maggsl_01 Posted May 14, 2015 Author #31 Posted May 14, 2015 Hello my friends, time has come to update my log a little bit. In the past three weeks I had a lot of family business to do... my dad became very sick (now he is getting better day by day), the car broke down (we ordered a new one) ... all that usual stuff that prevents you from having fun But nevertheless I found the time I needed to get some distance to the life's stress. I could continue with my Endeavour a little bit. I sanded the surface, filled the gaps, sanded again, filled up again... You sure know that game Occre provides some very tiny, thin strips for the second planking - not more than veneer. At first I was in doubt if that could work proper... but now I am positive about it. It works better than I thought. The white glue I use only needs to dry a moment an then I press the strip on the hull. It is in the correct place and shape and there is nothing more to do. I stained the strips for the upper part of the hull with a mixture of oak and teak as I did not want to paint the ship in a kind of yellow/orange as the instructions say. So it is a little difficult to sand the strips if necessary and to varnish them again after glueing. The varnish will not go into the wood where glue has closed the pores. It's tricky but with some patience and pressure it works. But as mentioned before: the strips do not need very much retouching. The upper part of the hull will be painted in blue as the instructions say. This is ok. I will also paint some of the decks furniture in red ochre (close to the replica) and the railing in black.(But this is future ) The lower part of the hull will stay in dark brown as the strips are that are provides with the kit. After the final varnishing they will have a very intense and warm colour. Well - thats the status quo at the moment. Some pics will show the work (that is really satisfying) Cheerio Max UpstateNY, SimonV, edmay and 5 others 8 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
DaveRow Posted May 16, 2015 #32 Posted May 16, 2015 Hi Max, Steady as she goes. Your Shipyard is making good progress, looking pretty dam good. Planking the bluff bow and the tight turns on the stern were a bit of test on my Endeavour. You'll be up to where I am in no time. Dave R Captain Slog and maggsl_01 2 Quote Dave R Measure twice, cut once. Current Build: HMB Endeavour 1768 (In the shipyard being constructed)
maggsl_01 Posted May 24, 2015 Author #33 Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Hi my friends today something complete different... I gladly announce that our 14.5 yrs old Mister Super-Macho Morando has become well again. He suffers of a chronic disease called Ehrlichiose that makes the blood ineffective for oxygen-transport. But you can treat this with antibiotics and hope and patience. So we did and he is well again (looking for all the doggy girls in the neighborhood ). The Admiral and me... we are glad that he will have some more months or even years with us and his three girls which he lives together with. It was quite ardouos for him and us to get along - but we all did and are happy. So the build of the Endeavour can go on with full attention. On the pic Morando says "hello" to all of you Cheerio Max Edited May 24, 2015 by maggsl_01 dgbot, UpstateNY, Dimitris71 and 5 others 8 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted June 6, 2015 Author #34 Posted June 6, 2015 Hello my friends.. it has become summer within a few days - today we had temperatures about 35° C here in the North of Bavaria. Usually it has about 20° at this time in the year. I know you Aussies all can just laugh about this but for us Germans this is really HOT... Nevertheless the past few days the Endeavour took a little progress. I finished the second planking, sanding and filling up a few small gaps. Meanwhile I started building the boat and some of the decks furniture like the booby hatch (says google...) I made some pics of this. I bent the washboard planks and pinned them on to the hull. So they tried to a perfect shape. After this I stained them black. Now its easy to fix them on the hull. And I painted the starboard. Step by step...Its about four months now that I build this impressing ship. I attached some pics to show the progress. As always - comments are welcome Cheerio Max kiwiron, Captain Slog, MarisStella.hr and 4 others 7 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
rowand Posted June 15, 2015 #35 Posted June 15, 2015 Hi Max, Your model is coming along nicely and you are making much faster progress than I have been. Looking forward to seeing more... Happy modeling, Cheers, Rowan D. maggsl_01 and dbaldwin73 2 Quote Current build HMB Endeavour - AL Kit
SimonV Posted June 15, 2015 #37 Posted June 15, 2015 Nice progress on Endeavour Max . I like warm color tone on planking. maggsl_01 1 Quote Simon Current build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston by Vanguard Models Mercury by Victory Models - scale 1:64 - (99% scratchbuild) - on hold Finished: Bluenose by Amati - scale 1:100
maggsl_01 Posted June 15, 2015 Author #38 Posted June 15, 2015 Hi Max, Your model is coming along nicely and you are making much faster progress than I have been. Looking forward to seeing more... Happy modeling, Cheers, Rowan D. Hi Rowan, thx a lot - but I have to say that all the parts fit together very well. There are not really problems so far. But on the other Hand I admit that I spend quite a lot of time in my shipyard as it gives me deep relaxing moments to sit there and let a ship grow step by step. I have an office job with all day working with the computer, editing text-files and all this. So it is a very satisfying Hobby to create something with your own hands. I like it to do this... and it is a challenge for me that the Endeavour has got some sails. I will try to set them... so the fun has not yet started Thank you for you kind words Cheerio Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
rowand Posted June 16, 2015 #39 Posted June 16, 2015 Hi Max, I'm there on the office job and know what you mean. By the way, it's freezing here in Melbourne - 10 degrees!! Cheers, Rowan D. Quote Current build HMB Endeavour - AL Kit
maggsl_01 Posted June 22, 2015 Author #40 Posted June 22, 2015 Hello my friends time for another update. I was busy all the time and spent not so much time for my Endeavour. The planking is done now, I have to work on some details, but nothing special so far. I made a pattern for the anchor plates (??) and build them both up before glueing them. So I could form them into perfect shape and afterwards fix them on the hull. The work goes good without real problems. Cheerio - and have a look at the pice. Comments are welcome, als usual. Dimitris71, UpstateNY, edmay and 6 others 9 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
rowand Posted June 26, 2015 #41 Posted June 26, 2015 Nice work Max and great progress. Cheers, Rowan D. maggsl_01 1 Quote Current build HMB Endeavour - AL Kit
maggsl_01 Posted June 26, 2015 Author #42 Posted June 26, 2015 Hi Paul thx... Yes I am surprised by Occre too. The material is quite good and the instructions are good too.Its a difference to the common building with drawn plans for the hull and the deck furniture. The plans for the masts with all the blocks and that stuff are drawn and in scale 1:1. They seem to be very exact, but as you see - I am yet far away from this construction stage.And there are very detailled rigging plans also for the sails. I am looking Forward to that as I love rigging very much. But I have never done sails before... well... we will se how that works. It took a long time for me to decide what kit to purchase. At least Caldercraft was my favorite but no dealer around could deliver the kit. And I did not want to pay 30 Euro just for shipping (additional to the 410 euro for the kit). Much more than this the scale of the Occre (1:54) was decisive. The Price was good too - 210 Euro (was a Special offer). But nevertheless the build is really a joy and very satisfying. I look forward to watch your Progress. Cheerio Max edmay and kiwiron 2 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
kiwiron Posted June 29, 2015 #43 Posted June 29, 2015 Real nice job on the hull,she looks great.The colour scheme looks good doesn't it. maggsl_01 1 Quote Current builds: HMS Victory - Caldercraft 1:72 Completed builds: HMB Endeavour - OcCre 1:54 HMS Supply - Caldercraft 1:64. Fishing boats, Bremen, Palamos.
DenPink Posted July 16, 2015 #44 Posted July 16, 2015 Hi Max You are doing a fantastic build my friend. Just very, very good workmanship at it's best well done. You don't need me to build your stairs, going on what I have seen . But most of all I am so pleased your dog is A-Ok that is more important , 14.50 years is a good age for a dog treasure the time you will have with him as I know you will. Denis. edmay and maggsl_01 2 Quote Complete: Sovereign of the Seas - Mantua 1:78 scale Current build: Euro Model "Royal William" Scale 1:72 HMS "Revenge" Victory Model (Amati) Scale 1:64
maggsl_01 Posted July 17, 2015 Author #45 Posted July 17, 2015 Hello my friends time for a little update today. I had a lot of detail work like the rudder, hatches etc. Additional I carved some wood for the railing. All in all it was a every day-work, but not longer than about one hour a day - its a hot summer here The hull is not varnished yet, so the colors are not yet the final condition. It is really a fun to build this ship. BTW I ordered the Frigate Berlin from Corel. As you may know I want to build the Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde as next model. But I do not dare to do this and want to gather more expierence. So I think the Berlin should be a good training. And of course the Berlin is on my wishlist from the beginning as I want to build some of the german/brandenburgian ships from the 17th century. As always: enjoy the pics and comments are welcome Cheerio Max Dimitris71, DenPink, Captain Slog and 7 others 10 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
kiwiron Posted July 19, 2015 #46 Posted July 19, 2015 She looks great Max,it's a nice looking ship alright.The posts take ages don't they. maggsl_01 1 Quote Current builds: HMS Victory - Caldercraft 1:72 Completed builds: HMB Endeavour - OcCre 1:54 HMS Supply - Caldercraft 1:64. Fishing boats, Bremen, Palamos.
maggsl_01 Posted July 19, 2015 Author #47 Posted July 19, 2015 Hi Paul, Hi Ron thx so much for your kind words. The build really is a pleasure.... I love to see that everyone has an individual solution for the different duties like the windows or the figurine. Thats so amazing that two or mor models never look identical. It is always a kind of interpretation of the modeller. Thats interesting to watch this. And yes we heared in the news that there is a extraordinary cold winter with obviously a lot of snow down under... Well I could send you some of the warmth from here, as the heat grows up to more than 35° Celsius. Thats not the modelling condition Cheerio Max btw - our two oldies on four paws, Nonna with about 15 and half yrs and Morando with 14 and a half, dont like this heat too... DenPink 1 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
rowand Posted July 20, 2015 #48 Posted July 20, 2015 Great work Max!! Cheers, Rowan D. Quote Current build HMB Endeavour - AL Kit
maggsl_01 Posted July 23, 2015 Author #49 Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Hello my friends, it's me again as mentioned before I ordered the Frigate Berlin by Corel. Today the kit was delivered (sometimes I am really surprised by the qualitiy and the speed of the parcel services... one day after payment - the kit cost 450 Euro - the parcel was delivered). Pics will follow soon, but some questions after I opened the kit: There is sailcloth provided withthe kit, but no sewn sails. Can anyone help me how to sew them? I am NOT a tailor...and all what I know about needles is that they are usepul to pin planks onto the frames... Is there anywhere a kind of instruction available? The Berlin is single planked. Has anyone expierence with this? Should I better double-plank the hull or will this work? I am really looking forward to this challenge when my Endeavour is done (this will no be before Xmas). I think the Berlin will teach me to improve my skills more and more. Next to the Berlin the Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde will follow. So I have enough builds for the next three or more years. Cheerio my mates - CU soon Edited July 23, 2015 by maggsl_01 edmay 1 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted July 23, 2015 Author #50 Posted July 23, 2015 Hi Max By shear luck I just received my 2nd hand copy of The Period Ship handbook by Keith Julier. ( This is the original 1992 version not the new updated one) and one of the model builds in it is this ship. There is a 14 page chapter on the build. Unfortunately he built it minus the sails and confesses that he did not use it because the material is off balance ( what ever that means) and does not hang correctly). Maybe someone else on here can help on that. However the rest of the info seems quit good. He also stated that his wife made the sails for other ships .. I go my copy from Bookdepository and Abe books. It only cost me $3.50 AU last week so you should be able to get it cheaply also. Cheers Paul V Hi Pual, thx for your answer. I just asked Mrs Google - and found the Julier books. They are available as 2nd Hand copies by Amazon in Germany. I read at the desciption at Amazon that the book I found has a chapter dealing with Berlin. I think I will buy it as an additional treasurebox of hints and tricks. See the pic below and tell me if this is the book you mentioned. And for the sails... well I think I will ask my mother-in-law... she is a great tailor Cheerio Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted July 26, 2015 Author #51 Posted July 26, 2015 Hello my friends... just some pics and less words. I have done the railing on the Endeavour and prepared the deck and the bulwarks for the cannons... I fixed some eyebolts in the bulwarks and the decks... at least 5 for every cannon... And I added some pics of the BIG SURPRISE ... the Frigate Berlin from Corel. As mentioned before I ordered the kit and got it delivered. Cheerio Max kiwiron, SimonV, DenPink and 5 others 8 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
SimonV Posted July 27, 2015 #52 Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Hi Max! Great progress on Endeavour, I am following this log with great interest. Regarding sewing sails. I made my own for Bluenose schooner. They could be done better, but this was my first attempt with that kind of work. Some of the process is presented in my build log . Also Bluenose by Jack Tar build log was great help for me. It is not sci-fi scienece, so if I can help you, just ask . Congrats for purchasing beautiful Berlin, will follow that one too . Ahhh...and outside temp. are also on normal level now here in Centarl EU . Edited July 27, 2015 by SimonV maggsl_01 1 Quote Simon Current build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston by Vanguard Models Mercury by Victory Models - scale 1:64 - (99% scratchbuild) - on hold Finished: Bluenose by Amati - scale 1:100
maggsl_01 Posted August 4, 2015 Author #53 Posted August 4, 2015 Cheerio my friends time for a little update. Nothing special so far, build goes its way and still gives me joy and fun. Sorry for the poor qualitiy of the pics esp the colors. I did something wrong with the white balance and had to correct it whzen I did edit the pics. Next time will be better again - probably natural daylight. In one pic you can see a collage of some smaller pics. This shows the flags of the Corel kit Berlin I purchased some weeks ago. I am NOT satisfied with this extreme poor printing quality. So I looked in the net to find some better - and I found. There is a website in Germany from a specialist for flags. The sites adres is http://www.schiffsmodellflaggen.de Worth a visit - it has an english version too. Thats it for today CU - and Cheerio Max edmay, DenPink, Captain Slog and 6 others 9 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
edmay Posted August 13, 2015 #54 Posted August 13, 2015 Very nice work Max,colors blend so well,your new book is a good read as are the other volume's,sorry about your pet,some more time is better than none as long as there's no suffering,nice looking new kit,Edwin maggsl_01 1 Quote
maggsl_01 Posted August 13, 2015 Author #55 Posted August 13, 2015 Hi Robin thx for your comment. Yes, I am not sure, if I will keep the cords as they are now. I followed exactly the book Anatomy of the Ship - Endeavour by Mr Marquardt, but there seems to be a difference between the drawings there and the reality. Cheerio Max robin b 1 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted August 17, 2015 Author #56 Posted August 17, 2015 Hello my friends time for a update. I am working on the deck furniture. It is quite a nice job. I changed some wood for the windlass and the davits. But nothing wrong with the original. But I used better some walnut and do not have to stain it. I made the bank for the belaying pins by myself as the provided preformed part is not suitable. I was not sure about the colors. There is no reliable or authentic source for the used colors. So I used some brown paint on the windlass figures and let the construction at least in trhe wooden structure. I saw that the parts in the well-known replica are in red ochre. But I do not want to paint all the bitts or other furniture in red ochre so I followed the Occre instructions. They recommend brown and wooden surface. The swivel guns are from plastic :o. But I dont like the provided guns in the kit. They are awful; I found some very good items made by the german manufacturer Aero-Naut, but they are plastiv. Well, after cleaning up the barrels and painting them they look very close to metal guns. As always - enjoy the pics and comments are welcome Cheerio Max kiwiron, UpstateNY, popeye the sailor and 7 others 10 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
dgbot Posted August 17, 2015 #57 Posted August 17, 2015 Beautiful woodwork And wonderful color, What brand of paint are you using and did you airbrush it on.? David B maggsl_01 1 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/
maggsl_01 Posted August 18, 2015 Author #58 Posted August 18, 2015 Beautiful woodwork And wonderful color, What brand of paint are you using and did you airbrush it on.? David B Hi David thx for your words I use ordinary water-based paint hobby-paint for the blue and black parts or mat enamel for plastic or metal parts. I do not use any airbrush, just a paintbrush; the red parts (bulwarks) are red ochre by Admirality (I think this is a Calder Craft brand). The planks are just stained with waterbased stain, also the other wooden parts that have to be colored. Cheerio Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
kiwiron Posted August 23, 2015 #59 Posted August 23, 2015 Nice job Max,she looks great maggsl_01 1 Quote Current builds: HMS Victory - Caldercraft 1:72 Completed builds: HMB Endeavour - OcCre 1:54 HMS Supply - Caldercraft 1:64. Fishing boats, Bremen, Palamos.
maggsl_01 Posted August 23, 2015 Author #60 Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Hello my friends just a little update to show you the progress. Everything goes pretty fine. Cheerio Max Edited August 23, 2015 by maggsl_01 GuntherMT, Captain Slog, dgbot and 8 others 11 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
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