USS Constitution by Model Shipways 1:76 scale

[Tony H]

Hi

This weekend marked the completion of the hull planking. The planks give a good scale representation and where quite easy to work with but being 1/8" wide there was a lot of planks to attach. From the whale down there are 36 rows of planks and each row was divided into four pieces.
The strips provided in the kit needed to be machined to the correct size 1/8" as there was a fair bit of variation mainly oversize.


Last few rows this is where it gets tricky.


A few stealers had to be added along the way to keep things on track.






A bit more sanding and some filler will finish the hull but I'm going to complete the rails first.

Tony

 

[HMSFly]

on a scoreboard of 10 I give you a ? 10 of course!

 

[Tony H]

on a scoreboard of 10 I give you a ? 10 of course!

Thanks

 

[Jack Sparrow]

Absolutely wonderful!

 

[Jay]

Hi

This weekend marked the completion of the hull planking. The planks give a good scale representation and where quite easy to work with but being 1/8" wide there was a lot of planks to attach. From the whale down there are 36 rows of planks and each row was divided into four pieces.
The strips provided in the kit needed to be machined to the correct size 1/8" as there was a fair bit of variation mainly oversize.

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Last few rows this is where it gets tricky.

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A few stealers had to be added along the way to keep things on track.

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A bit more sanding and some filler will finish the hull but I'm going to complete the rails first.

Tony

Tony, great work as always.

 

[HMSFly]

Tony,

don't forget to paint the gun ports in black first! Wil prevent a lot of troubles later on.... believe lme.

 

[Rokket]

The planking looks sharp.

 

[dockattner]

Nice work here Tony. A major accomplishment!

 

[Jimsky]

The planking job looks great, and sounds! Another milestone has been archived. Love your tooling and various jigs, the skills you acquired at your primary job pay off.

 

[Daniel20]

Your planking looks first class Tony.

 

[mtbediz1]

The hull planking is perfect Tony. Congratulations.

 

[shota70]

Ditto
great work Tony

 

[GrantTyler]

Hi

This weekend marked the completion of the hull planking. The planks give a good scale representation and where quite easy to work with but being 1/8" wide there was a lot of planks to attach. From the whale down there are 36 rows of planks and each row was divided into four pieces.
The strips provided in the kit needed to be machined to the correct size 1/8" as there was a fair bit of variation mainly oversize.

View attachment 401855
Last few rows this is where it gets tricky.

View attachment 401856
A few stealers had to be added along the way to keep things on track.

View attachment 401857
View attachment 401858
View attachment 401859
View attachment 401860

A bit more sanding and some filler will finish the hull but I'm going to complete the rails first.

Tony

Good morning Tony. You owned this. This is great planking. Cheers Grant

 

[Tony H]

Absolutely wonderful!

Tony, great work as always.

The planking looks sharp.

Nice work here Tony. A major accomplishment!

Your planking looks first class Tony.

The hull planking is perfect Tony. Congratulations.

Ditto
great work Tony

Good morning Tony. You owned this. This is great planking. Cheers Grant

Thanks for the kind words very encouraging.

 

[Tony H]

Tony,

don't forget to paint the gun ports in black first! Wil prevent a lot of troubles later on.... believe lme.

Thanks, I've got a number of small things to finish off then I'll look at applying some paint.

 

[Tony H]

The planking job looks great, and sounds! Another milestone has been archived. Love your tooling and various jigs, the skills you acquired at your primary job pay off.

Thanks for the comments this is the first time I've tried using a aluminium building jig and I'm very happy with it. I really miss not having access to a machine shop there's a lot of other things I would like to make

 

[Rich64]

Hello, New here, I started this build about a 3 months ago, just finished planking the deck. looking forward to sharing and following along others builds.

-Rich

 

[Kurt Konrath]

I love watching and learning the what and why different builders do things.

This forum is not only great to show what we have done, but makes a great teaching and education tool for those of us with less experience and knowledge of the advanced builders.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Hello, New here, I started this build about a 3 months ago, just finished planking the deck. looking forward to sharing and following along others builds.

-Rich

Welcome Rich, have fun with the build, and please start your own build log so we can follow along and offer help or advise if needed.

 

[Tony H]

Hello, New here, I started this build about a 3 months ago, just finished planking the deck. looking forward to sharing and following along others builds.

-Rich

Hi Rich
It would be great to see some pictures of your build. What are your thoughts on this kit I'm finding it very different to the other models I have built.
Tony