USS Constitution by Flyfisher - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:96

[Flyfisher]

Hello all,

My name is Jim Martin coming to you from South Carolina and I’m tackling Bluejacket’s notoriously difficult Constitution. This will be my third model, having recently completed the HMS Beagle. 
I have been lurking on the logs of most other builders, both Bluejacket and MSW. I plan to shamelessly copy your best ideas giving credit wherever possible. I’m a slow builder so don’t post a lot, and my technique is pretty average. I hope you guys will bear with me and provide help as I join a bunch of others who all seem to be doing a good job.

I have marked the hull, cut the templates and shaped the profile.  Now to shape the hull.

 

 

  Finished Beagle 

 

The only pic of me at Nic’s place in Maine 

The first tool-to-wood action: removing the stern plug

  
 

The only tip I can offer so far is that the instructions called for scoring a centerline along the keel rabbet. Since it was difficult to keep track of the line, I used a string fastened to the bow and transom and marked and scored it along that line 

[ccoyle]

Welcome aboard! As you can see, I'm here in the Upstate. I don't fly fish, but I have used ultralight spinning gear to fish the Saluda River up this way.