AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

I am putting the emphasis on the "NUT" part of my name, and I am seriously considering
working on two ships at once, even though I am a novice.

Just by applying first planks I have learned a great deal, including respect and patience
for the art of this craft. I would like to apply these to a bigger, better model now so I can
finish it while still in my sixties!

Artesania and Mamoli offer very different versions of this ship, and I am leaning toward
the AL ship because of the size, sails, and natural wood. This is a project I would do much more slowly for quite a long time and still enjoy doing my best on the Mamoli Lexington.

Any opinions? (Other than the ones concerned with my sanity!)

Thanks
Jack

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Can I suggest the mamoli? Not that I have built it but the AL is very inaccurate and like me if you're prepared to spend a long time, probably less work in the long run. Also, get the Anatomy of the ship "endeavour" and you will see that they appear to be different ships as AL seem to have just thrown this one together. The Corel Endeavour or Jokita looks a lot more accurate.

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

I highly recommend the Jotika.
http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Heritage_2.htm

(If you click on the pictures they display in color)

The most accurate and one of the best darn models out there.

It is on my list of projects to do. I have seen the kits and they are extremly well manufactured.


Richard

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

AL is good for someone with little or no experience. My first kit was AL's King of the Mississippi ( rather complicated for a beginer. ) I made some big mistakes on that one BUT learned a lot.

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Very helpful answers, Greg, Richard, and Dave!

Another vote for Mamoli, another strike for AL, and the first I've heard of Jotika!
I am impressed by their kit description. (Their name just doesn't show up on my
search for ship modeling..hmmm)
The Corel looks somewhat like the AL and Jotika and Mamoli look similar.
(in the composite pic, they look like four different ships!).

My original goal was to learn on the Lexington and then build the Mamoli Beagle.
I may still do that, and your replies are helping in that decision too.

By the way, the Mamoli Beagle is $239 at Historic Ships.com and $195 at Seagifts.com

I shall mull things over and there's no need for any more replies for now. Many Thanks.

Happy Fourth of July....

Jack

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

My Endeavour started as an AL kit. I got as far as planking the hull and putting the decking down and then found the AOS book on it. After that, the "kit" became just a box of sticks. The Jotika kit looks great to me. It appears to be consistent with Marquardt's AOS book and very similar to the Lightley's Endeavour model in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Hello,
I'm not too familiar with the details as far as accuracy. I looked at the web site for the full sized replica and AL looked ok to me. Maybe the colors were a little off, but you could fix that. Also I liked the sails. I built the Mamoli Victory and later tried to add my own sails but it was just to complicated.

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

All of your collective wisdom has convinced me to take a half step backward and build the Mamoli Beagle while I learn on the Lexington, and THEN tackle the Endeavor...proabably the Jokita. But a lot can
change by then.

Thanks again, happy modeling!
Jack

p.s. have to get another nailer...Amati failed. I found out too late that there are two sizes of nails....oh well.

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Jack I finished the Endeavour about 6 months ago. It is an AL kit and While I found it difficult at times, I also enjoyed the build very much. I went into it knowing of the inaccuracies and used the AOS book to modify it to Marquardt's drawing.
I too have read many not so favorable remarks about the AL line of kits. Frankly, most kits are not "true" representations of the ships they purport to be. And most require some alterations or modifications.
Therein lies the allure of ship building to me. I enjoy "making the ship my own" through many changes.
So were I you I would pick the kit I want and make it your own.
Tom

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Thank you, Tom. You hit the nails on the head (btw I fixed my amati
nailer!).
I am very new to this great, only, and last hobby of my life and I am loving it! even with the traps laid for newbies. For example, my kit told me to taper forward and rear bulkheads, long before it was ready! I have had to do a lot of re-fairing with shims, etc, but it will turn out OK.
I'm with you on "making the ship my own". As new as I am, I can see that historical accuracy is the holy grail, the goal of purists and professionals, and I am not worthy to hone their blades! Instead, I, like you, am out to build a ship that makes sense and is attractive. The Lexington that I am planking has an unusual (and tricky) stern shape. It's going to be fun to find some way to get enough planks running vertically, then horizontally, then vertical again, then covering the keel to the garboard without any real support, like bulkheads. Maybe I should name it the "Rexington" lol.

Happy modeling

Jack