Endurance by jawiki - OcCre - 1:70

[jawiki]

Hello! By the insane chance of stars aligning my endurance model kit arrived at my doorstep last night and this morning I woke up to news of the REAL Endurance wreck being discovered! That must give me some kind of goodluck right? 

This will be my second attempt at a model ship, I purchased a kit for 20$ at an estate sale for a ship called the Dallas a while back. When I tried to build it all the planking strips were so brittle and old I ended up realizing I’d be better off starting with a newer fresher kit as my first real try. 
 

recently at work we had some extra scraps so I made myself a quick modeling table, I hope I don’t grow out of it too quickly and I’m excited to start! 

[Cathead]

I just heard about that as well, so cool! Looking forward to following your project. I agree that a newer kit will give you a much better building experience.

[Jim Lad]

On our local news this morning as well. Looking forward to seeing your model grow.

 

John

[john D]

Nice work on the table.Good luck with your build I am starting the same one so I will be looking over your shoulder.

[clearway]

welcome to the endurance club- mine is on the backburner at the moment but will hopefully re-boot her soon.

 

Keith

[Joe100]

It really is amazing how famous Shackleton has become in the past few years. I do believe his star is as high as it’s ever been. Exciting to see so many Endurance models

[jawiki]

Hello! I can see why a ship kit build can take someone so long! Time flys 

 

It’s been about a month since my first post and I’d like to think I’ve made some good progress. Again this is my first kit I’ve done, so I know it’s not perfect! I’d like to think I’m doing pretty ok so far though. Almost done planking the first layer of the hull, Let me know if there is anything that jumps out at you as a red flag! Some of the pictures sure make it look worse than irl.

 

Edited April 11, 2022 by jawiki

[jawiki]

Its been really cool seeing the ship really take its shape with planking on the hull though. I feel like this is the major step in the building process, Ill be curious to see what stage of the build I find the most difficult looking back.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for finding some dogs at 1:70 scale? Id love to have a few in the dog kennels up on deck when the model is completed. Im not sure if im just not using the correct words in my google search or if im just asking for something that doesnt exist! Any help would be appreciated on that (or even some men at 1:70 scale)

 

Still not sure how "accurate" of a build Im going to do for this build or if im just going to keep it simple since its my first kit. I think ill flesh that out more once I start work on the deck fixtures!

 

Thanks everyone

[Glen McGuire]

34 minutes ago, jawiki said:

Some of the pictures sure make it look worse than irl.

 

Don't worry about the close-up pictures showing too many flaws.  We are all way too familiar with that around here. 

 

Really nice work so far.  I think you are doing a fine job on a very interesting subject!  

[BobG]

Really well done so far, jawiki, especially for your first build!

[Cathead]

23 hours ago, jawiki said:

Does anyone have any suggestions for finding some dogs at 1:70 scale?

Try searching in 1:64 scale, a far more common scale for broader modeling. It's also S scale in model railroading, which although not as popular as others, still means things are made for that scale. I did a quick Google search for "1:64 dog" and found various results. I doubt the size difference will be significantly noticeable, especially for dogs.

[tim71669]

Your work looks fantastic so far! I will be attempting this same kit myself soon. I have two questions. What glue or glues should I purchase and what paints? Thank you and best of luck!

[jawiki]

Small update! Sanded my hull and added some filler to smooth out the weird spots. In general preparing for the next layer of hull planking, I’m excited to

try and nail this outer layer.  Starting to kind of look like a ship!

[jawiki]

On 4/27/2022 at 2:41 PM, tim71669 said:

Your work looks fantastic so far! I will be attempting this same kit myself soon. I have two questions. What glue or glues should I purchase and what paints? Thank you and best of luck!

Hello Tim! Sorry for the two month delay in response, I didn’t see you had commented until now. 
I’m using titebond II for the majority, and modeling super glue for small pieces that can’t easily be held down with a clamp or nails. 
 

also I thought a bit about what paint I wanted to use, but since this is my first model I decided to play it safe and I ordered the occur paint that the model kit recommended for the build. We’ll see if I stick with it as I come closer to painting more of the ship!

 

have you started on your model yet?

[tim71669]

I will be starting it this weekend! Thank you for the tips. As I progress I will make sure to start a build log here.