Nirvana

And a little bit north of Mark in Medford I would like to say
 

Well, before next "masted" build, I am going to work on the skill of making chainplates and eyes. And rigging in general.
I have material for those exercises.
Practice makes one better, someone said long time ago.

All the "plates are now installed.

Time for the bowsprit to be attached.
And ....... and, yes so close.
I am also pre-rigging the mast.
Thought to have the majority of rigging done prior mast installation.

Hi Denis
 
Lovely work on getting the winch and pumps together. The extra effort you're putting in is definitely worthwhile.
 
Hope the bug has left you for good and that you're feeling much better now.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Welcome aboard buddy! Very good site. Perhaps we can locate some other ship builders in the Piedmont area of N. C.

Well, before next "masted" build, I am going to work on the skill of making chainplates and eyes. And rigging in general.
I have material for those exercises.
Practice makes one better, someone said long time ago.

I like the eyebolt solution instead of drilling. Saved you some time, I guess.

All the "plates are now installed.

Time for the bowsprit to be attached.
And ....... and, yes so close.
I am also pre-rigging the mast.
Thought to have the majority of rigging done prior mast installation.

All the "plates are now installed.

Time for the bowsprit to be attached.
And ....... and, yes so close.
I am also pre-rigging the mast.
Thought to have the majority of rigging done prior mast installation.

Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

Welcome aboard Donn,
 
I hope you will join us by contributing your buildlog here.
Enjoy your stay here.
 
I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew
 
Regards,
Anja

Welcome from a fellow North Carolinian.

I am new to the site and I am pleased to have found it. I am a retired college professor spending my retirement years playing golf, woodworking and building model ships. I purchased the Bounty (Caldercraft) about 10 years ago and completed about half of it before I started building furniture for my children and there growing families. Recently, I have had time to get back to shipbuilding. In truth, I had forgotten how much I enjoy building model ships.

After seeing how well the Rattlesnake came out I am looking forward to this one.  My Constitution is on semi-permanent hold as I get back into modeling and finish up the Halifax.  Interested in seeing your progress with the Hunt practicum as well.

I'm pulling up a seat on this one.  Looking forward to the build.

USS Constitution - Model Shipway’s Kit No.: MS2040
“Old Ironsides” 1797 Frigate
Scale: 5/32” = 1 ft. (1:76.8)
 
This is my second POB square rigged ship; I spent about seven years building my first, Mamoli’s Rattlesnake. Like the first one, I will be following Robert Hunt’s practicum, but unlike the first, I have a multitude of excellent build logs and books to supplement it and help guide me through the inevitable pitfalls that are sure to raise their ugly heads. Hopefully, based on this and my hard-earned experience with the Rattlesnake, it won’t take another half a lifetime to build.
Now for the obligatory part. Below is the kit box and contents. I won’t bore you with showing all the little packets that are stuffed in the box, that has been done very well by numerous other builders. I will state that in addition to what came with the kit, I purchased a few more items:
 
·        Robert Hunt’s practicum
·        Hobby Mill’s wood supplement package (based on Hunt’s practicum) *
·        Additional copper plate tape (as I understand it, the kit was a bit too frugal with their supply)
·        2 - 2½” x 2½” x ¾” genuine pieces of USS Constitution wood **
·        Medallion made from genuine USS Constitution copper plate. Not sure yet how or if it will be used.
 
* Wood package purchased before HobbyMills closed shop. The supplement package was derived by HobbyMills where Mr. Hunt made his substitutions in the practicum. It was not identified as a package that could be purchased in the practicum. I have the original price list which describes what the wood is being substituted for and where in the practicum it is being described. If anyone wants a copy of the supplement wood list, please send me a PM.
 
** Constitution wood was purchased from the museum just before the ship went into drydock, December 2014. I have since tried to get a larger size for the keel or nameplate but accordioning to popeye2sea (who as I understand it volunteers on the ship), the US Navy is withholding any more wood from the public for now for reasons unknown. The museum told me, maybe in the Spring sometime.
 
This will be my third attempt at constructing this model. The first attempt was done when I was a child building Revell’s small plastic model which I really botched. I hadn’t yet learned to read and follow instructions, but just dove into assembling the parts with expected results. My second attempt was as a young teenager and when the wounds of that failed build had waned, went a bit better. This time I got the larger plastic model.  I did follow instructions and even painted the parts but had absolutely no idea how a rigged ship worked let alone how the lines were attached or what they were for. It looked decent to my young ignorant eyes at the time. Both models met their demise at my hand with firecrackers; usual method of disposing such items
 
This time I expect a glorious finish…I hope.

Wow Per, didn't know you were building this. Looks like you are nearing completion. This is a great kit. A lot more to it than meets the eye at first glance.

The chainplates with eyes now installed.
This was trickier than I thought.

 
I cut out some material so the chainplates got a more natural flow.
 

Nicely done Denis.
 
Bob

About 6" across. I keep telling everyone these are too big and damned inconvenient to carry, but do they listen to me? Nooooo
 
 
 
Real answer - .750"/19.05mm

as you can see by my posting on a Sunday.......I did not go to work.   I'm still battling the effects of the stomach bug.   I won't go into too much detail.......distasteful as it is,  let's just say,  that after two days,  I'm back up and running again.
 
the one good day I had did result in a bit of progress........the other day was spent at work on Saturday.......by the end of the day though.......I was hoping that the little blue pill I took,  would wear off!.    to dress up the pump,   I ended up doing a few attempts,  bending the shaft to accept the three connecting rods.   I had drilled out the cylinders to give them more room.
 

 
when I had one that was reasonable enough,  brass eye bolts were used as connecting rods.....a little tedious to get them all in order.   it still needs to be trimmed.......but at least it is now assembled.
 

 
thanks for your patience.

There you go, Popeye - no trouble at all!   
 
John

Thanks for the very kind words (and likes) everyone - much appreciated!
 
 
 
   Thanks Dubz!  I get to cheat and use my work camera for play sometimes!  Here's a shot from my trip to South Africa.
 

 
 
 
Shhhhh!!!     I never said I wouldn't use it ANYMORE, only with the Confed!   But hey, if you want to come get it and have a cup of tea or coffee at the Lehman Shipyard, I'll let you have it!

Marvelous execution thus far, amigo. I'm pulling up a comfy chair and anticipating more of this entertaining and I dare say very informative build.
Carry on, Moonbug.
- Professor