Building the Endurance

[Omega]

The stairs that come with the kit are not great. I note that some builders chose to make their own out of wood & this allowed them to install hand rails. I tried to move someway towards this by using the kit brass stairs but adding wood side pannels so that I could install hand rails. THEN :---- I discovered some stairs on ALIexpress at almost the right scale that included side rails. Cheap and not bad. I am quite impressed with them & will use them in lieu of the kit stairs

 

[Omega]

Started on the steps & rails. I know brass should probably be white but on a model I like brass

 

[Omega]

Well accidents happen. I broke the rudder post (between the rudder & the Stearing gear) and I had to dismantle the stearing gear etc to repair the rudder post. Second time it happened but my previouse repair relied on a rod insert & glue of the post (was out of site). I obviousely did not do it well enough because it broke again. I will do it better this time and take the oportunity to improve some items in the stearing gear that need improving

 

[Rob444]

Well accidents happen. I broke the rudder post (between the rudder & the Stearing gear) and I had to dismantle the stearing gear etc to repair the rudder post. Second time it happened but my previouse repair relied on a rod insert & glue of the post (was out of site). I obviousely did not do it well enough because it broke again. I will do it better this time and take the oportunity to improve some items in the stearing gear that need improving

You are doing really amazing work! One possible suggestion. I am looking at your steering mechanism. Perhaps if you can fine chain with finer linkage it may ease the feeding and any obstruction to the flow of the chain as the rudder is moved back and forth?

Rob