Endeavour by Bill97 - OcCre - 1/54

[Bill97]

Thanks again shipaholic. Here is what I did looking at your photos as a guide. Tell me if this is the right process. I served a length of rope with sewing thread. I then folded each end over about 1/2 inch and served that leaving a loop at the end. I then folded the served rope in half around the block and served it tight and down to the previous two separate servings. I then ran several turns of thread through the two small loops to tie the block to the bowsprit. Again comparing mine to your’s I think I have the served section below the block a bit longer than necessary. 

[shipaholic]

Hi Bill

That looks pretty good. The trick is to just try to make it look right compared to photos or diagrams in books. In my experience kit instructions are not a good reference for details

Cheers

Steve

Edited September 20 by shipaholic
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[Bill97]

And then there was a bowsprit. A very busy and time consuming bowsprit!  I had some copper tape left over from my Victory build so I used it to make the 6 hoops around the bowsprit. OcCre did not call for it but I used some oak veneer I had to make the woolding hoops around the woolding. Thanks to Shipaholic I tried, and was successful, in serving and worming the heart blocks and deadeyes. OcCre also did not call for an inner gammoning but ATOS showed there was one so I drilled a hole at the top of the stem to fit the inner gammoning and added the extra roll of gammoning cleats. 

[Ian_Grant]

Bill, you are as prolific with wood as with plastic now. Congrats!

[Bill97]

Thanks Ian. I am finding really enjoy building a wood ship. Kind of brings my woodworking experience to play. However I do miss using my airbrush as much as I do on the plastic. On wood I like using wood stain instead of paint so as to not obscure The grain.