USS Perry by sjanicki - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Scale 1/96

[sjanicki]

Also, here are the rear inner bulwark extensions being glued in.
 

[sjanicki]

I took the opportunity to do some touch ups along the inner waterways. There were a few unsightly gaps that became obvious after the initial primer. 

After some sanding and primer the forecastle modification doesn’t look bad!  

[sjanicki]

Masked off the gunport stripe and painted the entire hull flat black. 

 

Next up is marking the waterline and painting below the waterline copper. After that it will be time for some copper plating. 

[sjanicki]

Marked the waterline with the included waterline marking jig. 

Next I masked off the waterline with rubber pin-striping tape to more easily follow the contour of the waterline.  This was an awesome tip a follow forum member provides during my last build. 

Next I used normal masking tape to mask off the remaining above water portion of the hull. 

Finally I painted it copper as a background layer for the copper plating which will come next.  

[sjanicki]

Starting the copper plating process tonight! It is a little bit slow but super rewarding. Next step is just more plating  
 

[sjanicki]

More progress this afternoon around the bow and along the keel. 
 

[sjanicki]

More progress on plating tonight! 
 

I have found that shaping each plate before flying it down allows the plates to sit much flatter and look way nicer. 

Overall happy with the progress! 

[sjanicki]

More progress on copper plating! Mostly starting with the main open area and will fill in the custom cut pieces all at once. 

[sjanicki]

Finished the copper plating on the main hull! Although a pale shadow of some other models on this site I am actually quite happy with the results. A vast improvement over my previous work on the Revenue Cutter. 

Next up are the forcap rails general bulwarks detailing. Also, I need to copper plate the rudder as well. 
 

On another note, Bluejacket sent me a new instruction manual with the previously indicated errors fixed which I thought was really an awesome customer service gesture! Especially at no cost 

 

[MrBlueJacket]

Nice work, Stan.

 

We'll be sending corrected copies to everyone who bought a Perry.

[sjanicki]

Thank you @MrBlueJacket! 

 

Made a tiny bit of progress today on the bulwarks detailing as well as rudder finishing.  Hoping to continue this progress throughout the week.

[sjanicki]

Made a little progress tonight painting the rudder. I realized I should have done this when I painted the hull. 

Next up will be painting a base layer of copper underneath where the copper plates will go on the rudder. 
 

Also, thanks everyone for the likes! 

[sjanicki]

Another night with slow progress. Just had time to paint the copper base layer in the rudder. Next up is (what I anticipate will be) the last bit of copper plating on the model. I am still amazed at how much better this plating turned out than my last attempt. 

[MrBlueJacket]

7 hours ago, sjanicki said:

Another night with slow progress. Just had time to paint the copper base layer in the rudder. Next up is (what I anticipate will be) the last bit of copper plating on the model. I am still amazed at how much better this plating turned out than my last attempt.

 

Just proves what practice can do!

[sjanicki]

Although I didn’t have a lot of time tonight I am trying to make at least consistent progress. A few copper plates but making a little progress is better than no progress. 

[sjanicki]

Finished off the copper plating on the rudder! 

This completes all for copper plating on the model which feels like an accomplishment for sure! 

[sjanicki]

After examining the hull again I realized that one half of the waterline was in the wrong spot  

This resulted in me needing to remove a couple rows of plates, re-mask, paint, and re-install with new plates another row. A little frustrated at my mistake but it’s fixed now. 

 

On to making progress again!  

[ahb26]

Looking forward to the resumption of this project.  It should be moved to the 1801-1850 forum - presumably it was mistakenly placed in 1901-present because of the various USS Perry's launched in the 20th century.

[sjanicki]

On 10/26/2020 at 11:45 AM, ahb26 said:

Looking forward to the resumption of this project.  It should be moved to the 1801-1850 forum - presumably it was mistakenly placed in 1901-present because of the various USS Perry's launched in the 20th century.

 

@ahb26 Thank you! A number of crazy things this year but hoping to get back into this project over the long weekend! I haven't forgotten about it

[sjanicki]

Finally back at it! 
 

Spent a little time getting up to speed at where I had left the model and just getting myself re-acquainted with the plans. 
 

Next I installed the cap rails and inner bulwarks moldings. 


Next I collected a number of pieces I anticipated needing to prime and primed them. 

 

A slow day but back to making progress  

[sjanicki]

Another slow but productive day on the Perry! 

Primed the cannons and carronades. 

Painted the cap rails as well. 
 

Trying to make regular progress! 

[sjanicki]

More progress this weekend! 
 

I touched up the paint on the hull and removed the masking from the deck to begin the details there. 

 

Painted the cannons and carronades as well as some of the deck grates. 

[sjanicki]

Started off by installing the trim molding on the stern of the ship as well as the cabin windows. 

 

Next up was assembling the ladders. I primed them after this picture. 

 

Finally I mounted the various deck grates and long boat. I also assembled the long boat decking. I also mounted the various eye hooks for the cannons. 

 

 

Next up is just continued work on the deck fittings! 

[schooner]

Wow, you have made great progress since the last time I checked in! I'm impressed with your copper plating - that is something I have not tried yet.

[sjanicki]

9 hours ago, schooner said:

Wow, you have made great progress since the last time I checked in! I'm impressed with your copper plating - that is something I have not tried yet.

 

Thank you! I am actually quite proud of the copper platting on this ship.  My first foray into copper plates was on the Revenue Cutter and learned a lot (read made plenty of mistakes).

 

Going to try and continue with the regular progress!

[sjanicki]

Made some more progress this afternoon! 
 

Assembled, painted, and installed the cabin doors as well as the stairways. 

 

Next I removed a number of laser cut components and primed them. 

 

I also primed and painted a number of cast metal deck fittings including the windlass and skylight roofs. 

 

Trying to keep up the slow steady progress! 

[sjanicki]

Made some additional progress today on installing the Riding Bitts, Skylights, Windlass Barrel, Bilge-pumps, and Galley Stack. 

I also mounted the cannons and carronades to their carriages. 

Next up on the gun port covers, car heads, fife rails, deck pin rails, and channel pin rails. 

[sjanicki]

Made quite a bit of progress today! 
 

Painted and installed the gun port lids (both the open and closes ones). The hinges that are included actually look great. I test fit the cannons and carronades to see how they looked. 
 

I installed both Main Deck Fife rails as well as the Forecastle Deck Pin Rail. I also installed the cat heads. I actually cut them in two pieces to avoid cutting through the hull. 
 

I installed all the channels/pin rails as well. This took a while to clean out the slots where they penetrate the hull. I was somewhat careless when painting and paid for it here by having to sand out the slot larger. 
 

I also installed the forecastle ladders, windlass ratchet, chain scuttles, and anchor chains. 
 

[sjanicki]

A little bit of progress last night! 
 

Installed the various deck cleats, eye pins, and blocks that are mounted on the cap rails. I also drilled the holes through the whales where various rigging lines will pass. 

 

Next up will be rigging the cannons and carronades! 

[ERS Rich]

This looking nice....now the USS Perry, no longer the USS Putty!

 

Cheers!