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I proceeded deck by deck in my research and started at the very bottom, at the hold. I found an interesting plan in the bible of USS Constitution enthusiasts, “Anatomy of the Ship” by K.H. Marquart. You can clearly see the shoot lockers and a structure between the two lockers (it wouldn't make sense to just place the lockers there without connecting them to the ship's structure). Since no original plans of the USS Constitution are available, I have based my design on the existing deck plans of sister ships, in this case the USS United States. These also show a structure in the relevant place.

Intro: I have been a model builder for 50 years, but for some reason I never got into wooden ship modeling. I built the USS Constitution from Revell 40 years ago, many dioramas, Pocher 1:8 car models with an absurd level of detail, countless military models, but funnily enough, I never came across any wooden ship models. Then this summer, I saw an ad on Facebook from Model Shipways with a great offer for a USS Constitution cross section. I ordered it on a whim and was immediately hooked. At the time, I was on my annual work vacation in Greece for several weeks, and the model I ordered was delivered to my office in Vienna, so I had six weeks to gather all the information I could find on the internet about wooden shipbuilding in general and the USS Constitution in particular. I also started researching model-making tools for wood and placed countless orders on Amazon, Ali Express, and Temu over the course of several weeks. The packages were already piling up in my office, just waiting for me to finally come home and get started. In the meantime, I read all the build logs for the USS Constitution on Model Ship World and other forums and came up with a detailed plan for how I wanted to build my model. No laser-engraved decks because the grain runs the same across the entire deck and you can see that when you stain it. Therefore, all decks are planked in the correct dimensions. The rigging material will be replaced with higher quality material (Ropes of Scale, Dry Dock Blocks). No empty decks. All decks will have fittings, as far as they can be historically proven. Model-building liberties will be taken where there is no information, but there are clues (e.g., shoot lockers and a surround for the pump sump). All decks will be filled with life. Shelves with contents, anchor ropes and hawsers in the hold, and everything else you would find on a ship like this And there will be LED lighting with flickering candlelight. And, of course, a crew, including sailors, marines, and officers. And one last note: please be forgiving, my native language is German. So, let the games begin... I won't bother showing you the contents, that has already been done sufficiently by my predecessors. A picture of the box will have to suffice.

Hello unixguy. Where did you find these deck plans (and by the way: which year do they represent), which you have obviously brought to the correct scale and where fixtures and storage compartment can be seen that are obviously not present in the model. Can you give me access to these plans. I'm about to build the cross section and don't want an empty orlop and berthdeck. Thanks for your help

Hi JS. I am currently collecting material (mainly plans and photos) of the centre section of the Costitution. I don't want to build them with empty decks, but with the fixtures and fittings such as storage etc. on them. Maybe you have something for me. It's about the cross sections