Mary Taylor by bruceh - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - in honor of RW Allen

[bruceh]

Hello,

My name is Bruce Howe. Greetings from soon to be weather unpleasant Massachusetts. I am a new member and am building Mary Taylor in honor of my brother- in law Bob Allen. I have some modeling experience but have been absent for a few years now. I have long admired this kit and hope to do it justice. My other experience with Bluejacket kits include Atlantic (I will post some pictures in the appropriate forum), Pauline, and Endeavor. I have already found many helpful hints in this forum. Looking forward to completing Mary Taylor. Thanks.

Edited February 15 by ccoyle
corrected log title

[vossiewulf]

 

Good luck with your kit!

[bruceh]

Thank you.

[bruceh]

Hello here are some pictures taken over the last few days. Started sanding and shaping the port side and very preliminary shaping and layout of the transom.

[ccoyle]

Hi, Bruce.

 

I have merged your topics here. It is not necessary to post updates as new topics -- just add them to this one.

 

Cheers!

[bruceh]

Thank you Chris. I was looking for the way to do that. How do I do that?

[ccoyle]

12 minutes ago, bruceh said:

Thank you Chris. I was looking for the way to do that. How do I do that?

 

Just add your replies in the reply box at the bottom of the list of posts.

[bruceh]

Thank you.

[bruceh]

Hello,

Continued working on hull shaping. Most of the hull now conforming to templates. Still needs fine sanding. Trying to eliminate as much of the future bodywork as possible. The supplied blank had numerous dings and dents, but the hull is gradually coming together. Spent today cutting the notch for the rudder post. I am placing one picture which shows the assembly of the keel plus stem. If anyone who has built the model or one similar could advise if it is not unusual for the forward part of the keel and stem area to require so much body work? Thanks.

[druxey]

If the hull is of basswood (it probably is), dents can often be relieved by brushing water on the area. It re-expands the wood fibers. Looks like your shaping is going well.

[bruceh]

Accomplished a fair amount on the stern area. Keel pretty much completed. Just need to get some wood filler and I can move ahead on that. Then some final sanding of the hull. I shaped the stern using an Exacto #10 general purpose carving blade. After getting used to how to angle it correctly so as not to dig in to deeply, it could be used as a plane. I was able to shave off very fine layers of wood and had great control over how much stock was coming off. I have learned from previous sanding mistakes how easy it is to get into trouble. Starting to move along. Thanks.

[bruceh]

Keel has been fitted, attached, and gaps filled with wood filler. The keel had a bad warp starting about 1.5 inches from the bow end. Thats the reason for the stake at the bow. Hopefully, I'll be able to visually repair some of the misalignment when sanding out the putty. The other issue I ran into was the gap from the hull to the supplied keel. It's obviously supposed to fit more closely as shown on the plan. I really didn't do much sanding in the bow area and accepted using wood filler. Thanks. Not sure what happened to the upload. I'll post again.

[bruceh]

Could anyone explain what "error code 200" is. Getting this message when trying to upload pictures. Thanks.