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Thank you Dusan, im looking forward to it as well, I should have an update on those today. Hi Ben, I used the Caldercraft red ochre just like I used on Winnie, I’m not a fan of bright reds and prefer an older look. In fact I’m even considering adding a little age To Portland as seen on some of the contemporary models. Will see. As for the wales, i will be doing them straight just like the Bristol model and the POB Portland. Ive been thinking about templates for the port surrounds since I started designing the model and I still am. Like the Winnie I just eyeballed them on the POB Portland and they turned out nice. But I’m still thinking about how I could make a template to do this. Stay tuned.
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Officially underway on chapter 2 now, I have all the Gunports primed, block sanded and painted. Tomorrow I will start milling wood and begin planking from the main wale up.
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Today I got back to work on Portland, I faired up the lower counter and added some high build primer on all the gunport frames. I used a solvent based high build primer to seal up the MDF, it soaked it up like a sponge. I’ve always been a little concerned about swelling when adding water based products to MDF, the primer also makes sanding and finishing the ports nice, it fills small gaps or joints in the port framing. Ive also been working on planking guides that will attach to each bulkhead and assist with spilling, more on that soon.
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MONTAÑES by Amalio
scrubbyj427 replied to Amalio's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Yes I’ll be using AYC for the planking. Probably do the wales the same as the POB model.
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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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Thanks guys. It’s slowly starting to look like something resembling a Portland class ship.
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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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Getting closer on the stbd side. The oscillating dremal is a life saver! Should have the stbd side finished tomorrow and be well into the port side.
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