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Building the Endurance

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Starting a new Build log for the Endurance. I Know that several others are also building this ship and of course I will be cheching their builds to help with mine (thank you). But first a little info as to my reason for building these ships :-
1. I like doing it!
2. When finished I send them to my Grandson in a City 3,000 km away. I have already done this once with the Harvey build with no problems. It is all on how you box & pack the ships, (Perth to Melbourne)
3. I am getting older than I though I would get, so I need something to keep the Brain Active
 
Starting Slowly, I intend to make some additions to the kit (a least try to). I want to install a streering mechanism so the ships wheel actually works & I want to light the internal areas of the ship using LED lights. I had some internal problams with power supply to lights on the ship until I discovered the solution in another build log - An extrernal powers source (batteries) with power feed to the ship through the ship stand.( and the Keel). Well Here we go

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Photos are coming in upside down again ??????. you should note I have drilled a hole from the rudder post to the rear deck so the rudder can be controlled. I also reinforced the section in this area
 
First putting glass in the porthole all 32 of them. The colour will actually turn transperant - works well

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Having sorted out where the electricals will go, I have now started to put the hull together completed the decking so that is only in position to fix the frame positions Opps - upside down again, I not sure why this keep happening - Perhaps someone can tell me what I am doing wrong seems to only happen with JEPGS Deleted JPEG and uploaded PGN

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Wiring, installing & testing the internal lighting. A bit more fiddly than I expected, but so far so good, you might note I have left a wiring attachment to wire in running lights on the masts

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Progress is slow but is getting there. wiring within the hull complete and building the hull. planking to start and then there will be no access to hull interior

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