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Building the Endurance

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Testing the Mast top running lights & they work. You might also note the front mast dead eyes have been moved off the rail on to the hull side as the other masts. Except for this kit, I could find no evidence that the dead eyes were fixed to the rail, in fact what photos I have seen suggest otherwise. I would be please to hear other opinions ( preferabley with evidence)

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Now finished the lighting with all running lights wired up, bit of tidy up of wiring but now on with the rigging. Broke my lifeboat davits and am trying to resource replacements from Ocre

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Fitted the masts & sails (fitted not yet fixed). Just to make sure that my next step does not get me into trouble. I think the order of doing thing becomes important at this stage.

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Omega said:
Well I have brought the front lifeboats inboard and removed the smoke stacks that the kit proposed (I checked every photo I had and they were nowhere to be seen). The lifeboat are a bit higher than I would have liked and as indicated on the photos but my staircases (which I like) sort of demanded this to be in any way realistic. Now the davits, I have provided for supports on the outside of the lifeboat supports but this will mean modifying or replacing the kit davits. we will see. - I think I will use different davits to those in the kit for the front lifeboats

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Another in-boarder for the forward tenders. I just used the Occre supplied davits with modification. Good work.
 
Well I have finished the wiring for the lights ( you might notice the junction box on the forward mast). The power comes from two AA batteries in the base with contact made through the keel of the ship. I inserted two small springs in the base pedestals, so contact is made when the ship is inserted on the base with an on/off switch on the base. Also made some davits for the forward lifeboats, Was initially going to modify the kit davits but I broke one. Tried to get replacements from the kIt maker but this did not work very well ( said they would get back in 5-10 days & this was 3 weeks ago so I lost my optimism for this solution. Instead I ordered 2.4mm brass rods from China and made my own. They are simple but meet the requirments. ( Might revise later - Maybe)

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