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    I agree Bob, thats probably one of the challenging things a "scratch builder" faces, but its also the pepper and spices in the meal... Nils
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    Beautiful work Chuck, Nils
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    Thanks Denis, nice compliments of yours, I wish I were so far to build the stacks, (have gathered some 26 mm diam. plugs to wrap the metal funnel skin around already) , or at least to install more details of the superstructure that makes it look more like the ship should look like. Nils
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    Denis, thanks for your nice compliment my freind, much appreciated, In the moment I`m planing on dry-fitting the aft half of the boats deck. Then it has to be planked in the foreseen places. This ca`nt be glued on, before all fitting out on the lower promenade deck is completed. (no access later on) Also there are several stairways, several vent-tubes, deck furniture, passengers, fastening of aft shrouds and backstays etc. to be fixed in place, primering and painting.... I`m thinking it through over and over, regarding to "what must go first", and always something comes to mind, that was forgotten to consider before... Nils
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    great looking mortars Bob, Nils
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    great metal work Ed, Nils
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    thank you very much Bob, Nils
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    A little update... fitting in of the aft mast and setting it`s rake... cleats, bollards and hydrants for promenade deck... trial to brush paint the deck furniture (slats of the benches only... Nils
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    Thanks again Dan, I`m not sure if Tom`s Modelworks (Australian web shop) has deckchair etchings in scale 1:192..........., Post run house to house was 18 days and absolutely no problems with customs, and Paypal payment http://www.tomsmodelworks.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=23_40 Nils
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    Thanks Dan, for answering, what a pitty no build log, thats such a nice liner. Is it in scale 1:144 like the deckchairs ?, if I remember right the Andrea doria is 1:192. You did a real good job with the handrail brush-painting Nils
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    Hi Dan, its a pleasure to have you looking in again...... That a very nice shot with the deckchairs on your SS America, and many thanks for your tip with the face up tape and spray coloring. BTW, how did you do the handrail portions (brown color) on the railings, did you mask then off ? is there a build log for your SS America ? Regards, Nils
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    thank you Patrick, regarding to the fire Water-Hydrants, I did 6 (three stations on each side of the promenade deck) I also need some bollards and cleats alongside of the promeade deck railing, started making some today, using rivets, brass strip, and wood dowels, I intend to do 14 or 15 Nils
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    Don, thank you very much for your words, thanks for looking in, I`m pleased that you like it Nils
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    Update... here 2 of the 6 swan-neck hydrants that go to the promenade-deck, just inside of the railing... Made from anealed 2 mm brass wire, bent and solder-fitted with sleeve and flange..., they will be painted red Nils
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    Peter, thank you very much for your suggestion..., I`ll leave that final decision till later on. These tiny parts are so fragile, that the slightest "clean-brushing" may seperate the CA joints, because the glue film in the joints is so thin. I understand your comment well, but on the other hand the brass handrails and the brass window frames fit into the given scheme as well as with the painted surfaces.... Nils
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    beautiful work Toni, I like that half shut forecastle bulwark and the partially planked gundeck... Nils
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    excellent work Mike ! beautiful craftmanship Nils
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    Many thanks Martin and Glenn, for your kind appreciations.... Martin, I`m pleased you like those little deckchairs.... I thought that I would`nt paint them and the benches, because then it would easily look like plastic Glenn, I`m also having those little flakes of CA on my fingertips, because I simply forgot to use the debond agent directly afterwards, thanks for your compliment Nils
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    good progress Patrick, she is a nice modern yacht with elegant lines and decks.... Nils
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    excellent work Glenn, Nils
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    Thanks to Bob - Nick - Carl - John - B.E. - Patrick and to all the "likes" Bob `(cap`n), I fell in love with those nostalgic bench etchings the moment I discovered these on the Australian web page, because I never saw them before, and best of all, in scale 1:144 Nick, thanks for looking in, and for your nice compliment Carl, thanks again for your kind advise, much appreciated John, Thanks for your nice comment, nice play of words,.... (bench mark),.. B.E. your kind comments on vents and etched benches are much appreciated Patrick, yes, I think they will be good looking on the promenade deck and other areas under the Atlantic sunshine, most occupied with sitting passengers watching the rolling sea and the ships wakes Nils
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    Hi Liberto, I just had to have a second look at that ingenious set of punch / shaping tool set ( self centering convex pin included) you made for the shields metal fittings. Thanks for sharing this brilliant idea Nils
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    Many thanks Johann and Nenad, for your nice and appreciated words.... Nils
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    Thank you very much John, your compliment is much appreciated, and I saw you were catching up with the build log, thanks for looking in. Today I assembled one of those benches ( fiddely stuff I must say ! ), but I think its acceptable with a bit more routine it will do.... Trust Bill and Carl were right with their recommendation to avoid soldering (thanks again Bill and Carl) , The CA connection of parts is strong enough for this. Also thanks to those for all the " likes" Nils
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    smart tool and good idea for rimming the shields Liberto, Nils

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