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The Sailor reacted to pete48 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by pete48 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL
Today all the work was done on the kit build. Starting with making the oar locks, I then decided that the cotter pins supplied with the kit are just too big,so I replaced them with "Earing bead landing" wich have nice small loops . On the sampson post I used a medium size paper clip instead of the brass wire and used a black sharpie . I also felt that the trim pieces were to small so I replaced them with 1/16 " square stock (that way theres some room to give it shape)here are the results
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The Sailor reacted to michael mott in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Great job on the planking Richard, what wood was supplied for the second planking? nice work putting the mast together as well.
Michael
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The Sailor reacted to Beef Wellington in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Embarrassed to say I just saw this log Richard, though thankfully haven't missed too much. This is a beautiful model and must be a nice change to the period ships. Just curious on the stern, will the second planking need to be handled in the same way as the first? Seems a really tricky surface to double plank but you've made a fantastic job of the first planking. Will be following closely now.
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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 for your interest and your kind words, guys.
Rich_engr
Sorry for not having made myself clear enough. The parts of the mast have to be glued together first. Using a rectangular block of wood could be helpful with the shaping. Here are the six parts:
Here you can see the height of the mast:
BTW, the first planking is done. Next is filling and sanding the hull.
It seems, Amati is very generous with the kit supplied material:
Well, it's not enough for a second Endeavour, but enough for planking the hull of a small vessel.
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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
Sjors, Alistair and the 'likers' appreciate your continued interest and support.
Small progress update, finished rigging the bobstays and the bowsprit shrouds. Boomkins made up but not glued yet as there was the potential to interfere with the bowsprit shroud. These will be left off until later as they just seem too much of an accident waiting to happen. Instructions indicate these should be made with 4mm dowel but even with tapering it looked far to thick so made up a set using 2mm dowel tapered slightly at the end which seems more consistent with pictures I've seen.
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The Sailor reacted to pete48 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by pete48 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL
Hi Pete in Portland I am making them out of 3/32 X 1/8 woodstock then shaping them to size. On the kit Build the Deck has been painted with 3 coats of sand color Badger Paint. All the other hardware and pieces have been painted or stained, so I can start finalizing this build. On the Scratch build, I was not happy with the water line so I repainted it. Here are the results
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The Sailor got a reaction from fnkershner in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much for your interest and your kind words, guys.
Rich_engr
Sorry for not having made myself clear enough. The parts of the mast have to be glued together first. Using a rectangular block of wood could be helpful with the shaping. Here are the six parts:
Here you can see the height of the mast:
BTW, the first planking is done. Next is filling and sanding the hull.
It seems, Amati is very generous with the kit supplied material:
Well, it's not enough for a second Endeavour, but enough for planking the hull of a small vessel.
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The Sailor got a reaction from pete48 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by pete48 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL
Very nice fleet.
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The Sailor got a reaction from themadchemist in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much for your interest and your kind words, guys.
Rich_engr
Sorry for not having made myself clear enough. The parts of the mast have to be glued together first. Using a rectangular block of wood could be helpful with the shaping. Here are the six parts:
Here you can see the height of the mast:
BTW, the first planking is done. Next is filling and sanding the hull.
It seems, Amati is very generous with the kit supplied material:
Well, it's not enough for a second Endeavour, but enough for planking the hull of a small vessel.
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The Sailor got a reaction from Pygothian in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much Eamonn, Pygothian and Floyd.
The overall length is 115 cm (3,77 ft), the height is 146 cm (4,79 ft)
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The Sailor got a reaction from egkb in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much Eamonn, Pygothian and Floyd.
The overall length is 115 cm (3,77 ft), the height is 146 cm (4,79 ft)
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The Sailor reacted to pete48 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by pete48 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL
On the kit Build, the rudder has beed installed and is ready to paint. On scratch 1 the bottom paint is done and on scratch 2 the hull has been planked and started fairing . I was happy with how the planking turned out . I am now ready to start framing the deck. here are the highlights from todays progress
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The Sailor reacted to fnkershner in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Just an FYI to all the mast is 5 ft in length!
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The Sailor reacted to Pygothian in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Wow..that's an impressive looking kit. What are the dimensions of this one?
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The Sailor reacted to egkb in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Wow!! you would need a 'Bosuns Chair' to work on that mast.. mind you it's probably large enough to rig one to..
Looking Good Richard,
Eamonn
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The Sailor got a reaction from Beef Wellington in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Thank you very much for your interest and your kind words, guys.
Rich_engr
Sorry for not having made myself clear enough. The parts of the mast have to be glued together first. Using a rectangular block of wood could be helpful with the shaping. Here are the six parts:
Here you can see the height of the mast:
BTW, the first planking is done. Next is filling and sanding the hull.
It seems, Amati is very generous with the kit supplied material:
Well, it's not enough for a second Endeavour, but enough for planking the hull of a small vessel.
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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 for your interest and your kind words, guys.
Rich_engr
Sorry for not having made myself clear enough. The parts of the mast have to be glued together first. Using a rectangular block of wood could be helpful with the shaping. Here are the six parts:
Here you can see the height of the mast:
BTW, the first planking is done. Next is filling and sanding the hull.
It seems, Amati is very generous with the kit supplied material:
Well, it's not enough for a second Endeavour, but enough for planking the hull of a small vessel.
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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 for your interest and your kind words, guys.
Rich_engr
Sorry for not having made myself clear enough. The parts of the mast have to be glued together first. Using a rectangular block of wood could be helpful with the shaping. Here are the six parts:
Here you can see the height of the mast:
BTW, the first planking is done. Next is filling and sanding the hull.
It seems, Amati is very generous with the kit supplied material:
Well, it's not enough for a second Endeavour, but enough for planking the hull of a small vessel.
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The Sailor got a reaction from Julie Mo in J-class yacht Endeavour 1934 by The Sailor - Amati - 1:35
Hello,
today a huge box came in. When the rigging of my Pickle is done I‘ll start with the America‘s Cup yacht Endeavour.
The 1/35 scale kit includes laser cutted parts for the deck, keel and frames, limewood and mahogany planking material, brass and wooden fittings, photo etched brass details, cloth, plans, instructions in three languages (Italian, French and English).
Endeavour is a 130-foot (40 m) J-class yacht built for the 1934 America's Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, Portsmouth Harbour, England. She was built for Sir Thomas Sopwith who used his aviation design expertise to ensure the yacht was the most advanced of its day with a steel hull and mast. She was launched in 1934 and won many races in her first season including against the J's Velsheda and Shamrock V. She failed in her America's Cup challenge against the American defender Rainbow but came closer to lifting the cup than any other until Australia II succeeded in 1983.
(Wikipedia)
The box
Frames and keel
Metal parts
Wooden strips for planking and the material for the mast
The deck and the wooden fittings
The building plans
The Amati kit is really impressive. The wooden parts are of good quality, only the sails are not sewn. Anyway, I can‘t wait laying the keel.
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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 for the kind words, Ben.
A few more rows on. Still the first planking but an end is in sight.
Time for planking the stern. It was nearly impossible fixing the stripes with clamps or needles until the glue was dry. After one funky try I gave up and glued them with superglue.
And here‘s the final result:
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The Sailor reacted to Craigie65 in HM Bomb Vessel Granado 1756 by Craigie65 - Caldercraft - 1:64
Okay part two - During Strictly
Start of the second planking. I wanted to try to use some of the techniques that I picked up on the forum. Some success but I struggle to vision the layout of all the planks and drop planks. I think I was trying to look too far ahead: but I have a better picture in my head for the next build - whatever that may be?
And that is the first planking below the wale
After this shot I used a bit of dark filler and after a sand down it looks okay - to be honest it will disappear under a coat of white paint.
And the inner gunport patterns and planking above the wale all done. I have lined the ports without lids and will be lining the ports with lids shortly. The sweep ports need a bit of work to get the right size.
Of course I could not resist to see how the forecastle would look
The camber does not look right at all so a bit of sanding is needed - later!
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The Sailor got a reaction from pete48 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by pete48 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL
Hello Pete,
seems you like lobster smacks.
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The Sailor reacted to hamilton in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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The Sailor reacted to pete48 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by pete48 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL
The Kit Build is just about ready to paint the deck, and install the bowsprit, The scratch build is on a first coat of grey bottom paint ( I like how it turned out on the kit build) With all the time waiting between sanding and painting I had started a third (2nd scratch) Lobster smack, its more of a prototype before I do the Chapelle version that way I can try things out . The Chapelle version will have a working centerboard (wich should be challenging) here is the results from today
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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 planking, Jeff.
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