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good morning everyone Post birthday celebrations, and no alcohol involved Bridge supports two trpes are given in the etch set one of them for the Bluebell, there are a lot of choices to be made, and i can see it being easy to make a mistake the legs are braced from behind, a week ago this would have been a nightmare for me, but with the right flux and lower temp solder it is working for me centre braces fitted
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unfortunately the banned list continues to grow
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Permission requested to find a seat, i have the popcorn
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Sorry for the long time between posts, lol it takes ages to make something to show my biggest concern is the phots im posting make the build look very messy,(the brass is showing the stains for being handled), im sure i will find something to clean it up closer to being painted the bridge work continues i dont actually know the name for these panels, i quess it would be bridge wings, my soldering has greatly improved, but i still make the occasional mistake and still lots to learn also remounted the brackets for the gunmount platforms again sorry for the photos, i will need to rethink how to shoot something as bright as this is
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good morning everyone rebuilt the tower last night soldering is getting better compared to the last one
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im enjoying this build now its so nice to actually move the build out of the way rather then me have to move to do something i compared the two Bluebell v St Nectam 1/72 v 1/30
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thank you, they are better, they feel sturdier, but could be a better join all round, and some places could do with more tidying up,
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good evening everyone not much more i can do to the main deck for the time being, i will need to do some/lots of hull work before that will be put into position, at least for now it has something to sit on so its back to the bridge Bridge rework not so much re-work, but i bought a new set, i had to as the last one was never going to be presentable, however the bits will be kept for another project i have in mind although not perfect, i am much happier with the outcome, the radar tower is at present from the old set, as the replacement has to be remade, all in all a recovery, for me anyway
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Good afternoon Steve using a lower heat/melting point solder has taken most of the problem away, god knows what that solder was that was supplied by Ebat was, but for me it nearly destroyed my williness to even start the build, im much happier now, another update tonight or in the morning the change of solder has eased a mysterious rash across my hands as well, no i dont wear gloves
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Thing is will you never ever achieve that one model, your skill sets improve as you go on, and provided you are not to old like me, there will allways be another "just one model" to improve on your last one Hope that makes some sence
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Looking great, well done,
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good morning everyone thank you for the likes and comments MAIN DECK all the decks are brass and sit on top of the kit plastic ones (after all the surface detail has been removed this is the main deck 18 inches long, to save metal, various parts have to be removed these areas are covered over later, by the forecastle and bridge first all the rivets have to be knocked through from the other side (about 500 on this piece) marks are provided to show where they are and a centre punch is used to do the work the sides are then folded upwards and soldered in place, im not sure ca would do this very well and then two long strips as long as the whole piece are soldered against the folded piece to represent rivet lines i did use ca for this
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So sorry to hear mark we will stiil be here to support you and follow your build when you are ready to return,
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CONGRATULATIONS on a successful completion and launch, its been a pleasurable experience watching from start to finish
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i copied this idea and it never worked for me, i have no idea what was supplied to me as 60/40 solder since then i have changed it and the flux, and getting much better results will post photo later of what i am using
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the estimated count is 10,000, i have seen a build in the last few days where a punch had been used to simulate rivets, and yes i have the idea to use C/A to simulate the heads NOT MY PHOTO, but shows rivet detail
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lovely build, well done
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Thank you, the main mess is out of the way, but still a lot to do to remove seam lines and sort the bow out
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Very labour intensive
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after the disastrous first week of the build, i have made a few conclusions i was totally overwhelmed by the amount of shiny stuff, in the addons, everything had to be opened and played with, im sure others can relate to this Soldering, is my way ahead for this build, no i didn't know haw to do it and never had the right stuff, now sorted and will show in a later post the hull having made up the 4 sections the keel has to be removed and fared into the plates at the bow, also the hull plates are to thick and porthole eyebrows need to be gone, a bulk of the work has now been done but many more hours still required to make it presentable
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Good morning popeye the instructions do call out for so;der in quite a lot of the build, as some of the brass bits are quite large, i sure you could get away from it by using C/A and 2 part epoxy, and my challange this build was to try it
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