Steve116 Posted October 29, 2023 #1 Posted October 29, 2023 Blue Jacket kit Assembling tools, glue, setting up work station
Steve116 Posted November 25, 2023 Author #2 Posted November 25, 2023 Day 1-prepping keel and bulkheads yvesvidal, ccoyle and Jeff preisler 3
Steve116 Posted November 29, 2023 Author #3 Posted November 29, 2023 Day 2 - Bulkheads painted/ stained and installed yvesvidal, Jeff preisler and Rick310 3
Steve116 Posted November 30, 2023 Author #4 Posted November 30, 2023 Day 3. Let the planking begin yvesvidal, Papa, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6
Steve116 Posted December 5, 2023 Author #5 Posted December 5, 2023 mahogany sheer strake in! yvesvidal, kuya, Matt D and 2 others 5
Steve116 Posted December 15, 2023 Author #6 Posted December 15, 2023 Slow and steady ccoyle, Rick310, JacquesCousteau and 2 others 5
Steve116 Posted December 10, 2024 Author #7 Posted December 10, 2024 It’s been awhile( Summer vacation?) Happy to be back at it yvesvidal, king derelict, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4
Steve116 Posted December 14, 2024 Author #8 Posted December 14, 2024 (edited) Time for the stealer planks Edited December 17, 2024 by Steve116 Model update yvesvidal, JacquesCousteau and SiriusVoyager 3
Steve116 Posted December 17, 2024 Author #9 Posted December 17, 2024 Planking is complete. Difficult to bend basswood planks in 3 dimensions- I’m soaking the planks with boiling water and ammonia. There are several small gaps between planks. I painted several toothpicks the same color as the cockpit interior and glued them to the exterior hull to smooth the plank transitions JacquesCousteau 1
Steve116 Posted January 19 Author #10 Posted January 19 Hull planking and painting essentially complete yvesvidal and gsdpic 2
Steve116 Posted January 31 Author #11 Posted January 31 Soaked the mahogany cockpit coaming with hot water and ammonia (~20%) for 30 mins b4 attempting to bend. One piece split- I was able to mend w CA - and built a simple jig to finish the contouring gsdpic, yvesvidal and Ryland Craze 3
yvesvidal Posted February 1 #12 Posted February 1 On 1/31/2025 at 11:51 PM, Steve116 said: Expand Yeah, I have one of these piece of wood with a bunch of nails driven into it. This is the perfect and flexible jig that every wood modeller needs. Glad to see that we share the same jig 🙂 Yves Ryland Craze 1
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