SaltyScot

Beautiful work indeed. She is certainly an inspiration.

I will certainly be following along on this one. I wasn’t aware that LEGO made ship models, what a wonderful gift. Have fun with the build!!

Welcome to the club!!

Ooops, that was my bad I believe. I just replied in the language he posted in (I speak fluent German) and thought nothing of it. My apologies!!

I know Annapolis sir. We have a good friend who lives up there. Now that we have moved a little closer I will be up there more often and hope to visit the museum there too.

I am pretty much speechless looking at this. Quite the project but you certainly have a handle on it! Very nice work.

Hallo, Frank, Ich bin neu hier und kann nicht allzu viel hierzu sagen, nur das ich selber die Victory am Tisch habe (a bissel an die Seite gestellt momentan weil ich andere Projekte am laufen habe). Ich habe selber die Kupfer-beplankung angebracht, reine Geschmackssache natürlich. Ich hoffe, die Sache wird bald erledigt.

This truly a beautiful piece of work and something I am sure you are very pleased with. It is certainly inspiring to see work of this quality. Maybe one day .........

That is very true sir! We have only recently moved here but will definitely be taking the time to get some exploring done. those museums are on the list!

Welcome aboard! It looks like you are off to more than a good start here!

I had never seen a model that was made of cars before! How very interesting. I shall pull up a keg and follow along with this one.

Thank you guys, I appreciate the comments.

Welcome aboard, Dale. Being a newbie here myself I am glad to have another new shipmate to share the journey with!

Endeavour is a J-class yacht built for the 1934 America's Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England. She was built for 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 130-foot (40 m) and launched in 1934 and won many races in her first season including against the J's Velshedaand 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. Source: Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endeavour_(yacht) This is a wooden model kit from Amati. It was the sleek lines of this beautiful boat that first caught my eye. It is my hope that the model I intend to complete will in some way show that beauty. This is where I am right now: The hull will be getting two layers of planking, these maple strips are the underlying layer, they will be covered with a second layer of walnut planking. I intend to stick to the original colors of the yacht, I really like them. The hull has its first layer of planking now. The next step is to smooth out and small bumps and irregularities using a fine wood filler. After a final sanding the second layer can be applied. The hull has been coated with a fine wood putty that was smoothed down with a wet finger. Once dry it will be sanded with 220 grit to even out and small irregularities and make it nice and smooth for the second layer of planking. Finally dry and sanded down nice and smooth. It’s quite comforting running my hands along this smooth surface. I am content now that the second layer of planks will sit nicely in this surface. Work on that begins tomorrow.

Hi everyone, I have been looking forward to jumping in and taking advantage of the wealth of experience on this site. I am a retired Scot who lives in the Chesapeake Bay Area where fishing is my other much loved pastime. I have dabbled in wooden model building in the past but am planning to become serious about it now that I have more time on my hands. Once I find out how to do it, I will be posting a log of my current build. Happy times ahead!!