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Hi jaws Your Nautilus looks great, any day now mine should arrive.  “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Hi More photo's   This is the photoetch that comes with the Nautilus  You even get shaped sticky backed masking for all the windows.  I am not sure why some of the photo's are quite large, as i resized them on photobucket before posting them on here. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Looks a fabulous kit Taz and the quality of moulding on the parts is excellent! Amazed at the way those chains are moulded and the base looks very cool too as does the giant squid?!
This will be fun to build and paint and one to keep an eye on - well done Taz and good luck in the comp!!   
Kev 
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Hi all ModelMania, thanks for your comments. I picked up a parcel from the post office today, my order from Paragrafix has arrived.First off, the quality of the photoetch is outstanding and better than I thought.  The lighting kit looks great but will need a bit of care to put all this together, with some careful soldering. At least you get instructions which will help.  Will be starting this shortly, when I have purchased a few more items. Taz “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Lighting kits are fairly basic in design so have no worries you will have no worries putting this together. Lovely looking model and i hope you have lots of enjoymrnt putting this one together. from what i have read its all in the painting so looking forward to seeing what you do with this one. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Kit Looks Great, big job masking all the windows, but the detail looks superb Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi jase Thank you. Not looking forward to the window masking, small pieces to fiddle around with. The detail does look superb, I have seen some very close up pictures I found on another forum while surfing the net Regards Taz “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Hi all Started the build, just a small update. I have started on the interior roof which I had to remove the ceiling panels by using a milling drill bit for my Dremel rather than try to cut them out with a scalpel. As you can see on the first photo I have gone a little too near the edge but this will be hidden by the lighting panels. These panels are used for when you are lighting the interior.  The milling bit for the Dremel.  Start of cutting out for the lighting panels.  Image from instructions for lighting panels.  The lighting panels were glued using CA adhesive. It was better to leave the interior ceiling attached to the sprue, as it gave better stability when milling out the panels. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Good to see your progress on this one. Hope the rest of the build goes well. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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I've always been really impressed with the quality of Paragrafix Photoetch, it will really add to your build. With the lighting kit be careful when soldering, try not to solder the wires to close to the LEDs, I lost count of how many LEDs I melted by trying to solder the wires close to the LED 
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Hi Tony Thanks for your comment Davetwin Thanks for your comment and your advice much appreciated “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Did this get model get finished? I have the kit and paragrafix kit in my pile to make someday Current builds: HMS Victory, hachette black pearl, DC-3, R2-D2, Millennium Falcon
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I know the P/B debacle spoiled lots of threads on numerous forums (fora...?)
but it would be great to see how this one has moved on.
I too have this kit stashed away and will eventually build it.
Every now and then I get the urge to make something that ISN'T a car...
Please - an update.
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