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USRC Harriet Lane Model Shipways 1:96 scale circa 1863

Regulation is at anchor or dock, under weigh for reviews, dressed-ship, etc
The ensign is the US flag, the flag flow on the bowsprit cap is a "jack" the Revenue Service flag would be at the main truck, the ensign at the "peak" (the peak of the main gaff).
 
JerryTodd said:
Regulation is at anchor or dock, under weigh for reviews, dressed-ship, etc
The ensign is the US flag, the flag flow on the bowsprit cap is a "jack" the Revenue Service flag would be at the main truck, the ensign at the "peak" (the peak of the main gaff).
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Jerry! I should have known ROTF Thank you so much! Yes, I was trying to Google my way to the answer and figured out my mistake in terminology.

Just to clarify, it is correct for late 1862 to have the jack on the bowsprit cap?

Good to know about the Revenue Service flag, but since she is claimed by the Navy and was in service as a Navy ship, my Harriet Lane will not be flying the revenue service flag:cool:

Blessings.
Chuck
 
As a simple display, fine. If it were a diorama of the ship under weigh in some manner, no.

If she's commanded by a Navy officer, She should fly a commission pennant from the main truck.

In war-time, warships at sea don't usually fly any colors until they meet another vessel, or are coming or going in port. You never know when you might want to fly a CS flag to fool a blockade-runner you're trying catch.
 
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JerryTodd said:
As a simple display, fine. If it were a diorama of the ship under weigh in some manner, no.

If she's commanded by a Navy officer, She should fly a commission pennant from the main truck.

In war-time, warships at sea don't usually fly any colors until they meet another vessel, or are coming or going in port. You never know when you might want to fly a CS flag to fool a blockade-runner you're trying catch.
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Thank you, Jerry! The period of my Harriet Lane, late 1862, she was commanded by Navy officers. Her captain, Commander. J. M. Wainwright and executive officer, Lt. Commander. Edward Lea died defending her on January 1, 1863.
 
She definitely needs to stop my grog ration. In the pic in post # 565, there is an inner and outer fore topmast stay. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: WRONG!!!! See yellow arrow. The is no inner fore topmast stay. Not in the kit plans and most importantly not in Webb's sail and spar plan for Harriet Lane's sister ship America.

Funny thing is, I considered this issue long ago and put an eyebolt in the bow for the right stay - the foremast preventer stay. See red arrow in pic below. Yes, I fixed it. You kidding?ROTF

Fore topmat stay oops.jpg
 
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