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    congrats to that kit Jack, the Falcata really looks like a swift sailing craft (ref.: your pics of Adriatic type sailing craft) Nils
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    Wonderful making of gratings Pawel Nils
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    Awesome modeling Toni, Nils
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    Patrick, I`m with Michael there.., very nice work, that yacht looks top elegant Nils
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    Michael, as sad as it is, thanks for sharing that pic of the "minute after", now its fully understandable how the damage took place.. I have 5 models in glass cases (3 of them on a shelf behind me), and was often thinking what possibly could hapen if the shelf dowels give way, a nightmare !!... Nils
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    good good, Patrick... I just looked up those little little meerkat chaps .... for a nice smile, I must say.. Nils
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    Hi Michael, I`m very happy to see a model of this beautiful liner (former NDL "SS Muenchen", completed by Bremer AG Weser in 1923)..... The sub waterline rudder- and screw arrangement reminds me of my own current project Do you know how and why the damage occurred to the model. Hat off to the take over of the restoration, surely a very ambitious project of yours. Wish you all the best, much endurance and patience and a lot of fun with the mending of this fantastic shipmodel... Nils
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    Update machine room skylights complete.... Nils
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    Hi Steve, the comparison is not bad thanks for your words... Nils
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    Good work John, Nils
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    thanks very much for your kind appreciation Bob, Nils
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    nice progress Rob, Nils
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    lovely work Robin Nils
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    Many thanks to John and Patrick, I`m glad you like it... Nils
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    Many thanks Carl Bob and Oystein, and all the "likes" Carl, right, trust the whole ship was well ventilated with all those vents, I do`nt know if there were perhaps electric powered ventilators somewhere in the line to enforce the airflow... Bob, thanks for your nice comment... Oystein, If possible, I like to avoid painting brass surfaces, it too easily looks like using plastic parts afterwards. An alternative would have been chemical blackening, but as I used soft solder with the rims and CA for securing the lid-hinges this would have given problems with the surface appeal Nils
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    Hi Bill, presume you mean the rims of the skylight panel lids.... The rims are made by inserting 2,5 ² mm lead sockets (for conduct wire ends) through the drilled holes in the brass panel, and soldering these to the panel. The German word is "Aderendhuelsen", sorry do`n t know the engl. term. I also used these for all the hull`s portholes The remaining end at the rearside is then cut off, The skylight ports remain without "glassings" Nils
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    Good work Peter, those copper plates look very nice, one can really see the nail-heads sunken flush into the copper surface... Nils
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    Thanks Denis, yes, the already painted one was used again......, I put a rotating brush bit on my Dremel and carefully removed the paint and primer. Now there shall go a coating of clear varnish on the brass surface Nils
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    Update machine room skylights (dry fit ) nearly complete..... Nils
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    Mike, thanks very much for your words, and also all the "likes" for clicking on... relating to the sailing on these liners, take a look at the "rolling mode" of the KWdG ( nickname : Rolling Billy) compared with the horizon at relatively moderate sea, trust many passengers had become seasick on those rides. Pic borrowed from the web... Nils
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    Masting and yards are excellent work Mike, Nils
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    Thanks Bill, sometimes I think its better that I did`nt know what all is involved with the build in the beginning, although it does`nt even look so tricky with this scratch build ....., but you`re right, I`m learning a lot of things "by doing", out of the necessity... Nils
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    John, thanks for your nice compliment....., much appreciated.. I decided to mount the light lids in natural brass appearence (looks a bit more "technical" than a cover with paint). Had to carefully brush off the paint from the one I did upfront. Two of the skylights will show with open lids, and four of them with closed lids Nils
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    Thank you very much John, Nils
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    thank you very much Denis, I`m about halfway through with the skylights part fabrication..... Nils

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