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USS Constitution MS2040

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
 
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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Great blog. I appreciate how you explain what you’re doing and why. I’m building my first ever model and I’m still trying to figure out basic things - like how to attach yards to the masts (the instructions are lacking to say the least). My goal is to one day build a museum quality ship like this so watching your build is really helpful. I look forward to watching your progress.
 
Donnie said:
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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that transom extension piece was a nightmare to figure out. I had to contact Lauck street.
 
This is the first time I have seen an actual ship where the hull planking appears to follow the sheer of the gun deck and thus the ports as does your model. It seems it would be much easier than the British ships where the outboard planking sheer has no relation to the deck sheer. Very interesting.
Allan
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