USS Constitution by Model Shipways 1:76 scale

Hi
Just a quick update, no real progress from me, not much time for ship building. I'm just playing around with some small parts I'll need later on.
Last week I thought the steps up the bowsprit looked impossible.

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Can anyone guess how this was done without a milling machine?
I'll reveal all next post it ended up being quite easy and took about an hour to do.

Tony
 
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Hello Tony!

Are you enjoying summer?!
Here it only does one thing: rain (autumn).

And yes, I also fitted the lids while planking. However, afterwards I glued the 1/32" ornament around the gunports (as described in plan 3) but afterwards it turns out that the planks are not 1/32" but rather 3/64"...and that explains why I have to trim. By the way, in the supplied manual they also confirm that the lids must be trimmed when you close the gunports....

And the bow, I found it easier than the quarter galleries.... :)

But, how did you make the steps up?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Wow, I was also thinking how to do this without sophisticated machinery....

PS
I finally purchased a Proxxon DB250 ....which will help me hopefully to produce the masts...
 
Tony H said:
Hi
Just a quick update, no real progress from me, not much time for ship building. I'm just playing around with some small parts I'll need later on.
Last week I thought the steps up the bowsprit looked impossible.

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Can anyone guess how this was done without a milling machine?
I'll reveal all next post it ended up being quite easy and took about an hour to do.

Tony
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My WAG(wild ass guess) is that you used a square file at an angle
 
HMSFly said:
Hello Tony!

Are you enjoying summer?!
Here it only does one thing: rain (autumn).

And yes, I also fitted the lids while planking. However, afterwards I glued the 1/32" ornament around the gunports (as described in plan 3) but afterwards it turns out that the planks are not 1/32" but rather 3/64"...and that explains why I have to trim. By the way, in the supplied manual they also confirm that the lids must be trimmed when you close the gunports....

And the bow, I found it easier than the quarter galleries.... :)

But, how did you make the steps up?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Wow, I was also thinking how to do this without sophisticated machinery....

PS
I finally purchased a Proxxon DB250 ....which will help me hopefully to produce the masts...
Click to expand...
Summer is great but it's hard to find time in the shipyard. When I get around to it my next project is the quarter gallery's.
 
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