the ship when finished. Delicate rascals, but I'll be a expert sail builder when I'm done!
  23. J11
    @MrBlueJacket, many thanks for the research on her! That's fantastic you still have the original catalog from 1938 and the sub is listed in the catalog. Now I know it is from 1938 and have the Provence to prove it's rarity. How many ship kits are in the catalog? Can I have a pdf scan of the entire catalog or a copy of it? Will be glad to pay for it; for this documentation on the sub and have a reference for other older models to be on the lookout from Boucher. I don't mean to impose with the request as I know it takes time and effort to produce copies or a complete pdf scans. Again thank you very much for the Provence documentation along with the time involved hunting for it.
  24. J11
    Very nice! Have you decided if you will static display her or add water flow details to the base? Are you planning on turning her into a RC? Man she's a beauty and a bunch can be done with that size of a kit.
  25. J11
    Very nice find for a rare kit. USS Crockett a hard model to find being in such good condition along with what seems most of the pieces. Look forward to your updates! Did it come with a motor system? Seems to be one of the old RC boat kits from the images I see, I also love to rescue kits I have interest in and always on the hunt, Hint, Hint @Bob G What yea got??

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