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Welcome to the Bluejacket Shipcrafter’s Monthly Newsletter Archive. With over 5,000 monthly subscribers, Owner Nic Damuck has been writing his engaging newsletter since he took over the company in 2013. To read one of his entertaining and information pieces, click on any Edition below.
2023 | Tip of the Month | Model of the Month |
See October Edition → | Custom Lettering | USS Tatnall |
See September Edition → | mast joining (doublers) | USS Ohio |
See August Edition → | glass for portholes | quartet of models |
See July Edition → | Look for styrofoam | USS Tattnall & APD-19 |
See May Edition → | Making masts square to round | Whaleboat with whale caught |
See April Edition → | Ratline spacing | Coast Guard 30 |
See March Edition → | Hobby Glasses | Lackawanna |
See February Edition → | 7 ways to motivate your modeling | Delta Queen |
See January Edition → | Making Water | Modeler Alfred Inman |
2022 | Tip of the Month | Model of the Month |
See December Edition → | Plank bending | HO scale diorama |
See November Edition → | Spare tool box | USS Constitution |
See October Edition → | List of USA maritime museums | Smuggler |
See September Edition → | Making test pieces | 3-D Disney launch |
See August Edition → | Making even battens | Drift boat |
See July Edition → | Small scale reefing points | Bowdoin diorama |
See June Edition → | Mast alignment | Lobster boat |
See May Edition → | Schooner detail | Lackawanna |
See April Edition → | Making oar handles | USS Yorktown |
See March Edition → | Aligment jig | Lobster boat |
See February Edition → | Worklight | Spray at 1/2" = 1' |
See January Edition → | Jorgenson clamp | Lobster boat |
2021 | Tip of the Month | Model of the Month |
See December Edition → | CA glue station | SS City of Bangor |
See October Edition → | Keeping track of small parts | racing shells |
See September Edition → | 20 shipbuilding tips | 2 tugboats |
See August Edition → | Copper plating strips | USS Massachusetts R/C |
See July Edition → | Copper plating | Nauti-boy |
See June Edition → | Fitting tabs and slots | Super detailed skiff |
See May Edition → | Handy parts holder | POW bone model repair |
See April Edition → | Thread staining tool | Pauline into Gloucesterman |
See March Edition → | Various Good Ideas | Smuggler |
See February Edition → | Improve your Scribed Decking | SS Portland |
See January Edition → | Easy Rigging to Belaying Pin | Very Detailed Lobster Boat |
2020 | ||
See January Edition → | Handy Little Clip | A Walking Beam |
See February Edition → | Tying Even Knots on Footropes | Beals Island lobster boat |
See March Edition → | Thinning Bulwarks | USS Van Valkenburgh |
See April Edition → | Bird on a Wire | LS Nantucket |
See May Edition → | Ratline Jig | Restoring Rainbow |
See June Edition → | Paint Rack | Hobie Cat 14 |
See July Edition → | Oarlock Jig | Smuggler |
See August Edition → | Safety Reminder | Another Smuggler |
See September Edition → | Bulkhead Hull Prep | MV Cleveland Cliffs |
See October Edition → | Tool Organizer | Bone Model Wanderer |
See November Edition → | Making Rope Coils | Cargo Ship Ivernia |
See December Edition → | Workshop Light | Shipyard Diorama |
2019 | ||
See January Edition → | Edge Glue Decking | Two Dukes Lobster Boat |
See February Edition → | Making Lines Behave | Port Albany |
See March Edition → | A Better Rubber Band | Eastern Rig Dragger |
See April Edition → | Decals vs. Dry Transfers | Grand Banks Dory with Fisherman |
See May Edition → | Pesky Curved Caprails | SS Michaelangelo |
See June Edition → | Centering Holes in Dowels | HMS Agememnon |
See July Edition → | Drilling Out Blocks | Lincolnville Wherry |
See August Edition → | Mating Furniture to the Deck Neatly | SS Normandie |
See September Edition → | Making it a Little Easier | Stephen Hopkins (1 of 2) |
See October Edition → | Making a Jig for Repetitious Holes | Stephen Hopkins (2 of 2) |
See November Edition → | Rigging Shortcut | Smuggler |
See December Edition → | Rod & Tube Organizer | Catboat Molly B. |
2018 | ||
See January Edition → | Some Workbench Tips | Governor Ames of 1888 |
See February Edition → | Using Flat Spray | J Class Yacht Ranger |
See March Edition → | Layering your Primer Coats | Swampscott Dory |
See April Edition → | Rigging Organizer | Lobster Boat Turned Cabin Cruiser |
See May Edition → | More Workbench Tips | HMS Swan Diorama |
See June Edition → | How to Apply CA Glue | Joshua Slocum's Spray |
See July Edition → | Using Excel to Space Ratlines | KLW207 Lobster Boat |
See August Edition → | Making Good Footropes | Weathered Lobster Boat |
See September Edition → | Painting a Diamond Pattern | Katahdin Steam launch |
See October Edition → | Perfect Paint lines | USS Perry |
See November Edition → | Blade Disposal | J-24 "Baloo" |
See December Edition → | Figure 8 Knot | USS Constitution |
2017 | ||
See January Edition → | Ratlines Part Two | USS Kearsarge |
See February Edition → | Staining Wood Using Paint | USS Arleigh Burke |
See March Edition → | Making Tapered Masts | HO Scale Towboat |
See April Edition → | Using Chemical Blackening Agents | USS Constitution |
See May Edition → | Making Shroud Fairleads | J/24 Keelboat |
See June Edition → | Making Femished Rope Coils | PT-34 |
See July Edition → | Making Shrouds | Pioneer |
See August Edition → | Making Ratlines and Battens | Lavinia M. Snow |
See September Edition → | Fixing Dents in Wood | PT 109 |
See October Edition → | Attach Blocks to Yards | USS Constitution |
See November Edition → | Shaping Curved Parts | SS Edmund Fitzgerald |
See December Edition → | Rigging Tiny Blocks | Liberty Ship James Oglethorpe |
2016 | ||
See January Edition → | Rope Coils | Mary Taylor Kit Video |
See February Edition → | Painting Boottops | Constitution Co-incidence |
See March Edition → | Making Small Eyebolts | Nantucket Inspection Ship |
See April Edition → | Drybrushing | Glouchester Repair (Phil Trask) |
See May Edition → | Furled Silkspan Sails (Ronnenberg) | Friendship of Salem |
See June Edition → | Cleaning CA Applicator | J/24 |
See July Edition → | Fillers | Rainbow/Endeavor |
See August Edition → | Jigs | White Wings |
See September Edition → | Painting Scrollwork | Pauline |
See October Edition → | Painting Scrollwork Part 2 | Elco 80' PT Boat |
See November Edition → | Lifting Rings | Friendship Sloop |
See December Edition → | Ratline Spacing | Seguin |
2015 | ||
See January Edition → | Anchor Bend | Gertrude Theobaud |
See February Edition → | Masking Waterlines | CSS Alabama |
See March Edition → | Silkspan Sails | Young America |
See April Edition → | Scale | Yawl Dyna |
See May Edition → | Painting Stripwood | Godspeed (Charles Notman) |
See June Edition → | Frame vs Bulkhead | HMS Victory |
See July Edition → | Staining Rigging Thread | Le Superbe |
See August Edition → | Signing your Model | SS Portland |
See September Edition → | Signing your Model | Kronprinzessin Cecille |
See October Edition → | Workbench Glasses | USS Kearsarge |
See November Edition → | Wet Sanding | SS Andrea Doria |
See December Edition → | Cuticle Scissors | Sea Horse |
2014 | ||
See January Edition → | Painting Blocks and Fittings | Optimist Dinghy |
See February Edition → | Var & Misc | Fanny Gorham |
See March Edition → | Clove Hitch | SS Lane Victory |
See April Edition → | Coloring Rigging Line | Queen Mary |
See May Edition → | Making Water | Nantucket with LED's |
See June Edition → | Deadeyes - Dan Pariser | Yacht America |
See July Edition → | Stepping Masts | Yankee Hero |
See August Edition → | Making Octagonal Spars | 80' Elco PT |
See September Edition → | Making Rope Coils | Spray |
See October Edition → | Jig for Paddlewheels | Charles P. Notman |
See November Edition → | Numbered Drill Sizes | Sovereign of the Seas |
See December Edition → | Ratlines | 1930 Tugboat |
2013 | ||
See March Edition → | Shipping Models | Custom Center Cockpit Sloop |
See May Edition → | Painting Models | Custom Lobster Yacht |
See June Edition → | Figureheads | Linconville Wherry |
See July Edition → | Wakes for Dioramas | Charlotte White |
See October Edition → | USS Cabot | |
See November Edition → | Bowline Knot | Yankee Hero |
See December Edition → | Prepping Blocks | Nantucket |
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