Picket Boat #1 by Blighty - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:24 - The boat that sank the Albemarle in 1864

[Blighty]

Getting close to dressing her up with all the bling. Hull has to be painted and I'm good to go.

 

I regret not staining the inside surfaces of the hull prior to asm, it is difficult to reach with a small brush now so the finish will not be as smooth as I would have liked, another lesson learned.

 

 

 

 

[Rossi46]

Looks good dad.  We should break out the airbrush😈

[Blighty]

Sounds like a plan, talk later, be good to fix the backup cams this weekend, thx.

[Blighty]

I'm back on the build log. I have been busy building the engine, gun and flag pole, getting close to wrapping this kit up, it's been a good one.

 

 

Moving the flag to the port side, leaves much easier access to the gun. Also, the kit has the mast length at 7" so true scaled length is 28' this seemed un-necessarily long so I reduced the length. 

 

 

Gun mounted temporarily.

 

Thanks for looking in, engine and condenser should be mounted next post.

[Blighty]

Quick update with pics before we leave for a camping trip. Getting close to wrapping this model up.

 

Thx for looking in.

 

 

[Tigersteve]

Hold on- didn't you just start this thing? lol Nice finishes. It looks good. 

Steve

[Blighty]

On ‎2017‎-‎05‎-‎12 at 7:02 PM, Tigersteve said:

Hold on- didn't you just start this thing? lol Nice finishes. It looks good. 

Steve

One of the true joys of being retired is having all the time in the world for the fun stuff, got to go, off bird watching now.

 

 

[jct]

wow fast and good...nice bui;d

[Blighty]

 

Finished except for a dusting and clean up, bashed about a little which made this an interesting build for me. I tried to modify the build to make the boat more user friendly, (in my no-nautical eyes), increasing deck space, added extra bench, moved masts, added storage and trimmed the stern square per the period sketches.

 

This was a fun boat to build, coupled with the historic exploits in the Civil War this was well worth the effort and expense.

 

I will clean it up and add some pics the gallery.

Thx for following along, the La Nina from AT is next on the cutting board, I have some bashing to do on that one also.

 

[jct]

Nice finish...she looks good

[Blighty]

Cleaned her up and dusted her off. Well into the La Nina now.

 

Thx for checking out my Picket Boat # 1.

[Cathead]

Great job! I like the mix of precision and used look.

[Blighty]

16 hours ago, Cathead said:

Great job! I like the mix of precision and used look.

Thx for your interest during this build and the kind ending comment.

 

Len.

[Sea Hoss]

This model is "on deck" after I finish "Syren" I think I like the battle scarred look, I may use that approach also...

[GrandpaPhil]

Well done!

[J11]

Impressive representation! May I ask if you will put the flag on her?