Thank you. I actually went to Boston partially through the build and toured the real ship. If I had done that prior I may have done a few things differently but all and all I really enjoyed that build. Thanks for watching. Spoiler if you get to the end I still have 1-2 more videos to go that I haven’t finished yet. I got wrapped into Titanic and had to step away for a bit. But I’ll finish soon
Thank you for your USS Constitution series. I have not built models since I was pre-teen. Now, 60 years later, I decided to build the Constitution. Your videos are helping immeasurably. I only wish my fat fingers were smaller and my skill level was bigger!
@@LCModelBuildingThanks for your encouragement. Practice indeed. The Constitution offers lots of that. I’ve only made a few true errors, none catastrophic, fortunately. Your tips have helped immeasurably, especially the toothpick/glue application. Reading glasses would have been nice up to this point but will be absolutely necessary for painting the figures. Note that I dread getting past the hull and into the rigging. Note also that everything takes longer when working part time. That just makes the fun last longer, I guess. Thanks again
The 1/96th scale Revell Frigate Constitution is in an earlier state of Decoration. The stern decoration that we know now a days, dates from after stern damage she received in her battle with the H.M.S. Java. There is an extant large period model of her in the Decoration that the Revell kit represents. The model is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. It was built for Captain Issac Hull, who was one of her early commanders.
Thank you Richard for clearing that up. I’ve been researching but still have not found everything. Mine will end up as I said partially present partially past but that’s the great thing with models I suppose.
Thank you very much! Keep watching for future videos and a giveaway. I think you saw the Enterprise from Star Trek, but I do love me some Star Wars too. While Han is great, love me some princess Amidala lol
Buy a section of soft white cloth ( fabric) and cut out of the shape of the sails , all of them’ just a little a hair bigger and trim very clean and fold under to the back side only then make mixture of water and corn starch some what thick and put in the sails that were cut out to shape of each of the plastic sail shapes then in a large pie dish put the mixture in dish then apply cloth sails in mixture flat for awhile till saturated, then apply to sail molds and press in firmly to fit all contours then allow to dry hard then apply to rigging in yard arms in perspective places for each sail according to order . Remember the fold fits over the threads holding the top of sails use glue to seal fold especially the jobs and use a punch hole maker, like for punching holes in bus tickets (hand punch) on lower corners of the sails for rigging threads . Clear model glue around the edges of the holes. Then make mixture of slightly watered coffee and and use an airbrush to stain the sails in the contours a little heavier to show weathered looks. Sails are never really are white . They are moldy looking especially around the seams and any folds wherever air cannot dry those areas particularly when sails are drawn up and secured to yard arms for Long periods of time. Rode hard and away wet !’
Hey, great site! I'll be following you and see what other fun projects you undertake. I Plan to be adding a bunch more sailing ship as well as 1/200 Battleships! //JohnD from Scaledecks
you might want to look into " Frog " tape. It is easier to use that that blue painters tape and leaves a finer crisp edge. Also the cannons on the Constitution were never brass.
They get painted black. I meant the brass from a detail standpoint. Tape i usually only use the cheaper stuff for coverage. Usually tamiya along the actual lines. But I can’t remember what I used on this one. Was over a year ago.
I have this kit and i am new at ships. Instead of using an airbrush would spray paint still work ok. I looked around quit costly on the airbrushes or even just a regular brush. It's my first one, so if doesn't come out perfect that's fine just looking for some advice.
Great question. As you will see as I go further in the build more and more ended up brush painted. On a ship like this with wood grain molded into the hull it would not hurt one bit. I merely air brushed because I could. If I were doing a battleship, carrier or titanic I would definitely air brush. But again the molded wood grain will hide and forgive a lot, with out looking out of character. Thanks for watching. Welcome to building! Most importantly have fun with it!!
@@LCModelBuilding yeah I had a bunch of websites that have them. But the problem is that the price is too high or out of stock. I had one website that had it at a good price of $69 but the website kept claiming that the password the inner did not match up with the confirm the password kept saying it was not matching up but I checked it did matchup but it kept saying the same thing. So I'm not going to bother the USS Constitution right now I've got other stuff that I have to get
Wait, what ? "the only US ship in active service to sink an enemy vessel ???" Does the US navy throw away their ships that fast these days, or haven't they had that much succes anymore the past few decades, lol.
You're nutz for spending that kind of money for scale decks... there is absolutely no reason why you can't paint a convincing enough deck, as I have seen other many modelers do. I can understand 50-60-even 70 dollars for those decks, but not well (and I MEAN WELL OVER) over 100 dollars. And you paying that price just justifies Scaledecks' prices. And then the modeler community wants to know why prices of models have gotten so out of control. Rediculous.
I love how accurate you are keeping the color scheme, so many people don’t realize how colorful old warships were to prevent the wood from rotting.
Thank you. I actually went to Boston partially through the build and toured the real ship. If I had done that prior I may have done a few things differently but all and all I really enjoyed that build. Thanks for watching. Spoiler if you get to the end I still have 1-2 more videos to go that I haven’t finished yet. I got wrapped into Titanic and had to step away for a bit. But I’ll finish soon
Thank you for your USS Constitution series. I have not built models since I was pre-teen. Now, 60 years later, I decided to build the Constitution. Your videos are helping immeasurably. I only wish my fat fingers were smaller and my skill level was bigger!
Practice practice. I took about a 20 year break my self. No shame in using reading glasses too!!
@@LCModelBuildingThanks for your encouragement. Practice indeed. The Constitution offers lots of that. I’ve only made a few true errors, none catastrophic, fortunately. Your tips have helped immeasurably, especially the toothpick/glue application. Reading glasses would have been nice up to this point but will be absolutely necessary for painting the figures. Note that I dread getting past the hull and into the rigging. Note also that everything takes longer when working part time. That just makes the fun last longer, I guess. Thanks again
I've been waiting a very long time to find a video like this.
Thank you for watching. I’ll be finishing the last 1-2 videos soon on this build. It’s been on “break”
Great show Thanks for sharing 👍
The 1/96th scale Revell Frigate Constitution is in an earlier state of Decoration. The stern decoration that we know now a days, dates from after stern damage she received in her battle with the H.M.S. Java. There is an extant large period model of her in the Decoration that the Revell kit represents. The model is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. It was built for Captain Issac Hull, who was one of her early commanders.
Thank you Richard for clearing that up. I’ve been researching but still have not found everything. Mine will end up as I said partially present partially past but that’s the great thing with models I suppose.
Nice work! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Ron! Video 2 is up now, and part 3 is coming soon. We’re also doing a cannon giveaway, so make sure you check that out. Thanks for watching!
i love ships :) wunderfull vehicles.
They are indeed
Great first video brotha! Favorite Star Wars character has gotta be Han Solo, doesn’t get better than Harrison Ford! Keep ‘em comin, happy pickin’!
Thank you very much! Keep watching for future videos and a giveaway. I think you saw the Enterprise from Star Trek, but I do love me some Star Wars too. While Han is great, love me some princess Amidala lol
Buy a section of soft white cloth ( fabric) and cut out of the shape of the sails , all of them’ just a little a hair bigger and trim very clean and fold under to the back side only then make mixture of water and corn starch some what thick and put in the sails that were cut out to shape of each of the plastic sail shapes then in a large pie dish put the mixture in dish then apply cloth sails in mixture flat for awhile till saturated, then apply to sail molds and press in firmly to fit all contours then allow to dry hard then apply to rigging in yard arms in perspective places for each sail according to order . Remember the fold fits over the threads holding the top of sails use glue to seal fold especially the jobs and use a punch hole maker, like for punching holes in bus tickets (hand punch) on lower corners of the sails for rigging threads . Clear model glue around the edges of the holes. Then make mixture of slightly watered coffee and and use an airbrush to stain the sails in the contours a little heavier to show weathered looks. Sails are never really are white . They are moldy looking especially around the seams and any folds wherever air cannot dry those areas particularly when sails are drawn up and secured to yard arms for Long periods of time. Rode hard and away wet !’
My later videos show the sails I used.
Hey, great site! I'll be following you and see what other fun projects you undertake. I Plan to be adding a bunch more sailing ship as well as 1/200 Battleships! //JohnD from Scaledecks
Did you get my email on the Titanic deck. I wasn’t sure if I sent it to the correct email, but it didn’t bounce back.
@LCModelShipBuilding I did. My guy that does the manufacturing is looking through scrap sheets now.
@@JohnD-scaledecks thank you so much!
you might want to look into " Frog " tape. It is easier to use that that blue painters tape and leaves a finer crisp edge. Also the cannons on the Constitution were never brass.
They get painted black. I meant the brass from a detail standpoint.
Tape i usually only use the cheaper stuff for coverage. Usually tamiya along the actual lines. But I can’t remember what I used on this one. Was over a year ago.
Why didn;t you remove the rails near the side walls so the deck would slide in smooth,or did you trim the scales deck to fit,??? Help. thanks
That was my own error when I was putting it in. No need to remove them. Sorry I missed this comment.
I have this kit and i am new at ships. Instead of using an airbrush would spray paint still work ok. I looked around quit costly on the airbrushes or even just a regular brush. It's my first one, so if doesn't come out perfect that's fine just looking for some advice.
Great question. As you will see as I go further in the build more and more ended up brush painted. On a ship like this with wood grain molded into the hull it would not hurt one bit. I merely air brushed because I could. If I were doing a battleship, carrier or titanic I would definitely air brush. But again the molded wood grain will hide and forgive a lot, with out looking out of character. Thanks for watching. Welcome to building! Most importantly have fun with it!!
Thanks i will just brush for the first time.
@@violinladderman3673 feel free to post up pics on my FB, LCModelBuilding , or the Constitution model builders page.
@@violinladderman3673 People brush painted model for many many years before air brushes were available.
You're work and knowledge is very helpful! Thank you so much!
Hi there, What paint do you suggest if we don’t have airbrush option?
@@Mloug27 for the hull I’d go with rustoleum 2&1 spray paint. It works great in plastic model kits.
Where did you get this kit from?
I have been looking for it for over 2 years.
Oh I’ve had this one for years in my basement. I’ve seen them on EBay recently though. There’s got to be 1000s of these out there
@@LCModelBuilding yes I've seen them but there either out of stock or to hi on the price
Wow I was just looking around for one. They did indeed go up drastically. I think I paid $70 for mine. Wowsers.
@@LCModelBuilding yeah I had a bunch of websites that have them.
But the problem is that the price is too high or out of stock.
I had one website that had it at a good price of $69 but the website kept claiming that the password the inner did not match up with the confirm the password kept saying it was not matching up but I checked it did matchup but it kept saying the same thing.
So I'm not going to bother the USS Constitution right now I've got other stuff that I have to get
@@jamesdennis2004 I got mine for twelve bucks back in 1960-something.
What is the name of the overseas company where I can part my uss Constitution
Hismodels. Link in description.
Wait, what ? "the only US ship in active service to sink an enemy vessel ???" Does the US navy throw away their ships that fast these days, or haven't they had that much succes anymore the past few decades, lol.
It’s what I’ve read. www.google.com/search?q=only+ship+in+us+service+to+sink+an+enemy&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
ship to ship combat hasn't happened for a hundred years. battles have been fleet actions since with aircraft getting the kills.
You're nutz for spending that kind of money for scale decks... there is absolutely no reason why you can't paint a convincing enough deck, as I have seen other many modelers do. I can understand 50-60-even 70 dollars for those decks, but not well (and I MEAN WELL OVER) over 100 dollars. And you paying that price just justifies Scaledecks' prices. And then the modeler community wants to know why prices of models have gotten so out of control. Rediculous.