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Monitor BlueJacket kit K1035 1/16’’ = 1 foot
Note a combo can be obtained Monitor and Virginia kit K1037
BlueJacket is the oldest American ship model company. It has been in operation since 1905 I visited their store some year ago I really felt like I was in a museum.
If you're interested here is a little video of their installation
The model is I think a very old model no idea of its date of design.
It is a model solid hull type, the first of this type that I will make at first sight the model is really simplistic there are 4 steps in the construction
Sanding the hull,
The marking of the bridge,
The construction of the propulsion system
The construction of the turret
The wood is basswood a soft wood that asks not to hurry
So the hull had to be sanded with great care
This was followed by the marking of the bridge to note that of the type of wood basswood the marking of the plates of the bridge was easy in the sense of the grain of the wood (direction of the horizontal bridge) by cons in the opposite direction impossible to just engrave with a knife without causing damage to the wood. So I had to use another method and gently just make cuts in the deck.
Note a combo can be obtained Monitor and Virginia kit K1037
BlueJacket is the oldest American ship model company. It has been in operation since 1905 I visited their store some year ago I really felt like I was in a museum.
If you're interested here is a little video of their installation
It is a model solid hull type, the first of this type that I will make at first sight the model is really simplistic there are 4 steps in the construction
Sanding the hull,
The marking of the bridge,
The construction of the propulsion system
The construction of the turret
The wood is basswood a soft wood that asks not to hurry
So the hull had to be sanded with great care
This was followed by the marking of the bridge to note that of the type of wood basswood the marking of the plates of the bridge was easy in the sense of the grain of the wood (direction of the horizontal bridge) by cons in the opposite direction impossible to just engrave with a knife without causing damage to the wood. So I had to use another method and gently just make cuts in the deck.