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HMS Endurance Build . . .

  • Thread starter Thread starter Rebus
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Extremely neat work Rebus. I agree that the subtlety of the spike covers in the decking look good.

The holes in the pin racks for the belaying pins look quite large but it may just be the photo. With the handles no more than 2" diameter and the pin half that, at a scale of 1:70 that would be a handle of 0.028 inches and a shaft of 0.014. I realize OcCre usually provides giant pins that look ridiculous as no one could get a hand around the handler rather than belaying pins but something easy to replace if that kind of thing makes a difference to you. :)
Allan
 
AllanKP69 said:
Extremely neat work Rebus. I agree that the subtlety of the spike covers in the decking look good.

The holes in the pin racks for the belaying pins look quite large but it may just be the photo. With the handles no more than 2" diameter and the pin half that, at a scale of 1:70 that would be a handle of 0.028 inches and a shaft of 0.014. I realize OcCre usually provides giant pins that look ridiculous as no one could get a hand around the handler rather than belaying pins but something easy to replace if that kind of thing makes a difference to you. :)
Allan
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Yes, I know the OcCre belaying pins are too large for the scale. I'm looking toward moving into stratch building but know I need to gain some skills. So I'm going to finish the Endurance without too much bashing. Then my plans are two POF builds with the two kits I have then to try one from plans only or do the Hayling Hoy after them. Then it may be builds only from plans after that.
 
After family visits and extra work events. I'm finally getting back to my build. Working on deck houses and deck furniture. All these little pieces make it sometimes seem like little progress is being made. But I know I'm getting there.

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Lovely, clean work Rebus! I'm a fan! During my brief time in this hobby I've been a pretty aggressive kit-basher. But there is nothing wrong with just building directly from the kit-supplied parts as long as you are enjoying your time in the shipyard and realize there will be some scale anomalies along the way. Our friend Allan (@AllanKP69) has a keen eye for scale and construction details - he will be there for you when the time comes...
 
dockattner said:
Lovely, clean work Rebus! I'm a fan! During my brief time in this hobby I've been a pretty aggressive kit-basher. But there is nothing wrong with just building directly from the kit-supplied parts as long as you are enjoying your time in the shipyard and realize there will be some scale anomalies along the way. Our friend Allan (@AllanKP69) has a keen eye for scale and construction details - he will be there for you when the time comes...
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Thanks Paul. I appreciate your words. I am enjoying learning how to build ships and look forward to finishing this build to move on to more challenging work. I also am thankful for the great feedback and help I can get from this forum. The folks here have made it much easier to learn and understand all the details. I look forward to learning more as I seek to move toward scratch build and making everything to scale.
 
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