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Planking and weathering the spar deck.
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Spar deck supports going in, making the main hatch beam pillars and starting the carronade carriages.
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Coppering done, making the stand.
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Quarter galleries are done, coppering the hull begins.
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Work on the stern galleries for the United States are all but done. A Shield Eagle and some stars to carve yet.
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Working on the stern and quarter galleries of the United States (1/72 scale).
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Going to be a good looking model. I used her as a reference during my build of the Dolphin.
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The USS New York in 1/72 scale is done.
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Ship's boats are on. As is the rudder and ship's name. Only the gun ports and cannon left.
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Some of the Ship's boats, the anchors, the quarter davits (installed) and the anchors installed.
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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.
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Some slow progress on the planking. In particular the form shaping the stern below the stern gallery.
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The New York's rope coils are on.
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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?
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Except for the boat and anchor davits the rigging is done.
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The spirit yard on the New York is rigged.
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Starting to plank! This is the fun part!
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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.
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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.
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Smithsonian Institute. The website in the second photo is out of date, but it brings you to one that where you can order the catalog. I think it is 25.00 bucks now. Many of the warships of the US Navy from 1789 to 1860 are in this catalog. I do not remember where I got the deck plans by C. Ware. If you want, for the cost of postage and having my print shop guys copy it in this scale (1/72), I will send it to you. you can email me at gabe3105659@gmail.com with an address. Should be about 3 bucks for the copy and 5 or so for postage. https://americanhistory.si.edu/about/departments/work-and-industry/ship-plans. I had a similar request on one of my facebook groups and found this website. I remembered this after posting, so I edited it. Had to edit yet again, thought this forum might be of interest to you.
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Thanks for the tip on belaying pins. Almost none of them will be seen once the rope coils are in place, so I am not too concerned they are not quite to scale.
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I am making another United States. My first had a poop deck. This one will be more like she was when burned in 1861.
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All of the New York's bow sprit related stays are rigged.
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Back stays and fore stays being rigged on the New York.
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The super glue drys shinny, so it serves 2 purposes. I coat the ratlines with the clear matte spray to eliminate the shininess and it seals the rope fibers so if it is not in a case and gathers dust, The dust does not penetrate into the rope seams and fibers. It makes blowing the dust off with a small compressor is easy. I coat all of my rigging this way.
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