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  1. Hi Slog, looking good.

     

    Actual masts were fairly complex and yes instructions with kits are usually vague. Here is how I did my masts - they are tapered along the length but the sides where the cheeks go are also sanded flat. The cheeks themselves also have a taper both in thickness and width, the bottom being flat and the top curved. The curve on the fore and aft of the mast is gradually reduced so that it becomes the flat square section above the top. Confusing eh? In the pic there's a shadow on the mast plus the grain makes it look like theres a bit of a hump but it does taper gradually.

     

    Cheers

    Steve

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  2. Today I am fitting the wooden hoops either side of the woolding on the foremast. I am using iron-on wood veneer edging that I got from a hardware shop. I peeled off the heat sensitive glue layer and cut it into thin strips then soaked them in hot water to soften the wood. I used PVA glue and held them in place with cellophane tape until the glue dried

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  3. Hi Ron

    The bulkheads bear no resemblance to the position of the deck beams on the real ship so don't try to line the nails up with them. That lower deck is good for practice because you can't see most of it once the weather decks are on, you can only see whats visible through the hatch openings. Re your question on camber, on mine the centre of the deck is about 2mm higher than the edges at the fore end of the quarterdeck and flattens out a bit as it goes aft.

    Cheers

    Steve

  4. Hi Ron

    Looking good so far. Your Occre is basically the same kit as my Eaglemoss.

    My two cents worth on the planking - I didn't cut them to 65mm because it looks wrong. I used 160mm planks (the length they were supplied) in a four shift pattern. Below is a photo I later took on the Endeavour replica showing a four shift pattern.

     

    Also, now is a good time to do a modification that also make your model look better, give the decks a camber. If your OcCre is the same as mine then it doesn't have deck camber, but its easy to modify the deck beams to make them curved so that the deck has the correct camber.

     

    Cheers

    Steve

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  5. Hi Ron

    Sorry I am back again but re colours.

    All I will say is before you do any painting do your research on the colours before you start.

    My SOS was blue on the box from Mantua !!!.

    But after researching the colour was BLACK, well did I get e-mail after e-mail asking me why did I paint it BLACK.

    All I am saying Ron don't go on what the kit says or recommends OK. It is a shame that the kit makers don't do the same research after all we are paying them for accurate replicas of the original ship are we not !!!.

    Good luck with your research .

     

    Denis.

     

    Denis.

    Hi Denis

    I'm intrigued, which part are you saying should be black?

    I have researched extensively to try to find out what colour the actual Endeavour was, without luck. I have painted my model of the Endeavour based on what was common practice at the time based on contemporary models made back then but still cannot be sure. The live work of the upper sides could have been black, blue or even blue and red.

    Cheers Steve

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