My introduction.

[Corsair]

Welcome aboard, Tom.

At least your Artesania Latina Connie from 1997 had paper plans/instructions. AL now supplies them on a CD. Does anyone other than me still have a CD for their computer? Of course, I still have a 3.5 USB floppy drive as well!

I still have a cd/ DVD read/write drive and I have an external DVD read/write for my laptop.
of course I also work in IT.

 

[Jeff T]

I still have a CD slot in my PC. They are needed for when the computer HD crashes and some programs I cannot get online. Flash drives are great also.

Floppy drives - WOW. that takes me back. I even remember when downloading a site took forever . They started from the top and slowly revealed the site going down. I think my first computer had 50 Mb only.

I think the first personal computer I used regularly was 64K. It wasn't mine as that was way too expensive for me to buy at that time.

 

[Bluebeard]

Hello to all. This forum is wonderful, especially for newbies. In 1997 (25 years ago) My wife gave me the Artesania Latina US Constitution 1798 1:85 with sails.. I looked at it and noted that it was going to be a difficult challenge. I was very very busy in my practice as a heart transplant surgeon and multiple children to raise. I had never built anything before except plastic planes a kid. I set it in a closet and forgot about it.
2 years ago I retired and moved to Texas. I found the box and took it with me. I am now 2 years into the build. The instructions on that build should be used for toilet paper, especially for a newbie. I found this site recently, It has been a joy to read all here. My build looks OK for a newbie, but could have been much better. I am at the the level of hanging the yards and adding sails. Amazing, the 25 year old paint was like new. Just a lot of shaking at the start.
I also have recently attained a Model Expo US Constitution 1:76. I'm thinking that I will use copper plates for the Hull. Amati Copper Hull Plates 19x6mm 1:64 Scale. I know that the Constitution is a 1:76 But I have not found a reasonable price for others and the larger size will work better with my fat fingers.
Does anybody know how many plates I will need for this ship?

Thanx again for all of you helping others,
Tom

Welcome aboard Doctor:
ME USS Constitution is a great huge model to build.
Next time I’m at the shop, I will take pictures to the one we have in our showroom and post them here as a reference for all.
Here is just a preview.

 

[Bluebeard]

I just came back from the ME store and I got you these US Construction inspirational pictures.

 

[Uwek]

Hello to all. This forum is wonderful, especially for newbies. In 1997 (25 years ago) My wife gave me the Artesania Latina US Constitution 1798 1:85 with sails.. I looked at it and noted that it was going to be a difficult challenge. I was very very busy in my practice as a heart transplant surgeon and multiple children to raise. I had never built anything before except plastic planes a kid. I set it in a closet and forgot about it.
2 years ago I retired and moved to Texas. I found the box and took it with me. I am now 2 years into the build. The instructions on that build should be used for toilet paper, especially for a newbie. I found this site recently, It has been a joy to read all here. My build looks OK for a newbie, but could have been much better. I am at the the level of hanging the yards and adding sails. Amazing, the 25 year old paint was like new. Just a lot of shaking at the start.
I also have recently attained a Model Expo US Constitution 1:76. I'm thinking that I will use copper plates for the Hull. Amati Copper Hull Plates 19x6mm 1:64 Scale. I know that the Constitution is a 1:76 But I have not found a reasonable price for others and the larger size will work better with my fat fingers.
Does anybody know how many plates I will need for this ship?

Thanx again for all of you helping others,
Tom

Hallo @tomhh
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY