SHOWCASE

Completely self-built metal masts, many photo-etched details and self-construction of almost all the details on the deck. Sails in processed, shaped and painted plasticine, rigging and cables in photo-etched and Lycra. Stern completely redone to make it how it actually was in 1812. The kit shows it as it currently is (museum ship), after several reconstructions

44-gun US gun navy frigate “USS Constitution”

Author

Claudio Matteini

Work Time 

About 7 months

Model

US Navy 44-gun frigate “USS Constitution” Hobby Artist Model

Scale

1/700

Type

Static Modeling 

Details

Period: October 1812. Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.