Model Shipways 2040
  Battle Frigate U.S.S. CONSTITUTION       
  Scale 1/76

   This is a beautiful, highly detailed, 1/76th scale wooden model kit of the U.S. Constitution from Model Shipways. Launched on October 21, 1797, the USS Constitution has won every battle she's ever fought. She earned her nickname Old Ironsides after a sailor saw a cannonball bounce off her hull. Resting in Boston Harbor, she is the oldest commissioned US warship.
  The USS Constitution went through several restorations during her career. A major restoration between 1993 and 1997 prepared the frigate for her 200th anniversary. Workers restored the thick deck strakes and diagonal riders to strengthen the hull and make her seaworthy. They fitted fore, main and mizzen topsails, jib, flying jib, and spanker sails for the day when Old Ironsides would move under her own power once more. That historic moment arrived on July 21, 1997, when Constitution set sail from Marblehead Harbor to a point just one mile short of Halfway Rock. The five-mile cruise took only one hour.

   Now you can build a true replica of this historic vessel that will be over 48" long and 32" high when complete. This kit is based on the 1927 Navy drawings, photographs and documentation used during the 1993-97 restoration. It is so complete and highly detailed that shipping weight is an incredible 12 pounds! Plank-on-bulkhead construction features laser cut wooden parts. High quality basswood planking strips cover the hull and we include self-adhesive copper tape for hull plating. True-to-scale Britannia metal, brass and hardwood fittings and 16 photo-etched brass sheets provide life-like detail. Over 50 cannon, carronade and gun barrels duplicate original armament. Some of Model Shipways extra touches include laser cut gratings and engraved scrollwork. Four-hundred yards of rigging line in six diameters are also supplied. Eight sheets of detailed plans and 48 page step-by-step instruction manual by Ben Lankford that leaves no construction detail unexplained this kit will be a joy to build and display.
 

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This is truly a great kit that will bring hours of assembly enjoyment, and building this beauty WOW...and NOW at a SUPER price