RGL
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Main and Fore yards complete. I have not yet attched the tackle as I will use two of them to be lowering a ship's boat and the other will be slung with the tricing lines to the stays. These are hopefully the most difficult of the lot with so many blocks to attach. Only 9 to go!
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Happy to tell you what NOT to do including advice on cats.
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Mate I tossed every fitting, the only part of the original kit are the frames, first layer of planks, the decking (which I should have tossed) and the windlass. Everything else is scratch apart from the wheel, anchors and the photo fret which is from Caldercraft for their endeavour. The blocks are all from Classicmodel and a few of Chucks. It's probably cost me 5 times what I paid for the kit in 2000ad but I would not be satisfied. Nearly 10 years on and I'm finally getting there!
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A productive weekend so far, blocks attached to both the fore and main yard, and footropes attached and dampened with diluted white glue to get them to fall properly. One they have set to the stirrups i will lash them. Once dry I can re paint.
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Ok, stirrup time. I used a needle to thread some 1.5mm line around a needle then glued it to form the base of the stirrup, then trimmed it when dry. i then set 15mm of length with CA to set it hard. The using some plastic strip to keep the distances correct at 15mm, slung them underneath the yard and lashed them. i can't actually attach the footropes until I lash the blocks on. A bit of black paint to hide the sins will follow.
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The fore and main yards. Several days to strop all the blocks required. Now I have to get the Stirrups and footropes right before lashing them. I think I intend to finish all the yards (11 of them) first so I can work from Bow to stern, low to high. The only blocks missing here are the lower tackle block.
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HMB Endeavour by mikec - Eaglemoss
RGL replied to mikec's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Whilst mine is nowhere near as good, I used a plank bender on square stock, crimped it to shape and sanded it round. -
The only other reference I've found via my books and Ray Parkin's book is they drop strait into the first companionway forward. As such, pointless PM'ing the photo. The AL instructions just have you drill a couple of holes in the deck. You've done such a fantastic job on yours it will take a rebuild of the cabinet work. Maybe Marquardt made it up?
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HMB Endeavour by mikec - Eaglemoss
RGL replied to mikec's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Great job on the bumpkins. I've never seen any reference to a gasket to hold the end of the anchor stock like in the replica's photo! I used black cord for the gammoning on mine but yours looks good, I reckon you should keep it. -
I kinda went strait off the AOTS if you have a look at my log. I've also got Parkinson's reference if you want me to PM a photo? It's different.
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Looks very very neat! Are you going to drill holes for the anchor cable to go into the hold?
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Thankyou for the kind words. I've got about 100 blocks to strop with served rope now, so several months just to get that done I think. Then figure out how to attach them to the masts with parrels, then the correct order to sequence them so I can still work the running rigging, then fix the large hole in the hull from the cat, then the final ships boat to be completed and slung off the main and fore yard on tackle. The last step will be the base.
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Two weeks work, and pretty much the last of the woodwork, Spars and yards done.Lots and lots of blocks and ropes to go. What's the best way to make stirrups?
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Dude, I started my Endeavour in 2000 when I lived in Cairns, I get annoyed, and I put it away. I did the frames when my youngest boy was born in 2005, it's now 2014, I've started on the yards. NSW finally beat Qld this year. It's the process, not the finish. It's that bloody cold here in Canberra, you cane toads can do it!
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Nice work
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The cat and I do not talk and the ship is now stored where she can't get to it. I have one more bit of repair work on the hull where it bounced off the piano then I can finally start on the spars.
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I've been lazy for a while. I've finally finished the damage to the front of the bus. I've added some research photos first to explain what I have done in regards to cable and the use of tackle. Plus the damage done by the cat in the first instance. .
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I'm now kicking myself as it makes sense, but I can't find an image of it. The replica has closed hearts! Too late for me now anyway.
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Sweet, I did find this kit trawling the net and thought about it for the bucket list. Hurry up! Looking forward to this.
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HMB Endeavour by mikec - Eaglemoss
RGL replied to mikec's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
I like the white, and the stern fittings are so much nicer than the AL version. You'll have to unship the boats rudder as the spare spars will hit it. Are you going to put the covers on the stern windows? -
HMB Endeavour by mikec - Eaglemoss
RGL replied to mikec's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Great work! How well does the bowsprit clear the base of the bumpkins? I had a fair bit of trouble with that. -
You have made this look easy, I'm just about up to this on my Endeavour, looking forward to your tutorial on their rigging ;-)
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Um, I threw the packaging away, but I went off the CW sizes from the AOTS. Both types used correspond with the 1/64 offerings from Caldercraft if that makes sense?
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I basically replaced all the wood for the hull's second layer and I wish I had done so for the deck as the supplied stuff is waxy rubbish (I am doing the exact same kit). Modelers shipyard is the go.
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