Unegawahya
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I’m taking a lot more pictures for the other two companion ways and I’m hoping to make a better post showing all of my progresses. tonight I will hopefully have time to get back to work! I also don’t have a lathe. I used the good old finger lathe to make the finial. All the parts that I used are all brass stock that I got from TrueValue. I did use my 8” drill press with my needle files this time to make the finials.
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I finally got my first of three companionway canvas framing done! I just need to make two more.😳
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I’ve now finally gotten my spar deck guns rigged! It seemed to take forever but I only have a couple hours a day to work. I also got my galley stack cleaned up and modified to look closer to the 2015 stack.
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If you are wanting an excellent visual resources you can go to the Google 360 tour from 2015. I’ve been using this ever since I started my gun deck! https://maps.app.goo.gl/NskVHXQRjakqPvuTA?g_st=im
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It’s really nice to be back working on my Constitution! I’ve gotten all the spar deck guns mounted and the recoils are done I’ve gotten one of the carronades rigged with one set of tackles each side.I’ve decided to tie off the ropes to the tackle like the USS Constitution seems to keep them. Or at least that’s the way it looks on the 2015 360 virtual tour.
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Finally! I’m back to working on my Constitution! I’m working on all of the recoil ropes for my spar deck guns and then I will be setting up all of the block and tackles for all the guns.Im also going to have to loosen everything up a little once I have them all tied off.
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I apologize for the delay! The glass I used was .005 Clear-lay film from Grafix. 4649400a.pdf I scaled the US Navy plans to the Constitution as best as possible. Once I had the open frames I used a pin to trace the openings onto the film. Once I had the window openings I used Testors canopy glue to assemble the windows and mullions. Onec everything was in place I used as little CA glue as possible on the window joints. Just be really careful because the CA glue can cause the film to fog up! Once everything was good and dry I was able to carefully curve each window with a lot of irritation to fit the quarter galleries frames. If I remember, I used a curved surface and a lot of pressure from my thumbs.
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Yes they all fly. Some better than others. The SE5a flys like a dart. But, almost any SE5a will usually fly. So far all of the planes that I’ve drafted are between .48oz and .67oz. IMG_1926.mov
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It’s beautiful! I’ve been doing a lot of 100%scratch building myself! since I’ve been on my break I built, my version one of my SE5a my second version of my Fokker D-VI A half sized Guillows 18” Sopwith Camel at 9” from the plans a Guillows TBF Avenger as one of George Bush’s plans from WWII my Sopwith Pup my version two of my SE5a a Comet F4U Corsair scaled to 10” from the 20” plans. my Nieuport 11 and I’m almost done with my Mooney M20 Ranger
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Thank you so much for all the help! I thought I was going crazy. I looked every where for these. I'm starting to think that they where removed for some reason, because the museum didn't have them and I didn't get them with the download the I got from the Navy Museum. After I get the 28' Whaleboat done I'm going to get started making a Jig file for this one too! 28' GIg Whaleboat.pdf
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I know I’ve been on a break for a wile, but I was wondering if you could help me? I seem to be unable to find any plans anywhere of the 36’ pinace. I’ve checked my US Navy plans and the modelers resource from the Constitution museum. It’s almost like they’ve been removed for some reason.
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I tried to find some as well, with no luck either. I had the 1/90 Revel USS Constitution and the little people were a great add on. We may have to find someone that’ll do custom printing to get the correct size and look.
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I cut mine off the carriages and made a jig to drill my trunnions. The two screw elevated carronades I left the base attached.
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I’m sorry for the random breaks in my log! I built a SE5a and a version two on my Fokker D-VI. I drafter both of the plans by hand and are 100% custom builds! I’m hoping to get back to my Connie’s boats here soon!
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Thank you! mall of the 3D printed parts come from Model Monkey. The guns were just about perfect size, but the carriages were just a bit too long and way to narrow according to the plans from the US Navy. I ended modifying the carriage parts from the kit to look like the Navy plans.
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Now it time to experiment on making a boat jig for my USS Constitution Gig Whaleboat.
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My Binnaclles are done! I made the tops out of extremely thin brass (almost brass foil). The cap on the top is a dowel that I shaped and painted.
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I’ve been getting shaky since I got out of the Navy and started driving a 50 ton wrecker for the last 13 years! I have to brace my hands together and lean on my desk to keep it a bay!
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You our very welcome! I did carve my cat heads. It was very interesting to carve something that small! I believe page 5 or 6 of our plans has a not very detailed picture of the cat heads but I didn’t find it helpful at all!
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That’s perfectly ok! I also did all the details on my cat heads before installing them. my only problem was that I waited way to long to put my cat heads in which caused me to have to modify my bulwarks and patch parts on the inside. I also included some of my references pictures for you too!
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I was able to get the bases for my two Binnacles done. I just need to work on the tops!
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Than you! I would have to think in that. But, it’s a maybe. it would take about half of the time it took me to make mine.
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To start thins off, after sleeping on it I was not a fan of the way the barrel of my wheel looked for my USS Constitution. So today I backtracked and rebuilt the barrel today. I started with a 1/8” dowel and used 1/16” sticks to cover the dowel. (This took me two try’s) Luckily my new barrel turned out to be exactly 20mm in circumference which made it easy to mark the 10 holes. I used modeling tape with the marking to line up and poked small pilot holes to use my hand drill on. I got the stands finished tonight and now I just need to stain everything.
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Thank you! I wasn’t 100% happy with the way it looked. I think I’ll like it more if I fix the center drum. I’m just glad the spokes are all interference fit and they’re not glued!
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From your pictures and looking back at the blueprints, I’m going to try to rebuild the center of my wheel.
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