Red Jacket by MrBlueJacket - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/8" = 1' (1:96)

[MrBlueJacket]

With the braces done, it is time to work on the jub sheets. Here's the first one done:

 

Edited January 22, 2021 by MrBlueJacket

[kirill4]

Class!!!

[MrBlueJacket]

now all the jib sheets are done.

 

[MrBlueJacket]

And now the anchors are hung. Lifeboats done as well. All that is left are the flags.

 

[MrBlueJacket]

Here's a shot of the lifeboats

 

[MrBlueJacket]

Tonight I put the flags on their halyards. Tomorrow I will hang them and she's done!

 

[EricWilliamMarshall]

She is looking quite impressive!

[MrBlueJacket]

I also like to put a few figures on my models. It gives a sense of scale, I think.

 

 

 

[MrBlueJacket]

And with that, I declare her finished! 2 years, 2 months and 8 days. Of course, I took a couple of months to do a Fishing Trawler, and 4 months to do a whaleboat. But who's counting? I'll post some more photos soon.

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

Ah, I have been eagerly awaiting this post ever since you updated us about the flag halyards. What a splendid result! I hope you will create a gallery album for us.

 

Cheers!

[Ryland Craze]

Congratulations on finishing your Red Jacket and thank you for posting a detailed build log for us to follow.  This is a really nice model.

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!

[Roger Pellett]

Mr Bluejacket’s Red Jacket!  Wonderful work!!

[rwiederrich]

Nic...she's beautiful.  wonderful job for sure.....just wonderful.

Where ya gonna put her on display at?   You making a case for her?

 

Rob

[Gregory]

Great model!

 

It would serve well as the box art and other promotional material for the kit..

[MrBlueJacket]

On 1/28/2021 at 12:36 PM, rwiederrich said:

Nic...she's beautiful.  wonderful job for sure.....just wonderful.

Where ya gonna put her on display at?   You making a case for her?

 

Rob

 

Thanks, Rob. Yes, she's going in a case and will be displayed in our model gallery. Should have photos next week.

[J11]

Outstanding Clipper!! Well done and congrats!

 

[Racer31h]

I've never thought of using Bondo on wood, good to know. It would have relieved a little stress on having to perfectly whittling down my Portland hull knowing I could have made a mistake and then fixed it. 

 

[kirill4]

Congratulations on finishing your Red Jacket!!!

Well Done!!! :)))

[MrBlueJacket]

And here's her final resting place, in our gallery.

[ccoyle]

Looks fabulous, Nic! Have you got a next project in mind?

[MrBlueJacket]

14 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Looks fabulous, Nic! Have you got a next project in mind?

Actually, I have several repairs to do, then a Jefferson Davis, I  think. We sold the one in our gallery.

[rwiederrich]

Wonderful job Nic...lovely.  Did you order the case of built it yourself?  Glass or plexi?

 

Rob

[ccoyle]

17 minutes ago, rwiederrich said:

Did you order the case of built it yourself?

 

I suspect he had his people build it -- a perk of owning the company?

[MrBlueJacket]

47 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

 

I suspect he had his people build it -- a perk of owning the company?

 

Yes I did, and yes it is.

[Bill Morrison]

On 12/10/2018 at 2:28 PM, MrBlueJacket said:

Al's grinder is a Craftsman as shown in the photo below. Also here's a link to a Makita one on Amazon. They run from about $60-$120

 

https://www.amazon.com/Makita-GA4030K-4-Inch-Angle-Grinder/dp/B002OTDIH2

 

I use a Craftsman 3-D Sander. It features 3 small pivoting sanding heads that will sand any shape just as the templates indicate.  

 

Bill