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Endeavour was my 2nd build after a basic ship. It was quite a build particularly all the rigging, so many knots to tie. Endurance in comparison has been a simpler build but I have made most challenging and interesting by trying to make the model more historically accurate using the photos of Frank Hurley. Good luck with your Endeavour build.
I actually found that these chains were too large when I purchased them to modify my steering system. The chain would not feed through the blocks that I had purchased. They said 2mm but they way they measured it was strange and they don’t have any that I could find that goes any smaller. The only way that I can find it that small is to buy hobby chain unfortunately because it is so very much more expensive!!! I still think this chain is usable for other areas on the Endurance as it is still to scale and they make it in many different colors.
I used this one (see SOS link with images and Amazon link)
Hey Keith, how did you go about fashioning the stern railing out of wood? I am also replacing the stanchions and would like to do the same but am not really versed in how to get that perfect curved cut. Do you mind lending me some guidance? Thank you good sir!
Thanks Bill, it made the whole build more interesting and challenging than just following the out of the box model. Nice to actually have historic photos to follow. Now that winter is approaching I need to carve out time to progress the rigging and complete the build.
Hi, I bought a sheet/panel of wood to the same thickness as used in the model. I used the curves provided in the kit and drew round them as a template and then used a fret saw to remove the larger areas to be removed and then trimmed with a scalpel. This was easy on the outside of the curve as you could nibble away whereas the inside of the curve was a bit trickier. I then sanded to round off the new curves and finesse the shape. My homemade railing was then attached to the edge of the ship and I used the kit provided railing on the top of the stanchions as although my railing were pretty good, the kit railings being laser cut were better. Hope that helps.
If you have already glued the kit piece do you still have the original sheet that it came from so you could use that to create the outline. I am not sure what wood I got, but just picked up from a local model shop. Good that you are trying to pimp beyond the kit model … does make it more interesting than just following the kit. I had previously built the Endeavour which was a more complicated build hence why I wanted to stretch myself and skills to improve the Endurance model.
I used kit blocks and drilled the holes to accommodate the smallest chain that came with the kit.
See my answer about the blocks here :
Did the left gangway not having handrails end up making sense when the build was done? Was there a design reason when they left them off?
Not sure of the reason. I just came upon an image where there were not in place.
Thanks, I was just wondering if there was some functional reason that you may have deduced while building and rigging the vessel. I appreciate it. Cheers!
Hey Keith,
