USS Constitution 1:70 Scratch

Will the painted beams and carlings be decked over? If there will be deck planking, is there any worry about gluing the deck planks to paint rather than to wood or will you rely on trennals to secure the planks to the beams?
Thanks
Allan
 
mtbediz1 said:
Thank you Peter.
By the way, I wanted to make a prototype cannon carriage and test it.


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Hi Mustafa, That gun is on the spar deck, correct? So it is probably an 18pdr bow chaser. I note that it is a prototype, so it would be worth examining Marquardt page 83, dwg F1/2 to refine the proportions of the trucks and the cascabel and the position of the trunnions. I am working through your thread in Oct 2024, so probably way out of date.
Your build is really interesting. Inspiring actually.
 
johnv said:
Hi Mustafa, That gun is on the spar deck, correct? So it is probably an 18pdr bow chaser. I note that it is a prototype, so it would be worth examining Marquardt page 83, dwg F1/2 to refine the proportions of the trucks and the cascabel and the position of the trunnions. I am working through your thread in Oct 2024, so probably way out of date.
Your build is really interesting. Inspiring actually.
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No, that gun is not for the spar deck, it is for the gun deck, but it is not a correct one either. Unfortunately, I had to use these because I could not find the correct gun model in my country.
 
Gorgeous work, as always, Mustafa.
A word about furniture. Tables, chairs, servers and chests, etc.
It is well to have such details of the same period and style as that of the ship. Constitution would likely have had American Windsor chairs and Federal period tables, sideboard (they have the original from the ship at the USNA museum) and chests of drawers.
I recently saw a detailed interior of the Charles II yacht "Fubs" elegantly and beautifully furnished in the Empire and Victorian style. (which I would be loath to change at this juncture) Furniture of the period, however, would have been more appropriate.
Unfortunately, these are at least 200 years or so too late for the period. Wm. and Mary style, or High style English, French or Continental design, of the late 17th c. would have been more historically correct.
I am aware that obtaining or fabricating period furniture in these styles at scale is difficult and problematical at best. I must also confess that my pickiness is due to working professionally with period antique furniture, and strict adherence to historic correctness was my job. If I got any aspect of the restorations wrong, I'd have been in deep do-do. :rolleyes:


Pete
 
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