This was Captain James Cook’s first major command, a bark of the 1768 era used to discover many of the islands in the South Pacific.  Cook died in Hawaii, but this was not the ship he was aboard at the time.  Captain Cook picked this vessel to refit because its generously-proportioned coal-carrying hull provided the stowage that he needed for his voyages.

The Model

Built by Ed Marple circa 1971
Plank on frame construction
1/5” scale       H 27 ¾”  L 31 ¼”  W 9 3/8”
The hull below the waterline is planked with black walnut; above the waterline is bass wood.  Wales and rails are African blackwood, the lower deck is teakwood, and the upper deck is boxwood.
Outside hull and deck are planked to scale, dowel-(treenail) fastened, natural finish.  All fastenings are wood dowels throughout the model as in the original ship.
Hatch gratings are cut and fitted of boxwood, hatch frames and various trim of black walnut, ports and transom windows are trimmed in rosewood  Windows are of Plexiglas.  One-quarter window scroll is hand-carved of boxwood along with various hatch ladders, gallows, knight heads, and channels of African blackwood.

Masts are pine, reinforced with cherry wood, tops and various fittings in black walnut.  Tops double planked and doweled in boxwood.  Mast and bowsprit sheaves are workable.