Trussben Posted Saturday at 07:17 PM Author #31 Posted Saturday at 07:17 PM All of the bulkheads were removed from their sheets and dropped into position on the former, no adjustments were needed to any of them to make them fit! No glue has been used so far and you can see the longitudinal stiffeners being installed - fore sections first and then the aft ones, after these clipped into place with a little persuasion the entire structure has really begun to get more solid. More bulkhead and stiffner work to come before glue goes anywhere near it. JpR62, Thukydides, Chuck and 13 others 16 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
scrubbyj427 Posted 17 hours ago #32 Posted 17 hours ago Looking great Ben! She’s starting to take shape and space! Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate (on hold for now) HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
Trussben Posted 14 hours ago Author #34 Posted 14 hours ago 3 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said: Looking great Ben! She’s starting to take shape and space! A lot of space! Ryland Craze 1 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
Trussben Posted 14 hours ago Author #35 Posted 14 hours ago (edited) So the foremost bulkhead #1 requires that these two upright bow supports be glued into place before it is installed, making sure to make them perpendicular. Also the stiffners between aft bulkheads 24 & 25 need to be installed to tighten that section up. Edited 13 hours ago by Trussben Scott Crouse, Ryland Craze, realworkingsailor and 4 others 7 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
Trussben Posted 13 hours ago Author #36 Posted 13 hours ago Last bulkhead to be installed is for just fore of the #1, it is for the beakhead support, it also has two verticals for the bow and it locks bulkheads 1/2/3 together for more stiffening. There should be a 1/16-1/32” gap between it and bulkhead #1. With all these parts now installed, the entire structure is very very stiff with almost zero movement anywhere and is now ready to start having glue applied to it, kudos to JJ for his design and laser cutting to make this as solid as it is. davyboy, realworkingsailor, Ronald-V and 4 others 7 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
scrubbyj427 Posted 12 hours ago #37 Posted 12 hours ago Great progress Ben, everything looks perfectly straight. Well done! Ryland Craze 1 Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate (on hold for now) HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship
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