Azzoun

Despite all this  X-Mess-stress I found a small space for some advent tinkering 🙂
 
Started as usual in the smaller scale ...
 

 
... and then scratched the fitting Brodi-Stove for it by some scrap materials.
 

 
Then some trials ...
 

 
...for the BBQ-skewer holder and some brass nibbling ...
 

 
... bent ...
 

 
... and the skewer itself by filing a round brass into a pointed square section.
 

 
Some trials in soldering but finally it fitted :-).
 

 
The exhaust air propelled skewer drive was easy ...
 

 
... but fitting a 1 mm hole for the external axle bearing into a 1 mm brass profile needed the magical trick of flattening the material before drilling :-).
 

 
Then some handles and the handrail around and soon some paint could be applied.
 
I think I will go for a nice eloquent black 😉
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Always remember: no food - no fight 🙂
 
XXXDAn

Bob,
 
Thanks for your continued detailed build log - i've taken a break from my PdN so I can reference your log later    
 
Joshua

Bob,
 
Thanks for your continued detailed build log - i've taken a break from my PdN so I can reference your log later    
 
Joshua

Bob,
 
Thanks for your continued detailed build log - i've taken a break from my PdN so I can reference your log later    
 
Joshua

Bob,
 
Thanks for your continued detailed build log - i've taken a break from my PdN so I can reference your log later    
 
Joshua

My grown daughter paints rocks and Posca Brand paint pens are the preferred brand in that hobby. They give a nice sharp fine line. They are then sealed with a clear coat to stand outside weather which probably won't be needed for interior work. I would give wood a clear coat seal before any fine line painting is done.

And so it begins. 

The contents of the box (less the manual and other documentation).  I purchased the book from Bluejacket previously.
 
First order of business was to build a keel vise.  I have a lot of cherry left over from a kitchen remodeling project, and it comes in very handy for this sort of thing,.


The edges of the 1/8" basswood keel have 1/16" strips glued on to form the final keel width and a rabbit for planking.  Here the bottom strips have been glued on and clamped.
 

I took advantage of a brief trip to mid-coast Maine to visit Bluejacket Shipcrafters in Searsport and purchase my next project, the schooner Bowdoin.  This will be my second plank-on-bulkhead model.  The first was twenty-five years ago, Laughing Whale's small Friendship Sloop.  (That kit lives on in Bluejacket's line; they acquired Laughing Whale some years back.)  Bowdoin looks like a good project for reacquainting myself with the planking process, and I have ESF's (Steve's) excellent build log for reference.
 
Why Bowdoin?  As the official state sailing ship of Maine and sail training vessel of the Maine Maritime Academy, she has strong connections to the state.  I have deep roots in Maine on my father's side, and my wife's parents had a cottage on the coast for many years, so we spent a good deal of time there.  I like the looks of the ship, and the fact that she was built for Arctic research and carried out that mission with great success.  I like the relative simplicity of the rigging (I've had my fill of square-rigged masts for now).  I get a kick out of knowing that the kit was developed (originally by Laughing Whale) and is built right in Maine, a short drive from where Bowdoin is based in Castine.

Bluejacket Shipcrafters.

A wonderland of beautifully finished ship models.  That's proprietor Nic behind the counter.  (The camera was inadvertently set on the Toy Camera effect for this shot and the next.)

And here's Bowdoin.
 
This will be a long project.  I want to do Bowdoin justice as her centennial approaches.  This is a good opportunity to learn new skills and improve existing ones.  I'm not going to rush.  I think there are at least two other Bowdoin's in the works, but neither has broken cover yet with a log.  I'm looking forward to sharing information with these ongoing projects, especially when I run into the inevitable problems along the way.

I'm sending my request in today!
 

Bob,
 
I hear ya with the struggles of this model.   I've actually started to crutch off of a Syren kit someone had started but didn't finish in both parts and instructions.    Both ships are American built 2 masted vessels of similar size of the same period and the kits were the same scale.    Chuck's instructions have a lot more pictures and details especially around rigging the bow spirit, etc.  I've given up on the instructions that came with the PDN and am relying heavily on Chappelle's drawings and Reed's book.   The Syren came with photo etched parts for gun ports that I plan to use.     The Syren's instructions are on the MicroMark website for download in PDF.     
 
Josh

it's a shame all these postings aren't making it to the correct thread of "So where do you do yours" even though I'm guilty of it myself!
 
 

Actually, I spend probably half my time cleaning and putting things away because I get anxious when things aren't organized and clean.  lol 

I work mostly out of my garage but at times will gather small projects to work on a fold out table in the living room so I can be close to my wife and daughter.   The first pic is a little older than the subsequent two.   Here's the garage.     Best, Joshua

it's a shame all these postings aren't making it to the correct thread of "So where do you do yours" even though I'm guilty of it myself!
 
 

I work mostly out of my garage but at times will gather small projects to work on a fold out table in the living room so I can be close to my wife and daughter.   The first pic is a little older than the subsequent two.   Here's the garage.     Best, Joshua

it's a shame all these postings aren't making it to the correct thread of "So where do you do yours" even though I'm guilty of it myself!
 
 

I work mostly out of my garage but at times will gather small projects to work on a fold out table in the living room so I can be close to my wife and daughter.   The first pic is a little older than the subsequent two.   Here's the garage.     Best, Joshua

I work mostly out of my garage but at times will gather small projects to work on a fold out table in the living room so I can be close to my wife and daughter.   The first pic is a little older than the subsequent two.   Here's the garage.     Best, Joshua

I work mostly out of my garage but at times will gather small projects to work on a fold out table in the living room so I can be close to my wife and daughter.   The first pic is a little older than the subsequent two.   Here's the garage.     Best, Joshua

I'm sending my request in today!
 

Bob,
 
I hear ya with the struggles of this model.   I've actually started to crutch off of a Syren kit someone had started but didn't finish in both parts and instructions.    Both ships are American built 2 masted vessels of similar size of the same period and the kits were the same scale.    Chuck's instructions have a lot more pictures and details especially around rigging the bow spirit, etc.  I've given up on the instructions that came with the PDN and am relying heavily on Chappelle's drawings and Reed's book.   The Syren came with photo etched parts for gun ports that I plan to use.     The Syren's instructions are on the MicroMark website for download in PDF.     
 
Josh

I'm sending my request in today!
 

Bob,
 
I hear ya with the struggles of this model.   I've actually started to crutch off of a Syren kit someone had started but didn't finish in both parts and instructions.    Both ships are American built 2 masted vessels of similar size of the same period and the kits were the same scale.    Chuck's instructions have a lot more pictures and details especially around rigging the bow spirit, etc.  I've given up on the instructions that came with the PDN and am relying heavily on Chappelle's drawings and Reed's book.   The Syren came with photo etched parts for gun ports that I plan to use.     The Syren's instructions are on the MicroMark website for download in PDF.     
 
Josh