Occre Sir Ernest Shackleton Endurance 1:70 Scale Wooden Kit

Description

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 and in 1914 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. The expedition is remembered as an epic story of endurance, heroism and survival.
Occre 12008 HMS Endurance – Sir Ernest Shackleton’s, Artic Exploration vessel
Historically accurate double plank on bulkhead wood & metal ship model kit.
Scale 1:70  Length 30” (754 mm) x Height 18” (446 mm) x Width 8” (216 mm)
Kit contains:
7 sheets of laser cut parts and pre-cut keel for precise hull assembly.
Limewood and Sapele (like cedar) strips for planking of the hull and deck.
11 spools of standing and running rigging line in 4 diameters.
52-page step by step photo instruction book (over 250 photos).
Cloth flags preprinted on both sides.
Pre-sewn sails ready to rig.
Fittings are made of cast white metal, walnut, and brass – no plastic in this kit.
Two photo-etched brass sheets containing over 60 parts.