Mindi Posted August 15, 2016 #1 Posted August 15, 2016 I don't recognise the forum from when I went missing in action about four years ago. Can someone tell me whether it has died and been recreated..? I did have a lot of stuff on my part Endeavour build way back then but all seems gone. I am now back on the job and about hull completion stage so I might put up a few pics of where I am resuming as a starting point.Good to be back in the model ship world. Salty Sea Dog, dashi, Brian the extraordinaire and 18 others 21 Quote
amateur Posted August 15, 2016 #2 Posted August 15, 2016 Hi Mindi, Welcome back. It is as you suspected: something died (not the forum, but the servers where it was hosted). Everthing that was on the servers was lost. So, it is still the good old MSW (same people, better quality every day), but you'll have to restart, as your previous log is gone into nothing.... Nice work onyour endeavour. Well worth the restart (of your building, and your posting activities) Jan Elijah, Piet, WackoWolf and 2 others 5 Quote
Mindi Posted August 15, 2016 Author #3 Posted August 15, 2016 Thanks Jan...that explains it. mtaylor, Elijah and Piet 3 Quote
Matt Cinnabar Posted August 15, 2016 #4 Posted August 15, 2016 Very nice work. mtaylor, Piet and jud 3 Quote
Mindi Posted August 15, 2016 Author #5 Posted August 15, 2016 Thank you very much, the trick is to not photograph the really bad bits mtaylor, Piet, riverboat and 4 others 7 Quote
Piet Posted August 16, 2016 #6 Posted August 16, 2016 Welcomed back Mindi, we all missed you. What a splendid build you are doing, she looks really fantastic. I do remember some of your previous logs now that I see your ship. Count me in watching your progress. Cheers, mtaylor and edmay 2 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
S.Coleman Posted August 16, 2016 #7 Posted August 16, 2016 Oh dear!! Looks like you have rekindled my love for the Endeavor! Love this ship. Always wanted to build her but never have. Half the reason I built my HMS Bounty. You have done a stunning job. Looks neat clean and tidy. Well done. mtaylor, edmay and Piet 3 Quote Regards, Scott Current build: 1:75 Friesland, Mamoli Completed builds: 1:64 Rattlesnake, Mamoli - 1:64 HMS Bounty, Mamoli - 1:54 Adventure, Amati - 1:80 King of the Mississippi, AL 1:64 Blue Shadow, Mamoli - 1:64 Leida Dutch pleasure boat, Corel - 1:60 HMS President Mantra, Sergal Awaiting construction: 1:89 Hermione La Fayette AL - 1:48 Perserverance, Modelers shipyard
Mindi Posted August 16, 2016 Author #8 Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks very much, I am happy I chose it , its a really good build and the kit OK although some poor quality wood. Piet and mtaylor 2 Quote
Mindi Posted August 16, 2016 Author #9 Posted August 16, 2016 Found a couple of earlier hull pics from 2011 one of inner skin one of outer going on. GuntherMT, mtaylor, dashi and 3 others 6 Quote
Jparsley Posted August 17, 2016 #10 Posted August 17, 2016 That's a good looking boat nicely done so far Piet and mtaylor 2 Quote USF Constellation 1/85 AL Jparsley
Mindi Posted August 18, 2016 Author #11 Posted August 18, 2016 Completed the rails and staunchions. Had a problem. I was originally going to leave all the timber work plain varnished but more research led me to black. Learning...... Cant easily overpaint new Tamiya acrylic over old Satin Acrylic. ( brand forgotten...probably Admiralty Satin) It just wont stick. I had to change to enamel XF1 rather than Acrylic XF1. Sanding would have been a better solution but too difficult. Enamel XF1 matt OK but not as nice a finish. dashi, Piet, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote
edmay Posted August 18, 2016 #12 Posted August 18, 2016 Hello Mindi, Very well built ,neat clean,she is going to be a beauty ,will follow .Edwin mtaylor and Piet 2 Quote
Mindi Posted August 20, 2016 Author #13 Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) I know these posts are all in reverse order but as the old sequence is lost here are a couple from early in the build. I did spend a lot of time coming up with a planking strategy I was capable of executing...in other words easy as I could manage. I took the easy way out on the under skin and did not bring all the planks to fall on the stem as you can see in the earliest shot. Some come up to a waist point around the waterline, an imaginary chine if you like.... For the outer planking I wanted to have every plank fall on the stem and used the photo of the construction of the replica Endeavour to plan the planks. I actually took a risk and started about halfway up the stem and worked both ways from there and in the end found that a good tactic, it worked quite well for me. Of course my plank count was different to the replica as the scale wouldnt allow the same "real" number.I have probably made that completely confusing but I know what I mean...lol Edited August 20, 2016 by Mindi Mirabell61, dashi, Homebrew and 4 others 7 Quote
Mirabell61 Posted August 20, 2016 #14 Posted August 20, 2016 Hi Mindy, a beautiful build, good to hear its going on now... Nils Piet and mtaylor 2 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50
Mindi Posted August 21, 2016 Author #15 Posted August 21, 2016 Minor disaster today...discovered I have lost the etched brass sheet with lots of small parts I will need to continue. I have written to Jotika in UK to ask if I can buy a replacement..hoping for the best. It will turn up of course immediately after I pay for a replacement. To protect it I have put it in a book... which book...? NO IDEA mtaylor and Piet 2 Quote
Captain Slog Posted August 21, 2016 #16 Posted August 21, 2016 Hi Mindi, glad to see you back on your Endeavour. The photo-etch sheet is available from Cornwall Model Boats if you have no luck from Jotika. http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/caldercraft-brass-etch.html Cheers Slog Piet and mtaylor 2 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic)
dashi Posted August 21, 2016 #17 Posted August 21, 2016 Looking good Mindi, glad you are back on board with your Endeavour. mtaylor and Piet 2 Quote Current Build:HM Bark Endeavour, scale 1:64, Caldercraft static kit (Build Log)
Ulises Victoria Posted August 21, 2016 #18 Posted August 21, 2016 Mindi!!! How nice to see you back!!! Somehow I missed your first post. Your Endeavour is looking great. Hope to see more of it soon. Again, welcome back!!! Ulises mtaylor and Piet 2 Quote There aren't but two options: do it FAST, or do it RIGHT. Current Project Build Log: Soleil Royal in 1/72. Kit by Artesania Latina. Last finished projects: Royal Ship Vasa 1628; French Vessel Royal Louis 1780. 1/90 Scale by Mamoli. 120 Cannons Future projects already in my stash: Panart: San Felipe 1/75; OcCre: Santísima Trinidad 1/90; Wish List: 1/64 Amati Victory, HMS Enterprise in 1/48 by CAF models. So much to build, so little time!
DaveRow Posted August 22, 2016 #19 Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Hello Mindi, You are about where I was on my Endeavour a couple of months ago. Great news you are getting back into the build. Will pull up a swivel chair and watch your progress. Actually, the more I look, you and I have had similar thoughts as to what items look like and bottom waterline. Dave R Edited August 22, 2016 by DaveRow Piet and mtaylor 2 Quote Dave R Measure twice, cut once. Current Build: HMB Endeavour 1768 (In the shipyard being constructed)
Mindi Posted August 25, 2016 Author #20 Posted August 25, 2016 Port Cannon dashi, mtaylor, MikeB4 and 2 others 5 Quote
Mindi Posted August 27, 2016 Author #21 Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) Gosh there are some Endeavours being built here which are a standard I cant approach. Better I dont look....! Some beautiful rigging work happening. I was so unhappy with my cannon that i took them off, removed the capping rains for the gundeck, and started to bulid gun tackles albeit with only one block. Make them a little more detailed if it works out OK. Edited August 27, 2016 by Mindi dashi, NJQUACK, Captain Slog and 4 others 7 Quote
Mindi Posted August 28, 2016 Author #22 Posted August 28, 2016 Gun Deck done except for boats and spar storage. Made single block gun tackles but no breeching lines as was getting over my fiddly tolerance point. Happier than before but would still like to do it again. Move on. cristikc, rowand, Cabbie and 5 others 8 Quote
S.Coleman Posted August 29, 2016 #23 Posted August 29, 2016 Single block tackels. Now that's different. Good work. mtaylor and Piet 2 Quote Regards, Scott Current build: 1:75 Friesland, Mamoli Completed builds: 1:64 Rattlesnake, Mamoli - 1:64 HMS Bounty, Mamoli - 1:54 Adventure, Amati - 1:80 King of the Mississippi, AL 1:64 Blue Shadow, Mamoli - 1:64 Leida Dutch pleasure boat, Corel - 1:60 HMS President Mantra, Sergal Awaiting construction: 1:89 Hermione La Fayette AL - 1:48 Perserverance, Modelers shipyard
ca.shipwright Posted August 29, 2016 #24 Posted August 29, 2016 Nice Mindi mtaylor and Piet 2 Quote ca.shipwright Michael Zemmel Midlothian. VA http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11562-hmb-endeavour-by-cashipwright-corel-160/ http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/15329-hms-victory-by-cashipwright-panart-art-738-1:78/ "Buy all your toys before you retire"
Mindi Posted September 6, 2016 Author #25 Posted September 6, 2016 Made the Pinnace first as it is white and better to practice on something which is painted. Have to do oars, but made up a simple gaff rig and mast step for one of it's sailing configurations just for the fun of it. Hate doing the boats..it was getting to this stage 5 years ago that made me stop although I am reasonably happy with this first one. I dont think this is a strong point of the kit to be honest. Captain Slog, dashi, Piet and 5 others 8 Quote
DaveRow Posted September 6, 2016 #26 Posted September 6, 2016 Made the Pinnace first as it is white and better to practice on something which is painted. Have to do oars, but made up a simple gaff rig and mast step for one of it's sailing configurations just for the fun of it. Hate doing the boats..it was getting to this stage 5 years ago that made me stop although I am reasonably happy with this first one. I dont think this is a strong point of the kit to be honest. Looks very good actually. I haven't built any of the tenders yet. The Corel Kit I have, only has 1 tender and I won't be using it. Will be a scratch build, and like you, not looking forward to them, very fiddly. Cheers Dave R rowand, dashi, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Dave R Measure twice, cut once. Current Build: HMB Endeavour 1768 (In the shipyard being constructed)
Mindi Posted September 6, 2016 Author #27 Posted September 6, 2016 Hi Mindi, glad to see you back on your Endeavour. The photo-etch sheet is available from Cornwall Model Boats if you have no luck from Jotika. http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/caldercraft-brass-etch.html Cheers Slog Slog I just saw this from you...thank you very much. I have given up on getting a response from Jotika so you have got me out of jail. Cheers. DaveRow, Piet, Captain Slog and 1 other 4 Quote
ca.shipwright Posted September 6, 2016 #28 Posted September 6, 2016 Hi Mindi, Don't cut yourself short. Your modeling skills are wonderful as exhibited by your work on the Endeavour. Regards Piet, rowand and dashi 3 Quote ca.shipwright Michael Zemmel Midlothian. VA http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11562-hmb-endeavour-by-cashipwright-corel-160/ http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/15329-hms-victory-by-cashipwright-panart-art-738-1:78/ "Buy all your toys before you retire"
BANYAN Posted September 6, 2016 #29 Posted September 6, 2016 Nice progress Mindi, and welcome back to the Endeavour fold Those boats look great and you have now encouraged me to add the masts and sails to at least a couple of mine (I still have the Yawl and Skiff to do) cheers Pat mtaylor, dashi and Piet 3 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)
Mindi Posted September 7, 2016 Author #30 Posted September 7, 2016 Hi Mindi, Don't cut yourself short. Your modeling skills are wonderful as exhibited by your work on the Endeavour. Regards Thanks Michael Piet and mtaylor 2 Quote
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