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  • Birthday 08/22/1949

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    Searsport, Maine
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    Ship models, r/c planes

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  1. MrBlueJacket started following GRAND BANKS DORY by Boats Sully - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1"=1' , Red Baron by EatMoreLobster (Susan) - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 3/8" scale , Lobster Boat by fstorm08 - BlueJacket Shipcrafters and 3 others
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  12. MrBlueJacket
    And here they are in their final resting place.
  13. MrBlueJacket
    Bend the traveller to shape and trial fit into the holes. Then dip the ends into CA and insert.
  14. MrBlueJacket
    BlueJacket has the lobsters. They are Britannia castings, 1/2" scale. i painted them in Army Helo Drab, then dry-brushed flat red. Followed by gloss clear.
  15. MrBlueJacket
    To go along with the traps, I made a lobster holding box and populated it.
  16. MrBlueJacket
    Very credible job, Nathan. A little putty and you'll have a fine hull. I can recommend these fillers: Auto glazing putty Bondo Wall spackle plaster if Paris I would stay away from carpenter's fillers, they dry too hard to sane evenly with the softer basswood. Nic PS - nice to see you last week.
  17. MrBlueJacket
    I have found that a rope coil can hide a multitude of sins.
  18. MrBlueJacket
    And here is the finished product, and another shot of it on display.
  19. MrBlueJacket
    Actually, there is a 4th option - re-cut the handles. But being so delicate, I didn't want to risk it. So my option #3 is to put the end of the oars somewhere where it is not easy to see that the handles are missing, like under a thwart.
  20. MrBlueJacket
    Here's the dory with thwarts and caprail painted.
  21. MrBlueJacket
    Did I say they are delicate? While sanding them, two handles broke off. This leads me to several choices: 1- get more lasered oars (advantage of working here) 2- only show 2 oars on the boat 3-get creative and find a way to hide the error I'm deciding on #3. I think it will work.
  22. MrBlueJacket
    Next comes the oars. They are lasered in 1/16" basswood, and are very delicate. Raw piece and sanded piece.
  23. MrBlueJacket
    Now for the thole pins. I'm making them from .020 brass rod. First, I cut them long and install them through the caprail. Next step is to trim them to length. I'm using a 1/16" x 1/8" scrap of wood as the guide. And here's the trimmed thole pins.
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  25. MrBlueJacket
    Gripe and gunwale installed.
  26. MrBlueJacket
    Start adding the frame pieces. All the frame pieces in and the thwarts.
  27. MrBlueJacket
    A little sanding to bevel the stem, transom, and bottom so the sides can lay on a flat surface. Trim the first side, and add the other side, remove from building jig and sand to final shape.

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