1:96 USS Constitution (Revell)

Lochsa River
Straight up gorgeous! The rigging is magnificent. Congratulations and thanks for sharing this.

Danny Meer
Pffff so much rigging....I would go mental after the first few lol
Very nice job 👍 looks amazing 🙂
And hope you dont have a cat that dive into it 😛

Spanjaard
Beautiful! Rigging and all

Rui S
Great work on that Rigging maze 👍 Beautiful model.

Gary Dahlström Schrijver
I actually have TWO workshop cats - one is sleeping on the workbench and the other napping under, in the spray booth. Most of the time they are well-behaved; MOST of the time.

Danny Meer
😄

Daniel Klink
What a beuty.. that rigging work wow!
Really looking majestic 👍

Gary Dahlström Schrijver
Thanks, Daniel - this was my first build when i finally bought a home nearly 20 years ago, and was able to set up a makeshift 'shop. It still looks as good to this day; the secret was running each rigging line thru some warm beeswax before installation. I believe this prevented the lines sagging over time.

Thanks again for the kind words. I've been so wrapped up in my current project I really need to put down the airbrush & mix up a strong cocktail with the intent of spending some time surveying and commenting on of the other handsome work going on here.

Alec K
A beauty 👍

Mike Szwarc
I was given this kit as a kid. I believe I painted the upper deck, and that was it. It's nice to see one finished! 👍

Slavo Hazucha
Very nice work on Old Ironsides! 👍

Treehugger
Where did the rigging instructions come from? The kit box? It looks really elaborate and nice.

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, how long did the rigging take? 😮

Gary Dahlström Schrijver
I still have the instructions for this kit. If memory serves me, there were two large sheets, one for running and one for standing rigging. Each line was numbered. I copied 1:1 those sheets and just kept track with a highlighter. The real challenge is mid-deck and getting them anchored to the appropriate belaying pin there. It's a three-hand job. In total it took about two weeks of evenings. It looks like I used the stock plastic ratlines instead of weaving them by hand.