Emulating an old ship

Photos of the real thing, and the plastic thing. The top photograph was taken recently at the dry dock in Boston where Constitution is undergoing restoration. Note the top masts have been taken down, the top masts and spars, and much of the other rigging, has been removed. (The dry dock itself was build during the Andrew Jackson administration; an inscription to that effect appears carved in the granite blocks at the bow end of the dry dock.) The middle photo is the 1:92 scale USS Constitution model under construction on the table next to my desk. The bottom photo is a close-up shot of the model's bow and keel, and, to show scale, a 1:92 man, boat's oar, and 24-pounder "long gun" like those that constituted the ships main battery.