I must say I am never satisfied with how level I get my deadeyes... they are always OK but never good. I use a piece of bent piano wire, but maybe I need to use two pieces to prevent any rotation of the deadeye more certainly..? Watching the incredible Olya Batchvarov on Youtube and she uses a double wire.
Endurance from Occre by Mallacoota
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Good morning. Thank you. I bought the ropes (other than the shrouds and ratlines) and blocks from Zoly at Dry dock model. Cheers Grant
Thanks Grant
Mallacoota - A lot of good things going on here! Great build!
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Grant,
To keep in line the deadeyes you can use a brass wire as in reality (see picture).
To keep in line the deadeyes you can use a brass wire as in reality (see picture).
yes..thanks Bill and Francois
Hear! Hear!
Following with interest.
Spent today on the jib sails...the brass rings are not anything like to scale...much too big. I had some slightly smaller ones which were enough for jib 2 and jib 3 but not jib 1... so jib 1 has these oversized rings in the photo. The scale is 1:70 so the 8mm rings represent an actual size of 560mm...duh... that isnt very sensible. I mean it isnt possible to honour the scale exactly because stuff becomes so small you cant work with it... but these are over the top.
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Those stacked stern pieces that have to be shaped to a uniform compound curve are very challenging.
Agree about the rings! I'd have changed them right off! Some times the eye is the best judge of scale, or at least proportion. Looks fixable without too much travail and pulling out clumps of hair! Nice work thus far!
Pete
Agree about the rings! I'd have changed them right off! Some times the eye is the best judge of scale, or at least proportion. Looks fixable without too much travail and pulling out clumps of hair! Nice work thus far!
Pete
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The instructions in my kit ask for 3mm rings which were supplied ("H" on the parts list). The ones that you have used are JT45 and 49 on the rigging diagrams perhaps.
Great Minds must think as one. I am also am just beginning to build "Endurance" and read the Endurance book. I am also going to read "The Ship beneath the Ice"
We should post notes and pictures as we work thru building the model.
Bill W.
Good afternoon. Stunning other than those oversized “hoops” you mentioned. I sometimes wonder with kit manufacturers providing such out of scale parts. I do like the colour of the sails. Cheers Grant
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I agreed with Barco, it should be diameter 3 mm you used rings for others sails
The large rings are for attaching the mizzen and stern sails to the masts. JT45 & 49.
Hope this helps
No..I have the rings put aside for mizzen and main. ...(well actually I have already installed them ) I was not provided with any 3mm rings at all. The rings I have used were the smallest in my kit....as you can see here below. However I got to this position it is not ideal. I might see if I can buy some small rings online. Should not be too hard.
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Well I apologise to Occre...they did provide 3mm rings I had just misplaced them. Oops...egg on face time. Dont know what I did exactly but probably removed them from the kit so I wouldn't lose them is the most likely cause. Anyway...they look heaps better than the spare 6mm and 8mm ones...Thanks to those who helped here.
More rigging today...Main and Mizzen lower shrouds tomorrow then I think I can start on the ship's boats....have to think about that and go back over the rigging to see what I have missed. A bit of fence straightening required.
More rigging today, Main shrouds done, Mizzen shrouds next then ratlines for main and mizzen.... finished running rigging pretty much. Should be on to ships boats later this week. Still need to fit white outer trim on the channels.
Good evening. This is becoming a model to be proudly displayed. Cheers Grant
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soony ready to go to the weddel sea