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

[scrubbyj427]

4 hours ago, STK said:

Great stuff - I have visited the website but it seems not yet fully functional. 'would be great to get a heads-up once it is.

Yes it’s not quite finished.

needs some revisions and changes made. It will be linked on MSW once it’s ready. 

[Strand]

54 minutes ago, scrubbyj427 said:

Yes it’s not quite finished.

needs some revisions and changes made. It will be linked on MSW once it’s ready. 

Is there already a website?

[scrubbyj427]

50 minutes ago, Strand said:

Is there already a website?

Yes but it’s not fully functional and it has numerous errors. Working on it 

[scrubbyj427]

After a revision on the columns I decided to start adding some but I’m going to postpone install until after the QG moldings are on, the columns are 3 pieces and require that the smaller pieces be added to match the surfaces of the adjacent moldings..if that makes sense. 
Anyway these are just sitting dry fit and I will finish them off once the boxwood molding goes on.

[scrubbyj427]

Here’s a better idea of how it finishes with the lower carving in place

 

[westwood]

Hi JJ,
It looks good, I'm looking forward to the continued third chapter. I'm very curious to see what comes next.

But for now, I want to wish you all the best, good health, and success with your new project!

[scrubbyj427]

18 hours ago, westwood said:

Hi JJ,
It looks good, I'm looking forward to the continued third chapter. I'm very curious to see what comes next.

But for now, I want to wish you all the best, good health, and success with your new project!

Thank you Dusan, and to you as well. Jack will be shipping goodies for Ch3 this week, so more updates coming in soon.

[scrubbyj427]

Ok I finally have some progress on Portland, things are moving along with Chapter 3. It’s turned out to be a bit larger scope of work than I anticipated so I’m going to cut it short with the moldings and Q galleries… I think. 
Anyway I have the windows and panels designed and fitting the transom on the upper deck .

started with the inner panel which is 1/32, the window frames will end up sitting in this panel

you can see the notches in the top, this will help align it with your uprights. Hopefully all that jig work will pay off!

I went ahead and placed it up against the frames to see how it looked. I left a little wiggle room in the notches so it can be slightly adjusted to each side if needed. I think I moved mine over a pinch but not much. 

I left the window blanks in there with tabs to help strengthen the panel while it gets manipulated into place. after I was confident how it was going to fit I painted the inside face with the same color I used in the QG’s

once I had it where I wanted it, while holding it down, I slowly started glueing it down from the middle outward with CA. 
Now it’s time to test fit the outer panel, this is pretty simple and the same process except no notches, I held it in place until all the window openings were centered over the inner panel (they are slightly larger)  

I also painted the backsides of the outer panels black, be sure to save these two blanks from the inner panel. Once they are dry go ahead and glue them in place. 
with the black out blanks in place it’s time to attach the outer panel, so go ahead and paint it blue, I’m using a darker blue for my model. 

I used the same glue process with this panel as well. Just slowly work your way from the middle out, you should have just about 1/32 showing around the inner panel from the inside.

at this point the windows can go in,

I skipped around waiting for the WOP to dry on them, they are just under 1/32 thick boxwood, they should fit right into the frames without issue. I’ll cover more in the instructions.

While I was waiting to install the windows I started scrapping the lower larger moldings, these are .163” tall. I like to scrape the moldings from a board and then slice them off at the desired thickness with my saw. Seems to work very well.

I completed the lower moldings on the port side and will continue up tomorrow.

 

onward to the sculptures, this is always fun. The remaining carvings for the stern showed up yesterday from @Jack H and as usual his CNC work is extraordinary. 
I added the carving to the cove after

I treated it with WOP and a bit of wash. I also added the sea boys and the baroque columns on the upper gallery windows. Still lots to go on the stern. Will resume work tomorrow and hopefully I’ll have some more updates. 

[Strand]

So beautiful, can't wait to have it on my table...

[Ronald-V]

The quality of this new generation kits is so high! Great to see  

[garyshipwright]

Looking outstanding JJ. The ship and it's stern looks great. Can't  wait to see even more of it. Gary

[scrubbyj427]

2 hours ago, garyshipwright said:

Looking outstanding JJ. The ship and it's stern looks great. Can't  wait to see even more of it. Gary

Thank you Gary! I’m going to begin your windows shortly!

[garyshipwright]

Thank you sir and look fwd  to working with them. Gary