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You all know what's coming, so I'll not make you wait too long.

Here's the mise-en-place:
Lots of brown pieces. Only one small piece plate.

Clearly we're going to build some more faux-wood feet. First, though, we need to fix a few things from last stage. Here's a photo of how we left things; note the gaps in the hull, the missing strip of windows, and the hole in the deck (all of which are mirrored on the other side as well).
The hull has two sections that are not covered with plates, there is a gap that's misisng some windows, and the deck has a 2x2 hole with a set of stairs coming out one corner.

The hull has two sections that are not covered with plates, there is a gap that's misisng some windows, and the deck has a 2x2 hole with a set of stairs coming out one corner.

I built little sub-assemblies to clip into place to patch the deck. (I forgot to get a picture before putting them in place, and I don't think I can remove them without disassembling a bunch of the ship; sorry. They clip into place in the same way as the tiny bench sub-assemblies.)
The deck hole has been patched.

Then I patched the hull, and added the missing windows.
The hull is patched in both places, and the windows have been added.

Then it was time for a trivia break.
A caption from the build instructions, in English, French, and Spanish. "There were 2,224 passengers and crew aboard when the Titanic left Southampton port."

A caption from the build instructions, in English, French, and Spanish. "There were 2,224 passengers and crew aboard when the Titanic left Southampton port."

I built and attached the feet.
Two faux-wooden feet, with the model turned on its side so the bottom is visible.

Sections 3 and 4, joined, with the feet attached.

Then I built this pin.
A long technic pin, with a 6x4 sub-assembly attached to the top.

You may have noticed the cross-sections of the ship have these semi-circular protrusions with holes on each level running down the center of the ship. If you've been paying careful attention, you may even have noticed that the protrusions from the Box One cross-section are aligned to fit together with the protrusions from Box Two.
The two builds from boxes one and two, positioned so you can see both cross-sections next to each other,

The two builds from boxes one and two, positioned so you can see both cross-sections next to each other,

When the two pieces are put together, the pin slides nicely into those holes, locking the ship together.
The pin partially inserted into the ship.

The pin pushed all the way down. It's build so that it blends into the deck, with some deck plates, and two small vents on either side that can be used as handles to remove it.

And that was box two! Here's a full-length shot of the build so far. I knew this was a large set, but seeing it in person it's impressive just how big it is, and this is still only two thirds of the ship.
A profile shot of the front two thirds of the ship.

Thanks as always for reading!

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