USS Constitution MS2040

[Roger Pellett]

These rivets would be a later addition to the ship. Her 1920’s rebuild? The pattern does not resemble late Eighteenth Century early Nineteenth Century hand forged wrought iron fasteners.

Roger

 

[Donnie]

I got the Idea from latest images of hull. I would like to build her as she is now.

 

[Donnie]

So, the Gallery is my biggest problem coming up. I will say hands down that if it were not for Bob Hunt's Practicum, I would have a very difficult time figuring this out. MAINLY due to the lack of views of the Stern Gallery section on the plans. Also, having real ship images helps.

I also had to buy some more 1/4" x 3" x 12" basswood stock, as the kit only includes one piece to make one side of the Lower Gallery section.

I could also have provided an ongoing list of the lack of building materials in this kit - it needs a MAJOR update (my opinion). This kit also needs to have some ISOmetric 3D drawings done in CADD instead of some hand-drawn images.

Ok, I am over my rant - Thank you Bob !!!

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