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  1. KurtH
    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.
  2. KurtH
    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.
  3. KurtH
    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.
  4. KurtH
    Very neatly done. Looking forward to seeing them in place.
  5. KurtH
    Fantastic work!
  6. KurtH
    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.
  7. KurtH
    Beautiful work! I never realized what could be done with a plastic kit.
  8. KurtH
    Most impressive work with those guns - and at such a small scale!
  9. KurtH
    I thought that Bludjacket provided round shot in the kit. My kit included these. At any rate the are on sale from Bluejacket.
  10. KurtH
    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.
  11. KurtH
    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.
  12. KurtH
    Beautiful job! A fine model indeed!
  13. KurtH
    Congrats on a really superb model all around!
  14. KurtH
    A very beautiful build! Congrats! I seem to recall doing a plastic model of this ship by Revell as a kid.
  15. KurtH
    So, as I understand it, these beads are premade seizings (?). Fascinating idea. Thanks so much for the info and the pics! I will definitely give it very serious thought. I understand how adjustable shrouds can change the alignment of the masts, but I don't yet see how it solves a curving mast, or, in some cases, a double bend that makes the mast a lazy "S". As far as mast alignment is concerned, I worked on the places where I will step the masts until I had perfect alignment, as well as the exact angle when I inserted the dowels. I have procured dowels for the lower masts that are straight, but if I blow it, I may not be able to find others. Then I will make the masts from square stock like many other modelers on this site do. That way, I can try again and again until I get it right.
  16. KurtH
    Thanks for the tip. I will continue to follow your build.
  17. KurtH
    Very nice job! Your hull shaping is evidently much better than my effort which is too sharp. Beautiful job with the bulwarks. Your solution to the quarter galleries is fascinating. I never would have thought to orient the lower stools in that manner. The parts they give are way out of scale, but it looks like you are getting around that by curving them more. Your idea of staining instead of painting is something I would never have thought of. Great way to preserve detail. I may well try that on my next project. By the way I did not have gore strakes on my model. The Revell kit doesn't show them, The Marquardt Anatomy of Constitution doesn't show them, and the photo of the real ship in dry dock doesn't show them. Stealer strakes aft, yes. Gore strakes no.
  18. KurtH
    Amazing work!! I am learning a great deal from reading your build log. This will be a truly excellent model when completed! I am almost ready to begin making the masts and yards. The birch dowels provided by Bluejacket are mostly warped. They say all you have to do when your mast is warped is pull it straight with the rigging. I am not buying that. It looks like my best bet is to start from square stock as many other model makers do. I would like to use basswood as it is easy to work, but I do not know how strong it will be when tapered down. Do you know of other woods that work better? The masts and spars which have square, round, and octagonal sections intimidate me greatly. I am trying to figure out how I will do that. Perhaps planing the square stock to make it all octagonal except for the square section, then sanding the sections which I want to be round using an electric drill and sandpaper will work. Your amazing work with the rigging is most instructive as well.
  19. KurtH
    Wow! You have done some most impressive beam work yourself! You even included ledges which I did not do because I thought they might make it too hard to see the gun deck detail. The design of these is very different from the present arrangement. Are they from the Campbell plans? Incidentally, I downloaded some pics of a scratch built plank on frame model by Herb Ebson. I do not see any diagonal knees there either. All in all, this is amazing work. Your use of the bluejacket crane irons is ingenious. I cannot conceive of making those little hooks for the gun tackle blocks. Unfortunately, I cannot see a way to install lights in my model at this point.
  20. KurtH
    I so admire anyone who can do human figures sculpture on a ship model. That aspect, more than any other is what stops me from attempting a scratch built model. I am also struck by your making diagonal knees. This is an aspect I have not seen in the build photos I have seen thus far. I wonder if you and I are the only ones who have done this on a Constitution model. All in all, really beautiful work. I am learning a lot by looking at your build photos! When going though your posts, I came upon your planking of the spar deck and saw that you have tapered the planks as they go aft. Wow! I have seen a lot of photos by master modelers in "how to" books in which this was not done. Amazing!
  21. KurtH
    I am a novice modeler who is working on Bluejacket's Constitution. I have the hammock crane irons installed, and am ready to install the netting. I would like to know the pros and cons of using thread versus wire on top, and good techniques for installing the netting itself.
  22. KurtH
    I so admire anyone who can do human figures sculpture on a ship model. That aspect, more than any other is what stops me from attempting a scratch built model. I am also struck by your making diagonal knees. This is an aspect I have not seen in the build photos I have seen thus far. I wonder if you and I are the only ones who have done this on a Constitution model. All in all, really beautiful work. I am learning a lot by looking at your build photos!
  23. KurtH
    I so admire anyone who can do human figures sculpture on a ship model. That aspect, more than any other is what stops me from attempting a scratch built model.
  24. KurtH
    This looks like a very lovely build indeed. I wish I could achieve the excellent results in painting and finish that I see here. I will need to work on that aspect as I learn.
  25. KurtH
    Absolutely superb! A first rate build!

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