Brickset
“The ship is a blast from the past, because the first release was in the late 70s. The model itself is very detailed. It has lots of SNOT guns, a bell and much more., but in this version there are none of the old small 1x1 windows, because they replaced them by 1x1 headlight... More bricks, which isn't that bad but slightly odd looking. The instruction, are sometimes difficult to follow, but hey the First edition of the
USS Constellation was first launched in the so-called Hobby Sets range in 1978.”
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Eurobricks
“This ship’s known history changed between 1978 (Lego’s first edition of this set) and the 2003 reissue of this set. Back in 1978 it was thought the now still preserved museum ship was the original 1797 build ship, that underwent a thorough rebuild in 1854. But by the time... More the 2003 set came out, it was decided the 1854 rebuild was actually a completely new ship, with perhaps a few timbers used from the first ship.”