Figured I'd fiddle with the 32' cutter from Revell's USS CONSTITUTION kit and work it up as one of those armed launches frequently tasked with picket boat duties or raiding, from the Barbary coast to the Confederate waters.
Here's one during a Mexican War adventure
![](http://i.imgur.com/VZPNA1Q.jpg)
Most seem to sport a lanteen rig
![](http://i.imgur.com/7uc1206.png)
but there's a reverse rig that suit a bow gun better.
![](http://i.imgur.com/C0nUTAI.jpg)
So here's what we have to mess with
![](http://i.imgur.com/etndznw.jpg)
An upper and lower hull seemed to be the best way to divide the work. Crates and barrels salvaged courtesy of an RE Lee riverboat that had it's deck chopped.
![](http://i.imgur.com/jZwy3JC.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/08qJVYQ.jpg)
I'd been thinking a sweep oar for a rudder, but the tiny boatswain probably wouldn't like that
![](http://i.imgur.com/frOFP0u.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/QvE3zRX.jpg)