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Revell 1/96 Connie, transom and glue for gun deck carriages
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The sails, once dry, were typically furled when not in use in port and even when at sea in high wind conditions not all sails were unfurled due to the danger of snapping a mast. When leaving port which sails were unfurled depended on the wind and tide conditions. Surly studding sails would not be rigged for such light maneuvering. A thorough description of handling the ships in various conditions can be found in David Steel's Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship in the seamanship section, Volume II in the sub-section labeled The Practice of Working Ships starting on page 281. The entire book is available on line for free download at https://maritime.org/doc/steel/ Below is a Van de Velde drawing that might help.
Allan
Guess you never read about a warship being destroyed by a giant cat
We were raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, had two creeks off the corn field with great trout fishing, and we thought our 12 foot Johnny was a BIG boat!
I used Gorilla Glue on the gun deck, and Elmers Carpenters glue on the spar deck. The Gorilla Glue does a better job>
We made corn whiskey, looked like clear water and one sip would make you sit down, our neighboring farmer was a shipmate, and those two could drink that "kick-a-poo" juice (that's what they called it) like it was a glass of water. Every Saturday evening they would get together with that juice and solve all the world's problems. Fortunately for the nation, they never ran for any office! And that was why I entered the Army.
Good grief! Could never serve in a sub! Dad was a career Navy carrier man, and could cuss like no one else we ever heard...everything in it's place and a place for everything..(imagine trying to lay that on 8 kids...a losing battle!).
We made corn whiskey, looked like clear water and one sip would make you sit down, our neighboring farmer was a shipmate, and those two could drink that "kick-a-poo" juice (that's what they called it) like it was a glass of water. Every Saturday evening they would get together with that juice and solve all the world's problems. Fortunately for the nation, they never ran for any office! And that was why I entered the Army.
Nice meeting you too... transplanted to New England, from a farm in Pennsylvania, where a 12 foot johnny boat was considered a "big" boat!
My daughter in law was visiting for Sunday roast beef dinner, and my son knew I was working on the Constitution, so he asked, "Dad, how's the ship coming?" I said, "Fine, I'm working on the spar deck now"
My D-I-L's draw dropped, and she said, "Dad, I didn't know you had a ship!" We had to enlighten her.
My daughter in law was visiting for Sunday roast beef dinner, and my son knew I was working on the Constitution, so he asked, "Dad, how's the ship coming?" I said, "Fine, I'm working on the spar deck now"
My D-I-L's draw dropped, and she said, "Dad, I didn't know you had a ship!" We had to enlighten her.
For anyone building Revell's Constitution or Cutty Sark, if you use Scale Decks or HIS decks, the Gorilla glue, as recommended by HIS, works better
Rigging HIS spar deck guns, takes patience
This is one New Englander who is going cross eyed...rigging the spar deck guns to the bulwarks!
Reattached the rudder, missing from this kit and salvaged from the build Pepper wrecked. still securing the spar deck guns to the bulwarks.
Was the rudder copper clad as the hull was?
Was the rudder copper clad as the hull was?
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I've built the connie before, painting the hull. I left the rudder black on one, painted copper (over the wooddgrain no less) on another. I've decided (personally) that it looks better with a coppered rudder than not, and this time decided to try adhesive copper foil. The hull was painted copper as a base to help hide any possible errant gaps while applying the foil. The rudder's woodgrain was sanded away except for the iron strips, leaving a relatively smooth surface. This is the first time using 4mil copper foil strip to do the hull and overall I'm pleased with the results. I used a ponce wheel to emboss the rivets and then applied the foil over the rudder. Some minor touchup to do but I think it matches ok. I know for sure any of my friends won't pick up on it's a homegrown thing lol.
Just an idea for matching the rudder to the hull.
Just an idea for matching the rudder to the hull.
That looks good. Our former cat, Pepper, wrecked the Connie I built, and I got a partially started kit from a friend, with some pieces missing, including the rudder, so I cur the rudder from the wrecked Connie and glued it to the hull on this one.
I'm rigging the spar deck guns now
I'm rigging the spar deck guns now
Had to repair some of the HIS gun carriages, reuse the brass barrels, touch up the hull paint, here you can see some of the missing wheels, and where gun barrels were knocked off, some of the wooden carriages were broken and had to be glued together Pepper had gotten tangled in the rigging on the old build and was using her back quarters to try and free herself. She did a lot of damage. The replacement kit had no ship's wheel, so that was rebuilt to from pieces, that took a while and a lot of patience, the masts were wrecked, terer is a lot of time and effort going in to repairing damaged parts that are missing from the replacement kit.
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My kitty tried to destroy my ship model too. So, I got some tools, AND....
The solution?
Kitty drone!
Again? Hmm...
This is the new build, using parts that were missing from the kit one of my friends gave me...rigging the spar deck guns now, the HIS gun carriages had to be repaired too as wheels were missing, some gun barrels had been knocked off, and some of the carriages had to be glued together. Also just finished repairing the bow sprit
I uased the British gun stripe color on my old build too, this one I'm going with white gun stripes.I've built the connie before, painting the hull. I left the rudder black on one, painted copper (over the wooddgrain no less) on another. I've decided (personally) that it looks better with a coppered rudder than not, and this time decided to try adhesive copper foil. The hull was painted copper as a base to help hide any possible errant gaps while applying the foil. The rudder's woodgrain was sanded away except for the iron strips, leaving a relatively smooth surface. This is the first time using 4mil copper foil strip to do the hull and overall I'm pleased with the results. I used a ponce wheel to emboss the rivets and then applied the foil over the rudder. Some minor touchup to do but I think it matches ok. I know for sure any of my friends won't pick up on it's a homegrown thing lol.
Just an idea for matching the rudder to the hull.
Hi Don,
The message 'Again' is not referred to your post, it is rather the above photo, someone thinks it's funny.
It’s still funny…