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  1. MrBlueJacket
    At the bow, the figurehead of "Red Jacket" (Sagoyewatha, Seneca Indian chief) was painted and mounted. His nickname is because a British soldier gave him a coat during the revolutionary war.
  2. MrBlueJacket
    coated looks better to me. Nic
  3. MrBlueJacket
    Today I put on the photo etched scrollwork at the stern. It took an hour of aligning and re-positioning and gluing to get it done. I am happy with the result!
  4. MrBlueJacket
    Looking very good, Jim. Nic
  5. MrBlueJacket
    It's time to do the figurehead and stern carving. They are of Sagoyewatha, the Seneca chief of the Wolf clan. His nickname Red Jacket is because of the red coat a British army officer gave him during the American Revolution. One of the problems in painting is to mix the flesh color of an American Indian. A google search yielded plenty of advice from miniature figure painters, but they involved colors in acrylic and/or oil that I never head of. What I finally settled on is a mix of Burnt Sienna and cream. I think it came out OK.
  6. MrBlueJacket
    Last night I made one of the two hatches for the deck. I used eyebolts bent over for the hatch lifting rings.
  7. MrBlueJacket
    Meanwhile, back at the pointy end............... We have installed the knightheads, catheads, hawse lips, spray rail, and some eyebolts.
  8. MrBlueJacket
    And here's two of the 3 pieces glued down into their many little holes. There will be puttying to do to get a smooth railing at the transition point.
  9. MrBlueJacket
    Over the w/e I started the poop deck railings. The kit provides several lengths of cast stanchions/railings. These have to be bent to fit the curvature of the stern I decided to bend them upside down, to get a more accurate curve. Then they will get painted and installed.
  10. MrBlueJacket
    Pinrails - as promised. Now it occurs to me that I didn't have to be so precise about fitting the stanchions - the tops can't be seen!
  11. MrBlueJacket
    And now the port side is done. Next up is the pinrails.
  12. MrBlueJacket
    To get each stanchion the correct height, the best way is to mark it in place. I use the Xacto blade to make a cut in the edge. Sometimes it needs a touch of sandpaper to fit, but mostly it goes right in. Then hold it with tweezers while you apply a drop of thin CA glue.
  13. MrBlueJacket
    Wondered if you would notice !
  14. MrBlueJacket
    Last night I measured, trimmed and installed 34 stanchions on the port side. Each one is a slightly different length. It was a couple of hours of great fun.
  15. MrBlueJacket
    Head is Starboard
  16. MrBlueJacket
    Added the Bosun's locker and the Head
  17. MrBlueJacket
    Nice job finishing this, Jon. 10% off your next kit from BlueJacket has been added to your customer file. Thanks for the build thread. Nic
  18. MrBlueJacket
    Take a deep breath, cross those fingers, and spray! OK it looks good, now the real test - pull off the masking tape........ HOORAY! Just a little touch-up needed on the inside of the bulwarks from the first spray job.
  19. MrBlueJacket
    OK, here we are, all re-masked off and ready for paint.
  20. MrBlueJacket
    Added Sjanicki - Revenue Cutter
  21. MrBlueJacket
    Further thought - where the stem separates from the hull, cut it at that point, then glue to the hull. The remaining wedge-shaped gap will be easier to fill, and the stem won't look elongated.
  22. MrBlueJacket
    "Putty and paint........ Makes it look like what it ain't" Sounds like a plan
  23. MrBlueJacket
    So the masking didn't work out the way I wanted. I forgot to run a seal coat of clear after I masked it off, and the paint bled. You can look at October 2018 newsletter (www.bluejacketinc.com - newsletter archive) to see the technique. So on Sunday I re-sprayed the waterline where it bled. (*sigh*)
  24. MrBlueJacket
    AN overall shot - next step is masking and painting the hull black.
  25. MrBlueJacket
    The Red Jacket instructions call for cutting the stern caprail out of bass sheet, and fitting it into place. I've always had trouble doing that, because it is difficult to get an even width. Mine always look a little "off." Taking a hint from the bow caprail on the Charles Notman, I decided to laminate it. The rail is 1/8" x 1/16" so I used 4 pieces of 1/32" x 1/16." A simple 5-minute soak in water made them pliable and I taped them around the stern overnight. The next night it was very easy to lay them down. The finished product looks nice and even.

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