Endurance (1912) - Occre, Scale 1:70 - My First Shipbuilding Adventure

The Ships Cat said:
Absolute day one of my relationship (no pun intended) with my new found passion for model ship building.
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I like your enthusiasm and excitement! Welcome to the hobby from a fellow new guy, though not quite an absolute beginner. I’m passionate about it too!

Tell me, what is the name of your ship?

If you are going to make this a regular log of your build, you might want to ask the moderators to move the thread to the build log section. (Press the ‘Report’ button at bottom left of your post to get in touch with them)
 
G'Day Smithy, nice to meet ya mate.
The name of the ship is The Endurance and my intention is to give her and her amazing crew all the justice I can muster (huge fan)
I would like to make it a build log, but couldn't find where to put it, so appreciate the advice mate
 
Smithy said:
I like your enthusiasm and excitement! Welcome to the hobby from a fellow new guy, though not quite an absolute beginner. I’m passionate about it too!

Tell me, what is the name of your ship?

If you are going to make this a regular log of your build, you might want to ask the moderators to move the thread to the build log section. (Press the ‘Report’ button at bottom left of your post to get in touch with them)
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Actually mate, where is the build log section ?
 
Started to add the (not sure what to call them) that support the edges of the primary planking.
I've noticed in photos of builds these are "shaped "to follow the contour of the hull, so I had a go at this prior to gluing, not sure if I'm jumping the gun or just adding work for myself.
I was wondering if should need to contour the adjoining "ribs" as well ?

Edit: Note to self !
Watch the Occre YouTube tutorials THEN ask questions :p ROTF



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I was vey anxious about the "planking" process, nervous about what glue, will I mistakenly leave unsightly "gaps".
It feels to me that a ships deck is it's "street cred" , it's what draws the eyes first before you explore the rest of the vessel.
After watching several very helpful tips and tricks from this forum, and of course the magic pair of hands in the Occre YouTube tutorials, I went for it.
I noticed the magic hands dragged a pencil along the edges of the planks, assuming this was to give a definitive edge, which is what I wanted to achieve, then I did the same, and very pleased with result I'll be honest.
But then if the hands told me to sacrifice my first born before moving to the next step then that's precisely what I'll do if it means a good result ROTF0003.jpg0003 (3).jpg0003 (5).jpg
 
By the way, I saw a video of a guy who put LED's in his Endurance and it looked awesome.
So I ordered it with the kit............as you do.
I'm thinking of maybe "yellowing" them so it's not so bright.
Completely no clue on how to go about it but then my philosophy on life has always been "bite off more than you
can chew then chew like crazy", so I'll figure it out one way or another. :p
If anyone out there has some "do's" and "don'ts" I'd really appreciate the comments. Thumbsup;)
 
The Ships Cat said:
the magic hands dragged a pencil along the edges of the planks, assuming this was to give a definitive edge,
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It’s a way to simulate the ‘caulking’ or sealant. To make the decks waterproof unravelled rope or ‘oakum’ was hammered into the gaps and then hot pitch carefully poured in on top. The result is a dark grey line between each plank.
 
Another good and cheap source to help keep bulkheads and other items square is large Lego block, which might have been picked up from the kids collection, or in my case the local Lego store in the mall in town.

The small support blocks for planks are most often called fillers. You will see many here often use balsa to fill the complete front two or three frames, and the back two or three to give good surface area to glue onto.
 
Kurt Konrath said:
Another good and cheap source to help keep bulkheads and other items square is large Lego block, which might have been picked up from the kids collection, or in my case the local Lego store in the mall in town.

The small support blocks for planks are most often called fillers. You will see many here often use balsa to fill the complete front two or three frames, and the back two or three to give good surface area to glue onto.
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Many thanks Kurt, great advice mate
I'll definitely add those fillers as you suggested, very appreciated
 
The Ships Cat said:
I was vey anxious about the "planking" process, nervous about what glue, will I mistakenly leave unsightly "gaps".
It feels to me that a ships deck is it's "street cred" , it's what draws the eyes first before you explore the rest of the vessel.
After watching several very helpful tips and tricks from this forum, and of course the magic pair of hands in the Occre YouTube tutorials, I went for it.
I noticed the magic hands dragged a pencil along the edges of the planks, assuming this was to give a definitive edge, which is what I wanted to achieve, then I did the same, and very pleased with result I'll be honest.
But then if the hands told me to sacrifice my first born before moving to the next step then that's precisely what I'll do if it means a good result ROTFView attachment 474117View attachment 474115View attachment 474116
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Good morning. Welcome to Sos. All looking good so far and enjoy this venture with your Endurance. Cheers Grant
 
I know I'm jumping the gun by a country mile, but while I saw it :p
Noticed these handrail posts on a build.
Occre supply the flat ones, and of course I'll have a serious crack at it, but I thought these looked the deal, and I reckon might be far easier to thread the "rope" through ??
Anyone any idea where I might be able to find some ?

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