USS Constitution by Der Alte Rentner - Model Shipways - 1/76

[The Bitter End]

6 hours ago, JSGerson said:

TBE - I have Olof A. Eriksen's book Constitution - All Sails Up and Flying that you linked to in your post, but the link was for the whole book excerpt and not anything specific, so I don't know what specifically you wanted me to see. The book deals and rigging and sails, with a little history, and not so much the structure of the ship. He also has a few photos of his various models of the Constitution. His masterpiece was his 1:24 1812 scale model. Unfortunately I could not find any detail photos of his models.

 

The USS Constitution Museum talks about the 1812 Hull model exhibited in the Peabody Essex Museum. Although the Peabody Museum does not show any images of this exhibit, a good collection of them can be found at Fine Scale Modeler Magazine's website. I have found a few more images over the years.

 

The open waist was reintroduced by the US Navy with this plan below. It was an attempt to return to the 1812 configuration. The 1992 cross section plan showing the waterway and plank sheer was drawn the same time the open waist returned. You could use this as a guide.

 

I am not an historical expert, but I just have a lot of "stuff." Nobody really knows what the ship looked in her early days, just educated guesses, so you have some artistic freedom. As I have always said, your making a model of the ship, not a miniature reconstruction.

 

I hopes this helps

 

Jon

 

 

 

Good Morning Jon

 

A wealth of knowledge as always! It is a real pity that the Peabody photos are no longer available, I searched high and low myself. I will give all that you have sent me some serious thought and make a decision.

I was thinking this morning that there cant be many models out there with more variation than the Constitution, I guess the nice part of that is the fact that it really forces you down the road of research and learning.

 

Thanks again(and sorry for hijacking your peter)

 

Haiko

[Der Alte Rentner]

No worries Haiko, that's what these forms are for, the sharing of information.

 

Here's a nugget of information I'm going to share today. I installed the two knees at the transom that I fail to do in the initial round of top rail planking.

 

 

Amazing how such little task can take so many hours..

[GGibson]

Good looking knees, Peter! 👍

[Der Alte Rentner]

22 hours ago, GGibson said:

Good looking knees, Peter! 👍

My orthopedic surgeon would disagree, but he hasn't yet seen the model.. 😁

 

I did not have much success with mustafa's lamination technique. If I were painting, this would not be a problem because I could fill the gaps with putty, sand, and hide the offending areas. I might go back to just making wider panels and cutting the shapes, per the Hunt Practicum. 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Der Alte Rentner
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[mtbediz]

Yes, there are traces of layers on mine too, but since I painted them, I didn't care much. The best way for you is to make templates and cut them out.