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Link Posted: 9/29/2023 3:04:36 PM EDT
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Any new photos? I love the build.

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Link Posted: 10/14/2023 11:58:12 PM EDT
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This thread brings back memories, I used to live in Charlestown, each day I crossed the Longfellow bridge to work in Boston, the high point of my daily commute was gazing at the USS Constitution berthed below.  

Your build is looking great.
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Some more progress. Hull fully planked.

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Dang.
I could do the Golden Retriever's part...that's about it.

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Link Posted: 10/17/2023 3:26:03 PM EDT
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I remember watching my grandpa build a wooden ship model in his basement in the mid 70's.  That thing was 4 feet long and almost as tall at the center mast!  He even built a steam box to bend the wood planking.

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Link Posted: 10/27/2023 1:03:01 AM EDT
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Installed the stern galleries , bow decorations, and more work on the stern.
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Man that's looking great!
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Not a kit,the plans came out of a 50's Popular Mechanic magazine.Two pages one with the instructions and one with the parts.It had a graph in one corner and had to be enlarged so the graph squares were a certain size.
Luckily I found a Kinkos printing that could enlarge it big enough.I will have to use carbon paper to transfer the parts to the wood which won't be to bad just time consuming.The planking was really the hard part,the instructions only say that the planks half to be a 1/4 inch wide.Your pictures makes it easier to understand.
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Have a second copy of the parts portion of the plans made, and attach the paper templates directly to your wood with low tack contact cement for cutting the parts.

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Have a second copy of the parts portion of the plans made, and attach the paper templates directly to your wood with low tack contact cement for cutting the parts.
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Good idea,I just checked and I had 2 copies made at the time.

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Some clean up and sanding

Then paint!
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Link Posted: 11/15/2023 9:48:45 PM EDT
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Wha are the foam blocks for in the cannon ports?

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Link Posted: 11/15/2023 10:13:29 PM EDT
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Awesome!

I started this one in college (Class of 1992) and took a break of at least 5 years before finishing it.

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The bow and stern are certainly the worst with the compound curves.  I have thought about trying another one, maybe one of those cross-sections.

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Act as masking for painting
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Painting then I have copper tape for the hull
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Coming along nicely.  That copper tape looks great and sure beats a painted finish!

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The copper tape looks really good! I wonder if it will tarnish over time? That would make it look even better as the model ages.

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It’s a race between finishing the copper taping and running out of copper tape!

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More decking

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It is looking killer!!!!
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Man, That’s cool! I toured her in Boston last year. Amazing experience.

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Coming along nicely good job
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Thats pretty cool.  Well done so far.

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Did you dimple the end of each deck plank?!! That detail looks good.

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Took her to a little model show
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She finished?

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