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  1. sjanicki started following RV Calypso by dancooper - FINISHED - Revell - PLASTIC and Charles W Morgan by DJC - Model Shipways - 1:64
  2.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Spanish Naval Museum in Madrid
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  4. sjanicki
    This, in addition to the navy museum in Barcelona, is one of the greatest in Spain in my view and on the top of the list in Europe. Glad you were able to visit!
  5.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: CSS Virginia by cgiacoppo - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1:192 - My son Michael's first wooden ship build
  6. sjanicki
    Your work on this looks really good - I am excited to see the results!
  7.    ccoyle reacted to a post in a topic: USS Perry by sjanicki - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/96
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  12. sjanicki
    If it makes you feel any better, I made the exact same mistake when building the kit! Thanks for flagging it - hopefully they adjust the instructions.
  13.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: USS Perry by EricWilliamMarshall - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/96
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  17.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: USS Perry by Jeff Preisler - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/8" = 1'
  18. sjanicki
    Very well done!
  19.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: USS Perry by Jeff Preisler - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/8" = 1'
  20.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: USS Perry by Jeff Preisler - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/8" = 1'
  21. sjanicki
    Very good progress!
  22.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: CSS Virginia by cgiacoppo - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1:192 - My son Michael's first wooden ship build
  23.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: Revenue Cutter by wtimlen - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:48
  24.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: USS Perry by EricWilliamMarshall - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/96
  25.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: USS Cairo by rcmdrvr - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:192
  26. sjanicki
    Wow! Love how you did the cabins! Great work
  27.    sjanicki reacted to a post in a topic: Revenue Cutter by wtimlen - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:48
  28. sjanicki
    I love watching your progress! Keep it up
  29. sjanicki
    You have done such a good job on this! Honestly keeping the lines tight isn't a big deal as long as you wait to cut them and tie them until they are all in place - that way you can make sure they are all properly tightened. I used clothespins as weights to keep them taught while I tied the rest
  30. sjanicki
    I continue to be impressed by your work! Awesome job!
  31. sjanicki
    Wow! You really did wonderful work on this!
  32. sjanicki
    Looks very good!
  33. sjanicki
    Great work so far! Looking forward to your continued progress!
  34. sjanicki
    Of course! It is a wonderful kit. Please just tag me in your build if you have a question and I'll try to comment! Have you started a build log yet?
  35. sjanicki
    This is looking very good!
  36. sjanicki
    There are a ton of different ways that people apply these copper plates. Personally, after applying the bluejacket plates to both the Revenue Cutter and USS Perry I found the following process to work the best: Apply all the plates butting against another vs. layered. My skill wasn't great enough to layer them without it looking horrible. Form each plate to the shape of the hull before trying to glue Cut the plates that need to be cut to shape before applying Apply the plates to the keel starting with the base. Apply to the side of the keel a single row. Apply a single row of plates along the waterline all the way around. Start in the center of the ship starting at the keel and tiling your way out with an overlap. The bow section and stern are the most difficult and require cutting each tile exactly to shape. This post shows how I went about it fairly well. Please let me know if you have any questions on my process! I will note that many, many, on this forum are far more skilled at copper plating than I am and have done a better job but I found this method to make a reasonably high quality result for my skill level.

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