Boats Billy Posted April 26, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 26, 2020 Greetings fellow modelers: I understand it is customary to introduce oneself to the community. I'm Bill Bushey, from Wichita KS. Retired Boatswain from the USN Military Sealift Command, 40 years at sea. Built plastic kit sailing ships by the dozen as a boy, then lost the hobby sailing. Retired now and jumping back in. Just purchased an original 1974 USS Constitution Revel 1/96. Going to do a custom build as follows. Bought aftermarket parts and equipment: HisModel blocks, deadeyes, rigging thread, oak decking, parrels, captstan, draft scales, gun tackle blocks, flags and cloth sails. Going to rig her with topsail and t'gallants, port tack with guns run out to port. All other sails furled, except courses. Them brailed. Also jib and spanker rigged. Looking to achieve a "spoiling for a fight" effect. From Model Monkey: galley stove, lower capstan and the 1808 cast 24 pounders, carriages and 32 pound carronades. Splurged for some 18 pounder barrels as well for proper bow chaser. I plan to post a photo and essay build log. Any fellow crafters out there that have worked with the HisModel and Model Monkey after market parts, all input and suggestion much appreciated. I have the workflow instructions from HisModel, but we all know there are tricks and tips that come only from experience. Permission to come aboard? Billy Edwardkenway, mtaylor, ccoyle and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted April 26, 2020 Share #2 Posted April 26, 2020 and welcome to MSW. Looking forward to seeing your build as I did this kit as a kid mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted April 26, 2020 Share #3 Posted April 26, 2020 Welcome to MSW Billy, looking forward to your log. mtaylor, Edwardkenway and JeffT 3 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted April 26, 2020 Share #4 Posted April 26, 2020 Welcome! Sounds like an ambitious project -- should be interesting to watch your progress. Cheers! Edwardkenway, JeffT and mtaylor 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted April 26, 2020 Share #5 Posted April 26, 2020 Welcome! Edwardkenway, JeffT and mtaylor 3 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted April 26, 2020 Share #6 Posted April 26, 2020 Welcome from the other side of the border! That's a cool project you're taking on. mtaylor, JeffT and Edwardkenway 3 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 26, 2020 Share #7 Posted April 26, 2020 Welcome to MSW. This sounds like a great project. I'm looking forward to it. Edwardkenway and JeffT 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted April 26, 2020 Share #8 Posted April 26, 2020 Hello Bill, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor, Edwardkenway and JeffT 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted April 26, 2020 Share #9 Posted April 26, 2020 Welcome aboard! mtaylor and Edwardkenway 2 Quote Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boats Billy Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted August 31, 2020 I'm back aboard. Spent some time getting my eyes repaired. Both running lamps have new lenses, so now I can see the bloody thing!! Build log underway. So....Initial hull half flat black paint with the copper added below the waterline. I've closed off the forward gunport on the gun deck each side. Going to rig 1812 with the 30-24's, carronades on the spar deck and a custom bought scale 18 for the bow chaser. The gun deck is pre-glued together with the hatches painted so I can use the first of my aftermarket parts. HisModel (out of Czechoslovakia) makes after market parts for this kit and I bought the oak planking veneers for the decks. The pieces have been cut out of the factory plate and I did have to trim the hatch openings just a millimeter on the forward sides. I attribute that to the idiosyncrasies of the deck assemblage and not any vendor error. This is going to be a slow build. I've got custom/after-market parts out the ying-yang. Cannons will be rigged, custom capstan, stove, lanterns, shot racks, the works. Probably be a review of two big after-market vendor parts as well (His Model and Model Monkey. Underway. Duanelaker and Edwardkenway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Jarman Posted August 31, 2020 Share #11 Posted August 31, 2020 Paul Edwardkenway 1 Quote In work: -queen-mary-2 Finished: rms-titanic-1912 Finished: king-of-the-Mississippi Finished: Sanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottRC Posted August 31, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 31, 2020 Good to have another Kansan aboard Billy. I live about hour and half east of Wichita and have just finished the kit you are working on. Edwardkenway 1 Quote Current Builds: Revell 1:96 Thermopylae Restoration Revell 1:96 Constitution COMPLETED Aeropiccola HMS Endeavor IN ORDINARY Planned Builds: Scientific Sea Witch Marine Models USF Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted August 31, 2020 Share #13 Posted August 31, 2020 The photos like great. I suggest you start a build log in the kit area. Cathead and Edwardkenway 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted September 1, 2020 Share #14 Posted September 1, 2020 Good to see your model, Billy. The thing to do now is start a build log and upload your photos there. Then everybody gets to see them and follow your progress. Instructions on starting a log are here: You'll find a lot of helpful people along the way who'll be able to offer advice and encouragement as you make your journey. Cathead 1 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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