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  1. Trussben
    Working with the 3 head Timbers is “fun”!
  2. Trussben
    Looks Fantastic!
  3. Trussben
    Started Chapter 12 while finishing off the few final parts from the last one as I wanted to see how these headrails were looking like. Putting the headrail pieces together was no big ordeal, sanding them thinner towards the fore was ok, but then I went to put them on the model and found them too short!!!! They wouldn’t reach from the catheads to the hair brackets. I studied the plans and other peoples builds - the plans show the height of the head rails timber head bottom to match the top height of the snatch block - so I actually pulled off the hair brackets and moved them slightly aft so the the rails would make these positions correct, it wasn’t by much like 1/16” perhaps.
  4. Trussben
    Did you do any fairing to that frame yet? That frame may need pre-fairing on the outer sides so as to fit in the jig correctly, especially true around the far extremes fore and aft.
  5. Trussben
    Looking good Rusty.
  6. Trussben
    So frame 40 is the deadflat? It looks like the floor timbers reverse position on 41 and aftwards?
  7. Trussben
    Looks like an interesting build, I will follow with interest.
  8. Trussben
    Chains completed on the Starboard side. I also installed the gunport lids on both sides and the remaining QD cannons. Only things left to finish Chapter 11 are the entry steps, anchor billboards and the elm tree pumps.
  9. Trussben
    I’m looking forward to working on the head details and finishing up this build - think I will miss working on her a lot Chuck!
  10. Trussben
    HI IMHO - the Winchelsea is pretty much the best 1:48 Frigate “kit” out there, it is perfectly designed and the laser cut parts supplied by Syren are excellent - this gives the builder the best chance to complete a really good looking model and I guess that’s why it’s so popular.
  11. Trussben
    Chains completed on Port side, I’m happy now with the Swiss pear deadeyes gave the contrast I wanted, onto the SB side.
  12. Trussben
    Congrats on the retirement move, just went through my own and very happy that it’s the last one that I will make.
  13. Trussben
    Halfway through Chapter 11, the gangways and their ladders along with newel posts and their fancy work is done. The Chesstrees and fenders, with their friezes completed. All of the Channels installed and I have started adding the channel straps, I looked at both boxwood or ebony deadeyes and I didn’t like the look of either so I have ordered some Swiss Pear deadeyes hoping they give the look that I want. I have also made a decision about the swivel guns - I’m not going to install them or their mounts - not keen on how they look on finished models that I have seen sticking up and altering the flow of the model.
  14. Trussben
    That’s a monster build cradle!!
  15. Trussben
    Let me be among the first to Congratulate you Glenn, you have achieved a stunning model of the Winchelsea and I look forward to following your next project.
  16. Trussben
    Pushing forward into Chapter 11, I cleaned all of the channel pieces and glued the layers together and faired the backside to fit each location, I then added 1mm brass pins to each of them, 2 pins for the smaller ones and 3 pins for the longer ones. The trim work was cut away and then holes in the hull drilled to suit the pin positions, then the channel was glued in place. I just completed the port side and will get the other side done this week.
  17. Trussben
    When do we get to see more JJ?
  18. Trussben
    I’m not sure about the “all natural” quote there Glenn, there is actually a lot more paint on this model than I like personally, but we all have to expand our horizons. My Pegasus only has one color of paint on it, and I now wish I had done that in ebony wood. ben
  19. Trussben
    Chapter 10 completed.
  20. Trussben
    QD cannon production line.
  21. Trussben
    Superbly done Glenn.
  22. Trussben
    Looks awesome Did you forget to trim those frame joints back just below the gunport?
  23. Trussben
    Very nicely done there!
  24. Trussben
    Thanks for all the likes and nice comments!
  25. Trussben
    Chapter 9 completed with the spanshackles in place.

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