KurtH

Excellent work.  I saw a full replica of that vessel tied up at the marina in Poughkeepsie some years back.

Beautiful clean work!

Great photo.  I would need an endoscope to get a view like that.  Very neat and clean. I thought about having lights in the gun deck, but could not figure out how to do it.  Congrats! Thanks also for the kind words.

Regards,

Kurt

Beautifully done.  Having struggled with the same kit for 11 years, I am in a position to appreciate what it took to get to this point and have it look so excellent!

Superb craftsmanship all around.  Some of the cleanest and neatest planking I have seen

Such a neat and clean execution!  Beautiful paint job!

Wonderful work overall!!  Your skeet tackles for the carronades are so neatly and expertly done.

Beautiful work!  Congrats.

Beautiful work.  Neat and clean, which are two attributes for which I constantly strive.

Excellent work all around!  It will not be that long before I make gaffs and booms for my Connie.  Yours are an inspiration.

That is a really beautiful model and case!

Beautiful work all around.

The Caldercraft Victory is by far the best I have seen photos of.  I am looking forward to seeing your photos.  I may at some point attempt that build if I can figure out where to display it in my apartment.  The photos of your Mamoli Constitution showed excellent work as I recall.  I am sure your current build will is also great.

A note about the bowheads.  The plans given in the instructions reflect their present configuration.  There is no scale given, but after I completed my bowheads, I measured them, and compared them to the elevations, and they matched.  So you can use the drawings as they are for your construction.  Speaking of looking ahead, I decided not to permanently mount the seats of ease, or enclose the bowheads in order to facilitate installing the gammoning.

Very nice job on the deck.  The beams look great, and I do not see any seams between sections of decking which is amazing.  The glued up decking I used was not long enough to run fully fore to aft, which, I must admit, was one reason that I left the waist unplanked.  As for the instructions, I found that not only are there gaps in the information needed to do all the detail, but there are actually wrong procedures which can lead the builder to make mistakes which can result in a cascade of problems which require considerable ingenuity and creativity to rectify.  I would also recommend to anyone about to build this kit to get the Marquardt Anatomy of the Constitution, and also buy the Revell plastic model to use as a reference.  Thanks so much for your gracious compliment.

Very neatly done.  Looking forward to seeing them in place.

Fantastic work!

Gorgeous work!  Bluejacket makes Britannia metal bullseyes of various sizes.  You would have to treat them or paint them to make them look like wood, but they would not crumble. 

Beautiful work!  I never realized what could be done with a plastic kit.

Most impressive work with those guns - and at such a small scale!

I thought that Bludjacket provided round shot in the kit.  My kit included these.  At any rate the are on sale from Bluejacket.

Beautiful work!  Regarding the extra two strakes above the main caprail - they are no longer there on the actual ship.  The top gallant caprails have been eliminated, and the waist opened up, just as it was in 1812.

This is a really wonderful model!  I am almost ready to begin masting and rigging, which is where your log begins.  Your log will be both instructive and inspirational for me.

Beautiful job!  A fine model indeed!

Congrats on a really superb model all around!