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  1. James H
    STAGE 43: CENTER CONSOLE AND LEFT FLOOR SECTION Some internal work I always find these a little hard to photograph as they are so black and have a velvet texture to them which can be easily marked with just touching. I find a piece of de-tacked tape is useful for removing any skin flakes or stray fibres/hairs from the surface. The two main sections are screwed together as shown and a cable clip fitted into position on the underside.
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    STAGE 42: DASHBOARD DIALS AND SWITCH More dashboard goodness now as the dial stickers are affixed to the holding plate. The clear lenses board is now pushed into position on the rear of the chrome surround. Then the dial faces holder is sat on top of this, behind the lenses board. Remember the free-floating switch? This is what it operates. A microswitch is pushed into position in the dial holding plate, and this fitted to the dials assembly I just made, before being fitted to the rear of the instrument panel using three screws.
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    Pack 6 Hot on the heels of the last pack come this next one which looks at building up some of the driver's office. STAGE 41: DASHBORD SWITCHES AND STEERING ROD GUIDE Definitely one for those detail freaks 😁 First, dashboard plates 1 & 2 are pushed into place. I actually used a little CA on #2 as it was a little sloppy. Plate #3 is then pushed into place and secured by a screw from behind. Just look at the detail on that 🤗 Now, the steering rod guide is screwed into position from the rear, A number of injection moulded switches and knobs are added, some of them printed with details. These look excellent. one of these is quite clearly for a switch as it's left free-floating.
  4. James H
    What a nice job. Looks super smooth too. You can sort of get away with a few plank marks on a wooden hull, but not a Vaporetto. 👍 Can't get Plastikote? Never heard of Amazon Prime? 😆 If I'd thought about it, I had a spare here you could've had.
  5. James H
    Beautiful! Your effort sure paid off. Such lovely lines too. I know what my missus would say to me if I asked her to sew my sails 🤣 Also told Amati's FB admin too.
  6. James H
    That development has been sat on that site since Methuselah stalked the earth. It's a real shame that any new developments/completed projects stalled. I do remember Chris Watton once telling me that he was once considering HMS Surprise himself.
  7. James H
    STAGE 40: FRONT FENDER LINERS & AIRFLOW INTAKE PANEL Two screws hold each fender liner to the silver floor base sections, and another screw holds each to the metal chassis making everything very rigid. The car is then flipped over and the airflow intake panel in place before flipping over the correct way and adding two final screws. As I have Pack 6, I'll post this real soon, and it looks another wonderful project!
  8. James H
    STAGE 38 and 39: FRONT LEFT/RIGHT CONTROL ARMS It's now the turn of the front suspension to be completed so the front wheels can be fitted. Again, pins are used throughout to hold everything together while allowing the various joints to move about. The wheel can now be slipped onto the connecting rod, and then a serrated pin used to lock the rod to the control arm. This was done for both left and right wheels.
  9. James H
    STAGE 34, 35, 37 and 37 (WHEELS!) These built up exactly as the front wheels, just four screws per rim. You definitely need to soak those tyres in just-boiled water for 5 mins to make it pliable enough to pull around the rim. The fit is superb! Both rear wheels are built over these stages. A single screw is now used to fit the wheels to the rear of the car. These were done one after the other so I wasn't putting any stresses on anything for too long. When attaching the wheels, the fins on the brake unit need to fit into the slots in the rear rim.
  10. James H
    STAGE 33: REAR FLOOR PANEL The rear floor panel drops into place as shown and is secured by six screws. Two of these secure the floating driveshaft bracket securely in place giving that area some needed rigidity.
  11. James H
    PACK 5 I have to say Pack 5 went together very quickly and was a very satisfying project. For me, this one is miles ahead of the beautiful GT500 I'm also building due to all the metal parts and general construction. STAGE 32: REAR RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM In this stage, we can continue with the suspension stuff that was built in the last pack, and tie some of those literal loose ends up. All of the parts in this are held together with serrated end pins that are pushed home with pointed pliers. The wheel hub built in the last pack can also now be attached.
  12. James H
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  13. James H
    Archer rivet decals are great. Use a decal setting solution for the best results as they help the 3D glue dot adhesive really grip the surface. From my Spitfire book:
  14. James H
    I think so. All I've done is the very basic bevelling with the laser lines, leaving some room to play. Where I've been a little tighter to those lines is where they snug up next to the angled template that guides the upper sides. I faired the inside of the hull inside the jig, then stripped the jig to clean it. As soon as the interior of the hull is all built, that is when I'll then fair the exterior.
  15. James H
    Well that sure looks fine to me For that red, what about Plastikote's aerosol? https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Plasti-kote-25002-400ml-Primer-Oxide/ This is what I used on the undersides of my Fifie and Zulu:
  16. James H
    I built up each individual frame with chocks, as per plan, then roughly bevelled up to the laser engraving marks on each (external and internal bevel). Each A and B was then glued together and sat into jig on keel (no glue) where I'm currently sanding the interior to smooth it out more. When that's done, I'll remove the double frames and give a proper sanded internal finish and fit 'nails' to the chocks. Then I'll add poly to the side faces of each, then glue to keel and start to fit out the interior. Well...that's my plan. I've never done a POF before.
  17. James H
    A QUICK CALL FOR THOSE WHO ASKED FOR THE GROUP PROJECT: Please can you post at least the start of a build log on our group project area? It's lonely out in space! https://modelshipworld.com/forum/168-build-logs-for-the-caf-granado-cross-mid-section/
  18. James H
    Another short update. With both halves of the double frames assembled and joining faces cleaned up, an internal bevel was applied using the laser guideline as an indicator. The chocks were also stepped where they lay across a thinner futtock. I only used the bevel lines as a rough guide as the laser markings seemed to be in a slightly different position on some opposite frame parts. I cracked the Titebond out and carefully aligned the double frame parts, using the plastic spacers on the frames that required them. The slight traces of the bevel line remnants were also used as a guide to help align the double frames. When all double frames were dry, they were given a test fit into the jig. As I found they needed only minor fettling, I left them in so I could use the alignment to fair the inside frames with some sandpaper and smooth things more.
  19. James H
    Any pictures which remain at the end of a post are ones that were uploaded and not inserted elsewhere in the post. The system just dumps them at the end instead of not using them.
  20. James H
    When you upload the photos, you still need to click in your post where you want a specific photo(s), then click on the uploaded image to insert into that position.
  21. James H
    THAT is superb! What a great shape and clean finish.
  22. James H
    Ok, just bought a tin of Rustins poly satin which will be with me on Saturday. Looking forward to giving this a try. 👍
  23. James H
    Thanks for that. So you use satin? Have you a photo of exactly what you are using? Sounds silly, but I presume you literally just wipe a thin layer over the timber? I have a bottle of this. I presume it's suitable? https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Bartoline-19925070-750ml-Spirit-White/dp/B005EFUSQW/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=bartoline+white+spirit&qid=1614275375&s=diy&sr=1-2 I'll do a search for that topic.
  24. James H
    Can anyone help with an alternative to Minwax Wipe-on poly, in the UK? There is some Minwax on Amazon, but I'm loathe to spending around £30 for a tin of something that I don't know is as good. I'm using this for the Granado section and still need to be able to glue once applied. I definitely need 'tried and tested' 🤣 Jim
  25. James H
    Nobody said you were excluded. That's your own extrapolation. Maybe the reason you also didn't post here was you couldn't log in for months after successive failed login attempts and lockouts. If you'd contacted via the form, I could've fixed that immediately for you, but never mind. Posting on SOS does not preclude your ability to post here. We have lots of dual members, and no one even suggested you were building/bought a Chinese kit. Where did that come from? Someone only mentioned that SOS is a harbour for those who want to build them. I do agree about the doorknob on the backside comment. That was uncalled for. If you ever want to post any further work here, then feel free. No one is stopping you. You might also get more interaction on your own log if you venture outside of it and comment on others too. Just sayin'.

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