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Trussben
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Trussben got a reaction from KennyH78 in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Several more frame pairs added, moving at a good pace now I’m in the groove.
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Trussben got a reaction from KennyH78 in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from Nunnehi (Don) in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from KennyH78 in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the aft cant frames is well underway.
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Trussben got a reaction from davyboy in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from CaptMorgan in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from AnobiumPunctatum in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from glbarlow in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from CiscoH in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from rcweir in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben reacted to scrubbyj427 in HMS Winchelsea by scrubbyj427 - 1:48
Someone’s got their own dedicated workbench again. Will be back at Winnie again…slowly, in between working on and designing Portland. Looking forward to finishing this awesome project!
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Trussben reacted to shauer in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by shauer - 1:48
It's been slow going for the past month but finally wrapped up all the work in chapter 2 above the wales and now it's time to start work on correcting my issues at the tuck and lining out the lower hull.
Here are a series of pictures showing the work above the wales and the fairing of the bulwarks.
Close up of anchor lining. Looks like I need to fair that edge of the bow fairing cap just a little more. Pictures always pick up these things.
Close up of fitting the fairing cap at the stern
I dry fit the false deck sheets to ensure I got the bulwarks fairing correct down close to the deck. That tight corner between the deck and the bulwarks was the most difficult to fair.
I'm pretty happy with the way this has turned out. The use of the fairing caps was a big help, I would have left the bulwarks too wide without them. I also used some gauge sticks to measure the depth of the bulwarks framing, and the depth of the gun ports.
Steve
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Trussben got a reaction from Geoff Matson in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from JpR62 in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben got a reaction from Pitan in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.
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Trussben reacted to ChrisLBren in La Renommee 1744 by ChrisLBren - 1/48 - 2025
Sure Greg,
I took a piece of 7mm by 8mm (same dimension as my keel) piece of pear and milled the horizontal notches on top - then flipped it to each side to complete the corresponding notches. Lastly I used a chisel to i finish the notches where they rise above the cut line (Cut line being the bottom of the side notches that sits above the keel proper) Then I severed the top piece using my Byrnes table saw.
Actually one of the easier operations so far on this build....
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Trussben got a reaction from Nunnehi (Don) in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the aft cant frames is well underway.
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Trussben got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Portland 1770 by scrubbyj427 - 1:48 - 4th rate 50-gun ship
Liking the progress, what material will you be planking with? AYC like the other prototype?
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Trussben reacted to scrubbyj427 in HMS Portland 1770 by scrubbyj427 - 1:48 - 4th rate 50-gun ship
Moving into chapter 2 I’ve attached the frieze panels and added the forward false sub deck for fairing reference. Now it’s time to primer and prepare the gunports for paint and line off the upper hull for planking. Finally it will begin to look like Portland!
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Trussben got a reaction from AnobiumPunctatum in HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Work on the aft cant frames is well underway.
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Trussben got a reaction from Ryland Craze in HMS Portland 1770 by westwood - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Nice, enjoy the framing!
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Trussben reacted to westwood in HMS Portland 1770 by westwood - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
Here are some progress pics, guys!
The stern and QG framing, as well as the gun port framing, are complete...
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Trussben reacted to scrubbyj427 in HMS Portland 1770 by scrubbyj427 - 1:48 - 4th rate 50-gun ship
Thanks guys. It’s slowly starting to look like something resembling a Portland class ship.
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Trussben reacted to scrubbyj427 in HMS Portland 1770 by scrubbyj427 - 1:48 - 4th rate 50-gun ship
Port side mostly complete now. Some minor block sanding to do now and then permanently attach the frieze panels and prep for planking.
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Trussben got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Portland 1770 by scrubbyj427 - 1:48 - 4th rate 50-gun ship
Sweet!
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