HM Bark Endeavour by dashi - Caldercraft - scale 1:64 - 1768-71 - bashed kit
This is only my 5th build, first bluff hull. I was hoping to not create a build log but have run into some minor problems with the kit.
I intend to keep this brief with mainly photo updates and limit comments if any.
First problem with the kit are the six 4lb deck cannons. I think they should be 26 mm instead of the 45 mm supplied in the kit. I've contacted JoTika Ltd who posted the replacement cannons out 5 weeks ago, which have not yet arrived. So I'm following up with
(cheers Dave)
Another question regarding the driver or spanker boom which is not indicated in the Woolwich yard draught of 1771: (see edit below)
http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/86385.html
However the driver boom washed overboard according to Cook's log entry of 16 Feb 1769
The driver/spanker boom is clearly evident in Samuel Atkins water colour of Endeavour off the coast of New Holland possibly painted in 1794.
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