Tom Schongar Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share #31 Posted February 17, 2018 more pics. outter bulwark planking done gun ports done and catheads in. next up is the gun deck ports with the fake guns. I made a jig to cut all 55 pieces for the ports, and a little jig with 4 planks on it to get the alignment right. IMG_0006.MOV CaptainSteve and Geoff Matson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alde Posted February 17, 2018 Share #32 Posted February 17, 2018 Nice start. I have this kit in the closet but can't get up the nerve to open the box yet. To me Constitution will be my ultimate kit build. She has a big place in my heart as I spent many hours aboard as a kid and have had a fascination with her ever since. CaptainSteve 1 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted February 17, 2018 Share #33 Posted February 17, 2018 Looking good, Tom. You are powering ahead. Just a minor point, but looking at your second picture, I'm wondering if your transom extensions aren't set a little high. Check out Sheet 2, up at the top of the page (Detail 2-H). O'course, I could be wrong ... (Which would go a long way towards explaining all my re-dos) Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwvolz Posted February 17, 2018 Share #34 Posted February 17, 2018 Nice work so far Tom, especially for your first build. Quote Joe Volz Current build: Model Shipways "Benjamin W. Latham" Completed builds on MSW: Caldercraft HMS "Cruizer" Caldercraft HMBV "Granado" Model Shipways "Prince De Neufchatel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share #35 Posted February 18, 2018 Transom extensions should be even with the top of the rear gunports and the main rail goes on top of this. Other rail ( name escapes me at the moment) is higher. CaptainSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share #36 Posted February 26, 2018 First gun port roughed in, 27 more to go. Geoff Matson, Jasseji, CaptainSteve and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share #37 Posted March 19, 2018 More progress on the gun ports, and some pics of rope making machine and other pics of our trip to san fransico last week. We visited the maritime museum at Fishermans Wharf. Hope you can use some refernce material on what real fittings look like. Very cool place. Plus pic of old ship. IMG_0219 (1).MOV IMG_0214.MOV IMG_0217 (1).MOV Cpt Jack Sparrow, CaptainSteve, RichardG and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share #38 Posted April 9, 2018 I started on the starboard side lower gun ports today. I took a little break on the boat after we came back from California. Time to get back at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share #39 Posted June 13, 2018 Back at it. Had to take a break to build a changing table and a cradle for my daughter. First grandbaby due in august.. I have all the gun ports done, and am working on the three rear gun ports now. Kirby, dvm27, Cpt Jack Sparrow and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share #40 Posted June 17, 2018 Rear gun ports done. Sanded the whole ship with 1500 grit, and applied sanding sealer. Tommorrow will sand again, one more coat of sealer, then sand again. Next week i start on the deck. Plus i bought all the rivets to do the bulwarks. Boy that should be fun. 3000 pieces that you can`t see or pick up , drill hole for each on in the right spot, lol.Good thing i have a lighted magnifier and tweezers. Tom E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alde Posted June 17, 2018 Share #41 Posted June 17, 2018 She's looking great Tom. Man that's a big model. Tom Schongar 1 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share #42 Posted June 19, 2018 I decided to do the rivets next, instead of the hatches and deck planking. There is more room to work on drilling all those tiny holes with a #77 bit. I did about 50 so far, not perfect , but hey, you cant see them damn things they`re so small. lol. getting better as i go, the hard part is not having the rivet fall out of the tweezers. If that happens it`s gone forever. TIP: put down a white cloth under the boat and roll the edges to make a ridge so the rivets won`t get lost because you will drop them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted June 19, 2018 Share #43 Posted June 19, 2018 You could also try tinfoil underneath the model - that way you can hear the "ping" as it drops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share #44 Posted July 10, 2018 Finished some of the bulwarks rivets. Boy, what a job. Some a i little off but who cares. After 2000 lus are put in ,who will notice ? Except me,lol Tigersteve, Jasseji and Tom E 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSGerson Posted July 11, 2018 Share #45 Posted July 11, 2018 Very impressive. I too am planning to add bulwark "rivets" But as small as these plastic rivets are, to my eyes (and I use that term lightly as I am blind as a bat without my trifocals), they still seem too large for the scale, especially the height above the surface. I have yet to reach the point in my build where I need to install them so I haven't done any experimentation with various methods I've seen. It may very well be I'll end up doing exactly as you did. If so, I hope to attain the beautiful craftsmanship you achieved. Jon Quote Current Build: Model Shipways USS Frigate Constitution Past Builds: Bob Hunt's kitbash of the Mamoli Rattlesnake Model Shipways Typical Ship’s Boat for the Rattlesnake Mini-Mamoli solid hull British Schooner Evergreen Model Airways Albatros D.Va - 1917, The Red Baron's Forgotten Fighter Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schongar Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share #46 Posted July 13, 2018 I can`t see either,lol. i took my glasses of to do these. Only did one section a night. The rivets are big on the real ship. Should look ok when painted. The ouside ones will be much easier to do. I wanted to get the rivets done before any deck work, masts etc, more room to work, less chance of breaking stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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