HMS Portland 1770 by Trussben - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate

Trussben · June 21

All six counter Timbers installed, the other horizontal ones are for the framing of the aft gunports and the other transoms.

The long runners down each side of the ship are not yet glued in place, just there to keep everything in its place until this stern framing is completed.

scrubbyj427 · June 21

Nice job on the stern frames, everything looks really good.

Rustyj · June 21

Very nice Ben. The more I see your progress the more excited I get!

Trussben · June 21

54 minutes ago, Rustyj said:

Very nice Ben. The more I see your progress the more excited I get!

Me too Rusty!

Trussben · June 21

Here are the final jig parts for the moment, these two mdf pieces mount on top of the aft jig assembly and give support to the tallest bulkhead extensions at the level of the Quarterdeck, they also hold the parts for the gunports.

Trussben · June 22

Some more of the stern parts being added to include the aft balcony floor, aft gunport framing and some filler pieces.

Trussben · June 22

And now beginning to glue all of the longitudinals pieces in place that will help frame all of the gunports.

Trussben · June 28

Hance pieces and fairing caps installed and I’ve started framing the starboard side gunports.

Edited June 28 by Trussben

scrubbyj427 · June 29

Looking good Ben.

Trussben · June 29

Starboard side gunport framing completed, now to start cleaning the char from the Frame pieces and begin installing them. I intend to frame this side and when done turn her around and frame all the port side.

scrubbyj427 · June 29

That looks really good Ben, those ports turned out very well. Looking forward to seeing some frames now!

Trussben · June 30

Here are the first few Starboard side frames installed, we will begin to get a proper feel for what the model is going to look like now.

The designer has left lots of “meat on the bones” for later fairing of the hull when framing is complete.

westwood · June 30

Great work, Ben!
I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm looking forward to starting the framing process on my model.

scrubbyj427 · July 1

Great start on the frames Ben. Those perpendicular ones go pretty quick once the char is off.

Trussben · July 1

Aft deadwood piece was cleaned of char and adjusted so it was a nice tight fit in its position, it’s not been glued in as its shape needs to be sanded closer to what it will finally look like.