BlueJacket Shipcrafters West Coast Lumber Schooner kit

[alross2]

I'm developing the next BlueJacket kit - a 1/96 scale West Coast Lumber Schooner. The format follows that of the last few sailing vessel kits I've developed. It is a plank on bulkhead model and includes a lot of lasered parts, the usual britannia metal fittings, and full size plans. Perhaps one of the more unique features are the laser-cut timberheads which will save the builder a lot of tedious measuring, cutting, and fitting. . Here are some photos of what's been done so far.

 

[Roger Pellett]

Al,
Great to see you introducing kits that don’t repeat the usual Nelson era “rows of cannons” vessels! Ships like your lumber schooner were instrumental in building our remarkable national economy. I wish you much success with your new offering.

I am interested in the extent to which West Coast shipbuilders were influenced by those from the Great Lakes. In the mid 1970’s I had reason to make a number of trips to San Francisco on business and took the opportunity to visit the ships at the foot of Hyde Street. This included the lumber schooner C.A. Thayer. I have a book about her that I bought then. It mentions that Scandinavian immigrant shipbuilders moved from the Great Lakes to the West Coast as the Midwest White Pine lumber trade declined.

Best wishes,

Roger

 

[Jerome]

Love those timber heads being premade.
That will save a huge amount of fiddling time.

 

[Bob Cleek]

This included the lumber schooner C.A. Thayer. I have a book about her that I bought then. It mentions that Scandinavian immigrant shipbuilders moved from the Great Lakes to the West Coast as the Midwest White Pine lumber trade declined.

Known locally at the time as "squareheads." Lots of them settled here, perhaps because they were used to the cold summers!

The C.A.Thayer has been surveyed and recorded in the Historic American Engineering Record ("HAER"). Extensive lines drawings and construction details are available online and can be downloaded in TIFF format which permits considerable enlarging for copying without corresponding line widening, so they're very easy to enlarge to any scale for modeling use without the need for redrawing and fairing usually encountered with enlarged JPEG files.

See: https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ca1506.sheet/?sp=1&st=gallery

 

[MikeC]

Building the Fannie Gorham, a 3 masted Maine built lumber schooner from Bluejacket Shipcrafters. It’s complete except for rigging….. I’m hung up on that part.

 

[MikeC]

I'm developing the next BlueJacket kit - a 1/96 scale West Coast Lumber Schooner. The format follows that of the last few sailing vessel kits I've developed. It is a plank on bulkhead model and includes a lot of lasered parts, the usual britannia metal fittings, and full size plans. Perhaps one of the more unique features are the laser-cut timberheads which will save the builder a lot of tedious measuring, cutting, and fitting. . Here are some photos of what's been done so far.

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[alross2]

Here are the two ladders to the quarterdeck. The rails are .035" and the treads are .015" laserboard. The first tread is a bit tricky to attach, the other three not so much.

 

[alross2]

Yesterday, I added the cap rails, chock rails, buffalo rails, windlass, and anchor chains. The latter two had to be attached prior to fitting the forecastle deck

 

[AllanKP69]

I agree with Roger's post, it is nice to see a kit coming out that is different so we all have additional choices.
Thanks!

Allan