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Hi Robin thx for your comment. Yes, I am not sure, if I will keep the cords as they are now. I followed exactly the book Anatomy of the Ship - Endeavour by Mr Marquardt, but there seems to be a difference between the drawings there and the reality. Cheerio Max -
Cheerio my friends time for a little update. Nothing special so far, build goes its way and still gives me joy and fun. Sorry for the poor qualitiy of the pics esp the colors. I did something wrong with the white balance and had to correct it whzen I did edit the pics. Next time will be better again - probably natural daylight. In one pic you can see a collage of some smaller pics. This shows the flags of the Corel kit Berlin I purchased some weeks ago. I am NOT satisfied with this extreme poor printing quality. So I looked in the net to find some better - and I found. There is a website in Germany from a specialist for flags. The sites adres is http://www.schiffsmodellflaggen.de Worth a visit - it has an english version too. Thats it for today CU - and Cheerio Max
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Hello my friends... just some pics and less words. I have done the railing on the Endeavour and prepared the deck and the bulwarks for the cannons... I fixed some eyebolts in the bulwarks and the decks... at least 5 for every cannon... And I added some pics of the BIG SURPRISE ... the Frigate Berlin from Corel. As mentioned before I ordered the kit and got it delivered. Cheerio Max
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Hi Pual, thx for your answer. I just asked Mrs Google - and found the Julier books. They are available as 2nd Hand copies by Amazon in Germany. I read at the desciption at Amazon that the book I found has a chapter dealing with Berlin. I think I will buy it as an additional treasurebox of hints and tricks. See the pic below and tell me if this is the book you mentioned. And for the sails... well I think I will ask my mother-in-law... she is a great tailor Cheerio Max
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Hello my friends, it's me again as mentioned before I ordered the Frigate Berlin by Corel. Today the kit was delivered (sometimes I am really surprised by the qualitiy and the speed of the parcel services... one day after payment - the kit cost 450 Euro - the parcel was delivered). Pics will follow soon, but some questions after I opened the kit: There is sailcloth provided withthe kit, but no sewn sails. Can anyone help me how to sew them? I am NOT a tailor...and all what I know about needles is that they are usepul to pin planks onto the frames... Is there anywhere a kind of instruction available? The Berlin is single planked. Has anyone expierence with this? Should I better double-plank the hull or will this work? I am really looking forward to this challenge when my Endeavour is done (this will no be before Xmas). I think the Berlin will teach me to improve my skills more and more. Next to the Berlin the Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde will follow. So I have enough builds for the next three or more years. Cheerio my mates - CU soon
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Hi Ron a very impressive Job that you have done with the masts and yards. I will start with the deck furniture soon. Did you use a machine for tapering the Yards? Cheerio Max
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Hi Paul, Hi Ron thx so much for your kind words. The build really is a pleasure.... I love to see that everyone has an individual solution for the different duties like the windows or the figurine. Thats so amazing that two or mor models never look identical. It is always a kind of interpretation of the modeller. Thats interesting to watch this. And yes we heared in the news that there is a extraordinary cold winter with obviously a lot of snow down under... Well I could send you some of the warmth from here, as the heat grows up to more than 35° Celsius. Thats not the modelling condition Cheerio Max btw - our two oldies on four paws, Nonna with about 15 and half yrs and Morando with 14 and a half, dont like this heat too...
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Hello my friends time for a little update today. I had a lot of detail work like the rudder, hatches etc. Additional I carved some wood for the railing. All in all it was a every day-work, but not longer than about one hour a day - its a hot summer here The hull is not varnished yet, so the colors are not yet the final condition. It is really a fun to build this ship. BTW I ordered the Frigate Berlin from Corel. As you may know I want to build the Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde as next model. But I do not dare to do this and want to gather more expierence. So I think the Berlin should be a good training. And of course the Berlin is on my wishlist from the beginning as I want to build some of the german/brandenburgian ships from the 17th century. As always: enjoy the pics and comments are welcome Cheerio Max
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Hi Denis, if you ever Need a Job... I repeat: The stairs in my house aren't as half as nice as your Beautiful work Cheerio Max
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Hi Denis just perfect. It was a good decision, not to stain tjhe Wood. The varnish gives a very smooth and realistic effect on the stairs. BTW - I wish the stairs in my home were as beautiful as your model Cheerio Max
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Hi Denis, I agree completely wirh Greg - nothing is more boring than a 100 % identic Color of a deck. This mixture of nuances make the deck look so real... Best done , really ! Cheerio Max
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Hi Paul thx... Yes I am surprised by Occre too. The material is quite good and the instructions are good too.Its a difference to the common building with drawn plans for the hull and the deck furniture. The plans for the masts with all the blocks and that stuff are drawn and in scale 1:1. They seem to be very exact, but as you see - I am yet far away from this construction stage.And there are very detailled rigging plans also for the sails. I am looking Forward to that as I love rigging very much. But I have never done sails before... well... we will se how that works. It took a long time for me to decide what kit to purchase. At least Caldercraft was my favorite but no dealer around could deliver the kit. And I did not want to pay 30 Euro just for shipping (additional to the 410 euro for the kit). Much more than this the scale of the Occre (1:54) was decisive. The Price was good too - 210 Euro (was a Special offer). But nevertheless the build is really a joy and very satisfying. I look forward to watch your Progress. Cheerio Max
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Hi Vince, I am impressed. Very well done. What an effort to do - or should I say fun? I took some looks at the plans for the Friedrich Wilhelm from Euro Model (what will be my next model... probably...) and understand how much own creativity is necessary to come to a great result. The more I see and read from you or Keith or Denis the more I am sure that it will be a real challenge to build that ship some day.But a challenge I am looking forward to with some kind of impatience (??). Although there is the help from Euro Model (from Piratepete I think) I will need some brain...brain and brain to get the model as it should be. First I will end the Endeavour and then, perhaps in spring next year... the FWzP will enter my shipyard. Cheerio Max
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Hello my friends time for another update. I was busy all the time and spent not so much time for my Endeavour. The planking is done now, I have to work on some details, but nothing special so far. I made a pattern for the anchor plates (??) and build them both up before glueing them. So I could form them into perfect shape and afterwards fix them on the hull. The work goes good without real problems. Cheerio - and have a look at the pice. Comments are welcome, als usual.
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Hi Rowan, thx a lot - but I have to say that all the parts fit together very well. There are not really problems so far. But on the other Hand I admit that I spend quite a lot of time in my shipyard as it gives me deep relaxing moments to sit there and let a ship grow step by step. I have an office job with all day working with the computer, editing text-files and all this. So it is a very satisfying Hobby to create something with your own hands. I like it to do this... and it is a challenge for me that the Endeavour has got some sails. I will try to set them... so the fun has not yet started Thank you for you kind words Cheerio Max
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Hello my friends.. it has become summer within a few days - today we had temperatures about 35° C here in the North of Bavaria. Usually it has about 20° at this time in the year. I know you Aussies all can just laugh about this but for us Germans this is really HOT... Nevertheless the past few days the Endeavour took a little progress. I finished the second planking, sanding and filling up a few small gaps. Meanwhile I started building the boat and some of the decks furniture like the booby hatch (says google...) I made some pics of this. I bent the washboard planks and pinned them on to the hull. So they tried to a perfect shape. After this I stained them black. Now its easy to fix them on the hull. And I painted the starboard. Step by step...Its about four months now that I build this impressing ship. I attached some pics to show the progress. As always - comments are welcome Cheerio Max
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Hi Cristi Denis is absolutely right: It is an amazing build that you show us. Very well done and a joy to follow. Go on this way Cheerio Max
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Hi my friends today something complete different... I gladly announce that our 14.5 yrs old Mister Super-Macho Morando has become well again. He suffers of a chronic disease called Ehrlichiose that makes the blood ineffective for oxygen-transport. But you can treat this with antibiotics and hope and patience. So we did and he is well again (looking for all the doggy girls in the neighborhood ). The Admiral and me... we are glad that he will have some more months or even years with us and his three girls which he lives together with. It was quite ardouos for him and us to get along - but we all did and are happy. So the build of the Endeavour can go on with full attention. On the pic Morando says "hello" to all of you Cheerio Max
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Hi Cristi good progress on your SOS... but this ship looks so BIG... When I have done the Endeavour in some months I will have to build some additional rooms to my house... hell - dont know what the Admiral will say to this Job :D But with an model like the SOS it will be better just to build a new house I wish you the very best and further on a lot of fun and Patience Cheerio Max
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Hi Vince looking forward to see your success with the tree-nails. I am not so far to tree-nail the planks yet.But I want to do this someday too... I hope the toothpick-thing will work Cheerio Max
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Hi David, I am happy to see your work on the Diana. I once had a dog called Diana and in reminiscence to her I do "flirt" with the idea to build this ship some day. I will follow your build log with pleasure. It is an interesting ship and a challenge in any way. Good luck and a lot of fun Cheerio Max
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Hello my friends, time has come to update my log a little bit. In the past three weeks I had a lot of family business to do... my dad became very sick (now he is getting better day by day), the car broke down (we ordered a new one) ... all that usual stuff that prevents you from having fun But nevertheless I found the time I needed to get some distance to the life's stress. I could continue with my Endeavour a little bit. I sanded the surface, filled the gaps, sanded again, filled up again... You sure know that game Occre provides some very tiny, thin strips for the second planking - not more than veneer. At first I was in doubt if that could work proper... but now I am positive about it. It works better than I thought. The white glue I use only needs to dry a moment an then I press the strip on the hull. It is in the correct place and shape and there is nothing more to do. I stained the strips for the upper part of the hull with a mixture of oak and teak as I did not want to paint the ship in a kind of yellow/orange as the instructions say. So it is a little difficult to sand the strips if necessary and to varnish them again after glueing. The varnish will not go into the wood where glue has closed the pores. It's tricky but with some patience and pressure it works. But as mentioned before: the strips do not need very much retouching. The upper part of the hull will be painted in blue as the instructions say. This is ok. I will also paint some of the decks furniture in red ochre (close to the replica) and the railing in black.(But this is future ) The lower part of the hull will stay in dark brown as the strips are that are provides with the kit. After the final varnishing they will have a very intense and warm colour. Well - thats the status quo at the moment. Some pics will show the work (that is really satisfying) Cheerio Max
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hi vince I am sure: every serious modeller is some kind of engineer Your build comes great... compliments Cheerio Max
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Hi all thx for your words @Ed - sorry Ed, I havent been to Como yet, so I could not visit Euro-Model. But this will follow (I hope soon, but who knows what may come - one of my Dogs is serious sick... we will see how it goes on with him who is a real friend ) @Dimitris - you are welcome, have a Retsina and a Ouzo :) and be my guest whenever you have time to stop over
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Hi Cristi you do a very marvellous job--- very very nice to see the progress best wishes Max
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