USS Constitution by Model Shipways 1:76 scale

Tony H said:
Thanks
I wish i still had access to a mill and lathe it would make life so much easier. I was looking at ways to index the 25 steps on a drill press or small table saw. I was toying with getting a X Y table for my drill press but with 3/32*3/16 material on a 26 degree angle I don't think it will be successful.
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who may think, you don't have the mill :) Well...alternatively, use the triangle file, and set the top of your vise as the border.
 
Jimsky said:
who may think, you don't have the mill :) Well...alternatively, use the triangle file, and set the top of your vise as the border.
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As a toolmaker by trade I had access to all the machines I needed. Now I'm retired I need to make do with what I have. I will experiment with a file but my eyes are not as good as they once were.
 
Hello everybody,

Another week has flown by....
The moment for the weekly update...I continued my work on the bow...
Making the rail supports took almost a full week... because the rails had to fit exactly between the cheek knee and the 2nd rail... so each rail had to be cut to size, adjusted, etc...the grating support beams and tie rods (in brass) were also placed and last but not least the grating panels at head...
To place the 1/16" thick panels between the main rail and the 2nd rail, I first cut out a cardboard template to size (adjusted several times until it fit exactly). Then I first glued the planks together and then installed it neatly between the 2 rails and glued.... :)
Simple but very efficient...

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Peter Gutterman said:
Closets all up and down the eastern seaboard, and perhaps around the country must be full of MS Connie kits taken on as a first project and abandoned.:rolleyes:
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That is what feeds the many eBay sales of which I have bought several partially started kits. But it is buyers beware on if kit is complete when you get the box.
 
After completing the bow, I started with the gun ports: I closed the gun ports under the channel and chain plates. I leave the others open (see photo).
On the one hand, this offers some variety, but it also makes it easier to mount the chain plates... and an open gunport under the channel plates is not clearly visible in my opinion...
Fitting the gunport lids requires a lot of work: the laser cut Gunport lids do not fit at all in the provided gunport openings (I sometimes have to cut away more than 1/32" on each side, even though the openings are perfectly according to plan)...
I suspect they made the gun ports lids much larger to accommodate the different tolerances occurred during the construction by the many Hobbyists?

Cheers

Marc

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HMSFly said:
After completing the bow, I started with the gun ports: I closed the gun ports under the channel and chain plates. I leave the others open (see photo).
On the one hand, this offers some variety, but it also makes it easier to mount the chain plates... and an open gunport under the channel plates is not clearly visible in my opinion...
Fitting the gunport lids requires a lot of work: the laser cut Gunport lids do not fit at all in the provided gunport openings (I sometimes have to cut away more than 1/32" on each side, even though the openings are perfectly according to plan)...
I suspect they made the gun ports lids much larger to accommodate the different tolerances occurred during the construction by the many Hobbyists?

Cheers

Marc

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Hi Marc
I hope I can equal your achievements the bow looks great and very challenging. When I see your Constitution I find it hard to believe I started mine first.
I'm surprised at the trouble you had fitting the gunport lids. l hope all laser cut lids are the same size, I cut out a pair to check the size while planking.

Tony
 
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