Model boat kit

USS Constitution

Kit by Model Shipways

USS Constitution is a 44-gun frigate launched in Boston in 1797, best known for her War of 1812 victories, and she remains the oldest commissioned warship afloat.

The 1:76 kit is plank on bulkhead with laser-cut parts, basswood planking, copper tape for the hull plating and photo-etched brass sheets. Its plans follow the 1927 Navy drawings and the documentation used in the 1993 to 1997 restoration, with an instruction manual by Ben Lankford.

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