HMS Portland 1770 by scrubbyj427 - 1:48 - 4th rate 50-gun ship

[woodartist]

On 9/29/2025 at 5:26 PM, scrubbyj427 said:

The port side planking is complete.

In picture #301, I was looking at the top plank at the transom, and it has an end that tapers to"0". Is there a way to make this to avoid such a fragile end and still retain the height you need? Just a thought, not suggesting I know of a better way.

[scrubbyj427]

24 minutes ago, woodartist said:

In picture #301, I was looking at the top plank at the transom, and it has an end that tapers to"0". Is there a way to make this to avoid such a fragile end and still retain the height you need? Just a thought, not suggesting I know of a better way.

I’m not quite sure I understand what you are asking. Are you referring to where the planks meet the lower counter?

[scrubbyj427]

Some small progress on the QG today. Spent most time designing parts and printing trial and error. Oh and whatever this resin is, it’s absolutely best friends with CA and believe it or not… Tightbond. There will be zero issues attaching things to these and then to the hull.

[Ronald-V]

So much detail! Really beautiful

Edited Friday at 07:32 AM by Ronald-V

[KennyH78]

Those QGs are really coming together nicely; dare I say museum quality.  

[Trussben]

NICE!

[druxey]

That is a lovely rendition of the carved work as shown in the ship's portrait!

[scrubbyj427]

On 10/16/2025 at 10:57 PM, Ronald-V said:

So much detail! Really beautiful

 

On 10/17/2025 at 4:29 AM, KennyH78 said:

Those QGs are really coming together nicely; dare I say museum quality.  

 

On 10/17/2025 at 8:18 AM, Trussben said:

NICE!

 

23 hours ago, druxey said:

That is a lovely rendition of the carved work as shown in the ship's portrait!

Thanks guys. I’m very pleased with how the carvings have turned out. The painting was quite useful and easy to interpret into a 3D model. More to come soon!

[Greg M]

The detail on the QG's is really impressive.  The advances in this hobby over the last 10 years have been pretty amazing.  Is the molding over the top laser cut cedar?  It must be incredibly thin and fragile.

[scrubbyj427]

12 hours ago, Greg M said:

The detail on the QG's is really impressive.  The advances in this hobby over the last 10 years have been pretty amazing.  Is the molding over the top laser cut cedar?  It must be incredibly thin and fragile.

Thank you Greg. I’m currently putting one together and have it installed, however I don’t like the blue so I’m going to take it off and start over.

so far the only cedar on the QG’s is the laser etched flooring that fits into the printed floors of the QG’s. Everything you are seeing so far is boxwood. 

[scrubbyj427]

Made some progress today on the QG install but still working through some bugs, lots of parts in the trash! And I don’t like the color so I’m going to redo the paint work. More on these next week.

 

But I did have a success with the lower counter frieze and the boxwood molding. After some manipulation and multiple prints I think I have it where I want it and it fits pretty good. Some minor trimming required but nothing serious.