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

[woodartist]

What is the historical purpose of the "slight off set/change in width" in planking on the stern? It appears that the planks are the same thickness.

[Trussben]

2 hours ago, Rustyj said:

Looking really good and I get more excited with each update!

You think that you may build Portland after you finish Speedwell Rusty? I'm sure JJ would be delighted!

[Trussben]

32 minutes ago, woodartist said:

What is the historical purpose of the "slight off set/change in width" in planking on the stern? It appears that the planks are the same thickness.

Not quite sure what your asking? The widths of the planking do narrow up a bit as they get further forward and aft on the hull, widest around midships.

[woodartist]

The diagonal line in the photo just forward of the large opening that is in the Captain's quarters, I presume, shows an interruption in the planking pattern and I am wondering what the reason/purpose of that interruption.

[Trussben]

Oh! Gotcha!

 

That is the space where the main and mizzen channels will be inserted.

[Rustyj]

1 hour ago, Trussben said:

You think that you may build Portland after you finish Speedwell Rusty? I'm sure JJ would be delighted!

Oh I'm very interested in adding this to my must do list.

 

[scrubbyj427]

Beautiful work on the planking Ben. That boxwood looks lovely. Really looking forward to seeing the ebony go on.

[scrubbyj427]

1 hour ago, Rustyj said:

Oh I'm very interested in adding this to my must do list.

 

Rusty, I’m going to start producing some kits when I finish up with work in a couple weeks. Stay tuned.

[woodartist]

6 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

Oh I'm very interested in adding this to my must do list.

me too, I am about 4 weeks from finishing Winchelsia and looking for the next project

[Trussben]

22 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

Beautiful work on the planking Ben. That boxwood looks lovely. Really looking forward to seeing the ebony go on.

Thanks JJ

 

I had toyed with the idea of doing the channel wales in Ebony but finally decided to keep things closer to the paintings.

 

 

[glbarlow]

That’s a lot of precision cutting. I’d be interested to see your plank cutting method. I can never seem to get a consistent thickness, making my Byrnes planer an essential tool. 

[Trussben]

Planking on the port side from the frieze panels down including the channel wales completed.

[Trussben]

First couple of planks below the channel wales installed, taking time to carefully leave the 1/32” reveal around the gunports.
 

 

 

 

 

[scrubbyj427]

Looks very nice Ben, glad to see you back at it. The boxwood looks great on there!

[Trussben]

Fitting and trimming of the false lower counter panel, then cut off the lower ears and fair everything in before adding the aft planking tick strips again and starting to plank again.

 

 

[scrubbyj427]

Nice work Ben. I can’t wait to see this planked. That boxwood looks extraordinary! Well done.

[Trussben]

Finished the planking below the channel wales, now for the “black” strake ( which on this model happens to be black according to the paintings ) and then the Main wales.

 

 

[scrubbyj427]

Very nice Ben! That looks really good with boxwood.

[bigcreekdad]

Love your work.

 

Where did you get this kit? I tried googling it with no luck.

[Trussben]

23 hours ago, bigcreekdad said:

Love your work.

 

Where did you get this kit? I tried googling it with no luck.

 

[Trussben]

Black strake and first two wales are on, the planking layout and tick strips line up pretty well with how the paintings look.

 

 

[scrubbyj427]

Wow that looks really good Ben. I think I want to start over on mine lol.

 

is that black hornbeam?

[Trussben]

6 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

Wow that looks really good Ben. I think I want to start over on mine lol.

 

is that black hornbeam?

Hi JJ

 

No - it’s not Hornbeam, I was going to use ebony but an old friend and mentor talked me out of it, So I’m trying Holly dyed with fiebigs at his suggestion. I’ve used Pear dyed with fiebigs before on Pegasus that came out well so I was interested to see how it works with the Holly - I’m quite pleased so far but will reserve final judgement until it’s all completed, sealed and buffed out.

 

Ben

 

 

[scrubbyj427]

That looks very good. I may experiment with some AYC just for fun. Will you be able to fair it out and then add dye again? 

[Chuck]

That look very good Ben.  She is coming along.

 

JJ …I have dyed yellow cedar black with great results.  Just do so off the model.  If you have to sand and touch up its OK as long as you have no drips.  That dye can be messy.  So you must use extreme care.

[dvm27]

Holly takes up Fiebings dye beautifully and buffs to a nice matte finish. But I do treat it like it's radioactive as one errant drop will be a permanent feature of your model. I do touch ups on the model but always try to apply it before gluing it in place though.

[Trussben]

36 minutes ago, scrubbyj427 said:

That looks very good. I may experiment with some AYC just for fun. Will you be able to fair it out and then add dye again? 

What you see has already been dyed off the model, then glued in place, lightly sanded, and dyed again in place being very careful and using a q-tip to apply it with more accuracy - care must be taken with this stuff.

[scrubbyj427]

6 minutes ago, Trussben said:

What you see has already been dyed off the model, then glued in place, lightly sanded, and dyed again in place being very careful and using a q-tip to apply it with more accuracy - care must be taken with this stuff.

I’m going to sand down my wales again, I got that appearance when doing the black strake by applying thinned down paint but the wales didn’t go quite as well. I’m going to lightly sand them down and apply dye with a small cloth. Looks  very good.

[Chuck]

5 minutes ago, scrubbyj427 said:

with a small cloth

literally a Q-tip is much better.  A cloth could get messy no matter how small.

[scrubbyj427]

8 minutes ago, Chuck said:

literally a Q-tip is much better.  A cloth could get messy no matter how small.

Copy that. Does that stuff penetrate through WOP? I make sure I drown my planks with WOP before any paint comes close to the hull.