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. rcweir, Ronald-V, RossR and 14 others 17 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
scrubbyj427 Posted Sunday at 04:37 PM #32 Posted Sunday at 04:37 PM 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 Sunday at 07:55 PM Author #34 Posted Sunday at 07:55 PM 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 Sunday at 08:06 PM Author #35 Posted Sunday at 08:06 PM (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 Sunday at 08:26 PM by Trussben JpR62, Scott Crouse, realworkingsailor and 6 others 9 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
Trussben Posted Sunday at 08:25 PM Author #36 Posted Sunday at 08:25 PM (edited) Last bulkhead to be installed is for just forward of #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. Edited Wednesday at 06:02 PM by Trussben Ronald-V, westwood, JpR62 and 9 others 12 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
scrubbyj427 Posted Sunday at 09:54 PM #37 Posted Sunday at 09:54 PM Great progress Ben, everything looks perfectly straight. Well done! Ryland Craze, Craigie65 and Trussben 3 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 Wednesday at 03:38 PM Author #38 Posted Wednesday at 03:38 PM (edited) All of the bulkheads and stiffners have been glued to the former and themselves, this thing is now rock solid and a very sturdy platform for everything thats to come. I have begun installing all of the jigs that will support the upper parts until the model has been planked on the outside, these jigs are NOT to be glued to the model as they will be removed later for all the internal work, here you can see the forward one. Edited Wednesday at 06:03 PM by Trussben Ronald-V, davyboy, Desertanimal and 12 others 15 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
bdgiantman2 Posted Wednesday at 10:32 PM #39 Posted Wednesday at 10:32 PM On the real ship would this support structure be the forward magazine? Looks almost the right place for such a room. Making good progress, Ben. Brian D
Trussben Posted 15 hours ago Author #40 Posted 15 hours ago 20 hours ago, bdgiantman2 said: On the real ship would this support structure be the forward magazine? Looks almost the right place for such a room. Making good progress, Ben. Brian D I don’t believe so, the forward magazine would be lower in the ship than the gundeck. Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
Trussben Posted 15 hours ago Author #41 Posted 15 hours ago Here is the midship jig installed. realworkingsailor, Beckmann, JpR62 and 3 others 6 Current builds: HMS Portland, HMS Pegasus . Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
yvesvidal Posted 14 hours ago #42 Posted 14 hours ago On 6/7/2025 at 3:17 PM, Trussben said: The way this kit is designed is very similar to the CAF Model kit of the 1/48th HMS Bellona, that I completed a few months ago. The major difference is that in the CAF model kit, you have to assemble every single frame by using the plan. The result is that it is not as precise and perfect as this kit is, since all frames are pre-cut in the Portland Scale Ship kit. The plus for CAF, is that the frames are made of sherry tree wood which makes it more precious in a certain way. Otherwise, the keel and the core of the hull are very similar. The support or cradle for the hull is nicer in your kit. CAF Model has never been very good at providing decent support for their model. Yves Trussben, Rustyj and Nunnehi (Don) 3
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