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  1. MrBlueJacket
    So with the deck done, I can attach the bulwarks. Still need to trim them down to the caprail level, but it's starting to look like a boat!
  2. MrBlueJacket
    Chris, I agree. But my customer likes it. So here's the template for the pounce wheel. 1" spacing, equal to about 5 1/3 feet (model is 3/16" = 1' scale) Note the bow is already pounced. After pouncing the stern deck, I did a brown wash into the holes, quickly wiping the thinned paint off right away. A bit of overkill, but....
  3. MrBlueJacket
    So I have the bulwarks ready to install. They are painted and have the scupper slot cut out. But before I install them, I am going to use a pounce wheel to simulate the deck treenails.
  4. MrBlueJacket
    Thanks for answering, Chris.
  5. MrBlueJacket
    Thanks for the deck compliments. I forgot to mention that it is a sheet of pre-glued decking strips, so I can't take credit for anything but gluing the sheet down and trimming :) The kit comes with scribed decking, but this looks so much better.
  6. MrBlueJacket
    Got the deck on last night and trimmed it to fit this morning. Cockpit well was opened up with a dremel cylindrical sanding attachment.
  7. MrBlueJacket
    Then to cut the plywood to the same shape. Needless to say, it took a bit of trial and error. But in the end, it is a good fit as you can see in the second picture. But before I glue it on, I need to put down the deck planking. Easier to trim first, rather than try to fit the deck on with the bulwarks in place.
  8. MrBlueJacket
    So I had a little time to work on the MT again. here's a picture of paper taped onto the hull so I can trace the bottom line of the rabbet for the bulwarks.
  9. MrBlueJacket
    Hi, The grates are laser-cut pieces which are now part of the kit.
  10. MrBlueJacket
    Nice job! Am I reading this correctly, you only started the kit this past Sunday? That's quick work.
  11. MrBlueJacket
    Hi Ric, The ships I build are for a purpose, (customer, gallery, etc) not just because I want to build a model. My current stack-up is: rigging the USS Perry (new kit) Mary Taylor (customer) Coastal Schooner (new kit) Lincolnville wherry (gallery) Liberty ship (gallery) Red Jacket (gallery) And interspersed are two repair jobs. I trust you understand. Maybe someone out there with an Alfred will step up to the plate?
  12. MrBlueJacket
    So to attach the bulwarks, you have to cut in a rabbet around the top of the hull. I started with a piece of masking tape, which I then outlined with a pencil. That gave me a good reference to cut a 1/32" groove. Next is to chisel down from the deck to the groove, forming the rabbet for the bulkhead to attach to. You don't have to be super neat, the inside edge will be covered by the bulwark and the decking. I used a sharp (new) #17 chisel blade.
  13. MrBlueJacket
    The pedestals are F0876 and F0877. There's more than one way to sequence the hull. My plan is to attach the bulwarks next, then paint their inner surfaces. Then paint the outside of the hull, then attach the copper plates. After that, put the model back on the building board and do the decks.
  14. MrBlueJacket
    Time to drill out for the mounting pedestals and test fit onto a building board. The mary Taylor has a raked keel, so two different height pedestals are needed. And looking down the bow, it looks pretty straight up and down (Thank God, I hate shimming pedestals)
  15. MrBlueJacket
    Got a little vigorous with sanding the stem, but a little putty fixes that. Since the bottom will be coppered, no harm done. Some smoothing needed at the stern, too.
  16. MrBlueJacket
    Nice job! Especially the scribed deck plates, nice and even.
  17. MrBlueJacket
    Some people prefer to remove the bulwarks altogether and inset a piece of ply. That's how the Mary Taylor is built.
  18. MrBlueJacket
    So finally got the stern shaped, the rest of the hull only needed a little cleaning up. So like jfinan said in his Constitution build "laying the keel is always a momentus occasion"
  19. MrBlueJacket
    No, I have not.Looks like a useful tool, however.
  20. MrBlueJacket
    And the first step (after reading the instructions) is to screw a block into the top of the hull, then mount it in a vise to start carving away the leftover nubs.
  21. MrBlueJacket
    Here's the kit contents of the BlueJacket Mary Taylor pilot boat. The kit comes with copper tape, but I will be using individual plates on this model.
  22. MrBlueJacket
    Looking good, Jim!
  23. MrBlueJacket
    Next on deck is the Mary Taylor
  24. MrBlueJacket
    Finally done. Just need to put it on a finished base.
  25. MrBlueJacket
    As you can imagine, we also get a lot of these requests at BlueJacket. I have started referring people to this thread. Thanks, Chris for laying it out so clearly. Nic

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