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Thanks Dave, the window dead lights are static, they don't close. I did make a couple of the other dead lights so that they open and close (pic below). Hi Mike, yes they do look like bumpkins don't they, and it is that sketch that convinced Karl Marquardt. To me they don't look long enough to provide a benefit over the cathead as far as spread for the fore tack. And I'm still of the opinion that they would interfere with working the anchors. Anyway we could all argue till we are blue in the face but we still won't know. As a matter of interest you should take a pic from the same angle as Parkinson's sketch, like I did, and see if the bumpkins according to Marquardt look the same. Cheers Steve
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Still on working the window deadlights, doing the other side window today. I made sure the deadlights were the right size and shape by fitting them in place. I made the false hinges with brass wire, flattened so it could be glued on the door.
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Thanks Slog I painted the outside face of the shutters yellow ochre to match the badges if they are shut Steve
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I looked through my log and found that many of the photos in earlier posts weren't appearing, so I went in and uploaded them again. Here's a couple more new ones just for good measure :-)
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I'm a little bit erratic with my build. I did the gun tackles on one of the guns quite a while ago then moved on to something else. Today I thought I should finish them all off and get that job out of the way, fiddly work though because the blocks are so small. Well I got one more gun done. Gee the camera shows up flaws that you just cant see with the naked eye, like dust and white stains from the CA glue
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Interesting pic taken from the same angle, everything lines up pretty well. The aft seems to go up higher in Parkinson's sketch but thats just to do with camera lenses versus eyes. Those damn "boomkins" in the sketch are a worry, I still reckon they are not long enough to be boomkins so what are they? Biggest debate in maritime history :-)
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Hi Dave If this is the Corel Endeavour - I recall seeing pictures of that model in the Corel ads and thinking it looks hardly anything like the Endeavour. I built the Corel Victory a long time ago and it was my first wooden ship and the instructions were terrible, so I can relate to what you are saying about the plans and instructions. Cheers Steve
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Hi Dave Nice work on those badge windows, they have "dumbed down" the carving work on your plans a fair bit, for obvious reasons, the carving work was pretty intricate on the actual ship and too hard to replicate at 1:60 scale. For your interest, here is a picture taken of the window on plans of the Earl Of Pembroke after purchase by the Royal Navy Cheers Steve
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I also made the mast coat for the fore mast, sort of, I used the wood ring supplied, sanded it to an angle, roughly to simulate canvas and painted it black. Enough detail even at 1:51
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I've been doing a few small bits and pieces. Finally got around to putting the hinges on the hatches on the quarterdeck bulkhead
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Happy birthday Mike
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Thanks Greg. Okay lets post a few more pics just to show where I'm up to. Not trying to make it look like the Replica or like AOTS book, or Parkin's. My Endeavour is a combination of all the sources of info on her that I can find, my research project
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Spent a few hours today finishing off the best bower anchor. The hoops are made from copper wire that I flattened with a hammer then shaped and soldered. For the previous two anchors I used brass rod for the pins this time I used some brass nails. I thought the heads of the nails looked too big so I filed each one smaller. Cheers Steve
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Hi Rowan I can relate to your frustration with the AL plans and the run if the wales. The AL Endeavour that I built from their plans and instructions has issues with the transom and run of the main wale, which is one of the reasons I wanted to build another Endeavour - to get the lines right. It became a bit of an obsession with my current build so I got hold of all the reference material I could lay my hands on, including the original draughts, and spent hours thinking it through and measuring and looking at all that and paintings and models from the 18th century. I still got the main wale a little bit wrong even though I measured its position so carefully based on the original draughts. It's a pity that the MSW crashed and my earlier posts were lost , I went into great detail on how I got the transom to "work" Anyway keep up the good work, she's looking pretty good Steve
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Looking good Dave. I think the main wale should be just rounded off at the stern flush with tops of the stern planks. I can show you pics of how I did mine if it will help. Steve
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Thanks Slog, how's your build going? you haven't posted anything for a while, working on the Bismark instead?
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Today I spent a couple of hours making another anchor. I used 5/32" brass rod and some flat brass strip for the palms. Lots of filing to get the shape right and soldered together. When I finish this one I will have the sheet anchor, best bower and small bower. Two to go - the smaller stream anchor and kedge anchor. Cheers Steve
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OOPS! made a huge mistake, well not that huge - a couple of mm. I spent a fair bit of time on the weekend making another one of the anchors. I bought a Caldercraft anchor that is 74mm long to use as the small bower anchor, the other anchor I had already made is the sheet or best bower anchor which is slightly larger at 76.5mm long. Then I looked at the drawing in Ray Parkin's book I have been using as a reference and noticed the diagram is of the small bower anchor. So the small bower anchor should be the one that is 76.5mm and the sheet anchor and best bower anchor should be 78.6mm long. So both anchors are a little bit smaller than they should be by a couple of millimetres. I am the only one who will notice so I will leave them as they are.
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Hi Ron Yeah good work, good to see you didn't follow the instructions with the port lids, they are meant to be flush like gunports, the instructions are a cop-out for simplicity. Steve
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Hi Dave, Thanks for the compliment. It's a pity all the earlier posts were lost when this site crashed last year, so my log on here now starts when most of the hull work was done. I still have all the earlier pics on my PC so if you want to look at any of the earlier work let me know. This is my second Endeavour, I built the AL endeavour a while ago, and my third wooden ship. You will find plenty of help on this site, if you post a question on your log someone will give you the answer or helpful advice pretty quickly. Actually I'm a beer man! Cheers Steve
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Thanks Greg and Mike, the blocks are 9mm long
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