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Thank you very much Stuart Appreciate you looking in John love to build as much detail as possible Regards Richard

Much appreciation for your kind post Kev, not sure why I had a 10 year break between last day worked on it, to the day I started back on her Did see some threaded rod on the site Model cars I am really enjoying this build to, got the cabin, wheel box/steering wheel, skylight, and companionway, small details, painting then it will be rigging In the kit you get six drawings, here a a couple if you need anything else let me know Regards Richard

They will do very nicely Martian Regards Richard

Time for some small updates, Finished pinning/ gluing all chain plates to hull making sure they are set right by having the masts in and using a thread Made and installed Guy plates Next up was to make the Jumbo Jib Stay Bail this was made from three sizes of brass soldered together, not mounted it yet Looking at the drawing of turnbuckles for the Bobstays I was looking on the web but could not find any which were small enough so I made them out of small tube, also made the Gammon Irons to hold the bowsprit to hull at the front Changed the Fife Rail, got rid of the white metal and machined the legs out of boxwood and also made the u-shape part out of boxwood as well, then added the snatch blocks looks a lot better now Looking at the supplied parts for the Catheads they didn't look to good not much of any detail So drawings of them were supplied 3/8" = 1-0' so out came some 1/8" brass and I started machining Then machined slot for sheave and drilled holes to mount sheave, after that it was out with the file and filed to shape, also machined the socket and sheave which it mounts to Need to find some very small chain to finish it off Then made the second one, both were soldered to the 1/32 brass wire, Thats it for now Regards Richard

Yes got that book it is brilliant, built all the masts/yards, bowsprit and alot of other items from the drawings provided also got quite a few books on rigging as well, I find you have to be of full concentration when rigging maybe I should do that after the Bluenose. Regards Richard

The Endeavour is a lovely ship what scale would the airfix be, have built a wooden one but as 70% of my models have to finish it just the rigging to do, but man what a load of rigging. Regards Richard

Great start, your first one looks good to Regards Richard

Coming along brilliantly Stuart nice paint job Regards Richard

This is a different subject Simon, like the start you have made will and all the small details you have added (way better than the kit parts ) Regards Richard

Very nice detail lots of likes Regards Richard

Sorry to hear that your health is not good at this time do what the doc says and as John says come back when you are ok Regards Richard

Brilliantly done Kev just looks the part Regards Richard

You should try making it out of wood Martian, it would look nicer I think. Regards Richard

Great looking work horse Beefy Regards Richard

You never know could be lots, I have one of these to build one day will be looking to see if all ok thanks John Regards Richard

Wow very nice painting and detailing Regards Richard

Hi John, Will be watching and learning, wonder what happened to the mold to be out 1mm great start on changing it. Regards Richard

Its all in the small details John Regards Richard

Hope you are feeling good and getting better each day, building with key way is going to look spectacular Regards Richard

Can you unglue & re bend the ammo boxes so that they will fit or can you just file a small area so that they will fit Regards Richard

Like very much Ciao have one of these to build one day. Regards Richard

Thanks Jeff she is coming along it was a lot of fiddling around and making a few things twice No idea Stuart I would love to know myself, hope someone on here knows Does look like a bit of surgical going on but it was the only way to hold all arms so that I could solder, but it was fun to make You are too kind Kev, just noticed the two peak halliard bands on the Fore Gaff sort of disintegrated due to the blackening not sure if I forgot to wash them before mounting, oh well just have to make a couple more. Again thank you all for looking in Regards Richard

I think it is the best part of modelling for me is to make bits so to make the links I used .10 rod on the model which works out to around 5/8 dia this might be a bit small, drawing didn't say what size to use. Using smallest round nose pliers do the first bend (I used .016" to show you Then cut of the flat part Put pliers back in eye and turn until other end meets Then you can bend the eye around until it center this is how I do all eye bolts depends on how long you want link make a bend 45 deg Get your round pliers and bend the other way Then bend it back the other way Then get you snips and cut to length All you have to do then is solder, hope that helps Regards Richard

Now the fore Gaff made the fore gaff jaws same as the main gaff jaws drilled counter bored, drilled through, pinned and added bolts. then made the peakhallard bands and last top lift band, made the same links then a 1/8 shackle The Jumbo Jib Boom, made the traveler band, sheet band with bail, clew band last topping lift band Made a few wooden jigs to help with dia, Next up was to go back to the Bowsprit and make the four eye and three eye bands, had to come up with a way to solder the arms to the band, started by soldering one arm on then adding second 180 deg this is how it went Did the same with the three band Then all I had to do after was drill .020" holes in each arm and then file to shape last added the Bobstay staple, still have to add a couple of eye bolts Here they all are have put a bit of tung oil on couple of them will be doing the others final pic's for tonight both masts, booms gaffs and bowsprit Next up is to go back to the hull and finish off installing chain plates. Until next time Regards Richard

Fore Boom, Fore Gaft and Jumbo Jib Boom, these all have a size of 1/8" dia in the middle and 3/32" dia at both ends so machined and sanded each one from wood supplied in kit. So to start on the Fore Boom made the connection to gooseneck, boom tackle cleat, boom tackle band, sheet band with bail clew band and last topping lift band Then thought I should use blacken should have done this to the boom, masts fittings, oh well, here it is pined to the foremast More to follow, Regards Richard