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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:57 pm 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1854)
http://www.southbaltimore.com/InnerHarb ... index.html

How she looks today at Baltimore (large file):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... on_bow.JPG

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:45 am 
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Here's a 1:36 scale working model in progress
It's 62 inches long on deck and will be of the ship as she appeared during her first cruise in 1856 and will operate and sail under radio control.

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~>3D printing every gun Constellation Carried in 1:36 scale
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:34 pm 
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Chugging along on a 1:36th scale working RC model. Still a ways to go, but it looks like something now.


Attachments:
File comment: In-progress model on display at Naval Academy Model Shop - Preble Hall.
8/12/2010

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 Post subject: Moving the Constellation
PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:55 pm 
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Constellation, after 7 weeks in dry dock was returned to her berth on March 21st, 2011.

I was on board for the trip and posted my report here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1410820

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