DaveBaxt Posted June 27, 2021 Share #1 Posted June 27, 2021 Hello all .Only 2 sizes supplied in the Kit 5 mm and 3 mm. I am assuming the 5 mm is for the lower shrouds. Is this too small ? My last model the Bounty by Amati, the lower dead eyes are 7 mm. and upper dead eyes are 5 mm. Are these too big as the scale for the Bounty is 1:60 which I believe is not much difference in that of the Endeavour but I could be wrong. In the Endeavour parts list the dead eyes are listed as 5 and 3 mm so no mistake with what has been put in the box. I am unable to find anything in the literature I own or anything when googled.Perhaps someone who has built the Endeavour can confirm that 5 mm is indeed the correct size for the lower dead eyes. If not perhaps someone knows what size the actual dead eye would be for that period ship and hence I would be able to work it out. Best regards Dave Quote Completed St Canute Billings Dec 2020 Completed HMS Bounty Amati May 2021 Finished Currently building HM Bark Endeavour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted June 27, 2021 Share #2 Posted June 27, 2021 Usually lower deadeyes were half the 'given diameter' (maximum) of the mast. allanyed, DaveBaxt and mtaylor 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted June 27, 2021 Share #3 Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Good Evening Dave; Another guide to size is calculated from the circumference of the shroud. The diameter of the dead-eye is one and a half times the circumference of the stay or shroud. The thickness is slightly more than half the diameter. Interestingly, early rigging inventories call these 'deadman-eyes'. Which makes the origin of the name clear, albeit rather macabre. All the best, Mark P Edited June 27, 2021 by Mark P DaveBaxt, mtaylor and allanyed 3 Quote Previously built models (long ago, aged 18-25ish) POB construction. 32 gun frigate, scratch-built sailing model, Underhill plans. 2 masted topsail schooner, Underhill plans. Started at around that time, but unfinished: 74 gun ship 'Bellona' NMM plans. POB On the drawing board: POF model of Royal Caroline 1749, part-planked with interior details. My own plans, based on Admiralty draughts and archival research. Always on the go: Research into Royal Navy sailing warship design, construction and use, from Tudor times to 1790. Member of NRG, SNR, NRS, SMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBaxt Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted June 28, 2021 Thank you guys for your replies which will give me something to work on. AS all three lower masts are different sizes this would therefore mean all the lower masts would be different but perhaps they don,t make that many different sizes of dead eyes. This could also be true using the stays or shrouds as the standard. I will work on both these above standards and see what I come up with. Best regards Dave allanyed, mtaylor and druxey 3 Quote Completed St Canute Billings Dec 2020 Completed HMS Bounty Amati May 2021 Finished Currently building HM Bark Endeavour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBaxt Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted June 29, 2021 Heloo folks. AS it turns out Caldercraft are the more accurate of the two. 5mm and 3 mm. Thank you for your replies .Best regards Dave mtaylor 1 Quote Completed St Canute Billings Dec 2020 Completed HMS Bounty Amati May 2021 Finished Currently building HM Bark Endeavour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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