HM BARK ENDEAVOUR by Graham Tonge - Caldercraft - 1:64 scale

[Graham Tonge]

As I am now retired I thought I would get back into modelling.  I therefore needed a model that was a little bit more of a challenge, hence Caldercraft HM BARK ENDEAVOUR 1:64.

 

I thought I would start a build log and hopefully get your comments as the build progresses.

 

the following photo’s is where I have got to, at present along with issues I came across.

 

I did have some issues with the kit it’s self with poor CNC cutting and issues with the depth of the keel remaining after test fitting the planking. As planking comes to just short of the keel edge.  I emailed Caldercraft on these matters please see email feedback from them below.  Hope this will help others on there builds

 

Hi Graham

 

Thank you for coming back to me with the images, I can now better understand your areas of concern.

With regard to images 1 and 2, this is correct, the deck should only just reach the outer edges of the bulkheads. When the outer hull is planked these hull planks continue up past the deck to the top of the bulkhead stubs; with regard to bulkheads 7, 10 & 11 which have no stubs, the hull planking still extends up past the outer face of the 0.8mm ply deck and will effectively finish flush to the upper face of the deck planking at the ‘steps’ between decks.

With regard to images 3 through 6, again this is correct. The height of exposed keel on Endeavour was approximately 8 inches (203.2mm), at a scale of 1:64 this equates to 3.175mm. The walnut keel supplied has a height of 5.7mm, after planking with 1.5mm lime and 1.0mm walnut this leaves an exposed height of keel of approximately 3.2mm.

What is missing from the model is the false keel, you may or may not choose to add this. The false keel was a sacrificial timber attached to the underside of the keel, we don’t generally apply these as they never look right to scale. You may have seen false keels applied to some models in my experience they are generally applied as 1.5 to 2mm thick planks which looks right but really isn’t. As a general rule of thumb a false keel is approximately quarter the height of the keel to with a 3.2mm keel on Endeavour this would give a false keel thickness of 0.8mm which simply looks odd/wrong when applied. When scaled up of course that thin 0.8mm slither equates to a 2inch thick timber.

With regard to the deck length this is best described as a design consideration with the deck being approximately 3mm longer than need be at the transom (there are a lot of these considerations throughout various areas of all models to try to allow for build differences from one modeller to another). The reason for the extra material on the ply deck is that we know from experience some modellers struggle with correct fitting of angled rear bulkheads where a ‘full’ slot is not provided and also cumulative effects where the stern counter patterns may not be precisely fitted. If you get the angle of the bulkhead spot on and glued tight against the locating notch in the keel and then you get the stern counter patterns precisely glued in place and again tight flush to the bulkhead then it will result in approximately 3mm of material needing to be removed from the aft edge of the deck. On the other hand if one or both of these stages are out by only small degrees you may only need to trim 1mm of material from the aft edge.

 

Kind regards

 

Richard Wright

Technical Manager

 

JoTiKa Limited

Model Marine Warehouse

Hadzor

Droitwich

Worcestershire

WR9 7DS

United Kingdom

 

Tel: +44 (0)1905 776 073

Fax: +44 (0)1905 776 712

Email: richwright@jotika-ltd.com

Web: www.jotika-ltd.com

 

 

 

 

 

I need to thank other members for there advice in getting this far especially 1st & 2nd planking issues.  Being a novice builder I did not realise that tapering of the planking should really start from plank two.  Therefore had to strip five rows of first planking off and start again.

 

1st planking completed required a lot of sanding and a good bit of filler.  2nd planking went on easier but I struggled in holding these in place as did not want to pin these. Looking at completed planking now it has turned out quite well. 
 

For the main deck planking I decided on the four BUTT plan with 100 mm planks as this worked better for me.  
 

Will update 

 

 

 

 

Just finished the capping rail unfortunately I made a mistake that I am going to have to live with in that the capping rail on the mid deck is out of alignment to the Quarter deck due to not taking into account the curve of the hull planking

 

 

 also managed to get the hull painted and stained.  Not sure what happened below the stern quarter as the the stain went on rather dark on the Stbd side and did not look good so I painted it walnut brown (do not like this and going to have change if I can). 

But otherwise quite happy with the way the build is going at present.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2022 by Graham Tonge
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