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

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Here is a little teaser of what’s to come in Chapter 4, these are the main deck subfloors on which we will be doing our first planking, just need very slight adjustments to fit my model.

 

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While I’m making and installing the fancy moldings to the QGs and aft fascia I also got started on Chapter 4.

The first job is to install the Orlop decks that will only just be visible so they are laser etched AYC panels.

I made using some black card some blackout panels to stop anything from being seen through the side of the framing, then sanded and used WOP to finish the panel before gluing it in.

Then the main deck beam parts where sanded and glued together and are awaiting being painted red on the sides that will be seen.

All this needs to be repeated forward before the subfloors can be fitted.