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The Sailor got a reaction from Julie Mo in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much, guys.
Alfons, the area is to big for painting so I'll use my airbrush.
Well, time for a little update. Some more rows on and time for planking the keel.
Again I started with the bulb area covering using 3mm stripes
The rest was planked with the 5mm stripes
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The Sailor reacted to hamilton in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Hi Richard:
Beautiful work! It seems to me that (unless my eyes are failing - which is always possible - the image on the box shows the hull finished as you describe, no? After such a beautiful planking job it'll be good to show it off a bit! And the mahogany presents a nice contrast with the painted hull above the waterline. Can't wait to see more
hamilton
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The Sailor got a reaction from hamilton in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much Floyd and Timothy.
Floyd,
I used some filler but not very much. Don't worry about the slot - it's still open. The reason of the second planking is I just want to paint her above the waterline and leaving the bottom covered with the mahogany planking. I know, it's nonsense because the Endeavour have a steel hull but it's an option of the kit. And it looks nice.
The scale makes no different in planking or tapering the planks.
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The Sailor got a reaction from SailorGreg in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much, guys.
Alfons, the area is to big for painting so I'll use my airbrush.
Well, time for a little update. Some more rows on and time for planking the keel.
Again I started with the bulb area covering using 3mm stripes
The rest was planked with the 5mm stripes
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The Sailor reacted to Timothy Wood in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Richard - Wow, I must say what a beautiful job. Can't wait to see her when she's finished! You should be very proud up to this point.
Cheers,
Tim
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The Sailor reacted to fnkershner in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Richard - It doesn't look like you used any filler. Did you just sand the first layer and then lay on the 2nd? Also did you cover over the slot for the drop keel? And finally since you plan to paint her do you really need the 2nd layer of planking? Last question, can you offer some feedback on the difference between planking at 1:48 or 1:64 and 1:35. Is it easier to taper the planks?
By the way she look beautiful. You are tempting me very much.
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The Sailor got a reaction from Alfons in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much, guys.
Alfons, the area is to big for painting so I'll use my airbrush.
Well, time for a little update. Some more rows on and time for planking the keel.
Again I started with the bulb area covering using 3mm stripes
The rest was planked with the 5mm stripes
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The Sailor got a reaction from Q A's Revenge in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much, guys.
Alfons, the area is to big for painting so I'll use my airbrush.
Well, time for a little update. Some more rows on and time for planking the keel.
Again I started with the bulb area covering using 3mm stripes
The rest was planked with the 5mm stripes
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The Sailor reacted to Sailor1234567890 in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
I have always admired those boats. They are pure beauty under sail. Way too big to be of any practical value other than racing machine but incredibly beautiful none the less.
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The Sailor reacted to pete48 in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Shes looking great Richard, the Hull looks Fantastic
Best Regards,
Pete
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The Sailor reacted to Alfons in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Very nice work Richard! The size of the model is truly impressive, allowing for a great level of detail.
How do you plan to paint the hull, brush or spray paint?
Keep up the good work.
/Alfons
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The Sailor got a reaction from Beef Wellington in HMS Snake by Beef Wellington - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 64 - First wooden ship build
Awesome work, Jason. She looks fantastic!
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The Sailor reacted to Beef Wellington in HMS Snake by Beef Wellington - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 64 - First wooden ship build
Cheers Mobbsie and all the 'likes'.
Think I'm officially into the rigging stage. Mizzen mast stepped and the shrouds in installed. I'm going to wait to finish 'tightening' these until later. Found the method of getting the 3.5mm deadeyes into the shrouds at the correct height very fiddly, after many choice words found that using 2 pieces of wire in the holes worked better for me (rather than a single one as called out in the instructions) as this provided some more stability. Hopefully the 5mm deadeyes will be a little easier.
Theres quite a stack of shrouds around the mast which is quite pleasing, glad that these were served. Following Andy's advice the Burton pendants were 'painted' with quite a bit of dilute PVA and then weighted so that they followed a more natural, less gravity defying line.
A belated Happy New Year to everyone!!
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The Sailor reacted to freewheelinguy in HMS Bellerophon by freewheelinguy - FINISHED - Victory Models - Semi-scratchbuilt
Build Update:
Completed all masts, bowsprit, yards.
Couple of things I deviated from plans: Drawing shows boarding pikes going through both mast rings. I brought the lower one down, so pike bases would rest on ring bottom.
Some of the smaller yards said for center to be 16 parts instead of the usual 8 parts (with or without battens). I just left these rounded. This scale don't think would have shown. I also left top gallant yards rounded for same reasons.
Next up all the blocks and such to be added to these pieces.
Everyone: Wishing all the best upcoming year yet. Happy New Year and hoping Santa brought everything you wanted.
Happy modeling,
Len
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The Sailor got a reaction from malmoerik in HMY Britannia 1893 by malmoerik - Mamoli - Scale 1: 64
Hi Erik, nice to see a Britannia build log. I look forward to following with big interest.
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The Sailor reacted to Beef Wellington in HMS Snake by Beef Wellington - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 64 - First wooden ship build
Doug, John, BE, Jim, Robert, Sjors - Thanks a bunch for kind words. Getting a lot of loose ends done and seems randomly capturing in my log. I've suddenly started having issues imbedding pictures in my posts, not sure if its some site incompatibility itself or my PC.
Robert - your pictures are below. As I've said before I don't want to bore people but please let me know if you want to see more! The base is home made any still not finished but this was a good opportunity to see how it looks with the ship.
Completed the blocks on the tops, as I've mentioned previously the instructions only call for single blocks on the fore top. However, even though I probably will not rig any buntlines, I did want this to be as authentic as possible. Research didn't seem to provide anything specific but in general it seems that a couple of double blocks on each 'corner' was somewhat typical so this is what I went with. Followed same method outlined earlier, these seemed to take forever to make, there were certainly rejects and structural failures during installation, as well as having to fill holes that I'd previously drilled. Luckily these proved to be not too noticeable.
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The Sailor reacted to malmoerik in HMY Britannia 1893 by malmoerik - Mamoli - Scale 1: 64
That's the easy part...
According to the instructions the part of the bulk-heads above deck shall simply be broken off after planking has been done. Then the support for the planking is obviously gone but I assume that with two layers planking that won't be a problem. I'm a bit afraid about the "breaking off"-part, so before I mounted the bulkheads I sawed half-through them, to make the breaking easier and not risking to destroy anything. This is the first picture.
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The Sailor got a reaction from Jeff-E in HMS Victory by Jeff-E - FINISHED - Panart - 1:78 Scale - Bow Section
Very nice progress, Jeff. Keep on the good work.
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The Sailor reacted to DanPage in HMAV Bounty by DanPage - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64
At last managed to get a bit of reasonable light so am including a few pictures of the running rigging done so far. The first two show the running rigging from threar and the second two from the front. The second two also show the crows feet on the main and mizzen stays. I have actually done the foremast as well but haven't included a photo of this.
May I take this opportunity to wish anybody reading this, the seasons greetings and my best wishes for the new year
Danny
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The Sailor reacted to Elia in Elsie by 4whelr - Model Shipways
Chuck,
Thank you for passing along the sad news. My condolences and prayers go out his family.
Elia
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The Sailor reacted to NMBROOK in Elsie by 4whelr - Model Shipways
Although I only ever knew Eddie through this forum,I had grown very fond of him.
Eddie,I will sadly miss your upbeat humour and get on with attitude.It has been an honour to have you as my friend even if it has been for a short period.
Rest in peace Eddie
I am deeply saddened to hear this news and offer Eddie's family my deepest condolences
Kind Regards Nigel
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The Sailor reacted to Salty Sea Dog in Elsie by 4whelr - Model Shipways
Eddie, you will be missed. Your positive spirit has been such an asset to this forum. My prayers go out to you and your family. Peace be with you.
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The Sailor reacted to Anja in Elsie by 4whelr - Model Shipways
Eddie often spoke with his son and talked about MSW.
His son Christian took the time responding to my message to Eddie.
I want to share this one sentence with you all.
We spoke often and he'd talked about all the advice and help he'd got from MSW "people all over the world, with this damn lil ship." I thank you all for that.
Best Wishes
Christian Jordan
Rest in peace Eddie.
Anja & Sjors
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The Sailor reacted to Keith_W in Elsie by 4whelr - Model Shipways
Perhaps it would be a nice gesture if someone nearby finished the ship for them as a present to the family?
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The Sailor got a reaction from Julie Mo in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you, Keith.
Well, here are some impressions of the sanded hull:
And here is the start of the second planking:
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