HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Trussben - 1:48

[scrubbyj427]

Looks great Ben! Looking forward to seeing your decks complete.

 

JJ

[Rustyj]

Everything is looking very nice Ben. Good choice going "whole hog".

[Trussben]

Thanks for all the comments and likes.
Central belt of deck planking ( the difficult part ) has been completed, and now onto the outer belts.

Edited April 27, 2022 by Trussben

[scrubbyj427]

Excellent work Ben! Everything looks great!

[westwood]

it looks nice Ben,
the deck is also boxwood?

[Trussben]

4 minutes ago, westwood said:

it looks nice Ben,
the deck is also boxwood?

Yes - Boxwood decking.

[Trussben]

Next belts on each side of 5 planks completed, onto the final belts of 5.

[glbarlow]

Very nice work on the deck, not easy to get it looking so neatly done!

[Trussben]

Completed chapter #4 with the deck planking done.

I do have to touch up some paintwork that was damaged during the decking.

 

Chapter #5 starts with the rudder and so I have to machine some pear wood and cut those pieces out to match the plans as I will not be using the laser cut parts.

 

Edited April 30, 2022 by Trussben

[scrubbyj427]

That looks really nice!

[James G]

That looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing your journey. I have this one on my to do list and your experiences are definitely helping me. Very inspirational!

[glbarlow]

Very nice looking deck, excellent planking. 

[Hubac's Historian]

Your decking is really nice, and you have achieved that super-rare, scale-rarity which is realistic grain patterning on individual planks.  This really stands out to me.

[Trussben]

Thanks for the likes and kind comments.

 

I decided to go ahead and make the rudder trunk and seats as well as the two ladderways.

These are some really beautiful laser cut and etched parts that go together and look fantastic when finished.

[Trussben]

Work on the rudder is underway in Swiss Pear and Gabon Ebony to match my other frame accents.

 

Edited May 9, 2022 by Trussben

[Trussben]

Rudder has almost been completed and the bow-tie and horse shoe plates installed and the “fake” bolts attached.

I need to make and install a couple of eyebolts to the spectacle strap to finish it off.

 

[Rustyj]

Thats some fine work Ben! Very nice. 

[Trussben]

Thanks Rusty!

[Chuck]

That looks really good Ben.  Its nice to see an update on this unique Winnie build.

[FrankWouts]

That's some gorgeous looking deck, cabin and rudder!
Frank.

[Trussben]

Work on the cannon carriages, port lids and head works is all underway! No finish on the carriages yet.

Edited July 7, 2022 by Trussben

[druxey]

Sweet! Good to see progress  on your model, Ben.

[Chuck]

Nicely done....Looking forward to seeing you at the Admiralty workshop Ben.    You should bring the model.  I would love to see it in person.

 

Chuck

[No Idea]

Wow that is really lovely work 

[Trussben]

On 7/7/2022 at 4:16 PM, Chuck said:

Nicely done....Looking forward to seeing you at the Admiralty workshop Ben.    You should bring the model.  I would love to see it in person.

 

Chuck

Unfortunatly I won’t be going now! Wife reminded me that we had prior plans for that week 🙄😞

[Trussben]

Cannons well on the way to completion, still no finish on them.

The head parts were painted black ready to fit the head rails.

All the windows in the stern and QGs have been installed along with their “glass”.

[glbarlow]

That’s one great looking transom!  Nice work on the cannon carriages, you must have hours in on removing char so well, do you have a secret method😊?

[Rustyj]

That's some very nice workmanship Ben!

[Trussben]

Thanks Rusty!

 

Glenn - no secret, just many hours sanding it off using 120/220 sanding sticks and a few small diamond files.

[Chuck]

That looks great Ben....how did I miss this post.   Wonderful progress.

 

Chuck