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almost done with the head rails.

Working on the head timbers.

doing bow work now.

It was actually.  Getting the spacing of the spokes is/was painstaking.

More progress.

Making gun tackle hooks and sky light.

Planking and weathering the spar deck.

Spar deck supports going in, making the main hatch beam pillars and starting the carronade carriages.

Coppering done, making the stand.

Quarter galleries are done, coppering the hull begins.

Working on the stern and quarter galleries of the United States (1/72 scale).

Going to be a good looking model.  I used her as a reference during my build of the Dolphin.

The USS New York in 1/72 scale is done.

Ship's boats are on. As is the rudder and ship's name. Only the gun ports and cannon left.
 

Some of the Ship's boats, the anchors, the quarter davits (installed) and the anchors installed.

Here I have posted photos of the hull of the United States, (1/72 scale). One side is perhaps 90% done with a few imperfections needing to be fixed. The other side shows it with a thin coat of wood filler. You can compare the sides to see the difference. The hull below the water line must be as smooth as I can make it. The reason is the copper adhesive backed tape I use for the plating is extremely thin and the plank seems would show otherwise. You would not see the seems through the copper on the real ship. I have included photos of the tape.

Some slow progress on the planking.  In particular the form shaping the stern below the stern gallery.

The New York's rope coils are on.

I have no idea except in a general sense.  I started rigging on 11/20/2023 and finished 1/11/2024.  So, 52 days.  Average 3 hours a day.  Guesstimate around 150 hours?

Except for the boat and anchor davits the rigging is done.

The spirit yard on the New York is rigged.

Starting to plank!  This is the fun part!

About 3/4 of the running rigging on the New York is done. I am making the belfry and the braces blocks will go on soon.

I got this far on the Mizzen yards and gaff running rigging on the New York before I ran out of cord. I ordered more and it should be here in a week or so. In the mean time I had time to work on the United States Framing.