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    What a great model !!! As other experts have mentioned, for soldering the key, is cleanness, flux and proper heat. Once you get the gist of it, it works really well and is super solid. You can then file with emery tape, the extra blobs of solder and after painting, it will look like the real thing. Your wood work is amazing. I love that A/C unit on the side of the cabin wall, so realistic. It truly helps to have your own laser cutting machine. What instrument/equipment do you use? How about the software to draw the parts? Yves
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    Fantastic work Kevin. I admire your patience...to do all this rigging. Yves
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    Lamps are finally finished. These kits (from Syren) are little projects in themselves and take some time to be completed. Again, as mentioned before, the lamps are made of 80% Syren and 20% CAF Model parts. Through the glasses of the lamps, you can see the main candle, a blob of wax on the base and the black candlewick. A small maintenance door facing the stern, allows access inside the lamp. Overall view of the stern: Now, I have to find a solution for the staff. Then, we will move to the bow.... Yves
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    It looks like this is going to be another master piece of the Mikasa. Yves
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    I can't believe AIRFIX would not have drilled the holes in the bulkheads. At that scale, it makes no sense to not do it. Yves
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    Same stuff for different markets.
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    That is a big piece and a very coveted model. I will be following. Yves
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    Gorgeous Planking. A pleasure to watch and probably even more to touch.... Yves
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    Very interesting and unusual subject. I like the two scales approach, too. Yves
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    Thank you, Kevin. While finishing the lamps, I have a few questions regarding the staff and ensign on these period ships: - How was the ensign attached to the staff? - Was the staff equipped with a pulley at the top, to raise the ensign? Any precision or explanations would be much welcome. I thank you in advance. Yves
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    Absolutely stunning. I just saw one 1966 Buick Riviera at a Classic Cars dealership in Charlotte and thought about your model. Yves
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    Your model is becoming a museum piece. It is incredible and I can see the Love and Patience being poured into that model. Yves
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    I would pour the shots, place them where you want them to be and then pour the resin on top. Resin is worse than water (in a way) and will seep through every little holes and cracks you have. Yves
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    Fabulous. What a great rendering of the real thing. Yves
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    I have used bug pins with success. These are the long and thin pins used to display bugs on boards. Using wire, I do not think you can get anything stiff enough to work. Below is what I did on my Honda CB750 (1/6th scale): Left is the reworked wheel, right is the kit wheel. Yves
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    Fantastic work on the Chrome, Craig. Yves
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    Sultana deserves to be produced in 1/32nd scale. It is such a lovely ship. Yves
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    Perfect.
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    I love that model. Thank you for building it and presenting it to us. Obviously, we cannot build everything and these logs allow us to live vicariously through the world of plastic scale models. Yves
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    Lead (glued) is the best way to ballast a ship model. Yves
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    Romantic view or wish: the treasure sleeping in a barn, ready to be restored! I doubt that you will ever find a Bugatti in a barn, especially the 35B type. It is not the kind of car countrymen usually buy. Yves
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    Oh, a model not made of paper !!! That is a paradigm shift 🙂 Great progress so far and beautiful construction. Yves
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    That is looking sharp, but what a pain it must be to place these strips around the openings. Yves
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    Thank you Javelin for your compliments and nice summary of my epic. Central lamp installed: You can barely distinguish inside, the wax and burnt candlewick. Two more to go.... Yves
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    Valeriy, another one of your large collection of matches.... 🙂 By the way, fantastic work on the ventilation pipes. Yves

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