RGL
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It took me several years to get to your point in the build, fast work indeed -
Excellent work
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Great work on the chains
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Looks good mate, welcome back!
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I quite like the colour, it will look good against the black
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Don't be afraid to do another layer. Have a look at the AOTS or Parkin's Endeavor to get your run of the planks
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Lower mast stays completed. All of the stays were made on the Model Shipways ropewalk, and I wormed each of them with smaller thread. I made individual mice for each on my little jig. Futtock staves and catharpins added. I think it is time for the pain of ratlines.
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Awesome build!
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Thanks gents, my plan is to have my Endeavor displayed lowering a ships boat and also drawing in one of the anchors using the fish hook Davit running off one of the mast tackles. As far as I can figure it, it will utilise two tackle running off the yards from the main mast and foremast. I think that it will have to use the 2 tackle off the mainmast stay. It just seems that if I use the foremast tackle it would get tangled in the shrouds. I admit I am basing this on Marquardt's book. He has no pendants only blocks off the lower masts. Thus my confusion. Greg
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Too much? My wife bought this last night on an online auction for $130. I've been in a quandry for ages about building a glass cabinet, but this kind of solved it!
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There are two references I found in Seamanship in th age of sail and one by marquardt. My quandry is that the Endeavour has lower mast tackle, so I am assuming that the two tackle on the main mast stay is used in conjunction with the tackle on the yards.
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Can someone give me some guidance on how the Endeavour lowers it's ship's boats? I have numerous references using the yard tackle, but does it also sling off the stays or mast tackle? I'm sure someone here has been on the replica and seen it in action.
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A simple solution (unless I'm off track here), is to use a pencil and draw on your 4 rows of Wales. Then run that across the midline. Are you going to paint the bottom of the hull? If so the run of lower planks won't matter. Given the blunt bow you'll have to use stealers etc. happy to PM my progress of photos I kept from the old MSW. It is tricky
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It took me a full week to get my tackle even slightly right, incredibly fiddly at 1/60 for my fat fingers. Thankfully I only had 4 to do. If I knew of Chucks product months ago it would have been so much easier AND I cheated using commercial hooks. I reckon you're doing alright.
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Model shipways had a 4 masted lumber schooner, bit Bluejacket still have the Notman
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Awesome work. You just make it look easy
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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
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I've PM'd you what I think is the answer
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Cornwall ship models has some stuff called Krick which I ordered off their site, takes about a week in the post and the shipping is dirt cheap compared to US sites and 5 times as quick. A gunsmith should have blackening (or blueing) as well, probably available in bigger volumes as well
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Steering gear revisited. Sooo much clumsier with shrouds, but worth doing. The new blocks are from JB Models. I made my first attempt at using brass to strop the blocks incluing hooks, using 0.2mm copper bashed flat leaving the ends unflattened to make the hooks. Then blackened and attached to the blocks. The final photo is from 2011 when I made my first attempt. They actually look a lot better in real life than the iphone photos.
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Looks great. Funny how the sketches show bumpkins and the hood over the bowsprit but the AOTS doesn't. I've just tried my own hooks for the first time but just not to your standard. Really impressed old boy.
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Looks fine. Is it detactable as it may get in the road later! Will you attach an ensign?
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The first photo was taken years ago when i was setting up the steering gear. I'm completly dissatisfied with the blocks. Thus the next bit of progress or regress, as I decided that i would replace them all. The second photo is of commerically available blocks. The top is from www.JBmodels.eu, the second is the typical block available in kits. The third is from Chuck Pressario's new website www.Syrenshipmodelcompany.com. Both Jerzy and Chuck have made a great product (no I'm not sponsored). number 4 are kit blocks, then JBModels then Syren. The third photo is a close up of a replaced JBModel 3mm block on deck. The fourth photo is a comparison of JBModels small blocks stained maple (3mm) and the kit block which I am replacing on the deck rigging blocks.
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Could not agree more, if you're getting frustrated walk away for a while. It's supposed to be fun.
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