USS Constitution 1:70 Scratch

[mtbediz1]

Everything is looking great, Mustafa! Sorry that I have not commented recently, not sure why I had not noticed your updates.

Thanks. No problem Greg, maybe you didn't notice because you're new to the site.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

What a wonderful ship. I wish I had opened up the gun deck. too late for me. congratulations on an amazing job.

 

[mtbediz1]

What a wonderful ship. I wish I had opened up the gun deck. too late for me. congratulations on an amazing job.

Thank you so much Jack.
It would make sense to open it up if you included gun deck details, but as far as I know you didn't.

 

[ConsNZ]

The mizzen topmast stay and preventer stay are now complete. The stay runs through a bullseye already attached near the top of the main mast and is secured to an eyebolt on the main mast fighting top. The preventer stay passes through another bullseye attached to the main mast and is then set up to an eyebolt at the base of the mast using a pair of bullseyes.

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As you can see in the photo, I didn't leave enough space between the fife rail and the main mast, so the central stay connection is slightly off to the side. I'm adding this here so that other friends building this model don't encounter the same problem in the future.

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Magnificent workmanship, stupendous model. cheers.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

Thank you so much Jack.
It would make sense to open it up if you included gun deck details, but as far as I know you didn't.

No I didn`t. What I mean when I say open it up means the entire deck. not just the cannons.

 

[mtbediz1]

The fore top gallant/royal mast and fore top gallant yard were installed and rigged.

My advice to the guys who will be doing the rigging is this: at this stage, they should leave the external line connections that could make access to the spar deck difficult until the very end. Look at the last photo. The lines on which the clamps are hanged will be connected to their positions in the channels after the connections on the spar deck are completed.

 

[GGibson]

My advice to the guys who will be doing the rigging is this...

Your ship is looking absolutely majestic, Mustafa! We appreciate the advice! Noted and stored for whenever I (hopefully!) get to this point. Thank you, sir!