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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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    Thanks Bill, much appreciated your suggestion, think I´ll sacrifice one of the etched parts for trials, if I should loose confedence, the CA stands ready anyhow... Nils
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    lovely 3D rendering Sal, Congratulations, I wish I could do such skilled and awsome designing with aid of my PC.... I read in your introduction to this project that you are having at least 30 years of Auto Cad experience, and that shows...., Unfortunately during my active business time I never found someone who was able to describe the way of 3D design thinking in understandable way to me, versa the "old" three views drawings during my time of career. I believe the 3D design is a complete different approach in thinking is`nt it ? Nils
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    Carl, thanks for your kind comment...., I´ve been thinking of that alternative in using CA as well, in fact the manufacturer of these parts recommends the use of super glue.. Nils
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    Thanks very much Bob, yet I`m a bit anxoius to start the soldering of those tiny, thin parts. In this case even a drop of solder would be too much, I am thinking of using tiny portions of soft solder paste (flux already mixed by) in scarce limited dosis aplication. I remember using this once for gas tourch soldering 0,4 mm brass railing wire to stanchions on the "Heinrich Kayser" steamer model. Will do some trials first.... Nils
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    Thanks Carl, I have no doubts with the deck-sitting furniture, its the style of the era and looks good regardless to the ships name. Besides that I was pleased to find any at all in this scale . There were some benches in plastic (train gauge N ), but they did`nt find my approval.... Nils
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    very nice looking model Jack, also good idea with the equal spaced rail for positioning the oars in the display cabinet Nils
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    Update 40 deckchairs and 20 benches in scale 1:144 This is what the good looking filigrane etched build brass kits look like. Will be quite a tough soldering job to get things into the right shape I guess...., have`nt started yet...., may require some holding gig.... If they workout, its worth the effort... Sorry for the flash reflections on the last three pics Nils
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    fantastic boat building video Liberto, Thanks for sharing !! Nils
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    Many thanks Keith, Am very interested in the technique you describe, shall certainly be watching when you go for it.... Nils
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    Bob, great ship.... I`m very pleased that those electroformed vents worked out so well. The technique. is very incouraging, and now its time to see the results, well done ! Nils
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    Thank you very much Rob, like your compliment... yes, I`m quite pleased with the metal vents. (bowl on tube). In opposite to later liners, after WW1 the ships started to show more streamlined type vents with not so easy to model designs. I often ask myself how the builders-model makers made those, if not from rather expspensive resin cast tools and moulds Nils
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    wow Patrick, busy as a bee, not even time to finish the tasty apple inbetween..... Very good progress, looks great Nils
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    Hi Liberto, thats a super built Viking boat, very well done Nils
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    Pequot is looking top at this stage Bob, very nice progress and beautiful work, the boats look great !, now comes the remaining fitting out.... Are those the the vents you recently introduced by copper electoforming ? Nils
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    Denis, trust now all vents in raw, basic shape are done. There are so many, that I had to make a plan, which and how many go where...... For the length adjustments there is a bit surplus tube on every vent. The pics show the variety of sizes, tube / bowl diameters and raw lengths. The plan though is not in scale ( only to give an overview) Some of the tubes go through the boats deck and remain visible looking on the promenade deck, some tubes will be blended behind vertical claddings on the promenade deck Nils
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    beautiful work Glenn, Nils
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    A beautiful built model Dave, nice wood selection and wooden tones, well done Nils
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    nice progress Clarence, this old steamer has a certain nostalgic charme..... has`nt it ? Nils
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    beautiful work Bob, the bow rails look great..., nice color giving Nils
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    Very nice work Denis, I specialy like the access-ladder with its support framework and grating to the forecastle, integrated into the railing... Nils
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    Lovely build Yancovitch, quite a pretty "beast" with 6 ft hull-length !! Nils
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    very nice work Elijah, also those cleats are great... Nils

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