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    Hi Bob, the change to scale 1:96 is a good choise. Have you decided if you build in horizontal layers, or on frames / bulkheads ? The later will be a nice planking job to do, but the twin screw hull surely will look great with it`s 527 mm length Nils
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    Many thanks to Grant - Patrick - Bob - Dimitris - Sal - Boyd, and all the "likes", for their appraisals and appreciations Grant, thanks for you nice comment... Patrick, it. was an idea and it worked out quite well.. Bob, I thought about how to do a badge with a surface that resembled enamail a little bit.. Possibly this may be a way that also fellow builders could do historic badges and emblems for their ships Dimitris, yes, the portholes take their time to do, I`m still stuck in producing over 450 of them alone on the hull The most tasky side of it is doing all those drill holes without misdrillng or too much unplaned offset SAL, the CA was only to glue the photopaper emblem on the brass badge plate. In this case I unfortunately do`nt know how long the glossy photo side wil stay shiny and keep the colors. (may need to be replaced after some years) Boyd, Thanks, I also love helpful comments from fellow builders, many thanks to all, for example the highly appreciated way to do the paint borderline over riveted structure, as by Dirk`s ( Dubz`s) suggestuion, that was a complete new one to me Nils
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    beautiful Wood shaping and joining work Michael, that Skylight will look great Nils
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    Update parts (some) of the decoration for bow and stern..... (first trial...) Nils up and in the centre of the golden decoration at stern is the badge with the "Kaiser.Eagle". This is printed in appr. scale on Photopaper, and the badge baseplate is cut out with a hole-punch tool. Because of the rubber plate under the soft anealed brass stockplate the edges become that rounded badge character a small drop of semi-thickened-viscosity CA mounts the emblem to the badge base, so it looks like a small button the upper bow decoration gets the mini-badges with the state Bremen`s "Himmelsschlüssel" (sky key), which the NDL line showed on their liners. The metal antique bronze decor base parts will be goldened as well the little blue "sky key" badges are made in the same way, but smaller in diameter
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    off with a good start Pete, all Looks well, will be a beautiful boat to join your fleet Nils
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    beautiful work Chuck, Nils
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    Many thanks to Mark, Crackers and Bill, Mark, I just had some luck on the web Ebay-fleamarket with Scale N (1:60) figures, a Family around 1900. Thanks for your helpful tip. I thought 1:160 would be too small, but the figures (grown ups) measure 13 mm hight, and that is just like Preiser`s scale 1:144 Crackers, thanks again for your Kind help, Those metal figurines certainly shall be interesting for a vintage ship-model builder doing scale 1:100 Bill, thank you for your Input here, trust there are some 1:160 figurines in appr. the same hight as nominal 1:160 Nils
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    Bob, I just took another look at the plans and views you are going to base your new Pequot model on (General Mills). It really is a good choise, and congrats, you have great luck to have detected these fab. supporting documents with your web research (pics and drawings). Trust there will be all you need for a wonderful model. The scale 1:200 is quite an ambitious one, but your need for smaller models at limited space is well understood Nils
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    beautiful work Thomas, Nils
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    WUNDERBAR ! Johann, love this build... Nils
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    Thank you very much to Druxey, Tom and Crackers, and all the "likes" Druxey, yes I thought about modifying the 1:144 figurines already, but then gave up, because they are just too small. Second thought was if possibly it could be done to scan in larger scale figurines and reproduce in any desired scale with a 3D printer, although I have absolutely no experience with that Tom, thanks for joining in to this log, and for your appreciative words Crackers, wonderful figurines, I agree, they would be perfect, if in the correct scale. Presume they are about 19 mm high (H0 scale), which is too high for my application, but good to know....., may I kindly ask where you have found that source, even if not available in Germany ? Nils Just a reminder... the scale 1:144 figurines are only of this hight (relation to my pointer finger)
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    Good Progress Dimitris, the time for starting the masting and the rigging is coming nearer..... Nils
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    What a lovely Project Bob, I love old steamboats, will be following along as you go... Nils
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    Hi Dirk, I just wanted to give feedback on your borderline painting suggestion. I made two samples, both straddling / crossing directly over the rivet-rows, and wow no "paint creepers" anymore It worked perfectly, I`m very thankful for your advice on this painting tip... Nils
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    Hi Glenn, very interesting model and impressive metal parts as well. Will love to see when you get to mounting the steam engine and Boiler. Wish you all the best with your steam riverboat. The large scale will give you lots of space for finest details Nils
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    Thank you Tadeusz, for sharing all those lovely Pictures, it`s been a delight to go through them Nils
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    Thank you very much Lawrence, for that fine appreciation, glad you like the build... Nils
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    thank you so much for you Kind and appreciative words Mike and Crackers, also many thanks to all the "likes" Nils
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    Hi Sherry, you really are doing a great Job on your first scratch built model.... the well built "San Felipe" is looking so fine, well done ! Nils
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    good looking Details Bob, Nils
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    very nice Progress Michael, I would also leave the brass as is..., perhaps a clear varnish over it for protection only Nils
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    Many thanks for your word Patrick, Nils
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    Hi GG I held those fab cabin walls, your post in in Boyd`s log) for his own Bounty build, but in this case the credit goes with you....., great looking interior wood work Nils
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    Build log part 24 Here is a little update.... Nils dry fitting the supporting I-beams for the promenade deck in this area The 10 stachions per side are small brass tubes where the copper pins go through, the pin-heads are interlocked within the deckstripes above, and are hidden by the (to be glued on) coamings of the deck planking later on the white primered scupper / throughpass in the bulwark is for the mooring cables when the ship is at the kay. There are three of these on each ships side
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    Hi Dan, your kind help with the 1:144 Preiser Figurines is very much appreciated. Thank you so much. I found these when I started my log (for dimension checks), unfortunatly these are all airline- ground crew- or passenger related, but it helps me to evaluate bulwark hights etc... These are the ones I am currently using in scale 1:144 : The following pics, borrowed from the web, show, from Preiser, unfortunately only available in scale 1:87 (HO scale) what I am after, if they were only in scale 1:144 ,... either painted or unpainted, to date my search was in vain though..., and Preiser has not answered my request yet Figurines in turn of the century fashions.... Would love to scatter some of this type on my decks... Nils

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