HMB Endeavour by RGL -FINISHED - Artesania Latina

[mikec]

fantastic work Greg. Faultless.

[RGL]

It does not get any faster, the Spiritsail yard.

[RGL]

And the Spiritsail topsail yard.

[RGL]

The Cross jack Yard finished. 6 to go!

[RGL]

As I move on with the yards, the blocks are getting smaller, and essentially I'm not very good at stropping blocks. I had a bit of an idea how to do it better. I got a bit of offcut dowel that would suit the radius that I needed. I cut a notch in it. I then hand served about a foot of .25mm cord and wrapped it around, held with a small pair of self closing tweezers, tied it off 3 times (the block is 3.5mm so fiddly). Using a bit of brass wire to hold the block I affixed the served ring with some CA, then tied off the block with cord and a small touch of CA. It worked!

[RGL]

The Gaff. I did the entire thing from scratch as you can see the AL Yoke would have never worked. 5 to go.

[mikec]

Brilliant idea for stropping the blocks. i am going to steal that idea. 8-)

[RGL]

I don't think we'd ever tolerate intellectual property here!

[RGL]

The fore and main topsail yards complete. Only 3 to go and only one of them had blocks.

[DaveRow]

Hi Greg,

Fantastic workmanship.

Your attention to details astounds me.

Something for us all to aspire too.

 

For me, back to the 2nd layer of planking on the Endeavour, very, very long way to go...

[RGL]

It's not so much the planking that got to me but the thousands of tree nails. Janos used a dark wood filler.

[RGL]

Topgallants, by far the easiest to do. 1 to go.

[RGL]

The last one! The cross jack yard. The little ring on the block is for the clew line.

[RGL]

From sticks to very complex sticks. The yards are now complete, with over 107 stropped blocks by back is a little sore.

[BANYAN]

What a milestone event Greg - thanks for reminding me it is not far off

Nice work, they will look good on the model when fitted finally giving that very familiar skeletal masting look of the ol' sail ships. 

 

cheers

 

Pat

[DaveRow]

I bet you're glad that's done and dusted Greg.

Going to look great on the model.

[RGL]

Thanks folks, just became slog after a while. The final bit of cat damage repairs now. It's not perfect but the hole was really substantial and the crush injury was between bulkheads. The filler looks very bright but will hopefully fade with age and all the other bits will distract from it. the run of the planks and the anchor stock wales was a lot of work at the time, and near impossible to replicate without a complete strip out which would have made more mess than it was worth.

[RGL]

Attaching the yards to the masts. I thought I'd start front to back then thought that the braces would just not work unless I went the other way around. It makes for ease of access at least. The two main yards lash up quite well but it is tricky getting the parrels attached. the mizzen mast uses rope slings which become fiddly when lashing then through an eyehole.

[RGL]

The Gaff's running rigging. whilst it will be bare poled, l've decided to add as much running rigging as possible.

[RGL]

The cross jack yard complete.

[RGL]

I've finally got all the sundry blocks ready to go for the main and fore yards. I noticed when i added the lifts that gravity plays no part in these small ships, so i have used the slab line to act as gravity and will brace the lifts and jeers.

Edited September 7, 2014 by Greg Lester

[RGL]

Now numerous blocks to go, 8 small blocks on the stays for the tricing lines fore and main (they rig up the tackle to the yards), Braces, fore and main course blocks and rigging, tackle, there is less and less room to move. At the very very end i will do up all the bundled ropes as there will be hundreds of them to do,I've had to order more blocks from clasicmodel as they just seem to keep appearing.on the plans.

[BANYAN]

Very nice work Greg, a lot of blocks but they are sitting quite nicely.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[pmangos]

Greg,

 

Your build looks fantastic. I'm really impressed with your creativity throughout the many steps. I, too, am building the HMS Endeavour AL 1:60. I have just finished the standing rigging and now starting the running rigging. I'm having a lot of difficulty interpreting AL's plans. Since this is my first build I have no experience to draw from. Can you tell me where I can get plans that are more detailed and easier to follow?

 

I will appreciate any guidance you can give me. 

 

Pete

[RGL]

Pete, I have never used the AL instructions, they just don't make any sense. i have gone off the AOTS from the start. It just takes hours of study to make sense of them as I've never sailed a tall ship!

Greg

[RGL]

Progressing with the main yard, and along Frolich's method, I'm adding the running rigging as i go. With knotted ends, I've added the leach and bunt lines though the lead blocks. The hardest part of all of this is belaying them at the moment. The lead blocks run forward and the AOTS plans have them belayed beside the belfry which some idiot forgot to add a point to .

[RGL]

The Tricing lines! The book shows the blocks attached to the 5th stay but belayed to the 1st and 2nd stay. I did it, and it just did not make sense, so i removed and re attached them to the first and second stay as the run is so much better.

 

The actual run of the tackle block is tied off and i intend to actually add a bundled line at the end when finished but I've tied it off to get it out of the road. I will wet it with diluted glue then to given it the appearance of droop.

 

I wont add the port side tricing lines until the end as it will just get in the road as i intend to have a boat slung from the tackle. 

[DaveRow]

More blocks, more blocks and more blocks hey Greg. When will it end !

Looking really great.

Your Endeavour log will come in really handy when I get to the rigging etc.

I'm plodding along on the planking. 

 

Keep the excellent work shipmate.

[RGL]

Stunning day here in Canberra, so I thought I'd take the old girl outside to help with photos. The Fore mast main yard bunt and slab lines done. Braces and clue lines to go.

 

The pin rails look messy but will be covered up with rope coils later and the tricing lines for the yard tackle will be tied off later too.

[BANYAN]

She's looking great Greg; not far off finishing her now.

 

cheers

 

Pat