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

manning16 · Jul 3, 2025

I'm drooling on myself..did the math..I'm 77..might have a few more years ..get her out ASAP!

trussben · Jul 6, 2025

Deadwood has been shaped and more framing installed.

Magic Mike · Jul 6, 2025

trussben said:
Deadwood has been shaped and more framing installed.

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Ben, it is great to see something new in the works and I look forward to following every step of the build. Have fun, what a beautiful start! Magic Mike

trussben · Jul 10, 2025

Work on the aft cant frames is well underway.

trussben · Jul 14, 2025

Work on the forward apron and cant frames has begun, nothing glued in place yet, just checking the fit.

trussben · Jul 20, 2025

Starboard side framing completed, now onto the port side.
Obviously it looks awful at this stage as it needs “a shit ton” of sanding and fairing but we will get to that soon enough.

trussben · Jul 22, 2025

Port side framing ready for cleaning of the laser char.

trussben · Jul 27, 2025

Port side square framing well underway.

GIG1810 · Jul 29, 2025

wow...what a ship. Very nice. Good job!!
Cheers
Günther Ship-1

Namabiiru · Jul 29, 2025

Just stumbled on your build and need to find a spot to squeeze in and take a seat. Wonderful work so far.

trussben · Aug 1, 2025

More framing and started on the port deadwood.

trussben · Aug 3, 2025

Aft Cant framing completed and then I installed the two inner stern posts ready to tackle the Transoms.

trussben · Aug 4, 2025

Transoms in place but not glued yet.

Maarten · Aug 4, 2025

What a wonderful kit Ben.
Curious what the finall result will be, sofar it looks great.

Magic Mike · Aug 4, 2025

Great looking transoms Ben! Magic Mike

trussben · Aug 11, 2025

Chapter 1 has now been completed with all framing done.

Lots of sanding and fairing of the hull has begun, this is going to take time and make a lot of mess.

Then Chapter 2 will start with the painting of the gunports and installation of the frieze panels.

dockattner · Aug 11, 2025

Beautiful work, Ben!

trussben · Aug 16, 2025

While the sanding goes on, and on and on, I decided to take a look at which shade of red that I will use on this model, I used ME Bulwarks red on my Winnie but may change to something different.

Magic Mike · Aug 16, 2025

Ben, I really like the scarlet and/or flat red! Magic Mike

trussben · Aug 16, 2025

Hey Mike

Im actually thinking of going for a more toned down look and the red ochre would match better with the pear framing instead of competing against it.
Also toying in my mind about black channel wales and gunport lids to do maybe a bit of a Nelson chequer type of look, decisions decisions!