US Frigate Essex by Dave Wells - Model Shipways - 5:64

[Dave Wells]

This is my first build log, so any advice on what I should know about posting would be well appreciated.

 

This is my third kit build. I'm starting this log well into the construction, so if that is a non-starter just let me kown. (Actually started this kit before, many years ago and never finished. I decided to start from scratch once again.)

 

I'll share some photos I have taken so far along the way.

 

Here is the kit before I started:

 

I choose to modify the kit by carving out the hull to allow adding the gun deck. Here are some photos of that stage:

 

I'll make a separate post on further progress to keep the post shorter.

 

Again, any advice is welcome!

[Dave Wells]

The first time I worked on this kit, I used a color scheme the same as the USS Constitution as I love the look of that ship. Here are some photos of the first attempt:

 

And now the new effort using the same idea of the color scheme from the previous attempt:

 

But then I found out about the book by Portia Takakjian - Anatomy of the Ship - The 32 Gun Frigate Essex. I purchased the book and decided I would rather use this book as a more thorough guide to what the real Essex actually looked like.

 

Has anyone used this book as a guide to building the Essex?