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Hi Julie, Jewellery suppliers are another good source especially for metal working, soldering and chemical blackening supplies. cheers Pat

Hi all, I am finally getting towards the end of this build but I still have a lot of small detail to go. I have been busy making bits and bobs for this detail while finishing the rigging. As you can see from the progress shot, I only have the braces and tye for the fore topgallant for the rigging (unless I have missed something (quite likely) The deadlights are well progressed and should be completed in the next couple of days; these will be displayed in the open position. The rudder pendants have been completed and will be fitted once the deadlights have been fitted - the spectacle plate has been fitted. The swivel guns have been completed but will be the last items fitted (after adding all the coils etc to the belayed lines and ropes etc). I have decided to fit the fish davit with the topping lift which has been rigged to a tackle hanging from the fore burton pendant. I have also rigged the cat block (I know the boomkin and martingales should be removed for an anchoring evolution but I wish to show this detail) and I intend to hang the anchor, with cable bent on, from the fish hook and have a painter rigged from the cat block hook and led through the anchor ring and then to forecastle as if the anchor has just been raised. One of the photos shows some of this detail. [Edit] I have forgotten to add a size reference. The deadlights are about 22mm x 10mm. The fish hook, cat block etc are all scratch. cheers Pat

Hi Greg, I have 2 airbrush systems. For general wide coverage with acrylics etc I use the Aztek; however, for finer work I use a Harder and Steenbeck (H&S) Infinity CR+ (German made). This is a high end airbrush and top quality - mine has proven faultless and I am very happy with it. No matter which airbrush you buy, a little practice and experimentation is necessary to get the best out of it but you would have no troubles with that. cheers Pat

Hi Mindi, Dashi's build log has a good discussion about it. cheers Pat

Ditto above comments mate, I am enjoying following this build and associated research cheers Pat

Looking a real treat for the eyes Denis; great work bashing this build. cheers Pat

Nice progress Mindi, and welcome back to the Endeavour fold Those boats look great and you have now encouraged me to add the masts and sails to at least a couple of mine (I still have the Yawl and Skiff to do) cheers Pat

Some how I missed this Eberhard; extraordinary work! I am impressed with that micro-machining. Don't want to knock up a set of those cable stoppers etc in 1/72 scale huh? cheers Pat

Hope you enjoyed the holiday mate; welcome back. cheers Pat

Some stunning detail there Greg; the rails look really good cheers Pat

Nice work Mark; sounds like you need a thicknesser cheers Pat

Thanks for the further comments Druxey and JB; much appreciated. At this point I think I will go with 2 x spare top masts (shaped but not drilled/mortised for sheaves) and a couple of spars (tapered). However, as she was deployed on a long, unsupported voyage i think I may add a couple of round (not shaped) poles also. cheers Pat

Thanks for the feedback Allan and Wayne, much appreciated. Your thoughts/comments align with my research to date; hence my thoughts that perhaps a more generic set of poles may have been carried that could be adapted to meet the need. Allan, I will take a look at that model and some other contemporary models held by the NMM to see if there is some consistency. I know a lot of the more modern (later built) models, and the AOTS etc show shaped spars and masts but is this interpretation or based on fact? cheers Pat

Thank's Duff, do you have a Reference or anything you can point me to? I have Marquardt (AOTS) but wonder what this is based on? What you say makes a lot of sense but I was wondering if for these longer the same practice was applicable? The shaped spares (which to carry) would have been set by the current 'establishment' and would have been determined from experience of ships over many years based on 'wear and tare', storm damage and battle damage etc. I am just exploring whether a slightly adapted allotment of spare spars may have been issued for these sorts of exploration expeditions? Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. Pat

Hi all, Now that I am approaching the end of my Endeavour (circa 1770) build and adding some of the 'detail' I am questioning the shape and length of the spare spars that would have been carried. As these were spares for multiple tasks I think these may not have been shaped (tapered) but rather carried as rounded blanks? can anyone shed any light on this topic please? cheers Pat

Another congrats Druxey; I am sure it will sell well - I have earmarked as a Cristmas present cheers Pat

Looking good Mike, very neat rigging. cheers Pat

Well that the 'ants pants' mate; looks good - ...........and a bel;ated happy birthday. cheers Pat

Looks good and solid Denis, should work a treat. next time you have to do this try using an alligator clip between the previous (soldered) and new joint as a heat sink - it can be kept out of the way and should wick excess heat before it destroys the previous joint. may be worth a try at least cheers Pat

Great to see this little beauty back John. cheers Pat

Great result from your persistence and efforts Greg; the aerials look great (and those designers can stay in their special room ) What did you use to make the spreaders in the end? cheers Pat

Is this a model? Looks like the real thing - superb work Karl! cheers Pat

Slow and steady will get you there Sjors - just look at my 12 years+ for my Endeavour. Nice work BTW cheers Pat

Amen Gunther; so would I. That was some fine artisan examples of workmanship and skill. cheers Pat

Looking good Denis. Better not let the boss read this - you may go hungry for awihle cheers Pat