Capt. Mike
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- GrandpaPhil and yvesvidal
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- GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and bolin
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A good day today, assembling the spars, second coat on hull, etc. Nic from Bluejacket was kind enough to send me some more flat white. In the meantime I just prime anything before painting it white.
But here I'll have to leave for a month while I am traveling. This build is not abandoned! Just "on hold" until January.
- Blue Pilot and GrandpaPhil
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I f***ed up the cabin yesterday. It was sliding in OK during the fitting stage, but since the fit was very tight I had decided not to force it all the way.
When it came time for the final installation, it would not seat all the way, so 1) I applied too much force and broke the coaming and then 2) I had to pry it out again and dig out some more of the hull before it would fit back in correctly. Thank goodness I had not used any glue!
The cabin fit fine after just a little more digging out of the hull but the cabin & coaming are definitely the worse for wear and are no longer 90 degrees. Hopefully the moulding and some more white paint will cover up the worst of it.
My poor wife just looked at my my face and walked out of the room.
Today was better. I glued on the bowsprit and main traveler and the wales strakes and then taped and painted the hull.
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That would be great. Thank you! My solution for coverage was to put several layers on, and it literally takes days to dry. Being impatient I went ahead and tried to work on the model anyway, with regrettable results.
A good jar of white paint would at least let me try to re-coat the white coamings and mouldings once I am done!
- yvesvidal and GrandpaPhil
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Thanks for all the support and encouragement
I have in fact started a build log for YANKEE HERO, not that I expect anybody but utter novices to learn anything from it!
If I have learned anything in my first two days it was that reading the instructions all the way through BEFORE STARTING was a great idea, and reading them again and again is an even better one.
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- GrandpaPhil, Duanelaker, trippwj and 1 other
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- GrandpaPhil and Duanelaker
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Good morning, all!
This is my first model in 40 years and my first wooden kit ever. Luckily, as a sailor of traditional vessels, I have a little basic knowledge to fall back on.
I have elected to start with the Bluejacket kit YANKEE HERO, and since it's a snowy day here in Massachusetts, I am making fairly rapid progress. I've got he hull shaped, the hold and cabin top assembled, and I've just glued the deck to the hull and am waiting for the glue to dry. Wish me luck!
Capt Mike
- yvesvidal, Duanelaker, Edwardkenway and 4 others
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Good morning all. On this snowy day in Massachusetts, I am tackling my first-ever ship model.
I am 55 now and built my last models in my early teens (Revel and Monogram models of WW2 tanks, battleships and planes). So it's been a while since I had to pick Testors model glue off the pads of my fingers. Fortunately in the 40 years since then I helped build and now operate a traditional gaff-rigged schooner. So at least I know how these things go together, and what they're supposed to look like, in the real world. If I lacked that knowledge, I think I might find even the very simple model I have chosen (novice kit of YANKEE HERO from Bluejacket) to be overwhelming.
That's not to say my first model won't be my last, as Chris Coyle warned in his excellent post, but I'm jumping in today! Wish me luck.
Capt. Mike
- EricWilliamMarshall, CDW, Dubz and 7 others
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YANKEE HERO by Capt. Mike - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1:32 - First kit in 40 years - SMALL - Quoddy Boat
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
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The finished product. It ain't perfect, but I have decided not to burn it.