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Hi Snoepert, Man your flying along with the build. I'm 12months into my Endeavour, but just getting to fit-out the hull and deck. The enclosed Pic. shows how I finished off where the masts go through the deck. I believe it is called a Partner, which I shaped to fit surrounding features. The ships would of had something like this to strengthen the deck about the hole. Dave R
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Greg, Storm was kind to where I live in Shorncliffe(Northern), no problems at home an family all good. Plenty of rain and flooding in places I have never seen so bad in 50 years living in my area. The hinges: 2.5mm width(across the pivot point) x 8.5mm long The leg 8.5mm long and trying to get a thin as possible. These ones approx. 2mm wide. I cut the left end to leave a tag that I glue into a hole. Very fiddly, hope the enclo. picture shows how I rebate the hatch for the leg. Dave R
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New Forestay looks really nice now Steve. Dave R
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In the Shipyard. First Picture: I am using other parts offcuts to make small hinges, fiddly little things, but after some straightening and blackening, come up fine. This is 1 of 4 for the stern hatches. Second Picture: The Stern, progress on the Taffarel leaf. Best I can it for now, undercoated. Close up the imperfections show, however after some fine sanding and painting hope it come up a bit better. At a distance looks not too shabby. Have been procrastinating on this detail for weeks, so now done. I am however pleased how the top over hang come out. Formed by laminating 2 x 0.5mm deck planks to form the overhang. Have decided to get into the hull hatches, get hatch & hinges made and out of the way. Fiddly but in the right mind to do it - that helps. Dave R
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Thanks Pat. Slow going on the fiddly bits. Dave R
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The picture below is my work bench - ala The Shipyard. Gets pretty hectic when I am working on a few different areas at once. Dave R
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Sorry Steve, I missed the scale of your build which is indicated at the bottom of your posts. You're on top of it. Dave R
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Nice repairs in the shipyard Pat. I've got some of Cucks hooks as well. Now ? need to test them before I use them. Thanks for posting the repairs, we all learn from others. Thanks Dave R
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Hi Steve, I agree the forestay looks too big. I've done a bit of work converting the ropes and blocks on the masts from "The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship 1794 by David steel. It is from a ship 400 to 450 tons(closest tons I could source). Actually it was a lot of data entry and calculations in MS Excel. For Scale 1:60 The Fore Mast: Forestay 4 strands 11" dia with 14" heart conversion 1.5mm dia with 6mm heart Preventor 4 strands 7" with 11" heart conversion 0.9mm dia with 5mm heart With what sizes are available from suppliers, go with what we can source. Otherwise will be making our own - not me though. Cheers Dave R
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Gunwales. I made two(2) types of gunwales. # 1 for the straight runs(from 5x2), rebated underneath to provide a consistent corner edge against the hull. The 2mm edge to outside. Short bit in 1 of the pictures below. # 2 for the bow, cut by template from the exposed bow, out of a block of hardwood. Shaped by using a linisher/disk bench sanding machine. Took some time but worth it, didn't have to bend 5x2 stock. Forgot to take pictures of the process - bugga. #2 joined to #1 at line of fore and mid deck jump up points. All eventually painted black. Dave R
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Thanks for your kind words Rowan, Greg and Ron. Slow going, but making progress. Dave R
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Nice work there Rowan. Looks very sleek. I'm a few steps behind in my build. Dave R
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Hi Pat, In for the long haul it seems. Thanks for looking in. Dave R
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The shipyard has been busy plugging the deck planks. Below are a few snaps of the finished layout and plugs. I am fairly pleased with the finish, not consistent, but looks worn after a time at seas maybe. The effect, ? I'll stick with it. Onto the gunwales next. Dave R
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Back from holidays. Started on the deck plugging, another several hundred to drill and plug. Dave R.
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Hi All, The shipyard has finally applied the deck planks to the decks. I did my best to work out a layout similar to that in the AOTS, with some minor changes to accommodate the materials and my capabilities. I found it challenging to get all the planks tapered and touching together, taking into account each plank width and the width of the deck(even width planks was the aim). Some small gaps if one looks carefully, however once above deck fit-out and rigging is applied, maybe get lost ? Short break then onto ? hatches and hinges. Cheers Dave R.
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Been keen to get started on the deck planking, get something done. I am not able to do real fiddly work, as my left hand is in a splint(from cutting my thumb). At the shipyard, "ochre" red has been applied inside of the gunwales and some of the mid planking about the Main Partner is in place. I reckon the partner(where the mast penetrates the deck) stands out quiet nicely. Plenty of planks to cut, some to shape, keep me busy for a while. Dave R
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Hi Steve, Probably good advice on changing to a cheap drill, will look out for one and go for another modification. Thanks Dave R
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Hi Pat, Your right, as when I turned down the 3 mast bottoms, it was easy to slow the Dremel down(not much torque in it) when applying a bit of extra force to take more off. I'll take Steve's advice and look out for a cheap drill with a chuck. Dave R
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Bit more work today. Edge boards to front and rear decks(where each steps down). 3x1mm board is recessed 0.5mm so the 0.5mm decking butts flush to them. Each overhangs ~1.0mm for the bulkhead boards under to butt up. Dave R
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Here is my home made Lathe using a Dremel tool and scraps of timber. The picture is after 2 rebuilds(improvements), not fully assembled. Both the drill drive end and fix end move on slides which allows 100mm to 350mm long dowels to be worked on. Just for the Endeavour mast and spars. The tool rest also slides between - raised to clear the end wing nuts of the slides. With the long dowels, the middle bows so I am looking at maybe a small roller that rests on the other side of a dowel, mounted on the other side of he tool rest to oppose the force of the cutting tool. All good fun making these things - keeps the mind active. Dave R
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Work at the shipyard has been somewhat slow. Before going ahead with decking and other components I stepped the 3 masts - mainly to set the mast partners on the deck. I made 3 partners for where the masts go through the deck. Turned down each mast to required diameter. Fore 8mm dia Main 9mm dia Mizzen 6.5mm dia (should of been 6mm by my calculations but seems so small) Each mast goes through a mid collar on the lower deck and down to rest on the keel, the partner and collar allowed to set the rake and plumb sideways of each of the 3 masts. So onto the decking next. Dave R
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HMB Endeavour by mikec - Eaglemoss
DaveRow replied to mikec's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Hi Mike, Your detail pictures are great. Will surely help me when I get to this stage. Makes sense seeing things made than trying to working out from views on plans. Keep them coming - great stuff. Dave R -
Great work Ron. You give me inspiration, that I will get there one day. Lucky me will have all the logs of Endeavour builds to sift through for help. Dave R
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Great step by step info there Pat. That helps explain a few things as, I am long way away from making masts and spars, but have had a look in on them in the AOTS, and looked daunting to me. I will be doing a lot of hand shaving and sanding I reckon, milling machine, what milling machine ? I've made a home made Lathe, that's about where I'm at. Keep up the great work in the shipyard Pat. Dave R.
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