USS Constitution by JSGerson - Model Shipways Kit No. MS2040

[JSGerson]

Peter, that's a thought (now Plan D), but I would like to include the frames if I could.

 

It wasn't so much as to "keeping lines randomly scattered around the deck to show the ship in a state of action" but to show a working ship. There is a lot of stuff on the busy decks so they are not as neat and clean as many other models show. My ropes lines are loosely coiled because they are theoretically in use, not set up for formal inspection. Presently, I don't plan on adding sails (it's taking long enough as it is), so presumably this is what the ship would look like in dock for a while, in which case the canopy frames would be set up. But then again, they didn't exist during the ship's active fighting years. I'm working this out one step at a time.

 

I'm still trying to figure out how to attach the multitude of arched brass rods together at the hub. I've been doing a lot of thought experiments as how to precisely hold in place 7 to 8 rods, plus a ringed ornament securely enough at the same time and with sufficient surface area to apply glue such that the assembly won't fall apart as soon as I try to move or install them into their positions on the stanchions.

 

Mustafa, at the rate that I am moving, I suspect you will be working on these very soon. It should be very interesting if you method solves my problems.

 

Jon

[Unegawahya]

On 2/7/2025 at 8:19 AM, JSGerson said:

Peter, that's a thought (now Plan D), but I would like to include the frames if I could.

 

It wasn't so much as to "keeping lines randomly scattered around the deck to show the ship in a state of action" but to show a working ship. There is a lot of stuff on the busy decks so they are not as neat and clean as many other models show. My ropes lines are loosely coiled because they are theoretically in use, not set up for formal inspection. Presently, I don't plan on adding sails (it's taking long enough as it is), so presumably this is what the ship would look like in dock for a while, in which case the canopy frames would be set up. But then again, they didn't exist during the ship's active fighting years. I'm working this out one step at a time.

 

I'm still trying to figure out how to attach the multitude of arched brass rods together at the hub. I've been doing a lot of thought experiments as how to precisely hold in place 7 to 8 rods, plus a ringed ornament securely enough at the same time and with sufficient surface area to apply glue such that the assembly won't fall apart as soon as I try to move or install them into their positions on the stanchions.

 

Mustafa, at the rate that I am moving, I suspect you will be working on these very soon. It should be very interesting if you method solves my problems.

 

Jon

When I did mine, I had only drilled 4 holes in my hubs. The string is there so when I eventually dropped the top down the common way I wouldn’t loose it. I would get the first opposing corners in first then each of the next two. The side frames were just glued to the side of the hub.

Looking at your build, I wish I would have done my canopy frames before the common way was installed! That would have made putting them together so much easier!

[JSGerson]

Unegawahya: I am making slow progress on my first canopy, working out the process (I've had a lot of false starts). My current method, so far, has worked out to be way more complicated than yours. I will post details and pictures once the fabrication and installation is done because I still don't know if what I have done up to now will be the final method.

 

Jon