kiwiron Posted August 30, 2015 #61 Posted August 30, 2015 Very nice work,love the bumpkins.I must have another attempt at them. 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 September 4, 2015 Author #62 Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) Hello my friends, here is just another update. The Endeavour takes good progress. It is really a fun to build the deck furniture so far. The kit offers a lot of prefabricated and precut parts for some of the quite difficult items like the stepway across the rudder or the nighthouse for the compass. But I decided not only to build the parts but also to improve them. In the plans they use ordinary light timber. I didnt like this and changed it into walnut.The anchor is just built not fixed yet. I varnished the hull with clear semigloss laquer - the color of the timber darkened a little bit - the pice only give some kind of imagination, in real its quite more intense. I hope you like the pics - and as always any comment is welcome. CU Cheerio Max Edited September 4, 2015 by maggsl_01 popeye the sailor, dgbot, SimonV and 10 others 13 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 September 6, 2015 #63 Posted September 6, 2015 She's looking great,well done. 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 September 7, 2015 Author #64 Posted September 7, 2015 (edited) Hi folks, I made a little change on the anchors. According to the instructions the bands around the anchor stock should be made from the brass provided with the kit. It is 5mm wide. But this is much to much... so I changed it. I used some black thick card for modelling. This card I can cut very exactly and so I can make much smaller bands according to original photos. In the book from Wolfram zu Mondfeld it is said that all metal items on a seaship should be painted black. So I colored the bolts and the ring; the bolts are too big but I do not know at the moment how to make it in an other way than to cut off the nailheads and use them. All in all I like the second attempt more than the first CU Cheerio my friends Max Edited September 7, 2015 by maggsl_01 Cabbie, GuntherMT, popeye the sailor 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?
UpstateNY Posted September 7, 2015 #65 Posted September 7, 2015 Hi Max, I like the first anchor, but agree that the second looks even better! Lovely work on your Endeavour...she is a real beauty! Cheers, Nigel. maggsl_01 1 Quote Current Build Logs: H.M.S. Triton Cross Section, USF Confederacy Model Shipways Completed Log: Red Dragon Artesania Latina Gallery: Red Dragon: Artesania Latina Member: Nautical Research Guild
kiwiron Posted September 13, 2015 #66 Posted September 13, 2015 Looking good,I used card for everything they said to use brass for much easier to work with and looks better. 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 September 13, 2015 Author #67 Posted September 13, 2015 Hi Ron, so I do... the bgrass is so hard to bend and mostly the stripes are too wide... card is a very good alternative; an other one would be lead, but there is nothing wrong with card. cheerio Max 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?
maggsl_01 Posted September 14, 2015 Author #68 Posted September 14, 2015 Hi all just a little update. I am doing the deadeyes and the chain plates at the moment. The instructions want to bend a 1mm strong brass wire... I did not like this - and the result of a test was not nice. So I bought some chain plates and accessoires and replaced the original planned with them. In the pics you can see the result. It is not perfect but much better than the kits parts. I like this kit very much - I am working on the Endeavour for almost seven months now. And I have not yet reached the stadium of masts At first I thought this kit would be a fast-to-build one. But there is so much more satisfying work... I can only recommend the Occre product... Enjoy the pics, some more will come soon. Cheerio Max DaveRow, UpstateNY, 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?
maggsl_01 Posted September 22, 2015 Author #69 Posted September 22, 2015 Hello my friends, I am working on the guns at the time. The barrels provided with the kit are terrible - not to use in any way. So I got some new from my dealer. They are turned brass, very worthy and a perfect look-and-feel. But there is almost nothing that could not be made a little bit more perfect So I brunished the barrels - and now they are really perfect. According to the instructions there is no cannon rigging planned. But I do so and therefore I got some eyebolts to the gun-carriages and 2mm-blocks (woooo... very tricky ) But at least it works and as I think: it looks good. The color is red ochre by Caldercraft, the thread is .25mm by Corel and 1mm for the thick rope. Additional I made a coating for the anchor rings as this is mentioned in every sorce I read before. For the best tension I fixed the anchor and the anchor rope in two vices. So it was no problem to coat the ring. I am still learning to reach a high level for my project of the Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde (Euro Model) and this all together is ONE step on this way As always - comments are welcome Cheerio Max DenPink, MarisStella.hr, GuntherMT 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?
Dimitris71 Posted September 23, 2015 #70 Posted September 23, 2015 Hello Max, Just catching up.... Fantastic progress... Your work as i said before is very clean and neat...Bravo!!!! Kind regards Dimitris maggsl_01 1 Quote Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale
maggsl_01 Posted September 28, 2015 Author #71 Posted September 28, 2015 Hello together, step by step the first section of construction will be completed. The hull and the deck fittings are almost done, the guns are rigged and in place. Only the reserve topmasts and the boat have to be prepared, built and at least fixed. I think it will last another two or three days. Everything works fine so far, I added some parts to the model as the buoys for the anchors or the rigging for the guns. For the guns I needed about 2.5 hrs per each for building, rigging and fixing. But it is worth every minute - otherwise the guns would not look so authentic. I hope you do not dislike the coils but I did not want to show them in a perfect "Naval Academy"-Style. I am not sure if the rope is not a bit too long - but anyway: I like it See you soon with the next update Cheerio Max UpstateNY, popeye the sailor, Cabbie 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?
Cabbie Posted September 28, 2015 #72 Posted September 28, 2015 Hi Max Yes I like the coils like that as well, looks a bit more like a working ship. It is all looking top notch, I hope mine comes up as good, WHEN, I get to your stage. Hooroo Chris Dimitris71 and maggsl_01 2 Quote HM Cutter Mermaid 1817 HMB Endeavour 1768 by Cabbie - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Kit Fiddle Every action has a consequence
fmodajr Posted September 28, 2015 #73 Posted September 28, 2015 Hello Max, I have been having a great time reviewing your log! Great job! And yes I like the coils also! Frank maggsl_01, DenPink and Dimitris71 3 Quote
DenPink Posted September 28, 2015 #74 Posted September 28, 2015 Hi Max Again first class workmanship. And A1 photos. Denis. maggsl_01 and Dimitris71 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 October 3, 2015 Author #75 Posted October 3, 2015 Hello my friends, the first part of building the Endeavour is done: The hull and the deck fittings are ready. The pics give a impression of the result. It was really a satisfying and enjoyable way to this point. As mentioned before I made a few modifications, but most of the build is according to the instructions. Next will be to prepare the masts and yards. As it will be the premiere for me to use sails I will have to get a lot of informations about the procedure. What is the right order to fix the rigging and the sails on the yards? I hope I will find some help At least the drawings provided with the kit seem to be excellent and very detailled. So I hope I get along with this challenge - but I am also very excited how the sails will look... Enjoy the pics and - as always - comments are welcome Cheerio Max GuntherMT, RGL, shipaholic 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?
maggsl_01 Posted October 6, 2015 Author #76 Posted October 6, 2015 Hi Paul, thank you so much for your post. I agree that building the masts and yards is 1. very satisfying and 2. very time-consuming. I also loved to build the masts as you say. When I build the Royal Caroline it was really enjoyable. But I learned that a good mast will need its time... Still I am studying the plans esp for the rigging. But as you say the drawings are very helpful. Just in case I made a copy of every plan in double-size. So I can see and follow the instructions more precise. I will see what has to be done and sure follow the instructions. I think the belaying points are described quite exactly - but I also have the AOTS and can take a look there in any case of doubt. I will probalbly replace most of the thread provided with the kit. I found a manufacturer for model-rigging-thread here in Germany. He offers very much different threads and it looks fine - as far as I can see on the pics in the net. But not sure about it at least - the Admiral always has an eye on the strongbox... I will start with the masts at the weekend - typical European fall has been announced: rain, fog, wind. Perfect weather conditions for the shipyard. Let me thank you again - your words were an inspiration to me. Best wishes - and Cheerio Max dgbot 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 October 18, 2015 Author #77 Posted October 18, 2015 Hello my friends it is time for a little update now... As mentioned before I started to build the masts. I have done the main mast and the bowsprit, actually I am on the foremast. Well... what shall I say? Everything goes very well, there are almost no problems... The plans are very good in scale 1:1 and very clear and easy to follow. At least you almost CAN NOT do anything wrong. But nevertheless it takes its time to go through. I estimate to have used about 20 hrs for the main mast to complete it with all the blocks, painting an so on... The AOTS is a real help to understand the rigging and the need to fix blocks, deadeyes etc on the masts. Some pics will show you the progress I have done so far. Don't hesitate to tell me what you do not like (and if... what you like ) Cheerio Max popeye the sailor, MarisStella.hr, DenPink 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?
UpstateNY Posted October 18, 2015 #78 Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Hi Max, Wonderful work...love the way the paint and wood colors are working together as well as the progress on the masts. Really enjoying your photography work as well! Cheers, Nigel. Edited October 18, 2015 by UpstateNY maggsl_01 1 Quote Current Build Logs: H.M.S. Triton Cross Section, USF Confederacy Model Shipways Completed Log: Red Dragon Artesania Latina Gallery: Red Dragon: Artesania Latina Member: Nautical Research Guild
Dimitris71 Posted October 19, 2015 #79 Posted October 19, 2015 Great work on the mast Max.. i like the painting too!! Cheers Dimitris maggsl_01 1 Quote Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale
dgbot Posted October 19, 2015 #80 Posted October 19, 2015 Max, you are an artist as well as a ship modeler it looks fantastic. 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 October 19, 2015 Author #81 Posted October 19, 2015 Thank you all for your kind words... I really do appreciate this Cheerio Max Dimitris71 and MarisStella.hr 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 October 25, 2015 #82 Posted October 25, 2015 She's looking great,nice work. 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.
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shipaholic Posted October 25, 2015 #84 Posted October 25, 2015 Hi Max Some really good work you have done. One thing puzzles me, your foremast is much shorter than the mainmast. I believe the foremast should be only slightly shorter, maybe there is a mistake in the plans somewhere (yes it happens) I wonder if the Occre plans are the same as the ones I have. (Same model different brand) Cheers Steve maggsl_01 1 Quote Current Build: HMB Endeavour 1:51 (Eaglemoss part work)Previous Builds: USS Constitution (Revell plastic) HMS Victory 1:96 (Corel) HMB Endeavour 1:60 (AL)
maggsl_01 Posted October 25, 2015 Author #85 Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Hi Steve, thx for your comment - indeed the foremast is remarkable lower than the mainmast - at least at the level of the mars. But I followed all the instructions in the plans. So probably it may be an error in the plans. If you look at kiwiron's Endeavour by Occre http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/4314-hmb-endeavour-by-kiwiron-occre-154/page-19# you will also see this difference between fore- and mainmast. I Think I will take a look at the AOTS an then decide what to do. As the masts are not glued yet I can repair this fault. I will Report about this... Cheerio Max Edited October 25, 2015 by maggsl_01 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 October 25, 2015 Author #86 Posted October 25, 2015 Hi Steve (again) I had a look at Mr Marquardts fabulous book... Indeed... the foremast of the Occre Endeavour is about 2 cm shorter than the drawings in the AOTS show. I did control the plans to be sure that I have not made that mistake... But I did everything as the plans show, so the plans have to be inaccurate somehow. But it is not a Problem to compensate this fault - I just will glue a spacer onto the lower foremast - and all will be good. I hope this will work. The result will be shown soon Thanks for your hint. Cheerio Max Dimitris71 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 October 29, 2015 Author #87 Posted October 29, 2015 Hello folks, the size of the masts is still something to move me... I was looking at the AOTS again and the plans. There is a difference between the foremast and the mizzen mast that both can be built with the Occre kit, and the specifications available in certain sources - plans of other manufacturers, AOTS and other literature. What will be right?`I use a spacer on the foremast to raise it to the correct height. So I should do this for the mizzen mast too. But will the sails still fit when I change the dimensions? What would you do? Thx for your attention Cheerio Max popeye the sailor and Dimitris71 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?
Dimitris71 Posted October 29, 2015 #88 Posted October 29, 2015 Sorry Max, I can't help you with that, due my luck of experience. But in my eyes the red line looks right. Cheers Dimitris Quote Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale
maggsl_01 Posted October 31, 2015 Author #89 Posted October 31, 2015 Hello my friends I completed building the masts. They seem to be quite ok, although the construction was a little bit tricky on some parts. But the 1:1 instructions help you very well. Still not sure about the height... Next will be to build the yards. As I will use the sails I will have to think about the wright order to fix the sails on the yards... We will see... Some pics will Show the actual state of the HMB Endeavour Cheerio Max kiwiron, GuntherMT, edmay 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?
kiwiron Posted November 1, 2015 #90 Posted November 1, 2015 Looking great Max,to late for me to change my mast height my masts are glued in.How does your foremast height compare to the replica? Dimitris71 and maggsl_01 2 Quote Current builds: HMS Victory - Caldercraft 1:72 Completed builds: HMB Endeavour - OcCre 1:54 HMS Supply - Caldercraft 1:64. Fishing boats, Bremen, Palamos.
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