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  1. clearway
    Pull up a chair Keith- though the build might follow the speed of continental drift but the bar is well stocked😁. The paint is Humbrol or tamiya spray acrylic depending on colour - the wash on the decks was applied using a paintbrush. Regards the chainplates they are similar on Endurance nearly down to the waterline. Keith
  2. clearway
    i agree- by time i noticed i was too far in and didn't want to rip everything apart again! Keith
  3. clearway
    Hi Ian- it is to 1/100 scale- my version is an old Heller kit but Zvezda rereleased it a couple of years ago under their banner. Keith
  4. clearway
    Thanks for the likes and looking in- not much been happening in the shipyard last few weeks with covid, Xmas, visitors and doing some railway rolling stock for a rest from ships! I have built/ dry fitted some more of the deck fittings and made a new anchor deck (original was lost in mayhem while having new carpets fitted to ground floor of the house! Take care all Keith
  5. clearway
    that looks great - glad you left plating off the lower hull. Keith
  6. clearway
    Thanks for the likes, comments and looking in- always appreciated. Just a quicky from the shipyard today with the davits either side of the mainmast in place (still need rigged though). Take care everyone Keith
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    Cheers Keith- there would be a lot of wood for the stove in them ladders😉 Keith
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    Coming along Richard- you could use a varnish with a duller finish for below waterline - has anyone actually ascertained what colour they were painted below waterline as they weren't coppered and i would assume black pitch would have been used? Keith
  9. clearway
    Happy New Year to all- flippin heck, third new year building Terror! Back in shipyard and made a start on the companionway ladders before i install the davit arms midships- going off plans looks they they were hinged on eyebolts situated on the shroud protector with the pins facing aft and hooks and eyes fitted at the bottom to hold them in place. Looks like they were removable, but where they were stored when not in use lord alone knows (storage racks midships/ on the shroud protector)? I didn't use the kit supplied ladder but scratched one using walnut with the pins made from brass rod flattened where it is glued to steps. The hooks and eyes are made with annealed iron wire. Take care all and hope you all had a good time. Keith
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    We are thanks Greg and same to you guys. Keith
  11. clearway
    Hope you had a good Xmas Hake- sanding the dowelling down is fun! I was going to start adding the boats/ other four davits at the mainmast but realised i need to start on the entry way steps (just when you thought the end was in sight something else jumps at you)! Keith
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    No problem about delay in answering Greg- on week two of a bout of Covid myself along with rest of family Can't beat pestilence at Xmas! Keith
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    Merry Christmas Daniel, nice work - there are a couple of theories regarding the metal brackets, one being rests for the wooden davits when lowered as they used slings to tether the boats to stop them swinging but it seems to work as keith s shows them -we really really need parks canada to release some useful photos of the wreck!
  14. clearway
    Love these vanguard fishing smacks- speaking from practical experience as the son of a fisherman you certainly feel at one with the water in a force 6 gale in a 50foot wooden fishing vessel (unlike submariners who hide underneath the waves😁). Keith
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    No Problem Dave- it is classed as "for the expert" by billings so they assume you will know a lot of the basics already- really really must fire my Vicky up again. Keith
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    Merry Xmas John- as we say in Cumbria ev a gud yan marra😁. If you check very last post in my log you might want recreate the anchor release on the catheads before much more goes on there (unlike muppet here)! Keith
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    Coming along nicely Daniel- i am still debating as to have all the davits rigged with boats ready to be lowered or the whaleboats stored on the portside deck near the stern and the boats stowed with slings on the rear moat davits? Keith
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    havn't looked in for a while Phil- wow really moving along. Interested in how they stored the lifeboats on the davits as i am thinking of using a similar technique when doing my HMS Terror's boats. Keith
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    well done- another great looking diorama 😁 Keith
  20. clearway
    Looking at the ice floe base you made - that does look the part😁. I saw your post on daniels log regards sails- i am currently doind Hellers pourquoi pas in 1/100 scale as well as Endurance and Terror and am going to try using model aircraft tissue from deluxe materials though will be a while till i get to that stage, but might try it on Endurance's sails as well. Keith
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    Gets interesting trying to rig with all those lovely thread catching deck fittings! Why i left a few things loose till i finished tying off. Regards amount of lines - i missed off the buntlines and didn't have that many pins spare (they must have doubled up using one belaying pin for same set of buntlines). Keith
  22. clearway
    havn't read about Charcot but have read Lansings book about Shackleton - them guys were made of something else! I would be seriosly tempted just to varnish the entire hull with no plating is it looks sooooooooo nice! Keith
  23. clearway
    craig comes to the rescue again 😉 Keith
  24. clearway
    Welcome back from your awesome trip- in Cumbria we now have frosty clear weather after several weeks of on/ off rain/ wind/ sleet/ rain- you deffo picked wrong week to come to the lakes😄! Keith
  25. clearway
    Thanks for the likes and looking in, not much happening in shipyard this week as i decided to get back to some 00 gauge wagon kits as a change of scene, however this evening i got the anchor release mechanisms in place (simplified as we are talking 1/75 scale here). They were shaped from some softened brass wire bent to shape, flattened and drilled. Still can't believe this will be third christmas since i started Terror! take care all Keith

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