BBrueck Posted April 8, 2023 Share #1 Posted April 8, 2023 Hello boys n girls, Name is Bryan 71 and retired. Glad to have found the forum, guild, and museum. Thanks for the add. Not new to modeling (plastic AF jets mostly), but have recently finish my first wooden ship Artesania Latina La Hermione. For a first build it was like drinking water through a fire hose. Loved every second of it, took 9 months. Nuff rambling. I’ve decided on the USS Constitution for my second build and have begun gearing up and researching. Of course I’ve seen 18,000 (give or take a couple) vendors for the ship so thinking that you folks are “dialed in” on the USS Constution, which one do YOU think is the best one based on quality of materials and quality of the instruction? Many thanks! ccoyle, JeffT and Keith Black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted April 8, 2023 Share #2 Posted April 8, 2023 Bryan, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 8, 2023 Share #3 Posted April 8, 2023 Welcome to MSW, Bryan. From what I've seen here on MSW it's either the Bluejacket or the Model Shipways. Both are accurate for the times they represent as the others have some issues on this. Not having built either one, I can't speak to the instructions. I suggest search out the logs in the kit area using the search feature here. Keith Black, Baker and JeffT 3 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...
JeffT Posted April 8, 2023 Share #4 Posted April 8, 2023 Keith Black and mtaylor 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...
Jim Lad Posted April 9, 2023 Share #5 Posted April 9, 2023 hello Bryan, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted April 9, 2023 Share #6 Posted April 9, 2023 Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Santa Maria -Amati 1:65, La Pinta- Amati 1:65, La Nina -Amati 1:65 , Hannah Ship in a Bottle -1:300 The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , The Mayflower-Amati-1:60 Current Build: 1972 Ford Sport Custom On Hold: HMS Pegasus: Amati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted April 9, 2023 Share #7 Posted April 9, 2023 Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus M Posted April 9, 2023 Share #8 Posted April 9, 2023 Wellcome to MSW, enjoy Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Greetings Gus ------------------------------------------------------------------- Current build log: San Francisco Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted April 9, 2023 Share #9 Posted April 9, 2023 A Warm Welcome aboard from the UK. Don't know where you are but there are a couple of Georgia boys here IIRC. One from Roswell and I believe one from Marietta, maybe a Savanah member? Looking forward to seeing a build log for whichever you settle on. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 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...
Dlowder Posted April 11, 2023 Share #10 Posted April 11, 2023 Welcome to the forum. I'm down in Statesboro. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Current Build: HMS Victory Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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