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

[scrubbyj427]

Looking good Dusan. Laying out the gunport templates in advance is a great idea.

[westwood]

Hi guys, just a little update again because there was less time to build than I would have liked...
I continued framing the gunports. All 4 longitudinal pieces have been installed.
Only on the aft three bulkheads isn't glued in yet.
I'll finish that after framing the stern.
And here are some pictures of the stern.
First I shaped and glued The upper wing transom.
Then the four shorter inner frames and the two outer frames.
Finally the horizontals, I heat formed those to the curve just like upper wing transom to make them fit nicely into the slots of the frames and jig.
Now the QG framing and balcony will be next

[scrubbyj427]

Nice work Dusan. Framing looks good. Almost to the fun parts

[westwood]

Here are some progress pics, guys!
The stern and QG framing, as well as the gun port framing, are complete...

 

 

[Trussben]

Nice, enjoy the framing!

[scrubbyj427]

Excellent precision work Dusan! Looking forward to your framing work!

 

JJ

[westwood]

so the framing fun began 

[scrubbyj427]

Great start to the framing Dusan! The perpendicular frames move very quickly, especially when you take all the char off beforehand. Looking forward to seeing the cant frames!

Edited Sunday at 06:47 PM by scrubbyj427