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Lower deck boards installed. Weathered the boards grey and darkened the caulk lines and nails holes. Seems to have worked out OK. As I mentioned above for the upper visible decks I plan to use longer planks and do a 4 board shift.
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Hello JPalmer. Appreciate you following. Love your country! Have spent some time in Sydney and the Blue Mountains but not as far west inland as you are.
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Ian OcCre has you build up the bow with pine blocks then sand and carve it down to the bull nose before adding the first planking.
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Marc you commented that a 3 or 4 butt shift would look better for deck boards, and I agree. From your study what are your thoughts about board lengths? Anatomy of the Ship indicates boards were in the 29-30 ft length. Other references I have read suggest board lengths that long would have been difficult to sustain for ship carpenters. Tall straight trees not always available. Longer boards also cumbersome to maneuver and store in hold. Basically suggesting board lengths would vary throughout the deck as repairs and replacements were carried out over the years.
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Ian that phase definitely has me doing some advance study. There are a few YouTube videos on building this ship. OcCre has their own which is nice. It however has the builder speaking in Spanish with English closed caption. Several builds here on MSW as well. Bending the first planking to fit the snub nose bow I understand to be tricky. Various methods are recommended for that purpose. Ian do you have any experience with building a wooden ship?
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Hey Marc and Ian. Appreciate you so much following my new build. I picked up the Anatomy of The Ship-Captain Cook’s Endeauvor, by Karl Marquardt. I found the ATOS book by Longridge very helpful during my Victory build and hope the Endeavour version is just as helpful.
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Completed the decking on the starboard half of the lower deck. Plan to stain the two halves a weathered gray. OcCre instructions have the planks at 65mm in length and alternating planks for the butt joints. AOTS shows a length that the scale would be better around 140mm and a 3 or 4 alternating board butt. Used the lower deck to get experience since not much of it will be seen. Will change the layout on the upper decks.
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Decided to plank the deck with individual boards instead of using the long deck planking strips as the instructions direct. The layout included in the kit shows the deck boards being around 6.5mm long. I started the process of cutting all the strips into pieces that length. I also am covering the 4 sides of each small strip with pencil graphite that will ultimately resemble plank caulk when sanded, stained, and top coated.
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Veszett I am loving your ideas! 😊
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Pretty heavy too!
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Added the 10 frame pieces. After I had them all glued in I temporarily placed the lower deck sections in to hold frames perfectly in place.
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That sounds like a good idea Ian. Here is another idea I saw that looks pretty cool.
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Veszett you commented above that if I planned to display my Victory and Soleil Royal together I should also put the Victory in an ocean diorama. I thought that was a great idea and began to plan the diorama. Then I realized the water line on my Victory is the same line where the copper plating stops. While building my Victory I spent many hours adding copper to the hull including nail impressions. If I were to now out the Victory in a diorama all that copper work would be covered and no longer visible. 🥲
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Very inviting work space Henry. No doubt it will open your mind to many creative adventures.
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So I gather from my research and reading that it is absolutely imperative at the onset of this build that the two sections of the false keel be perfectly straight when glued together. Even off by a millimeter would result in further problems in the build. After glueing the two sections together and adding the reinforcement pieces I pressed the keel up against a metal ruler to insure it is perfectly straight. Knowing how important this is I am not rushing this step. After gluing it up I am letting it set overnight for the wood glue to dry. The next step will be to add the 10 frame pieces. In preparation I have cut these pieces loose, sanded them, and numbered them in order.
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And so it begins (Mar 2, 2024 for my reference). OcCre tells me this stack of blocks, pieces of wood, and various parts will ultimately produce the Endeavour. We will see. Please feel free to follow along this journey and add your thoughts and advice.
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Had to get my finished HMS Victory out of the case and do a big correction. Doing this before I start my next project the OcCre Endeavour. I have no idea why I did it, but it was pointed out to me during the time I was building the Le Soleil Royal that I incorrectly rigged white ratlines on both ships. Again I have no idea why I thought that was correct when it is obviously not. I made the correction on the Soleil Royal as I continued the build. Now that is is finished I am going back to my Victory and making the same correction by carefully painting each ratline with a small brush and black Panel Line Accent Color. I must admit now that I have it out of the case I am tempted to design a diorama for it since it will be displayed with the Soleil Royal that is in a diorama. 🤔
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Bill97 replied to Dan Vadas's topic in - Index of all kits by brand and subject
Thanks Chris. Appreciate it. -
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Bill97 replied to Dan Vadas's topic in - Index of all kits by brand and subject
Jeff at your convenience would you move and retitle this to member build log? No matter what I do I can’t seem to delete content and restart the topic in the correct category. I think I have created a mess. I tried to start a new log a member build but concerned I may have two now. https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36221-endeavour-by-bill97-occre-154/ -
Thanks Marc. I really appreciate your comments. Putting it in a diorama was a last minute decision but, as you said, does present a beautiful display. Hopefully with my woodworking experience the Endeavour is an enjoyable task. I do understand there will a bit more sawdust my wife will want me to control.
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Thanks Veszett. I really like your “silly tale”. In fact that is the one I am going to tell when I explain the diorama 😌. Really enjoyed your following me.
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Bill97 replied to Dan Vadas's topic in - Index of all kits by brand and subject
Ok thanks Jeff. I never scrolled down to the S’s to check. -
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Bill97 replied to Dan Vadas's topic in - Index of all kits by brand and subject
Jeff I just now added this new build I am starting. However when I started the “New Topic” I could not get kit build log to register in the topic line. I could only get “how to use MSW forum” to post. Could you fix that for me? Thanks Bill https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36221-endeavour-occre-154-by-bill97/ -
Just opened my next project. I am going to attempt to build the OcCre Endeavour. This will be my first completely wooden model after years of building plastic. I see there numerous builds of this ship in the index and will look to each of them for help and advice.
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