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Stage 59 gives us the lifeboats and davits for the port side.

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Clips the tarpaulins on the lifeboats and push the block gear into place.  Don't glue anything yet.

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Fit the vent on the boat deck near the forward staircase.

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Fit the tall cowl aft of the vent just fitted.

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The remaining cowl is fitted on the starboard side, aft of the staircase.

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Take the three davit bases, three type C1 arms and three type C2 arms.

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Glue the C2 arms to the davits first.  These have different sized pins and can only be fitted one way.  The pins are arranged horizontally, not vertically.

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Add the three type C1 arms with the vertical pins.  P4010784.thumb.JPG.a502b651fece5544cd68a2c99e7d7ccb.JPG

Glue these to the boat deck between the lifeboat cradles.

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Take the remaining davits and arms and glue them together.  Make sure you make a left and right pair.

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Glue these to the forward and aft most davit positions.

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This completes the stage.

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