Description
OcCre Endurance 1/70 scale wooden model ship kit – OC12008
History
In the race to conquer the South Pole, three names loomed large: Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen.
The Endurance was launched on 17 December 1912 under the name “Polaris”. Originally rigged as a frigate, she was converted into a three-masted barquentine. In 1914 she joined the famous Trans-Antarctic Imperial Expedition to cross Antarctica under Sir Ernest Shackleton’s command.
After the Expedition was shipwrecked on 19 August 1915, the Endurance was trapped in the ice of the Weddell Sea. For 522 days the explorers braved winds up to 300 km/h and temperatures of 40 degrees below zero.
Shackleton and a few hand-picked men took a small boat, the James Caird, and made one of the most memorable and heroic journeys in sailing history. Together with all their crew, they accomplished the most important feat of all…surviving.
In the end, the expedition is an epic story of endurance, heroism and survival.
The Model
OcCre’s Endurance wooden ship model kit features a double plank-on-bulkhead constructed hull. In the box, you’ll find all the parts you’ll need in order to build this fine kit. The kit includes the usual high-quality laser-cut plywood parts for the framework, sub-deck, and major structural components. All necessary wood strips are provided to plank the hull and deck and build all the details. The kit includes wooden dowels for the masts, bowsprit, yards, booms. and gaffs. A full selection of fittings, provided in a compartmentalized box, allow you to detail your model. These include wood, cast metal, and brass parts. Fittings include such items and blocks, deadeyes, eyebolts, nails, ship’s boats, engine funnel, rigging line, and more.
The kit contains a beautiful, full-color set of pictorial instructions. If you’d like to review them in advance, you can also download here: Endurance Instructions
OcCre also created a wonderful, multi-part series of construction videos to help guide you through the building of your model. The videos are on Youtube, and you can view them here: Endurance Build Videos
Model Specifications
SCALE 1:70
LENGTH: 29.69 inches (754 mm)
HEIGHT: 17.51 inches (446 mm)
WIDTH: 8.5 inches (216 mm)
DIFFICULTY Medium
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