Post 500 - Eye Candy HM Bark Endeavour

[C Van Hoof]

Thanks for sharing your techniques!

As it is I have trouble distinguishing between the real and what you are creating!

[C Van Hoof]

So, is the economy keeping you too busy to get progress on this?

[johnwarburton]

Aaah! Time - that elusive commodity.

My work situation is a little better, but not by much. Most of my time is spent on work related issues - as in doing stuff that I hope will lead to income of some type and the work that I do have is getting more than the usual level of attention.

I am also studying for my Yachtmaster Theory whenever I can find the time. Endeavour has taken a back seat for now.

[Dakers]

Firing the canon. I was hanging on with one hand and taking the picture with the other. Nothing left to cover my ears. I was nearly deaf for the next hour..!

John,

Health and safety issues there! Joking aside this is a very impressive piece of work and I look forward to seeing your work progress.

I am intrigued at the spelling of "bark" which is quite correct in English. Here in Scotland I have always used "barque" which is the French way. Just a mirror of the "Auld Alliance".

Question. Have you built the timber model? The last timber ship I built was stopped after the hull was planked, when Pat decided it was just ideal for an Interiors project she was working on. I now have a collection of timber parts for the superstructure and a box of metal fittings.

Enough of these musings. Your work is brilliant and I have no idea how you can model the rope.

[johnwarburton]

In this case, "bark" has a very different meaning to "barque".

"barque" is a type of vessel, and Endeavour was not actually a barque.

The unusual name "bark" is possibly related to the fact that at the time of the voyage, James Cook was a Lieutenant Commander and not a Captain (he was not from the "right" background) and could not therefore command a "ship" (or something along those lines.)

...and just to complicate issues there was a different vessel entirely afloat at the same time that was called HMS Endeavour (about which little is known as her career was unremarkable.)

It is annoying to see the many references to Cook's vessel that refer to her as "HMS" instead of "HMB" or "HM Bark."

As for progress, I do keep thinking about the appropriate next stage. Perhaps I'll move the content to the Blog section of the site.

I have the kit, but it is not yet planked. Irritatingly the planks supplied are narrower than those used on the replica (which is the version I plan to produce.)

[Dakers]

The social mores of the Navy! I remember these when I worked on a project "somewhere in Scotland" which catered for the needs of the Navy's more exotic craft.

I see that Airfix now refer to their model as HM Bark Endeavour. I recall that it was originally HMS about five decades ago (YIKES!)

Planks narrower than required are indeed a problem. Have you planked a hull before, or is this your first time?

Moving your progress to the blog section might make sense.

I think it is work of this standard that should be supplied as sample drawings with MicroGDS.