Adrieke

thanks Sjors. yes it does look like a swimming plank for now but please dont use it because you wil only end of splashing on the lower deck

going well Randy

yes nice repaint Sjors

Thanks Anja. I am feeling better just in time for work tomorrow

thanks Ed.

at least I was able to do a bit of work

well what a great long weekend been in bed/sleeping  most of the time as I haven't been feeling well

only thing I did was work on the stairs leading to the steering cabin. AL just makes you put 4 supports and then put the planks on it. doesn't make sense to me as the middle p[lank would have no support. so I crated a frame that supports them

sorry haven't been feeling well this weekend so no updates

thanks for the pics Rowand saved them to my collection

thanks calt

thanks for the information Slog. I intend to do some testing before I dare use it on the ship. the mat varnish is supposed to give it a museum quality finish unless I read it wrong

thanks Tom

just a picture of the paints

most likely I wont be using the white but I can use that for the GF which has lots of white to paint lol

thanks Geoffrey . hope to show you lots more during this long weekend

yay the admiral just informed me my paints have arrived : talk about quick : ordered on sunday paid on tuesday here on friday from melboune

ill decide this weekend get a good close up look of the thread provided to determine how good or bad it is

coorect David over to you again

looking really good and i hear you done some blood offering to her too .  that will maker her cooperate better

the flag at the back gave me the country .  from there it was easy since its the only one they have/had

next one :

is it the htms chakri naruebet from thailand the smallest aircraft carrier ?

wow what a difference . hmm Randy not fair now i am thinking of having to buy better thread for the "endy"

Hi Adrieke,

Have you or anybody else got an thoughts or comments on how you drilled the mast holes, please Mate? It's a pretty critical part of the build and any comments or advice would be welcome..........

 

Cheers,

rowan........

i drilled some holes just through the deck as i had forgot to glue in the reinforcements so i needed to know where to put them.  they should be at the correct position but i wil check when i get to that point. what i ma thinking is of buildign some jig where the angle can be adjusted and add an agle measuremnt tool and a wire with lead on it so it shows the angle. i ll make a drawing of what i have in mind

Hi Adrieke,

Yep, you're spot on there. I measured them off the Longitudinal section drawings and got slightly different values, but only by a smidgen here and there.

 

Cheers Mate,

Have a good one,

rowand..........

well it wouldnt be AL instructions without some inconsistencies

have a nice long weekend John

thanks Tom. no worries i am on the home stretch i think which is good because 'endy' (endeavour) is winking at me to come and paint her

thanks Mick . yup still waiting on my parts from OcCre for the GF and going to mail them for my personal plaque . it is going well just a few things to figure out but i am confident i cna take those last few hurdles . whta i want done this weekend is finish those pesky brass triangles then i wont have to put her upside down again

thank Robbyn . yup been tempted for weeks to put it on but i knew with my clumsy hands i would break soemthing when fitting the back rails (and i did even without it on lol)

thanks Jim

yup I usually work on several projects at the same time. just lately this one has taken up most of my time.

yes I have started some work on the stagecoach. fixing the broken wheel which was why I had stopped working on here I ll get some pics on there as soon as I can

hello rowand . although AL's instructions tell you to get the angles from the longitudinal section they are actually mentioned on the mast instructions on plan 2 (at the back) and plan 3

the foremasts angle is 89 degrees

the mainmast 88 degrees

and the mizzenmast 87 degrees

thanks David

thanks mobbsie lots of work and fun yup

today I finished adding the triangles on the head posts of the lower level with that I have now finished all steps to 34 out of a total of78 steps (photographs). of course since I didn't follow the instructions there are several steps after that I have already finished too

I have also glued the steering cabin on to its deck . I cut a hole into the deck as initially that's how I would access the lights on the 3rd deck stateroom. however I changes tactics a bit and the whole deck together with steering cabin will be removable. this makes the hole now an access to the steering cabin lights wiring underneath which you can see a bit on the second picture below

tomorrow I will start on finishing the lower level railings . I will need to bend 4 strips of wood to follow the curve at the back of the ship

and dont ask pictures of the what either could be emotialy damaging for us all

thanks Randy

if you ever do atleast you know all the errors there are and how to correct them

 Isnt the AL Endeavor discontinued now?

i know it wasnt available for awhile. thats why when i saw they had it in stock again at the hobbystore i bought it (without informing the admiral )