scrubbyj427 Posted August 5 Author #271 Posted August 5 12 hours ago, AnobiumPunctatum said: Your concept is working very well. It‘s looking amazing. Thank you Christian. Still a few small bugs that are being worked out of chapter 1 but it’s almost there. FrankWouts, CiscoH and JpR62 3 Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
FrankWouts Posted August 11 #272 Posted August 11 Yaw dropping and simply very, very beautiful project... I'm in for building one after Winnie as well... Frank. scrubbyj427 and KentM 2 Current builds on MSW: HMS Winchelsea 1:48: Prior builds on MSW: None
KentM Posted August 11 #273 Posted August 11 Please consider me also. Fantastic model. thanks Kent CiscoH and scrubbyj427 2
scrubbyj427 Posted August 15 Author #274 Posted August 15 On 8/11/2025 at 4:54 AM, FrankWouts said: Yaw dropping and simply very, very beautiful project... I'm in for building one after Winnie as well... Frank. Thank you Frank. Would love to see you build one! On 8/11/2025 at 5:05 AM, KentM said: Please consider me also. Fantastic model. thanks Kent Stay tuned for a website soon. I will begin to produce chapter 1 kits in the near future. Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
woodartist Posted August 19 #275 Posted August 19 On 8/11/2025 at 2:05 AM, KentM said: Please consider me also. Fantastic model. I would love to start on this when you are ready. It looks awesome. Have you considered fully planking one side of the hull? scrubbyj427 1
captain_hook Posted August 19 #276 Posted August 19 Fantastic work and excellent results. The model already looks impressive. scrubbyj427 1 Current Build: — Completed Build: Armed Virginia Sloop 1/48 by Model Shipways / Gallery HM Cutter Sherbourne 1/64 by Caldercraft / Gallery
scrubbyj427 Posted August 23 Author #277 Posted August 23 On 8/18/2025 at 10:36 PM, woodartist said: I would love to start on this when you are ready. It looks awesome. Have you considered fully planking one side of the hull? Thank you. Should be ready to make some available soon. i have not considered Planking it anymore than necessary lol that’s a lot of plank work. I have a POB one that I will be planking at some point though. On 8/19/2025 at 1:20 AM, captain_hook said: Fantastic work and excellent results. The model already looks impressive. Thank you! She’s coming along. Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
KennyH78 Posted September 4 #278 Posted September 4 JJ, I have been a while since I have had a chance to read the forum. I finally caught up on your design of Portland and I have to say that you have thought of just about everything to make it easier to build. Keep up the great work! I can’t wait to see what you come up with next. scrubbyj427 1 Kenny Current Builds: MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
scrubbyj427 Posted September 6 Author #279 Posted September 6 On 9/4/2025 at 10:40 AM, KennyH78 said: JJ, I have been a while since I have had a chance to read the forum. I finally caught up on your design of Portland and I have to say that you have thought of just about everything to make it easier to build. Keep up the great work! I can’t wait to see what you come up with next. Thank you Kenny, stay tuned as I will be updating Portland in a few weeks as I progress into chapter 3 of the build. VolkerB and KennyH78 2 Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
scrubbyj427 Posted Sunday at 03:26 AM Author #280 Posted Sunday at 03:26 AM Back at it today with Portland, right off the plane and into the garage! I finished the port side hull planking, got it all blocked out and coated with WOP, now I can move onto the black strake and then the wales. Also some goodies shows up, the remaining carvings for the model. These are the first production run in boxwood and look pretty good. With each set of boxwood carvings you order, a set of stainless scrapers are included. These moulding profiles are taken from the drawings or Portland and the contemporary example of Bristol. The instructions will have a key that shows where each profile belongs on the model. I couldn’t help myself and had to take a test run on a few of the rejects. These are just taped on and fitting pretty rough but you get a good idea of how it will look. There’s still a long way to go on the quarter galleys and the stern of the model. Before the rest of the carvings can be attached. JJ Clark, dvm27, westwood and 22 others 19 6 Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
KennyH78 Posted Sunday at 03:55 AM #281 Posted Sunday at 03:55 AM JJ, Portland is turning into one fine model! scrubbyj427 1 Kenny Current Builds: MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
AnobiumPunctatum Posted Sunday at 04:56 AM #282 Posted Sunday at 04:56 AM Really wonderful carvings. scrubbyj427 1 Regards Christian Current build: HM Cutter Alert, 1777; HM Sloop Fly, 1776 - 1/36 On the drawing board: English Ship Sloops Fly, 1776, Comet, 1783 and Aetna, 1776; Naval Cutter Alert, 1777 Paused: HMS Triton, 1771 - 1/48 "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dali
Beckmann Posted Sunday at 07:42 AM #283 Posted Sunday at 07:42 AM (edited) Hi JJ, did you develop the carvings yourself, or is there another artist involved? Matthias Edited Sunday at 07:43 AM by Beckmann scrubbyj427 1
Mike Y Posted Sunday at 09:44 AM #284 Posted Sunday at 09:44 AM (edited) What a fantastic model, fresh and interesting! Edited Sunday at 09:44 AM by Mike Y scrubbyj427 and CiscoH 2 Current build: Beavers Prize - POF 1:48 (Hahn style) Side builds: Schooner Polotsk by Master Korabel 18th Century Longboat by MS Finished: 21ft English Pinnace by MS
Greg M Posted Sunday at 12:05 PM #285 Posted Sunday at 12:05 PM Those carvings are fantastic and including the scraper is genius. scrubbyj427 1 Current: HMS Winchelsea Finished: Phantom New York Pilot Boat
Trussben Posted Sunday at 02:06 PM #286 Posted Sunday at 02:06 PM Looks Awesome JJ, Look forward to seeing how she is with all the planking totally finished. scrubbyj427 1 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
scrubbyj427 Posted Sunday at 02:18 PM Author #287 Posted Sunday at 02:18 PM (edited) 10 hours ago, KennyH78 said: JJ, Portland is turning into one fine model! Thank you Kenny. Looking forward to finally getting back to work! 9 hours ago, AnobiumPunctatum said: Really wonderful carvings. Thank you Christian. 6 hours ago, Beckmann said: Hi JJ, did you develop the carvings yourself, or is there another artist involved? Matthias Hi Matthias, I started developing them and then quickly realized that I was far from proficient in the software and I was far better off enlisting Jack @Jack H for the job. Jack also produced the carvings for Winnie so I knew I was making a good decision there. 4 hours ago, Mike Y said: What a fantastic model, fresh and interesting! Thank you Mike. 2 hours ago, Greg M said: Those carvings are fantastic and including the scraper is genius. Thank you Greg, hoping to produce a few test pieces with them soon., I’ll post results. 12 minutes ago, Trussben said: Looks Awesome JJ, Look forward to seeing how she is with all the planking totally finished. You and me both, Ben. I will have all the planking completed this rotation home. Edited Sunday at 02:19 PM by scrubbyj427 VolkerB and mtbediz 2 Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
hmcarlin Posted Sunday at 11:23 PM #288 Posted Sunday at 11:23 PM I've been following for months, and am thrilled to see progress continuing. As soon as there's a sign-up list for purchasing this kit, I'm THERE! Completed: Scientific Models Bounty Scale unknown aprox 1:150?; Caldercraft HMS Cruizer 1:64 On the bench: Vanguard HMS Cutter Alert 1:64; CAF Model Renommee longboat 1:48. On Order: Pavel Nikitin Viking Ship Oseberg v. 3 1:32
VolkerB Posted Monday at 08:29 AM #289 Posted Monday at 08:29 AM This is some serious awesome stuff here.... congrats and respect to your development of that kit! Looking forward to your progress and eagerly awaiting your date of purchasing the first chapter... I'm definately in....
glbarlow Posted yesterday at 12:14 AM #290 Posted yesterday at 12:14 AM The scrapers are a great addition, the boxwood set also looks great! scrubbyj427 1 Regards, Glenn Current Build: HM Flirt Completed Builds: HMS Winchelsea, HM Cutter Cheerful, Lady Nelson, Amati HMS Vanguard, HMS Pegasus, Fair American, HM Granado, HM Pickle, AVS, Pride of Baltimore, Bluenose, Royal Barge, Medway Long Boat
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