Building a Revell 1/96 Kearsarge

So, how many men did it take to fight a 11” Dahlgren gun?

Those sailors on the Constitution look like they have a wet vac.

i would imaging that the swab created steam immediately.

I would love to be part of firing a muzzle loading cannon. I’ve fired powder, but the rifle was handed to me loaded.

Powder was in a paper or linen bag.

Gene, 

      I was away from your posts for a few days and I missed a lot. You even had time to coil rope!  Exquisite work!  Please show more pictures and include the Cat.

      Tell me about your favorite glue. Is that the Formula 560 Canopy glue?  I understood it took a long time to cure enough for handling.  I do like the idea of easy clean-up however.  How long have you been using it and do things stay together long term?  Any drawbacks other then long curing time?  As you know I 've only recently started to build again and I'm still collecting tools, paint and adhesives.

GMorrison

He was this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rwi_0DEd_0

 

 GM,

 Thanks for the Video. It really drives home the adage of try try again. And that's me all over.  In regards to Cannon firing I fear If I attempted to load and fire a muzzle loader, a video of my efforts would look just as spectacular.  It was always obvious why it was necessary to smother any left over embers from the previous shot but I always wondered why sponging out the muzzle didn't leave the next power charge wet. A moot point I guess since it worked.

     Nino

Now thats funny. I did find the vid interesting, but the gun crew was not exactly what I would call proficient.  Here is link to vid we are discussing.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQSBxQiLSyQ   sure was a lot of steps to firing a round. I think that I read where it took around 3 minutes per round.

Sorry not PC, but I had to chuckle imagining that crew barefoot, stripped to the waist, covered in sweat and moving about twice as fast.

And an officer yelling at them too.

Gene, was a real pleasure chatting with you today. Look forward to meeting up, when we both have the time to spend a few hours.

Bill, thank you much my friend. After watching a vid of a shooting exercise onboard the USS Constitution, I see why it took 7 crew members or more per cannon. Rather amazing how many steps it took per shot.   Dale

Gene,

She's beautiful!

Dale,

Your booklet and crew figures are in the mail.

Bill

Gene, looks great.  I am wanting to do a combo power model next.  I am curious, if that much support rigging was used across the opening of the main gun deck hatches. How did they get a clear shot without hitting rigging. I have always been curious about the forward facing guns on the foredeck too. How did they avoid all that rigging ?  Dale

 Here are more pictures. I used wire on the main gun door braces because I couldn't get thread to work. I also drilled the small post out on the fore deck & used a .010 wire on them too worked good.

Thats Lucy watching.

GM, this is the way I always notch out the inner brass tube on the pedestals. Just like you said & drew. Thanks.  I have all thre masts sanded & painted & as soon as I finish all the little deck stuff I will put them on.  I always drill out all the standing rigging holes before I install the masts. It makes it a lot easier to rig & I have a lot of control with just temporarily taping one end of a line . I then fix it permanently when all is straight.  For someone who has so much trouble with knots, ME, that is the only way I can rig. 

Here are some new pictures of my progress on the Kearsarge. I glued small brass rings on rhe top block so I could drill it for the shroud.

 GM he was the guy that blew the rockets up if they went off course. A super model builder, NASA engineer & professional diver. And a real nice guy.

   Bill, I used the 560 white glue to glue the deck down . I put a line of glue on everything that the deck touched & if any squirted up I just wiped it off with a wet Q tip. I glued all the deck parts with it. When it drys it is waterproof & very strong & a paint to paint glue job holds good too. Not like AC that breaks loose. I just cleaned out the holes & glued the stanchions on with it. I used AC to glue all the shrouds on , after I scraped the paint away where they go & drilled the holes out too. plastic to plastic glue joint with AC. 

   I noticed the hull that has the copper paint has been painted black above so you have to clean off glue joints with he painted hull.

He was this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rwi_0DEd_0

I'm sure that Lou would know something like that even tho I wouldn't have had any idea. He was a NASA engineer. My wife & I spent 25 years camping all ove this country & Canada. Mostly out west , in the gold & narrow guage country. Love Idaho. 

crackers

I would think using stone that is soaked in water would be risky, as the water absorbed in stone would turn to steam and explode. Years of camping in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho taught me this experience.

Happy modeling   Crackers  

 

More recently I worked on a big project up in Ketchum, a condo resort thing. Every chance I get to ID is a pleasure.

I'd assume his ballast stones had a chance to dry out.

Sorry, Gene.

I would think using stone that is soaked in water would be risky, as the water absorbed in stone would turn to steam and explode. Years of camping in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho taught me this experience.

Happy modeling   Crackers  

Thank you Tank, it has always been for fun with me. I was better with train models, buildings & scenery than about anything. I had a good friend who was a model railroader,& super good, who was the chief range safety officer at the Cape. He also discovered the 1715 Spanish wreck off Salerno Beach. They hauled up millions in gold & silver & artifacs.

    His fireplace was made from ballast stone from the wreck & he had crossed sabre & cuttlass over the fireplace. 

Well Gee !

 Imagine finding you here ! I have read your post and do heartily agree . I don't build intentionally for contests .I build for my eye and satisfaction of a job well done . If you build them Floaty Thingies as well as your cars we're in trouble LOL.LOL.

 I agree 100% with your philosophy Gene !

Bill, I could still tie knots then. Tilley would have been proud of me. I guess because I haven't built many ships for a long time, I forgot. I know I did have a real good bottle of fast super glue & a bunch of fine tips. That was the best AC glue & bottle I ever had. One thing I did was to sew my ratlines. It does make a neat job. 

For those of us who also build wood kits, Mamoli has restarted production after being shut down for several years due to a fire at their production plant.  Mamoli has always been a puzzle for me; on the one hand, their models of HMS Victory, USS Constitution, and the Royal Louis are quite excellent. However, their HMS Surprise does not represent that ship at all, while others like the Blue Shadow were simply made up.  But, I enjoy building the accurate ones.

Gene, your Mamoli USS Constitution is beautiful!

Bill

Gene, sounds like a plan. If you had ever been in the Hobbytown store when it was near Michaels in the first year or so it was open. Then we have probable met. I was the RC Plane, Boat and trying to learn more train guy.  Most call me DJ.

 Thanks Steve, I have never tried to build to perfection, just sort of neat & clean & don't look at my stuff to be authentic, just pretty. I was in model railroads for over 40 years & at contests there would be a guy who had worked on an egine for 20 years getting every bolt right. That is great but I liked to do the whole layout . 

 One thing I remember is that there were some really great women modelers there who did the little bitty N scale stuff. They were great 

thank's for the nice word's gene , but I not in david's class , I am still learning something everyday, and I agree with mike , you are the neatest modeler I have seen .

steve5

 Thank you Mike, but guys like Steve5 & DavidK put me to shame. They are real modelers. I do have a real great time doing it. I do take an easy way out & am not real concerned with accuracy. Just a nice clean model. I just told livit about me getting a big surprise from your Flicker pictures. I found one of a Kingfisher recon plane on a WW2 battleship that could very well be the Indiana. My brother flew on both planes off the Indiana in WW2.He got a big kick out of it. He was a signalman on the Indy.

  When we were up at the Dulles Museum & up over the Enola Gay hung a Kingfisher I went up to look at it and it was from the Indiana. That was a thrill for me to see a plane that my brother had flown in. He had 7 battle stars & he got a kick out of the picture. I had built him a Kingfisher   If you find out what ship that is , let me know.  Thanks Jim.

Livit, I just got 2 surprises, one from you & one from Mike on his Flicker. You work at my VA in Asheville. I live in Waynesville. PM me & I will give youmy phone #. Here is my Mamoli Constitution.  Some people might gripe about Mamoli, But 35 years ago I built a lot of wood models & I liked the way Mamoli went together, rigged & their material was the best. 

Gene,

Your work is truly an inspiration to this hack modeler. I love viewing your WIP and your finished models - they're so neat, tidy, and seemingly realistic.

About photo hosting sites. After the Photobucket debacle I tried a couple and settled on Flickr. It's free and I don't notice any annoying ads. I've also tried Postimage and it looks like a good alternative if Flickr follows PB along the greed route.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149460475@N05/

NO ads on Fotki.

 I use postimage.org

Its free, easy to use, and "ocassionally" you get to see .....

Russan women who need love. ( Yes I know. Add's. But their nowhere near as bad as Photobucket is !! )

https://photos.app.goo.gl/lnMEPi8M8C2wR5nJ2

 I posted on Picasa & then Google took over that & I now post from Google Photos & it has been super with the best editing anywhere. I still post on Picasa & transfer to Google. I haven't figured out how to post directly to Google because I am a complete computer dummy.

   Bill the Kearsarge is prettier than ever . More pics soon.