"32 gun Frigate USS ESSEX - Building A Plank-On-Frame Model" - Planset + booklet by Portia Takakjian

Levmiller said:
I would like to purchase these plans if possible
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here they are

32-Gun Frigate Essex (Anatomy of the Ship) - Takakjian, Portia: 9781844860135 - AbeBooks

The Anatomy of the Ship series presents precisely executed line drawings of ships and ship types, both the three-view type of plan as well as perspective views, with descriptive keys. An introductory essay and a chronology explain the ship's history and its place in history as well as its...
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32-Gun Frigate Essex (Anatomy of the Ship): Takakjian, Portia: 9780961502164: Amazon.com: Books

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I just bought the book by Portia Takakjian, would it a at all possible to get a complete copy of the set of plans? I would like to take on this project, I just need to a complete set to start working.

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Jeff F said:
You might try Loyalhanna Dockyard/Taubman Plans Service: PTR-025 Essex; $55.00 If you do try them, you need a lot of patience.
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Thanks so much, I will contact them. Ive built a Colchester fishing smack and the Disney nautilus thus far, but I imagine this will be a whole new kettle of fish.
 
Wow ! I just discovered this thread. I was very involved in the research for the book by Chad Smith " The Frigate Essex Paps. . .", and built a model of the "ESSEX" from this project. I believe this to be a very accurate model of the "ESSEX". The model is at the Peabody Museum in Salem, Mass.

If anybody is still interested please contact me
 
Walt, I have a copy of Naval Documents of the Barbary Wars- Personnel and Ships Data. Included is a pocket of folded ships’ plans including one for Essex. The preface to the book says that these plans were printed from ones in the National Archives. I would assume that this plan is the real “original” one. Am I correct? It is a typical lines drawing and the sheer plan is detailed to show capstans, hatches and locations of the helm on the quarterdeck.

Roger
 
The ESSEX plans were not completed by Hackett until a few months bfore the ship was launched. So, there was never an original "Plan" for the hull. So far as the layout of the deck(s) are concerned, Josia Fox's notes are the only thing I would trust. They are included in "The Frigate Essex Papers . . " by Chad Smith. This book included a set of plan drawings of the Essex by Bill Baker, who worked with Chad and used the Fox papers as his source. I may be able to have a set copied for you if you do not have them.. Please let me know
 
Walt, Thanks but if I live long enough to complete my present project, the Great Lakes Freighter Benjamin Noble, I will be lucky. My reason for the post was to try to figure out the provenance of the drawing in the book. The book was published in 1941 with the many drawings photocopied from those in the National Archives. The Essex drawing appears to have drawn by a Shipwright although it is not signed. Maybe drawn by Hackett or Fox?

Roger
 
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