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    Thank you very much Gerhard, Nils
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    congrats to joining the 1/64 "Swan Class Club" Don, see your shipyard has had keellaying party already...., wish you much fun with the build Nils
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    thank you very much Patrick and Piet, and all the "likes" for looking in.... many thanks for your appreciations Nils
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    Update only a small update today...... priming, painting doors and cabin walls, making stanchions for handrails.... This relatively small aft cabin is a test for making the extensive promenade deck cabins in the same way Nils the holes for tht handrails are brought in already raw doors with window frames and knob handles, need 5, one is spare as sample for later on... the pins, surplus material from the knobs will be clipped off flush with the rear doorside first paint coat, needs some touch up stanchion holders for the handrails, the loops will be closed when the rail is in position test sample piece for handrail making
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    what a lovely built cutter Clare ! very nice work Nils
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    Many thanks Albert, today I tried a sample of structuring the aft cabin walls, double story windows only dry fitted...., doors and handrails not made yet... The riveting is slightly overscaled, but I wanted it to be this way and visible also for the viewer`s eye in 1 m distance Nils
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    Hi Greg, thank you very much for your nice compliment, much appreciated... Nils
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    Hi Steve, yep, that`s right, intension is to make it look like the scetch in my post # 1202, and painted white, that shall match the main deckhousings of this deck later on. Nils
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    Hi Edubarca, here`s a German source`s web shop from Hamburg (excellent quality), it might help....for 1:200 railings http://www.shop.modelltechnik-hamburg.de/epages/ModelltechnikHamburg.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/ModelltechnikHamburg/Categories/Modellschiffbauteile/Reling__Gelaender/Reling_1200 Nils
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    thank you very much Bob, the rough fitting of the aft deckhousing is done, I`ll leave it removeable (two screws holding down), until it is ready for attaching of details, deck, docking bridge and railings for final mounting.... Nils the 5,5 mm thick piece of ply inforcement will give secure hold for the vent-shaft borings
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    unbeleaveable Robert, what you`re doing with those bone-deadeye chain links They look so fragile, hope you do`nt do too much for the bin.... Nils
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    many thanks for yor compliments Kees and Nenad Nils
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    Thank you very much Geoff, your compliment is much appreciated Nils
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    beautiful rigging on your cutter Tony, it looks super with your sails set, the way you did it..... Nils
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    Hi Bob, thanks for your comment the parts are only small, but quite easy makeable. All 40 bearing parts are done and 20 of them mounted on the port side already. If the CA glued joint holds well, it will be an alternative to soldering. I was afraid to solder so near to the railing. For the deck housing I`m starting with the aft cabin section, in order to get a feeling for the matching of doors, windows, handrails, etc. Also I´m intendind to do some structuring and metal plating. The housings arre from 1,5 mm ply, with rounded corners (like shown in an earlier post of this thread). To suit the decks curvature the fore- and aft plates have concave resp. convex curvature. For the first study, there is again an obligatory hand scetch, so that alterations / improvements can be implemented easily Nils This is a view on a card built (not completed) model, borrowed from the web
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    Hi, press "edit" for your post # 1 then press "use full editor" There you can change the topic name of your thread.... cheers, Nils
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    beautiful build Stripehunter, Nils
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    Fantastic work Karl, and a wonderful ship section. The gun-rigging and -arrangement looks very realistic.... Nils
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    Thank you very much John, its great that certain small profiles are available in these small dimensions as semi material. The ideas come when seeing the profile variety Nils
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    Wishing you much fun with building "Mariefried" a very charming steamboat.... Nils
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    Update.... today started with the lower davit-bearings. There will be 10 boat stations on each side, calling for 40 turnable (360°) davits in total. The davits will be looking like prototype one shown in my post # 1124, slightly modified. The lower bearings I intend to glue against the promenade deck L- rail that already is present for mounting the railing to. The upper double-bearings shall be fastened to the brass framing of the boats deck....., reference is taken to enclosed scetch.... Nils taping the deck for finding and marking (transfer to the sides) the correct davit positions, red markings
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    Many thanks Martin, By switching the camera`s pic quality from "high" to "economy", wich is still sufficiant, I can get 7 pics out instead of only 4 from the built in memory capacity In the meentime I have received the 0,6 x 1,5 mini mahagoni strips. They will be glued to the painted railing later on, trust that will provide a nice nostalgic looking handrail. Nils
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    Carl, Thanks for your comment...... you`re so right with the use of the cable. If I would have done so from begin on, I could have simply left the card in the camera. Actualy since i`m posting in MSW the card was put in and out every time, and so a matter of wear, when the contacts giv e up their life. The new ( 8GB) card was only 5,99 EURO, I`ll save it up till I have a new camera, where it may fit. The railing looks quite good, although its so fragile and takes so much care to get it / keep it straking, when the handrail is glued on (need to get the CA into the 0,5 mm wide slot) Nils
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    Hi Giampiero, your model is a delight to see, I also love the way you incorporated the unplanked deck halves into the overall impression ! Nils
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    Many thanks to - Mark(taylor) - Carl - John - Bob(rafine) - Piet -Greg(peg leg sailor) - Nenad, For the nice comments and appreciations, much appreciated and all the "likes" for looking in.... Mark, that could be the reason, the new card is 8GB (gigabyte), from the outside it looks like the old (2 GB) one, I`ll have to looking out for a new camera. Carl, you`re right, made the check, and the PC does not recognise the new card as a storage card (wasted the money on that investment ) . The old card is still recognised by the PC though John, I`m pleased you like it .... Bob, its of course different to the wooden squareriggers, but I love the technique involved with these oldtimer steamers Piet, yes a relief after all, its good I did`nt rip away the old shrouds while I was still frustrated.... Greg, thanks for your suggestion, I tried it, but no reaction there either... Nenad, thanks for your comment, am pleased you like it.... Nils

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