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    Nils, this is beautiful. Are you using one of these spoke wheels to emboss the rivets? Once painted, this is going to look terrific. On a side note, my brother dug out an old unfinished kit of the Billing Boats Hjejlen (spelling is probably incorrect) and I showed him your thread related to that boat. He is very excited and may finish it like you did. Yves
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    How about using the so called silk paper used to wrap gifts or fill up gift bags? Once painted, it should be quite realistic. Yves
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    Your model is truly exceptional. What a marvel!!! Yves
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    I like the lack of symmetry of that ship. It makes it very interesting. Yves
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    The new tubing makes an incredible difference. Well done. Yves
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    What a great place for this model, to be displayed. Yves
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    That is looking really sharp. My favorite camo scheme, for sure. Yves
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    Renault and Alpine have resurrected the famous and original A110: Above is a 2023 model, for $91,000. Yves
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    I love that you try the black and white stripes camouflage. It is very well done. Yves
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    Superb idea and excellent building. Yves
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    Great job Kevin. It is coming along nicely and will be very swell once you fix that aftermost piece of moldings. Yves
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    BRILLIANT !!!! Yves
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    Rob, thank you for listing all the colors and types of paint you are using. This will be very helpful for future builders of this model. Yves
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    Allan, nothing revolutionary here... Just assembly lines, a la Henry Ford. I will give more details and pictures once I get to the other side. Yves
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    Progress on the gun port lids: Second quarter of the vessel, completed !!! I am starting to develop a technique to go a little bit faster and install these in an easier way. This side is now completely finished, as far as gun port lids go.... Still plenty of things to do.... Overall view of the beast... I will be travelling to Europe for an extended period of time and thus, it may be a while before the next update. Yves
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    Great and big project. That will be exciting.... Yves
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    Rob, Don't forget to tell us what you are using exactly, for paints. Acrylic, Lacquer, brushed, sprayed, brand and references. Thanks Yves
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    All this is a significant amount of work on top of the kit hull as designed by Trumpeter. It reminds me of all the work I had to do on the hull and deck of my Trumpeter U-552 submarine. Yves
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    Oh Yeah. I have been thinking about getting that kit. I will be watching your "great" progress with a lot of interest. Yves
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    That helicopter is a fantastic improvement over the model provided in the kit. It looks really sharp.
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    I started the tedious phase of building and installing the gun port lids. One quarter of the vessel, at a time.... CAF Models provides enough PE parts to make them movable and fully hinged. On my model, I have simplified the articulations and glued the lids into the ports. Just a couple of dozens to go..... Yves
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    Alan, that worked perfectly. Thank you for the trick! Yves
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    A few more information to describe the way the skid beams are built: After placing carefully the beams, six holes are drilled in it. Then these holes are reported on the hull and drilled with 0.8 mm bit. Note the careful carving of the rails with a Dremel equipped with a disk. The beam is finely sanded and its external surface is rounded. It is then "oiled" with Howard Feed and Wax, revealing the beautiful color of the sherry wood. It is then glued (CA 7-10 seconds) and then pinned into place. The pins are cut and hammered down in the hull. At the end, a dab of Black Cannon acrylic paint achieves to give them the "old" look. The steps are then installed: Et voila, both sides have been completed: I need to find a way to keep these ropes straight and dangling.... Yves
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    Installation of the skid beams and steps to climb aboard: The skid beams are used to protect the hull when loading and unloading the various boats. The two close beams can serve to guide barrels and other large bags, being loaded on the ship. Installation of these beams was a little bit nerve wracking as I did not want to damage the rails and the freezes. After the beams, come the steps: These are made with 2 x 3 mm strips, carved in the correct shape of steps. Steps are 14 mm long and separated by about 1.5 mm. The kit instructions calls for strips of 3 x 3 mm. I found that it would be too thick and not provide enough gaps between the steps. I think that the 2 (thickness) x 3 (width) mm steps look more realistic. It is very steep and some hand ropes seem necessary, to hold while climbing: Below is pretty much the view that you would have, disembarking from the ship. It is like going down a slippery ladder.... Now, I just have to redo the same on the other side.... Yves
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    Lovely. I like the cats waiting for customers... Yves

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