USS Constitution by mtbediz - 1:76

[Der Alte Rentner]

17 hours ago, mtbediz said:

Since precise work is required, I can fabricate only one grating a day..

You make it sound like that's not much progress.  Trust me, the pace you're setting is exhausting to some 😁 who are following your build.  Impressive work as usual Mustafa.  Kudos!

Edited April 30 by Der Alte Rentner
corrected typo

[GGibson]

Impressively meticulous work, Mustafa!  👍🏆

[mtbediz]

6 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

You make it sound like that's not much progress.  Trust me, the pace you're setting is exhausting some 😁 who are following your build.  Impressive work as usual Mustafa.  Kudos!

Thank you Peter. Yes, I look faster than many modelers, but of course (I think) this is related to the fact that I spend more time on this job than they do and I don't have anything else better to do.

Edited April 30 by mtbediz

[mtbediz]

3 hours ago, GGibson said:

Impressively meticulous work, Mustafa!  👍🏆

Thank you so much Greg.

[mtbediz]

Main hatch coaming completed. As I mentioned before, only the starboard side has been covered with gratings.

[mtbediz]

I started making the ladders passing through the spar deck hatches to the gun deck.
 

Edited May 6 by mtbediz

[GGibson]

I think I commented earlier, Mustafa, how impressed I am with how you make your ladders so consistently.  As I recall, you said you had a little jig made for the ladder construction.  Just curious, though... could you have made these at the same time you were making the ones that go up to the gun deck, or is there a slight variation in the pitch or angle that you needed to check on and couldn't until you got to this point?  Any efficiency in doing it either way?  As I said, though, they look awesome! Totally impressed, sir! 

[Bill Morrison]

I am most impressed with your extremely beautiful craftsmanship and artistry!  Well done!

 

Bill

[mtbediz]

6 hours ago, Bill Morrison said:

I am most impressed with your extremely beautiful craftsmanship and artistry!  Well done!

 

Bill

Thank you for stopping by and for your nice comment.

[mtbediz]

14 hours ago, GGibson said:

I think I commented earlier, Mustafa, how impressed I am with how you make your ladders so consistently.  As I recall, you said you had a little jig made for the ladder construction.  Just curious, though... could you have made these at the same time you were making the ones that go up to the gun deck, or is there a slight variation in the pitch or angle that you needed to check on and couldn't until you got to this point?  Any efficiency in doing it either way?  As I said, though, they look awesome! Totally impressed, sir! 

Hi Greg,

I had made the ladders going down from gun deck to the berth deck in a way that did not match the real ladders at all (Take a look at my post number 26. I used an easy method). Frankly, I did not pay much attention to the angle of the ladders as they would not be so visible. 

Since these stairs would be completely visible I had to make them realistic. Because I don't have scale plans, I had to take the measurements from the model and for this I had to wait for the spar deck beams to be put in place. I transferred the measurements to the piece of wood in the photo, fixed the sides of the ladder onto it with double sided adhesive tape and made slots for the ladder steps with the milling machine.

Edited May 6 by mtbediz

[GGibson]

Great explanation and, as always, great work, Mustafa.  Thanks for taking the time to document and explain. 👍

[mtbediz]

On 5/6/2024 at 4:42 PM, GGibson said:

Great explanation and, as always, great work, Mustafa.  Thanks for taking the time to document and explain. 👍

You are welcome Greg.

[Der Alte Rentner]

On 5/6/2024 at 8:42 AM, GGibson said:

Great explanation and, as always, great work, Mustafa.  Thanks for taking the time to document and explain. 👍

Gotta love that Proxxon mill.  

[mtbediz]

10 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

Gotta love that Proxxon mill.  

Yes Peter, it's a great machine. I think it is a machine that every modeler should have. I do most of my work with it. Ladders, gratings, gun carriages, blocks, precision drillings and many other things.

[mtbediz]

Installation of the spar deck beams continues. These need to be placed in harmony with the gun deck details.

[Tobias]

Hello Mustafa, as always very nice and careful work. Nice explanation of how to build ladders. Thanks for showing.

[mtbediz]

3 hours ago, Tobias said:

Hello Mustafa, as always very nice and careful work. Nice explanation of how to build ladders. Thanks for showing.

Thank you Tobias.

[mtbediz]

The ladders going from spar deck to the gun deck are in place for dry fitting.

Edited May 14 by mtbediz

[Der Alte Rentner]

Hi there Mustafa, 

Did you stain the hornwood you used for the decking?  Or is that just the way it looks with a coat of poly?  

Thanks,

Peter

[mtbediz]

4 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

Hi there Mustafa, 

Did you stain the hornwood you used for the decking?  Or is that just the way it looks with a coat of poly?  

Thanks,

Peter

Hi Peter,

I only applied 3 coats of matte varnish.

[mtbediz]

Spar deck beams and connected knees have been completed up to where the commodores cabin is located and I started the construction of the commodores cabin.

Edited Saturday at 10:12 AM by mtbediz

[mtbediz]

The fine details on all the white walls of the commodores cabin will be made from 0,5 mm pear strip. The walls will be painted white before gluing in place 

Edited Sunday at 10:52 AM by mtbediz

[Der Alte Rentner]

Hi there Mustafa.

 

While perusing your earliest posts (I wanted to see what scale you were using to construct your Constitution), I saw that in a reply to me in your post #3, you added the photos you used in post #340 above in your reply to Greg about how you built your ladders.   

 

Just an FYI.

 

(I don't know why, and this is why I checked your scale in post #1, but your photos make your Conny seem much larger than mine).

Edited Sunday at 05:40 PM by Der Alte Rentner
corrected post # reference

[mtbediz]

25 minutes ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

Hi there Mustafa.

 

While perusing your earliest posts (I wanted to see what scale you were using to construct your Constitution), I saw that in a reply to me in your post #3, you added the photos you used in post #340 above in your reply to Greg about how you built your ladders.   

 

Just an FYI.

 

(I don't know why, and this is why I checked your scale in post #1, but your photos make your Conny seem much larger than mine).

Hi Peter. Unfortunately, I do not have a scale plan.  I will ask you to measure the length of the spar deck of your model for me. If you can do this and let me know the measurement, I will calculate the exact scale of my model and let you know. Thanks in advance.

[JSGerson]

Here is the US Navy1931 Spar Deck Arrangement Drawing (in two parts) for your reference.

 

Jon

Edited Sunday at 07:20 PM by JSGerson

[mtbediz]

You are right, Peter. My model is a little larger than yours, but not by much.

 

I did some research, actually I should have done this at the beginning, Conny's length according to Wikipedia is 63 m from billet head to taffrail. When I measure my model I see that it is 89.7cm. Accordingly, the scale of my model is 1:70, not 1:76. 

 

Dear friends, please accept my apology for this.

 

I would be grateful if an administrator could revise the scale in the title accordingly.

Edited Monday at 03:43 AM by mtbediz

[Der Alte Rentner]

I am so sorry that my innocent comment initiated such consternation.  I only mentioned the scale issue as an aside. My apologies to you good sir.

[GrandpaPhil]

Mustafa,

 Constitution is looking good!

[mtbediz]

The cabin walls look like this after painting on white. I'm quite satisfied with the look.

Edited Tuesday at 12:24 PM by mtbediz

[mtbediz]

2 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Mustafa,

 Constitution is looking good!

Thank you so much my friend.