Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Jack,

If you are still interested in the Mamoli Beagle, Model Expo has it on sale for $144.

Tom

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Hi,

Good luck with the Endeavour, whichever one you do. I'd add my vote to the Jotika, it's the most accurate. But then again, the model of the Endeavour in the National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia, is terribly inaccurate too (but I guess since it was a gift to the country, we couldn't send it back!).

On the Beagle, be aware too that the Mamoli kit is an almost complete fabrication. I know "Albisasky" has done an extensive review/buildalong on thsi site so it's worth a search. I have the AOS and trust Marquardt a lot more than the kit designers :-) ...having done a fair bit of reasearch on the Beagle myself, everything he shows matches other sources/descriptions (as sparse as they are). So I'll be scratchbuilding it. But that's just me. I've built a couple of kits and just gone along with them, accuracy be damned! Just as satisfying, so jsut ensure you have fun and will be happy with the end result.

(And at the end of the day, how many friends will look at it and say "hmmm, shouldn't the mizzen mast be a scale foot further back??" or similar!).

Regards,
Darren

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Rustednut. (Jack). Hope you get on OK with your new kit. Thank goodness you did not buy the Corel version as I did. Talk about a poor kit. I have finally resorted to one of the "Anatomy of the Ship" books which are well researched and provide a mine of information. Especially for the scratch builder. (Obtainable from Amazon). For the first time I am seriously thinking of scratch building. The Corel Endevour bears no resemblance to the original as researched in the book. (except for the shape of the hull!!). Good luck with your 'endevours'. (Pun intended).

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

I would also vote for JoKiTa based on the excellent Granado kit that i am "close" to finishing. Excellent materials and instructions. Second only to Model Shipways.

ron

Re: AL or Mamoli Endeavor
 

Hi Jack. Whatever you do do not buy a Corel version of HMB Endevour. You will find my comments elsewhere on the site. I do agree with Jack, historical accuracy is not so important as a good model but you do expect some semblance to the real thing when you buy a kit. I find that buying the kit, getting some accurate information from books such as "Anatomy of the ship" series, and going on from there doing your own thing is very satisfying. I am afraid with the constraints of the commercial market one is never going to get total accuracy, but I find the thought of scratchbuilding rather daunting! (Comments from scatchbuilders please). Good luck. Jonathan.