USS Constitution by mtbediz - 1:76

[mtbediz]

15 minutes ago, GGibson said:

Great work, Mustafa!  You continue to inspire us all.  In that first picture, how did you tie off that gammoning in such a tight spot?!? Nice detail, sir!

Thanks Greg. I deliberately held off installing the gratings at the bow until now, just to make it easier to secure the gammoning. Without the gratings in place, tying it wasn’t difficult at all. I’d recommend you do the same, it saves a lot of trouble.

[Der Alte Rentner]

I'll chime in along with Jon and Gregg - truly inspiring work, Mustafa!  

[Der Alte Rentner]

On 1/30/2026 at 3:27 PM, mtbediz said:

Thanks Greg. I deliberately held off installing the gratings at the bow until now, just to make it easier to secure the gammoning. Without the gratings in place, tying it wasn’t difficult at all. I’d recommend you do the same, it saves a lot of trouble.

Ha! I wish I'd gotten that advice some months ago. Oh well, what's a little more trouble at this point? 😁

[mtbediz]

2 hours ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

Oh well, what's a little more trouble at this point? 😁

Don't worry Peter, I might have gone a bit overboard 😁 With the gratings in place, tying the Gammoning knot won’t be easy, and wrapping it around the bowsprit will be tricky too. It could also make the bumkins installation a bit of a headache.

Edited yesterday at 01:42 AM by mtbediz

[mtbediz]

Spent about two hours today on the bowsprit cap. Rather than fussing with an angled square hole, I just built it up from two pieces and glued them together.

Edited 11 hours ago by mtbediz

[JSGerson]

That worked beautifully! Looks just like the real thing. Here are some addition images for the next steps.

 

Jon

[GGibson]

5 hours ago, mtbediz said:

Rather than fussing with an angled square hole, I just built it up from two pieces and glued them together.

 

What a great solution, Mustafa!  It looks great!  Another tidbit I need to remember.  🏆

 

4 hours ago, JSGerson said:

Here are some addition images for the next steps.

 

And, of course, Jon has all of the historical pictures! 👍🏆

 

Wow!  I knew this end of the bowsprit around the martingale was busy but wasn't fully aware of all of the features.  Anxious to see how each of you complete this! 

[mtbediz]

6 hours ago, JSGerson said:

Here are some addition images for the next steps.

Thank you very much for the photos, Jon. They are wonderful and very helpful to me. Do you have a photo in your archive showing how the flying jibboom is connected to the cap? Thanks again.

[mtbediz]

1 hour ago, GGibson said:

What a great solution, Mustafa!  It looks great!  Another tidbit I need to remember.

Thanks, Greg. A modeler wrote in his build log that he couldn’t use the laser‑cut cap provided in the kit because it wasn’t the correct size, and that he had to make it from scratch. If that’s true, when the time comes you can also easily make the cap using this method.

[kgstakes]

On 12/17/2024 at 11:56 AM, mtbediz said:

Actually, I'm not very happy with the result. I'm looking for ways to do it better. Is there a router bit you can recommend?

 

I’m late to the party but maybe a Roman ogree router bit would work

 

 

Adjust your depth and it might work for you.