USS Constitution by mtbediz - 1:76

[Der Alte Rentner]

Hey, Mustafa,

Thanks to Jon's contribution on the previous page (recapped below),

 

 

I just noticed that there's a hole in the center of the curtains/carved boards for the rope required to pull up the gunport lid from inside.  Since you already glued yours onto the hull, have you decided not to add the rope?  It seems to me that you could have drilled these holes more easily before mounting the curtains vs. using a pin vise now - unless the plan is to exclude the ropes from the build.

(yes, I have too much time on my hands 😁).

Edited May 28 by Der Alte Rentner
tipo, teipo, tiepo, typo.. what else?

[mtbediz]

9 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

Since you already glued yours onto the hull, have you decided not to add the rope? 

Yes Peter, I will not add those ropes because I needed to get the ropes out of those holes before I built the spar deck. But unfortunately I cannot do that as the gun deck is no longer accessible.

[mtbediz]

Peter, since I will leave the lids wide open as in the photo, these ropes will not be visible anyway.

Edited May 29 by mtbediz

[Der Alte Rentner]

Of course, I should have known that. With the effort you put into your gun deck, you'd want every view available to show off your artistry.

[Der Alte Rentner]

On 2/7/2025 at 9:20 AM, mtbediz said:

I installed 8 carronades with breech ropes at the starboard side.

 

 

And of course, you seized the breach lines to eyebolts BEFORE you glued the eyebolts into the bulwarks.  To borrow a phrase from a contemporary cartoon character, doh!

 

I guess I will be cheating and using hooks instead. There's no way I can seized these now that my eyebolts are already glued into the bulwarks.

 

Two steps forward, one step back..

[mtbediz]

I'm back at the shipyard for a few days and took the opportunity to start making the gun port lids. I will leave the lids in the open position.

I didn't add the lid hinges since they wouldn't be visible anyway. I glued the lids directly to the top of the ports.

Edited Sunday at 01:55 PM by mtbediz

[Der Alte Rentner]

I was wondering why you installed the curtains a little bit above the actual gun port. Now I see why, to give you room to glue the lids in. Exceptional work as always, welcome back, even if only for a few days.

Edited 21 hours ago by Der Alte Rentner

[mtbediz]

5 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

I was wondering why you installed the curtains a little bit above the actual gun port. Now I see why, to give you room to glue the lids in. Exceptional work as always, welcome back, even if only for a few days.

Yes, exactly that was the reason why I installed the curtains a little bit above the gun port.

Edited 15 hours ago by mtbediz