Endurance (1912)

Kramer said:
I love the stanchions and rails. I, too, don't like what's supplied in the kit. Where did you get yours? Deck looks awesome!
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Made by a British company, Caldercraft under the wing of Jotika Ltd. https://shipwrightshop.com/contents/en-uk/d3377_Stanchions-_-Railings.html
Jotika have world wide distributors

JoTiKa Ltd. ~ Distributors Page 1

JoTiKa Ltd. manufacturer and distributor of classic scale model kits from Caldercraft, Mini Fleet, Nelsons Navy, Heritage series - including The Mary Rose - Krick, HFM Marine and many more.
jotika-ltd.com
 
It's been a long time since my last post, really don't know where the time has gone.
For various personal reasons the model was put aside so had nothing to upload. Things are back to normal now and progress has been made.
The attached photo is not great but shows where I am at with the build to date.
I did say I wasn't going to paint the brass railings but after some thought decided to paint them white and feel they do look better. This is the first time I have ever done any rigging with dead eyes so may not be that good but I'm starting to get the hang of doing them.
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I am building the Endurance Occre kit, looking ahead at the ratlines and how the deadeyes are attached, the forward set are fastened to an eyebolt that is inserted into the top rail, any special rigging scheme you used to attach them? Secondly, those have a line attached to the eyebolt that attaches to a nail inserted in the hull of the ship. The midship and aft dead eyes are a little different, I don't have any references such as pictures that might show this, any suggestions appreciated,
 
Robertk said:
I am building the Endurance Occre kit, looking ahead at the ratlines and how the deadeyes are attached, the forward set are fastened to an eyebolt that is inserted into the top rail, any special rigging scheme you used to attach them? Secondly, those have a line attached to the eyebolt that attaches to a nail inserted in the hull of the ship. The midship and aft dead eyes are a little different, I don't have any references such as pictures that might show this, any suggestions appreciated,
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Hi Robert, I did not follow the kit instructions as I was not happy with their interpretation.
There are photos on the internet showing the deadeyes of the original ship which clearly show rope was not used for the chain plates. I used plastic strip to represent the metal bar used. Also a photo showing the foremast shroud deadeyes were fitted to a channel board not direct to the top rail so I made my own following the the same pattern as the kit supplied ones for main and mizzen mast.

It is not my intention to build an absolute true to scale model but have made some changes that look better to my eyes, I'm not suggesting I'm correct or you should do the same as myself, far from it, my maxim is, it's your model to build how you wish and are comfortable with.


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Thank you for the response and the photos, I have been looking on line for photos of the ship but all I find are from the wreckage and not helpful. I have a book ordered that might provide me with better pictures.
 
I agree, did you scratch build the stanchions? I found some on line from Harbor Models that may work, but to replace the would add an additional $100 in cost. Also, looking at some photos of the ship, it looks like they did not use ropes for the deadeyes and had a metal chain plate which I think that is what I am intending to use instead.
 
Robertk said:
I agree, did you scratch build the stanchions? I found some on line from Harbor Models that may work, but to replace the would add an additional $100 in cost. Also, looking at some photos of the ship, it looks like they did not use ropes for the deadeyes and had a metal chain plate which I think that is what I am intending to use instead.
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I used stanchions from a company here in the UK, Jotika, https://shipwrightshop.com/contents/en-uk/d3377_Stanchions-_-Railings.html. They do have world wide distributors http://jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Distributors_Front.htm
They aren't cheap but were cheaper than £77.15 ($100 USD). Can't remember the full price I paid but are worth it in my opinion. I did think long and hard before I committed to paying the money and very nearly didn't.
I scratch built the top hand rail.
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