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  1. MrBlueJacket
    Sheet 4 is the mast and spar details, along with the photo etched brass, brass rod, laser cut wood, and flags. There's a lot of chainplates, about 1/3 of the photo etch sheet.
  2. MrBlueJacket
    Sheet 3 is the standing rigging. And here is the stick and sheet wood, along with 4 sheets of pre-glued decking.
  3. MrBlueJacket
    Sheet 2 is the running rigging plan, and here's the chain and rigging thread. There's a LOT of it!
  4. MrBlueJacket
    Time to start a new model. Made in Rockland, Maine in 1853, the Red Jacket was a clipper ship, one of the largest and fastest ever built. She was also the first ship of the White Star Line company. She was named after Sagoyewatha, a famous Seneca Indian chief, called "Red Jacket" by settlers.She was lost in a gale in 1885.On her first voyage, Red Jacket set the speed record for sailing ships crossing the Atlantic by traveling from New York to Liverpool in 13 days, 1 hour, 25 minutes, dock to dock. That record still stands today for commercial sailing vessels. The BlueJacket kit has 5 sheets of plans. Sheet 1 has the pre-carved hull laid on top of it. This is going to be a large model! (41" LOA)
  5. MrBlueJacket
    And the model is finally finished. It was an interesting project, to say the least!
  6. MrBlueJacket
    Final steps are coming together now.
  7. MrBlueJacket
    Hi Steve, I used some med CA very sparingly. Nic
  8. MrBlueJacket
    Starting to assemble the housing walls, and placed the roofs on just to see what they will look like.
  9. MrBlueJacket
    Some pilot house detailing here:
  10. MrBlueJacket
    Added: Jond - Bowdoin diorama
  11. MrBlueJacket
    Is that another Monitor hull I see in the background?
  12. MrBlueJacket
    Got the caprails in, and added some detailing to the transmission housing. It is actually a pill bottle.
  13. MrBlueJacket
    Watch out for the gaps between the two layers of tape - that was a problem I didn't anticipate...........
  14. MrBlueJacket
    Hi Jon, Another possibility for your water is to just use a flat sheet of poly or ply, then treat the surface with spackle and paint. Look into BlueJacket Newsletter Archives for May 2014 for the technique. Nic
  15. MrBlueJacket
    And finally this model is completed. The build is straightforward, I think the most difficult areas are the transom and bulwarks, but they were done early on.
  16. MrBlueJacket
    Speaking of sails, here's 3 of the 4 sails added. One sail, and some jib tie-downs and she's done. notice the finished display base instead of the work board. I had to do it twice, because the first time I had bow/stern in the wrong direction!
  17. MrBlueJacket
    List of build threads in progress. If you have one I missed, please let me know K Hauptfuehrer - Constitution JFinan - Constitution Rtibbs - Kearsarge CPS_Skybolt - Kearsarge Sjanicki - Virginia - DONE ahb26 - Bowdsoin rcboatbill - Muscungus gsdpic - America RStrick - Smuggler Pete Jaquith - Seguin Schooner - Jeremiah O'Brien (modified) andygp5 - Sam Roberts (modified) BlackGSD - Yankee Hero
  18. MrBlueJacket
    I am encouraging everyone to do a build thread of their BlueJacket projects on www.modelshipworld.com . So, to "put my money where my mouth is," here's a deal for you: If you do a build thread of any current BlueJacket kit, when you are finished, I will give you a 10% discount on the next BlueJacket kit you get from us. This offer will be good through at least the end of 2020 and maybe I'll extend it even further. Yes, this offer applies to the several build threads already in progress.
  19. MrBlueJacket
    WHile the mahogany caprail is drying, I decided it is time to put the model on its mounting base. Here's bow and stern views:
  20. MrBlueJacket
    And while those are drying, I put in some windows and trimmed them out with more mahogany.
  21. MrBlueJacket
    To finish the cap-rail, some 3/32 x 3/16 mahogany needs to be pre-bent. I soaked them in water overnight, then made a bending fence out of 1/8 square basswood. Looking at the first batch, they sprung back, so this will be a multi-bending process.
  22. MrBlueJacket
    Rear bulwarks added and painted, and also the aft section of the caprail and a 1/8" half-round rub-rail as well.
  23. MrBlueJacket
    I know our kit does not show this. In general, sheaves were put in topmasts so a line could run from the mastcap thru the sheave and back up to a block on the mastcap. This line would let you lift the topmast so you could take out the fid and hence lower the topmast.
  24. MrBlueJacket
    If I didn't have to add sails to this, it would be finished!
  25. MrBlueJacket
    So the main shrouds, springer stay and topmast stay are installed.

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