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Congratulations for completing a beautiful model Don. It has been a pleasure to follow your posts as you build this model.
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I've really enjoyed following your work Rusty. And indeed I will be looking for inspiration in your log for a long time to come because my Winie is far from finished. So, congratulations on the completion of a beautiful model. Now I wish you a nice vacation and I look forward to your new building diary.
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Thanks for the comments and likes guys, Especially now that I wasn't doing so well and progress was minimal. I kept toying with the idea of doing something with the friezes. I thought about editing in PC, but I'm not a graphic designer and I couldn't do it. It would take experience with graphics and a graphics tablet would probably be useful. Then I thought what about getting some waterslide decals made. Expensive and uncertain result. Today I tried hand painting but I'm not a cartoonist either, and my magnifying glass isn't strong enough. And I also don't have such micro brushes yet How the hell did they do it at the time? So I guess I gave up, and today I put the first friezes in place. What do you think?
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You're doing great, Rusty, Fingers crossed for the final and looking forward to the gallery.
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Hi Jim, I'm building a cherry version too. I would also like a wax or Tung oil finish. It really is not only a beautiful finish but I like the smell of it too. But from a practical aspect, I finally used the classic WOP. I was thinking that it would be difficult to glue other parts to an oiled surface. I just applied the first coat yesterday and it looks nice. After application, the color of the wood became quite rich. One or two more coats and then I'll take pics. Also, it depends what version of cherry wood you use. My laser cut parts from Chuck are darker colored and for planking I used a lighter cherry . You'll see it better when you make a few planks to use for the planking. But I'm just a beginner at this...
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Hi my friends, I can finally show a little - big progress. Before gluing the moldings I moved away from the plans and assembled the channels to prepare them for later fitting on the model. And then I glued the middle moulding first and then the bottom one. I chose this method and the friezes I'll try to glue in the end. But before that happens, I've done what I've been looking forward to for many months.
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Congratulations on finishing Winie Mike. Beautiful and clean work, a level hard to match for me. So thank you for the whole "building log" which will serve as an inspiration for me for a long time to come. And I also keep my fingers crossed in the next project which I will like to follow as well.
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It's a pleasure to watch your build Siggi, looks amazing. Awesome detail, you are a perfect craftsman.
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great photo of perfect work. just super Mike
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