Good morning. Very impressive. Nice work. Cheers Grant
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The template I prepared is in message #27. But as I said, I'll check it again tonight.
USS Constellation by JDDouglass - Artesania Latina - 1:85
Hi Everyone, i’m still very new to this site and am a little confused on how to get started with a build log i’d like to share. This isn’t my first build, i’ve made a few in my time this would be my 5th wooden ship kit. I’m still a novice at building them but the more i do the better they get. Th...
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are 13 of them here too. messages #40.
I looked at the USS Constellation 1797 photos on line and she does show 13 gun ports on each side today. I was surprised as this is not what she had when launched or during the Barbary Wars 1801 -1805. She was a nominally rated 38-gun frigate, but the actual number and type of guns, and thus gunports, varied. As it turns out 13 or 14 or 15 per side could be right depending on what year she is depicted.
From the little searching I did, the following is interesting.
A quarter bill from 1812 assigned a crew to 14 of the ship's 15 gundeck guns per side.
A model created in late 1812 by members of the crew shows the ship with what appeared to be 15 ports on each side at the gundeck level.
The ship's current configuration, following the 1927-1931 restoration, has a total of 30 guns on the gundeck, consisting of 18 long guns and 12 short guns.
The most recent restorations have her 13 per side.
From the Naval Institute:
During the War of 1812, her armament consisted of 2 long 32's, 24 long 18's, (13 per side??) and eighteen 32-pdr. carronades. In 1819, this was increased by the addition of 4 more 18-pdr. In October, 1840, she rated 30 long 18's and sixteen 32-pdr. carronades
Lots of choices, all of which are correct depending on the time period.
Allan
From the little searching I did, the following is interesting.
A quarter bill from 1812 assigned a crew to 14 of the ship's 15 gundeck guns per side.
A model created in late 1812 by members of the crew shows the ship with what appeared to be 15 ports on each side at the gundeck level.
The ship's current configuration, following the 1927-1931 restoration, has a total of 30 guns on the gundeck, consisting of 18 long guns and 12 short guns.
The most recent restorations have her 13 per side.
From the Naval Institute:
During the War of 1812, her armament consisted of 2 long 32's, 24 long 18's, (13 per side??) and eighteen 32-pdr. carronades. In 1819, this was increased by the addition of 4 more 18-pdr. In October, 1840, she rated 30 long 18's and sixteen 32-pdr. carronades
Lots of choices, all of which are correct depending on the time period.
Allan
You are very welcome.
Your comment about availability came as a surprise. Are there no search engines such as Google Search allowed in Turkey? Sometimes it comes down to how a question is written and it takes several variations to get the information that is appropriate.
Allan
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The gun port problem might be because the kit does not build the 1797 Constellation.
Instead it builds the tourist attraction that used to be on display in Baltimore MD. This a totally different ship; an 1850’s vintage Sloop of War also named Constellation. The promoters at Baltimore took the vessel from the Navy and added fake features to try to make the 1850’s sloop of war look like the 1897 frigate.
Look at the stern in the drawing that Allan posted. The 1797 vessel has a square stern. The kit builds a model with an 1850’s era round stern.
Roger
Instead it builds the tourist attraction that used to be on display in Baltimore MD. This a totally different ship; an 1850’s vintage Sloop of War also named Constellation. The promoters at Baltimore took the vessel from the Navy and added fake features to try to make the 1850’s sloop of war look like the 1897 frigate.
Look at the stern in the drawing that Allan posted. The 1797 vessel has a square stern. The kit builds a model with an 1850’s era round stern.
Roger