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  1.    westwood reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
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  19. westwood
    Beautiful details and a beautiful model, Chuck!
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  22. westwood
    it looks very good JJ and the planking templates seem to work very accurately
  23. westwood
    Hey guys My weekend was all about building deadwood and the aft cant frames. There was lots of sanding, testing, sanding, testing... I just hope everything will be okay after the final fairing. And I hope the wing transoms finally fall into place properly, too. But that will happen after I've framed the starboard side.
  24. westwood
    Hi guys, I've had a bottle of Caldercraft red ochre at home for about six years. I'm not sure if it was made with a different recipe back then or if my batch is spoiled. Mine is more more brown and not at all like the red ochre that some of you use on this forum. That's why I didn't use it when building Winchelsea. I tried different shades of Vallejo model paints, but I didn't like any of them. Ultimately, I also bought the Vallejo Cadmium Red Deep artist acrylic paint in a tube. I liked the color, but the consistency was a downside for me. It was too thick to use straight from the tube. Once thinned, it lost its opacity, and many coats were needed. So Now that I'm building Portland, I'm looking for a darker red again. I guess I'll stick with artist paints, but I want a more fluid consistency. I'm impressed with the Golden Fluid Acrylics for hand painting that Mark used for his Bellona I like this Golden https://goldenartistcolors.com/products/fluid-acrylic-color-red-oxide and possibly this one from Vallejo https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/product/fine-arts/fluid-acrylic-en/mars-red-68306/ I would like to buy them and try them out. What do you think of them?
  25. westwood
    Just a test for now. The deadwood has almost been sanded, and I've started fitting the frames.
  26. westwood
    Looks very good JJ, looking forward to the second chapter when you make the wales and planking the gunports. The planking guides will be a great help
  27. westwood
    Hi, guys Thanks for the comments and likes! After a short break, I finished installing all the perpendicular frames on the port side today. It went quite easily and quickly since I had already cleaned them of char beforehand. I was just fine-tuning little things, such as the area that sits on the keel is flat and free of char, because even glue on char doesn't hold. And here is the result. Now I'm off to the heavier part to prepare the deadwood and the aft cant frames.
  28. westwood
    so the framing fun began
  29. westwood
    Here are some progress pics, guys! The stern and QG framing, as well as the gun port framing, are complete...
  30. westwood
    It looks great, JJ
  31. westwood
    Hi guys, just a little update again because there was less time to build than I would have liked... I continued framing the gunports. All 4 longitudinal pieces have been installed. Only on the aft three bulkheads isn't glued in yet. I'll finish that after framing the stern. And here are some pictures of the stern. First I shaped and glued The upper wing transom. Then the four shorter inner frames and the two outer frames. Finally the horizontals, I heat formed those to the curve just like upper wing transom to make them fit nicely into the slots of the frames and jig. Now the QG framing and balcony will be next
  32. westwood
    John, the Assembling the Knee of the Head is very nice. Looking forward to the continuation! As for the gap, I had too, although maybe a smaller one. I shaped the rabbet strip according to the stem knee, So the gap was between the strip and the bulkhead former. I filled it with glue. If you have already glued the strip, then I would do what Frank suggests. I would add the material. I certainly wouldn't sand off the stem. Also, there is some flex in the assembled knee at that particular point. So maybe partially fill the gap with material and partially press it together when gluing. I hope this makes sense — I can't explain it any better
  33. westwood
    Good planning always pays off. Very nice and clean work Frank!
  34. westwood
    Good news, JJ! I look forward to updates on your build.
  35. westwood
    Great work, Ben! I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm looking forward to starting the framing process on my model.

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