uss constitution

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(painted 37" / special 37" / special 62")
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USS Constitution models sizes

37" long x 12" Wide x 28" High model
painted & special edn: (1:100 scale)
Requires over 450 hours to build from scratch

62" long x 22" Wide x 44 " High model
special edn large: (1:60 scale)
Requires over 1200 hours to build from scratch

general information about models

(not from a model kit) by a master artisan.

Plank on bulkhead construction (a painstaking process where each
individual plank is added to the hull one at a time).
Built with rare, high quality woods such as light ebony,
rosewood and blackwood.

The model rests perfectly on a large, polished base
between four arched dolphins.
Masterfully stitched canvas sails.
No plastic parts
metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons.
Significant deck detail.

To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such
as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.

HISTORY

The USS Constitution is made of timber from Maine to Georgia and armed with
cannons cast in Rhode Island and copper fastenings provided by non other
than Paul Revere. Launched in Boston, she first put to sea in 1798. Having
remained a part of the U.S. Navy since that day, Constitution is the oldest
commissioned warship in the world - still afloat!

Her first mission, during the late 1790's, was to guard American commerce in
the Caribbean against in particular the French. In 1803, President Thomas
Jefferson sent her to the Mediterranean to protect American ships and
seamen from attack by the Barbary pirates. With Captain Edward Preble in
command, Constitution and other ships of the squadron bombarded Tripoli. A
treaty of peace was signed in June 1805 between the United States and
Tripoli aboard Constitution.

After returning to the United States, the USS Constitution was named
flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron. In 1810, her new captain, Isaac
Hull, took her to sea. Two years later she met and defeated HMS Guerriere,
the first in a grand succession of victories in the War of 1812.

It was during this ferocious battle that the seamen, astonished at how the
British cannonballs were bouncing off the Constitution's hull, cried out -
"Her sides are made of iron!" Hence the nickname,"Old Ironsides."

War service ended in 1815 for ironsides, the battle-scarred USS
Constitution was laid up for almost six years for extensive repairs, after
which she went on two cruises to the Mediterranean.

In 1830 she was reported unseaworthy and condemned to be broken up. A
poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., entitled "Old Ironsides," aroused such
popular feeling that money was appropriated for rebuilding her in 1833. In
1844, under the command of Captain "Mad Jack" Percival, she began an epic
around-the-world cruise and became the first American warship to
circumnavigate the globe.

USS Constitution was recommissioned in 1931 for a coast-to-coast tour of
ninety American cities lasting until 1934 when she was returned to her
place of honour in the Boston Harbour at Charlestown. She rests there to
this day as an enduring symbol of the document for which she is named