Constellation 1:36 scale
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I've been working on this one for a very long time, and it's still not finished.
It is the sloop of war Constellation, built in 1854, built as she appeared in a painting in 1856. The real ship still exists as a museum in Baltimore Maryland, USA.
She is 1:36 scale making her about 8 feet long over the rig, a bit over 5 foot on deck, and 5 foot tall with her ballast. Ready to sail she weights about 100 pounds; 43 pounds of that is lead shot in a 2" i.d. PVC pipe that can be removed.
She's built of white pine wood strips covered in 4oz glass, and coated in resin inside. There are no ribs or frames in the hull, just beams for the mechanical deck.
She is controlled on 4 channels of a Spektrum Dx6 tx by two HiTec winches, a mega-sail arm, and a hi-torque rudder servo, all running on a 6 volt 7 amp-hour SLA battery.
She's moved, launched, and retrieved by a boat trailer/cart made of angle iron from a bed frame.
The sails are made of DuPont Supplex cloth, with drawn on seams, glued on panels, and hand sewn bolt-ropes. The masts and most spars are white cedar, the smaller ones are white pine.
Forms were scrap wood paneling I had from renovating my house. 1999
Second float test 2009
First sail 2011
At Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 2014
Baltimore Port Expo 2015
Sailing on Rock Creek 2016
With me to show her size
On her launch-cart, Baltimore Port Expo 2017
Sailing video:
Website with details, worklog, history, and other models
It is the sloop of war Constellation, built in 1854, built as she appeared in a painting in 1856. The real ship still exists as a museum in Baltimore Maryland, USA.
She is 1:36 scale making her about 8 feet long over the rig, a bit over 5 foot on deck, and 5 foot tall with her ballast. Ready to sail she weights about 100 pounds; 43 pounds of that is lead shot in a 2" i.d. PVC pipe that can be removed.
She's built of white pine wood strips covered in 4oz glass, and coated in resin inside. There are no ribs or frames in the hull, just beams for the mechanical deck.
She is controlled on 4 channels of a Spektrum Dx6 tx by two HiTec winches, a mega-sail arm, and a hi-torque rudder servo, all running on a 6 volt 7 amp-hour SLA battery.
She's moved, launched, and retrieved by a boat trailer/cart made of angle iron from a bed frame.
The sails are made of DuPont Supplex cloth, with drawn on seams, glued on panels, and hand sewn bolt-ropes. The masts and most spars are white cedar, the smaller ones are white pine.
Sailing video:
Website with details, worklog, history, and other models
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I was about to post pictures of the 3D printed items that have gone into my model since my last post, but the forum says: "You are not allowed to post URLs until you have at least 10 posts" AFTER I uploaded the images, resized them, and typed up the entire post.
If chasing folks off the forum was your intention, you've succeeded.
If chasing folks off the forum was your intention, you've succeeded.
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It wasn't, I guess... I think their intention was to prevent bots and spammers from filling the forums up with garbage.
It is a bit weird though because I could see the pics you posted in your first post...
It is a bit weird though because I could see the pics you posted in your first post...
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I was about to post pictures of the 3D printed items that have gone into my model since my last post, but the forum says: "You are not allowed to post URLs until you have at least 10 posts" AFTER I uploaded the images, resized them, and typed up the entire post.
If chasing folks off the forum was your intention, you've succeeded.
If chasing folks off the forum was your intention, you've succeeded.
I'm sorry if you feel this action was meant to drive prospective members away but, when you know the "why" behind the action taken, it does make sense.



