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oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 11947 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 9/29/2023 2:04:36 PM EST [#1] I’m afraid to count the individual planks
	Not even straight down at full throttle with a tailwind

oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 11948 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 9/29/2023 2:04:53 PM EST [#2] I’m afraid to count the individual planks
	Not even straight down at full throttle with a tailwind

xylo Member Joined Dec 2006 Posts 12480 EE 100% (1) VA, USA	Posted: 10/14/2023 6:06:32 PM EST [#3] Any new photos? I love the build.

50-140 Member Joined Jul 2006 Posts 27682 EE 100% (16) ID, USA	Posted: 10/14/2023 10:58:12 PM EST [#4] 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.
	America is at that awkward stage, it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards....Claire Wolfe

oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 11998 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 10/15/2023 10:23:04 PM EST [#5] Quote History Originally Posted By xylo: Any new photos? I love the build. View Quote @xylo Some more progress. Hull fully planked. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File
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feudist Joined May 2004 Posts 29737 EE 100% (11) USA	Posted: 10/15/2023 11:15:25 PM EST [#6] Dang. I could do the Golden Retriever's part...that's about it.

svt40 Joined Mar 2014 Posts 3449 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 10/17/2023 2:26:03 PM EST [#7] 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.

oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 12010 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 10/23/2023 8:14:43 PM EST [#8] The cast brass stern wasn’t all that good, so I’m going to try to make my own Attached File
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oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 12025 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 10/27/2023 12:03:01 AM EST [Last Edit: oscardeuce] [#9] Installed the stern galleries , bow decorations, and more work on the stern. Attached File Attached File Attached File
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oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 12029 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 10/27/2023 10:39:18 PM EST [#10] Attached File Attached File
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OG1 Land of the once free & the home of the narrative. Joined Jan 2012 Posts 24964 EE 100% (198) AL, USA	Posted: 10/28/2023 4:01:59 AM EST [#11] Man that's looking great!
	"Whoever makes himself great will be made humble. Whoever makes himself humble will be made great." -Jesus "if it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth" - Linus from Charlie Brown

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Posted: 11/1/2023 7:37:36 AM EST

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Originally Posted By catmech:

@oscardeuce
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.

catmech Joined Jan 2007 Posts 808 EE 0% (0) OK, USA	Posted: 11/5/2023 12:14:26 PM EST [#13] Quote History Originally Posted By Mike_c130: 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. View Quote Good idea,I just checked and I had 2 copies made at the time.

oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 12096 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 11/8/2023 8:16:24 PM EST [#14] Attached File Attached File Some clean up and sanding Then paint!
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xylo Member Joined Dec 2006 Posts 12507 EE 100% (1) VA, USA	Posted: 11/15/2023 8:48:45 PM EST [#15] Wha are the foam blocks for in the cannon ports?

Teddydog Joined Oct 2002 Posts 3102 EE 100% (74) WA, USA	Posted: 11/15/2023 9:13:29 PM EST [Last Edit: Teddydog] [#16] Awesome! I started this one in college (Class of 1992) and took a break of at least 5 years before finishing it. U.S.S Dallas Revenue Cutter ca. 1812 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. Rob

oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 12135 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 11/22/2023 9:20:36 PM EST [#17] Quote History Originally Posted By xylo: Wha are the foam blocks for in the cannon ports? View Quote @xylo Act as masking for painting
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oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 12136 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 11/22/2023 9:21:58 PM EST [#18] Attached File Painting then I have copper tape for the hull
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oscardeuce Member Joined Jun 2012 Posts 12151 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 11/28/2023 5:15:45 PM EST [#19] Copper tape applied to hull Attached File
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svt40 Joined Mar 2014 Posts 3490 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 11/29/2023 11:05:35 AM EST [#20] Quote History Originally Posted By oscardeuce: Copper tape applied to hullhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/307202/IMG_2883_jpeg-3043256.JPG View Quote Coming along nicely. That copper tape looks great and sure beats a painted finish!

xylo Member Joined Dec 2006 Posts 12517 EE 100% (1) VA, USA	Posted: 11/29/2023 9:23:51 PM EST [#21] 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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