USS Constitution by mtbediz - 1:76

[mtbediz]

8 minutes ago, Dr PR said:

Mustafa,

 

I thought your Pickle was an excellent build, but this one is a tour de force!

Thank you Phil. Pickle was a great rest stop for me after Essex.

[Der Alte Rentner]

On 2/3/2025 at 1:15 PM, mtbediz said:

I made the double eyebolts for the gun tackles out of 0.5 mm brass wire,blackened and installed them to the bulwarks.

I assume you used a 1 mm drill for mounting these double eye bolts into the bulwarks?

 

Edited Monday at 03:20 PM by Der Alte Rentner

[mtbediz]

3 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

I assume you used a 1 mm drill for mounting these double eye bolts into the bulwarks?

 

Yes Peter, I exactly drilled them with a 1 mm diameter drill bit.

[mtbediz]

All fife rails are complete. At this stage I decided to make the canopies. While making the canopies I will solder the connection points. I will not be able to make the cube shaped elements in the connection points on the real ship in this scale. The canopy in the photo is a prototype I made to design how to do the job. I will not use it. Now I am working on a jig that will do this job properly.

[Der Alte Rentner]

Ah!  The dreaded canopies..  Looking forward to seeing the final product.  I assume you'll be filing away excess solder and then painting them brass?

[mtbediz]

3 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

I assume you'll be filing away excess solder and then painting them brass?

Yes Peter, that's the plan.