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Charles

Mon Sep 23 2019, 12:28am

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Your project is an interest catching one
Was in Boston in July on the constitution for 20minute only trip limitation
Second trip to Boston visit the C in 1989 with the USS Cassin Young destroyer

Jonathan G

Mon Sep 23 2019, 01:14pm

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I grew up in the Boston area and had visited the ship maybe 5 times over the years, the last, a month just before her latest overhaul. It's like visiting an old friend.

Jonathan G

Sat Sep 28 2019, 07:31pm

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Planksheer

I thought it might be a good time to finish up the gun ports. This meant that I would now have to plank the hull from the gun deck to the cap rail, so I went back to the Robert Hunt practicum for some guidance. He started with the planksheer.

First thing he stated was that the planksheer was “slightly thicker than the planks above” the planksheer. He also stated “…if you look at sheet 3 of your plans, Hull Planking Layout, it also clearly shows the planksheer on the outside to be thicker than the other planking.” He provided a photograph to illustrated it. Now I may need cataract surgery, but I’m not blind…yet. For the life of me, I could not find on the plans where the planksheer is shown or indicated as being thicker. The image he provided (HP3.3-2), as near as I could determine, did not provide proof of the extra thickness at least to me. I even checked all my reference images and rechecked the images online. They all confirmed my observations, the planksheer is no thicker than the other planks. Shown below is the referenced plan, Mr. Hunt’s photo, and my two photos.

Jonathan G

Sat Sep 28 2019, 07:32pm

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The only place I could find where Mr. Hunt may have thought the thickness was thicker was at the “waist.” On plan #3, there is a note that states: “Molding Strip. On real ship this was originally installed at a time when ship did not have a bulwark in this area. The bulwark was installed during the 1927 restoration. And the molding retained.” The molding strip is shown on top of the planksheer. However, all the photos I could find where the waist was later restored, that molding has since been removed. So, unless someone can show me otherwise, my planksheer will be flush with the planking.

Winston

Tue Oct 01 2019, 04:35pm

winston

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For what it's worth, you can see a definite thickness difference on the main gun deck.

Jonathan G

Tue Oct 01 2019, 06:39pm

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OK, now I "see" it. By "thickness." Mr. Hunt Hunt meant width of the plank, not thickness of the plank. I thought he wanted the planksheer to stick out from the hull.

The reason I quoted the word "see" is because I now have an eye patch over my left eye from the cataract surgery i had today. So seeing is a bit difficult. The shipyard is closed until I can see properly.

Winston

Thu Oct 03 2019, 12:30am

winston

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" ... I thought he wanted the planksheer to stick out from the hull."

I think that is exactly what he meant, only that feature is not in the images. The planking is the same thickness. However it is on the main gun deck where you can see the planksheer protruding a little.

Jonathan G

Wed Oct 16 2019, 02:25pm

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My left eye still is not up to par although I’ve improved a bit. My eyesight went from 20-400 to 20-200. But the call of the shipyard was strong so I’m at it again albeit proceeding with caution. I still have 4 stitches to be removed after I get back from Nautical Research Guild Conference.

I’ve managed to install the planksheer without too much effort and added the first transom extensions for the quarter galleys’

Charles

Wed Oct 16 2019, 03:42pm

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More good work done

Jonathan G

Thu Nov 21 2019, 09:16pm

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It’s been about a month since my last post; I have had some highs and lows in that time. I’m still struggling with my left eye although I got the remainder of the stiches removed today– four in total. It’s slowly improving but up till today, I was just using my right eye. Now there is a marked improvement. We’ll “see” what the Doc says in two weeks.

I made the effort to go to the NRG Conference in New Bedford MA (Oct 23-27), where I met old friends and generally had a good time despite some travel headaches, but that’s another story.

However, on Nov 2, my Mom died at 101yrs. It was not unexpected but still it was a shock when it happened. My time was spent with my family and doing the things that needed to be done when there is a death in the family.

Weeks later, things are slowly getting back to normal, but there are things that still need to be done, Thanksgiving is coming, and I’ll be with my sister for the holiday week. On the bright side I was able to get my mind on an even keel as it were, by working on the model. It puts my mind at ease. I was able plank the remainder of the hull between the side spar deck gun ports.

You may also notice that I have trimmed the bulkhead extensions that stick up above where the cap rail will go. They extended to support the Topgallant Rail. This was the “Cap Rail” of the added hull and bulwarks on top of the actual Cap Rail. This extension was added in 1926 and subsequently removed in later restorations. Since my model is trying to reflect what the ship looks like today, it will not be built as shown in the kit plans which is based on the 1926 restoration.