cobra1951

You must be burned at the stake....guilty of sorcery!

 

The building speed baffles me...and it looks good!

 

Not possible...can't be...impossible...witchcraft...black magic!

 

Robin 

Haha i totally agree i think he's a naval Wizard :D

Bob: The slip is great, but big and heavy. Best suited for a stationary work desk and not the kitchen table that I have. But once we get rid of the kids I'll have a hobby room for my self.

Heavy is good IMHO as it gives a nice stable base for the hull.

Not much good for me at the moment though with my Endeavour as there is no stem fitted till much later on so there is nothing for the Bow end of the slipway to hold on to. Might get one later once the stem has been fitted

Nice, you can never have enough cannons :)

I was thinking about getting one of those building slips from the UK Hobbyzone dealer, it looks like a nice piece of kit

The upside is the longer you take the better the end product

Last part of the slipway build

Placed the keel in the slot in the slipway and dry fitted the bulkheads

Marked out where the bulkheads cross the slipway

Removed keel and cut slots where the bulkhead markings where

Replaced the keel and made sure bulkheads sat in the slots cut out for them

Checked that the bulkheads were clear of the base of the slipway insuring that they sat all the way down in their slots

Long winded way of doing it but by starting with two long strips and then cutting slots in them i know all the pieces are perfectly in line with each other (nothing like piece of mind before continuing)

Very nice boat you have there, beautiful lines
I would have used dowel too, much stronger than wire for supports.
Looking at your workmanship I think your skill levels are higher than you think they are, very nicely built

Nice to see you back on board another ship Bob mate.

 

Will take a seat to if there's a drink going around!!!.

 

Frank.

Cheers Frank welcome. EJ has brought lots of drinks for all

Right on Bob!! This will be great to watch, looking forward to following along

Thanks Don and welcome

Nice result

You're making great headway as usual Frank, nice work

I'll watch along if you don't mine, I like the Occre brand kits. Should be better instructions than the Panart.....

 

Is that another Gun deck in the background ?

 

Paul V

Hi Paul welcome

The instructions are far better than the Panart ones

The gun deck in the background is an almost finished one of the two i built before, as i started the slipway for this build a while ago but i have only just started the log

Looking forward to following another Endeavour build.

 

Cheers

Slog

Hi Slog and welcome

Hey Bob! I've been keeping an eye out for you to start this one. Hope you don't mind me pulling up a chair to join you. Brought plenty of drinks and snacks for everyone! Looking forward to seeing her come together.

Hi EJ and welcome lots of snacks is just the job

Thanks Carl and welcome

Think it's time to start a new build log

As usual first thing is a homemade slipway to keep the keel straight

Glue the two halves of the keel together

There are two strengthening parts to fit to the joint but not yet

Built the slipway first

Keel without the strengthening parts fitted

Keel now square to the slipway

Cut a slot in the slipway to allow the strengthening pieces to be fitted

Wow I never realised the kit was so small

Makes your work even more impressive

Great little build you are doing, very nice :)

Getting the other half on side is the most difficult bit mate . Job well done there   

Yeah when it comes to the repetitive bits it's so easy to lose the will to carry on with them

Hi Ian

           This one sneaked in under my radar

Great little build, nice job

As you said a great value for money kit too

Wow it looks bigger in the outside shots :)

And i bet that's not all the dog leaves in the grass for you

Well, better get back to it. Still have 34 more lids to make!

I don't envy you that task

I look at it this way, building models is a fun pastime and the more time that passes the more fun you must be having

And, stupid me, I have to go to the store again. After cutting the main mast, I discovered I toke the size of the fore mast :(

 

Hennie

I sympathise as i have done the same thing countless times