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    Spectacular!!! Yves
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    Major milestone and a great achievement. Yves
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    You need to build a piece of track buried in the asphalt, or paving of a street. This will make a for a very nice display of your model. Yves
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    Beautiful diorama. Yves
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    James, You make it sound so easy.... Always a pleasure to read your progress. Yves
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    Very nice and precise work. Yves
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    Don't forget to start a Build Log, when you are ready. Yves
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    My favorite plane...after the P-47D. I am in! Yves
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    Yeah...Almost 🙂 Yves
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    Thank you for posting a few pictures Chris. Very nice molding, but I agree with you, a little bit disappointing with the absence of markings on the hull. Now, purchasing the kit is one thing, but insanity starts when you try to get all the brass add-ons and wooden decks. I have to say, it is very tempting as I love the lines of these cruisers. Yves
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    Very nice model Presenting it on a trash can does not make it justice... 🙂 Yves
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    It is a huge box, but it is only 55 pounds... 🙂 Chris, more pictures please, when you can. Yves
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    Chris, How about a Chris Watton's review of the kit (without starting it, of course)? I'd like to have more info on that monster. Do you still have the Nichimo Leviathan? If so, how about a picture or two? Yves
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    Precious !!! Yves
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    Chris, to weather the U-Boot, I simply used some washes made with acrylic colors. Brush and very diluted acrylic paint, placed in strategic places. Everything is then sealed with Tamiya Mat clear, airbrushed. Yves
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    Superb. Yves
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    Looks like a nice compromise between accuracy and fun, with all these revolving turrets and lights. We will be following with a lot of interest. I am quite confident that this build will give your child the desire to build things with this hands, in the future. Yves
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    Superb carving Daniel. No wonder you were silent; these takes a lot of time. Yves
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    It could be I would not recommend it, because of the heat dissipation. Just try to get a couple of resistors such as 1Kohm, 200 ohms, 500 Ohms and you can arrange them in series to make it a 1500 ohms or 1200 ohms, if need be. Just experiment. 1 Kohms should be fine. A variable resistor will cost much more but it could be used and will provide you with the fine adjustment of intensity that you may require. Make sure it is capable of at least 1/2 watt. Yves
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    That is quite a puzzle that you are building there.... Fascinating how this deck is engineered. Yves
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    A white LED will usually require 3 volts to shine, under a current of about 10 milli-amps (0.01 A). To reduce the intensity of the LED, you need a resistor. To calculate the resistor, simply take the voltage of your power source (i.e. 12 Volts), substract the voltage required by the LED (3 V) and you end up with the voltage that needs to be dropped in the resistor: 12 - 3 = 9 Volts. Using 10 mA for current, the resistor will have a value of 9 / 0.01 = 900 Ohms or more commonly 1 KOhms. It is a simple application of the Ohm law. Now, let's calculate the power of the resistor: P = R*I*I = 1,000 * 0.01 * 0.01 = 0.1 Watt. To be on the safe side, I would select at least 0.25 Watt (1/4W) resistor or even better 0.5 Watt (1/2W) resistor. Keep in mind that LED are polarized, but you will figure it out..... If you want to dim the LED, increase the resistor to 1.2K or 1.5K. Also, painting them with a yellowish color will turn your overall light into a greenish hue (Blue which is prevalent in Chinese LEDs + yellow). Yves
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    Interesting project. Yves
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    Absolutely superb. I love these extra details that you are adding. You also have a very steady and sure hand to paint these decks.... Finally, the wood deck is absolutely top and represents rather well, the clean Japanese deck, that the crew was constantly moping. Yves
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    Thank you Chris. What a nice display. Yves
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    Chris, Could we get a group picture of all your liners, in 1/600th ? I thank you in advance. Yves

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