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

[scrubbyj427]

Outstanding Job Dusan! I can’t wait to see it all faired up. The apron turned out just lovely.

[westwood]

Today was all about installing the forward frames, partially sanded 
Now, only one full frame and one short frame are left. 
And finally, the hawse pieces.

[scrubbyj427]

Nice Dusan. It looks like you used the whole lower apron piece on the stbd side? You must have done some sanding by the looks of it.

[westwood]

You're right, JJ, on the starboard side I used the whole bottom apron.
And I made a less visible adjustment - widening the bottom step for the first four frames.
I took a piece from the scrap board from which the apron was cut so that the color and grain direction would match, and glued it with transparent glue so that it is not even visible.
Maybe it will be sanded down during the final fairing anyway, but just in case.

[scrubbyj427]

How thick was the piece you added? I’m going to increase the thickness of the part.

[westwood]

That piece was maybe 3 mm thick
but now that I've sanded it down a bit, it's about 2.5 mm wide at frame 8a and gets even thinner towards the front. Wait a bit with the modification, JJ, while I do some more sanding.
Then I'll check it, take a photo, and write to you.
I'll also send a photo of how much I've adjusted the front step for frame 1a.

 

Now, today's progress.

I glued the last one, even though it's actually the cant frame no 1. And then the hawse pieces or bow timbers, which name is correct, or both?

During assembly I used 0.8 mm foil and some scrap  to support and define the same distance between them.

And of course, I couldn't wait because I was curious to see how it looked, so I immediately started sanding.

Now, however, the last half frame and the same thing awaits on the starboard side.

 

[Chuck]

Lovely!!!