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As mentioned above im not going to place a lot of photos of chainplate assembly but I will post these as evidence I'm still working on the ship haha. port side chain plates are now encased with strip on the outside and painted. Starboard side has them installed and need some tweaking to look straight and right. Hope you all like.
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Hello Ron. Glad to see you dropped in. More than happy for you to reference my log. I don't seem to post photos of my build steps rather than just post photos of the completed section. Which I should. I had no dramas with warped keel or poor fitting bulkheads and my kit is very old. I'm currently making the deadeye chain plates and its taking a while. So I haven't posted for a bit. No one wants to see 10 or photos of chain plates!! Very soon I'll be making a start on the bowsprit. I like the corel kit too but it is costly. I found so many differences between kit manufacturers so I've taken a little bit from here and there and scratch building some parts. Cheers for dropping in. Scott
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Here i have been working on the tiller, boardwalk and tiller housing. Also managed to rig up the ships wheel rigging. Unfortunately some research shows a block and tackle arrangement on the tiller bar and I did not find this out until later. I had already ripped out the original rope as it was too thick. I'll just stick to the AL plans on this one. Scratch built the board walk and tiller housing but still yet to paint it up Fabricated the cat heads and added them on. I know there are some inaccurate details but I'm not too fussed as my skills are limited. I'm happy with it so far. Hope you all like.
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Ok so after looking at another couple of members build logs of the Endeavour it got me thinking how so much different these kits are depending on manufacturer. Huge differences and it looks like I had some extras to put on that are non existent in this kit. For example, The windlass shows no strips for the rope to purchase and is simply a smooth round dowel. No Hull armouring for the anchor flukes and no housing for the tiller. This AL kit it pays to do a lot of research unless a straight out of the box build is what you want. Thankfully I have lots of info here at MSW to help. I seem to be looking here more than the plans! I went back and ripped off the belaying bitts to add some sheves, added strips onto the windlass for rope purchase and also added bolts through the knees of the the windlass to the deck. Added grating to waist deck hatch and finished off steps to the aft deck. Will rip off fore hatch combing as it’s too high and re do. Rather now then later. Hope you like.
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Looking real smart. I love the weathered look of the wood. I never included the nails on the strakes but now I wish I did. Just check the length of your lower cannons as some kits had them too long and they would stick out too far. One builder on here had dramas and had to cut them down shorter. Top job your doing.
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Stantchions, bollards and hatch cover coamings going in place. Each handrail stanchion is laser cut and square. To fit into the gunwale the bottom of each peice has to be filed round to fit in the hole. Each bollard is cut from 4×4mm stock and corners have to be filed round. Slowly making my way around the ship. Each stanchion has a taper of 4mm at the bottom and closes up to 2mm at the top. They look uneven but they all measure out correctly.
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The extra time spent here pays off later in the build. Good planning. The second picture looking down on the ship looks like it’s in water by the type of glass on your table top! Is there going to be reinforcement blocks added for the masts like you have done for your stand? I’ve put them in my Endeavour build but made the fatal mistake of not documenting them so it’s going to be a mystery to solve come time to drill the deck for them 😩 Overall looking very nice and professional job.
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