JollySipper

Here's the front mast standing! It's not glued in place, yet....... A question for anyone who has built this, would it be easier to tie the sails to the yards before I stand the masts? I was looking through the instructions, and it says to stand all the masts, then tie the sails, but that looks to be pretty difficult........... Interested to hear what you have to say, and thanks for looking in........!!

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Thanks, Dan! Yours looks really good. Mine is a lot smaller scale than yours. There are three more lifeboats, but only one on the deck, the rest hang over the side..... The rigging is broken down into two parts, Basic and detailed, maybe I'll try both parts of the rigging......

.................. though we really did try to make it, Something inside has died, and I can't hide and I just can't fake it..........

Well, guys, I've made it through step 8! I will get pics as soon as I can..... but, I have a quick question. Should I glue this down to it's base now that it's time to start on the masts? I haven't yet so I could handle it easier....... It's been a little work, but I'm still having fun with it! Nice change from building just cars..............

I've got the main parts of the ship's body together! Sorry if the pics are a bit blurry..... Thanks for looking, and feel free to comment.........!!

Here I have the deck pretty much finished....... still some touch-up to do. I had to use a pin vise on the holes for the cannon barrels, as they were too tight a fit....... Again, it's probably not accurate, but I'm having a blast....!! Thanks for looking in!

You're close, Harry.... It was Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song, then Nina Simone, but the Creedence version is the best! They kinda made it their own.........

Snake, you probably like Joss Stone... Her and Jeff Beck did a version together, She over sings just a little but it still sounds pretty good......!!

"I ain't gonna take none of your foolin' around, I ain't gonna take none of your puttin' me down"......... Let's see how many of the artists that performed this song you guys can guess, I know of four, but there is probably more......

It's something I've always heard, But it may be wrong...... The "Live Through This" album was rumoured to have been written by Cobain, but Love denies it......

"Well means that words are on your side, I said that? Well, I lied"...........

That song should be credited to Kurt Cobain.... he wrote all of Hole's songs.....

Hey, friend.... The gold color doesn't look very realistic for copper, does it? Maybe there is a way to tone it down some? I'm open to suggestions...... Accurate or not, I'm having lots of fun! I'm mounting the lower cannons now.........

This is going to be my first ship model! It's the 1/196 Revell U.S.S. Constitution, I was so excited about getting it, that I started on it immediately..... My main reason for putting up a WIP is that I'll have a lot of questions as I go....... This is a couple days in, feel free to tell me what you think.....!!

What did the surgeon say to the guy who wanted to do his own stitches? Suture self............

You got it right.....

That's a really nice Phoenix, and the "flipper" wheel covers really suit it........ If I'm not mistaken, this type of wheel began on the MoPars....

"Give me just a taste so I want more, Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw 'Cause here you've got me crawling, crawling on the floor"...........

No swap, Steve! Those are the tires that came with the wheels..... I just made sure to order the wide whites instead of the narrow ones....

Yep, those are pegasus wheels! These can be had with narrow or wide whites... they also make a chrome-reverse and a set of astro supreme wheels.....

I've decided to finish this one up as a curbside, fellas..... With the construction going on I don't have a permanent building area, I'm working on top of a dresser right now...! Instead of just boxing it up for later, I'll just wrap up what I've done and call it good....... Hope you guys won't be too disappointed.... pics as soon as I finish!!

Wow! That looks insane..... That must be the BIG 1/96 Constitution.........

These are all great suggestions, guys! I'll keep them in mind for future builds.......!!

You got it! That's awesome......