July 2024 Volume 14 number 7

Summer is in full swing, and our roads are ripped up. The DOT is re-doing 1.7 miles of Route 1 through Searsport, from Savage Rd to Station St. Southbound has a 7.5 mile detour because they are working on the center of town, and there is no room for 2 lanes.

NRG'S MODEL SHIP WORLD

Model Ship World is an on-line forum of over 40,000 ship modelers. Topics range from kits to scratch builds, in-process continuing stories, tips, manufacturer information, technical topics. Too many to list here. Go take a look! And yes, BlueJacket is one of the sponsors.

www.modelshipworld.com

There's still time to take advantage of our 4th of July sale - the promotion ends at midnight Sunday July7th. Use code 4J to get 10% off anything you buy. Put it in the comments for web orders, or mention it on the phone.If you tell us where you hears of this promotion, you will be entered into a drawing for a Grabd Banks Dory kit.

Josh

Afloat - The desirable condition of floating. Another word of Anglo-Saxon origin, floetan. (yes, Mr. obvious)

Carrack - A type of merchant ship, often armed, of the XIV to XVII centuries. The word comes from the Old French caraque, of the same meaning, and could go back to Arabic.

Lace Line (also Lacing) - A line used to secure a sail to its yard or spars. The word in this sense is from the Middle English lass, lash or tie, probably from Old French laz, tie.

Tabling - Reinforcement of sail edges and corners, also of covers, awnings, etc. The origin is uncertain; the word comes from Middle English tablen, possibly of this sense.

Information is from the book "Origins of Sea Terms" by John G. Rogers

copyright 1985 Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. and available from BlueJacket.

From Bob D. of Ontario:

"Hi Nic,



I thought I had sent these pictures but I will resend them. I grew up in Kennebunk, Maine and now live in Burlington, Ontario. I have visited you a few times and have talked with Al when he was designing the Kearsarge. Here are photos of my work area in the basement..., and the Elco PT boat (which took 3rd place at Heritagecon (Canada's largest model show.). Hope these are helpful.

Bob D"

This is also from Bob D. (See Model of the Month above)

Nic's bench - I just finished the rigging of the Harriet Lane. now it goes back to Al for the finishing touches - railings. anchors, boats, etc.

Al's bench - Al has made 3 new HO scale boats - Here's a shot of the coal barge and the towboat in action. A self-propelled barge is the third one (not shown)

This is from Rocky Mountain Shipwrights newsletter:



Ralph Buckwalter did a demonstration of three different types of miniature saws.

The first saw was owned by Bob Fivehouse and it is a 2” Preac saw with a 1/3 horse power motor.

The second saw was the saw owned by the club and it is a Jim Burns saw with a 4” blade and again with a 1/3 horsepower motor.

The final saw was Ralphs own MicroMart saw which has 4” blades and the 1/3 horse power motor.

Ralph then discussed changing the blades on each and how in some cases it is difficult to get to the Allen bolt to release the blade. He also stressed that locking the blade in place was very important while making small cuts and that locking the guides in place while cutting is also important. He also talked about the differences between a cutting vs slotting blade where the Slotting blade made an even cut while the cutting blade had offset teeth.

I'm very happy with the way BlueJacket's new owner is managing the transition. Basically it is "business as usual" for us. We have hired George and John in the casting room, and Margo just started as customer service on Wednesdays and Saturdays. As these people become experienced, Josh will be able to concentrate on orchestrating our organization.