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Finished prepping the Masts.

Done.

https://www.facebook.com/historicshipyard/photos/uss-pennsylvania-1st-rate-120gun-1837/770905733327616/ Sort of a cross section shows some of the interior labeled and the deck beams

https://www.model-monkey.com/product-page/uss-pennsylvania-1837-lower-and-middle-gun-decks Free down load. Looks like from original plan

https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/about/departments/work-and-industry/ship-plans This is where you can get plans for the Pennsylvania. Been a long time since I got mine so I do not remember if this includes plans of here stern and quarter galleries, her figure head, a cut away showing her...

Rat lines and Mizzen back and fore stays are done.

The shrouds are jigged up to start the rat lines.

Chain links are done. Lower shrouds going in. My first ever attempt at Bentinck Shrouds.

Ted perhaps this photo will help to visualize the lay of the plates as the curve around the stern.

I use a copper adhesive backed tape for the plates. If you wish you could check out my you tube channel for videos on my method of doing the ratline. Just to be clear, my you tube channel videos are only to assist ship modelers. Subscribing is not something I push. This is a link to one of...

There is a pattern for the plates. The size of the sections vary depending on the size of the ship. The measurement of the sections seems to be arbitrary. This book describes it pretty good. I have a couple videos on my You tube channel where I show how I apply this. @gregbaumgartner8257.

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Constitution's Spar deck is pretty much done. The ship's wheel will go in much later after the rigging is done. I always end up breaking it otherwise. Fighting tops still need work lower masts are done.

https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/uss-pennsylvania-1837-second-build.15760/post-443794 Thank you. I have several builds on this web forum. This is my latest. The one in the photos is a commissioned model.

Use adhesive backed copper tape. Use a gray primer undercoat as the adhesive on the tape seems to react chemically with the primer in a way that after a few days you will need a razor blade to get them off. To prevent the tape from curling up over time where it over laps, wipe the surface...

Almost there! This will catch me up on photos!

Still more

Much more done, I did not know if I wanted to post this build to a forum.

I am building this model for a friend that got it from an Uncle that passed away in 2008. The "kit" is missing better than 2/3rd's of it parts. Nothing from the kit will be used except the hull. So, what? 90% of it will be scratch built. The stern of the solid hull was not correct so I had...

Bow and hull steps on the Pennsylvania are done.