Lackawanna by Jeff Preisler - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1/8=1 inch - Steam Coastal Tug

[Jeff preisler]

1.                                  Initial shaping of the hull complete, after final sanding I airbrushed the inside of the bulwarks Buff.  Ater completion of hull I made a template of deck out of matte board then transfered to 1/16" glued decking sheet, lastly after gluing in the deck I added the waterway stanchions that were previosly primed and airbrushed with buff.

[Jeff preisler]

At this point in build per instructions I decided to mount my completed ship on pedestals, so I took care of this, then removed from finishe base and sent hull back to work cradle.

[Jeff preisler]

1. After final sanding, and drilling out for port holes I gave it a coat of automotive primer.
2. Cut to fit cap rails, sheer and rub strakes, then sanded and airbrushed flat black.
3. When primer was dry I had to establish the waterline using this homemade tool from Frank Mastini's plans illustrated in his book "Ship modeling simplified"
4. Airbrushed lower hull with anti'fouling red then masked waterline with scoth magic tape then air brushed white above waterline.
5. Finally installed cap rails, sheer and rub strakes, brass port holes and lastly bow and stern name boards.

Edited July 9, 2022 by Jeff preisler
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[gsdpic]

Off to a good start.  I don't think I've seen a build log of this blue jacket kit.

[Jeff preisler]

Completed smokestacks, main cabin sky lights, main cabin deck and pilot house decks.  Smoke stacks wer primed with automotive primer then airbrushed flat black, because I was in a bit of a hurry I used tamiya acrlic red paint for the smokestack badges then scraped off raised detail with x'acto knife. painted fire buckets red as well.  Per instructions, it says to paint cabin doors white but I wanted them to stand out, so I painted them with a woodish color,(I did see some models done this way).  When constructing the sky lights, I found some old photo negatives that I used for the glass panes, this turned out pretty good so I will try this when I construct the pilot house instead of using black paint, see how it goes.

[navarcus]

Nicely done!

[Jeff preisler]

I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  For the Pilot house construction, I used old photo negatives for the windows.  After drilling holes and installing pilot house stanchions I decided to use thread to simulate the railings which I then painted with a brass enamel color.  Masts were tapered, holes drilled and stained per kit instructions and set in place temporarily.  After attaching pilot house to main cabin, I then mounted ship using brass pedestals on its permanent base.  Overall, this kit is excellent and a pleasure to build, I am hoping to have this completed within the next week or so.  

[Papa]

Very nice work. 

[Roger Pellett]

Very nice!!

 

I particularly like the color of the bottom painting.  It nicely reproduces red lead bottom painting used on many vessels.  What is it?

 

Roger

[Azzoun]

Glad I found this, looks great so far!

[Jeff preisler]

2 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Very nice!!

 

I particularly like the color of the bottom painting.  It nicely reproduces red lead bottom painting used on many vessels.  What is it?

 

Roger

The paint I used is (USN Norfolk 65-A anti-foul Red) from True North Precision Enamels

[Jeff preisler]

Getting a little closer to completion.  Had some trouble making the pilot house door and landing railing.  After a couple of tries with CA glue I did not like the results, so I decided to re-fabricate the rails using solder at the joints, not perfect but I think they came out OK.  Installed the search light, mast lights, smokestacks, ventilators, and deck sky lights.  After placing all the eyebolts, I am now ready for the rigging.  

Edited August 15, 2022 by Jeff preisler

[clearway]

Nice model of a nice looking vessel- it's amazing how the old guys even made work boats look pleasing to the eye- now its all sheer computer designed functionalism🙄.

 

keith

[Jeff preisler]

The main deck railing and all the rigging went smoothly, just those darn tiny blocks are annoying, but it all worked out.  I decided to follow the optional kit instructions for lifeboat covers.  To do this, I just used copier paper and cut the pattern with my x-acto knife; I then used fine thread for the cover ropes which were cut to size and glued under the cover flaps.  After covers were dry, I carefully brushed the covers with Tamiya buff.  I thought it would be interesting to add a tow rope at the stern using just some household string that I dipped in a brown wash.  Attached Flags, bow and side fenders, life rings, and lastly did some final touch up and I'm calling this complete.

[Ryland Craze]

Beautiful model.  Congratulations on finishing your Lackawanna tug.

[Paul Le Wol]

Hi Jeff, congratulations on finishing your Lackawanna. Superb job.

[mcb]

Well done from a Lackawanna fan.

 

mcb

[Jeff preisler]

1 hour ago, Paul Le Wol said:

Hi Jeff, congratulations on finishing your Lackawanna. Superb job.

Thank you.

[Jeff preisler]

44 minutes ago, mcb said:

Well done from a Lackawanna fan.

 

mcb

Thank you.

[Jeff preisler]

2 hours ago, Ryland Craze said:

Beautiful model.  Congratulations on finishing your Lackawanna tug.

Thank you.

[Canute]

Nicely done, Jeff.

[MrBlueJacket]

Great job. Your customer file now shows 10% off the next kit you buy from us.

 

nic

[Jeff preisler]

3 hours ago, MrBlueJacket said:

Great job. Your customer file now shows 10% off the next kit you buy from us.

 

nic

Thank you.   I really enjoyed building your kit and doing this build thread.

[pwog]

Nice job! She’s beautiful. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[HIPEXEC]

Very nice build. Great detail

Hipexec

Edited August 28, 2022 by HIPEXEC
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[Carleroo]

Your work is fantastic! A lovely looking model. I'm considering getting this, but for me, the quality of the instructions is very important. How would you rate the instructions? I have never done a Bluejacket kit. Thanks,

Carl

[Mirabell61]

Hi Jeff,

congrats for your lovely steam tug model, it looks very nice

 

 

Nilsl

[SiriusVoyager]

The tug look wonderful!  Great job!

[Jim Law]

beautiful work !  how long did it take.  Were there specific issues you had to overcome ? i have recent begun this model and am working on shaping the hull. The instructions are poor and thankfully your pics are helping get a handle on shaping the hull. any comments would be greatly appreciated

tx

Jim

[Jeff preisler]

On 8/3/2024 at 10:27 AM, Carleroo said:

Your work is fantastic! A lovely looking model. I'm considering getting this, but for me, the quality of the instructions is very important. How would you rate the instructions? I have never done a Bluejacket kit. Thanks,

Carl

Thank you.  In my opinion, Bluejacket kits are excellent, and the instructions and plans are very good as well.  I did search for pictures of other modelers Lackawanna builds, and actual photos of the real ship for some close-up details and help with the rigging.  Also, Nick and Al at Bluejacket are very helpful with any questions you may have about their kits if you run into issues with something.  If you get this kit, I hope you do a build thread and feel free to ask me any questions.  Sorry it took me so long to reply as I haven't been on Model ship world for a few months.