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Great updates Mick, I do love the look of this kit....  .. Look forward to your next update.... Regards Alan
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Hi thanks to every one who looked in, and left comments much appreciated. Since last time I have finished building up the main girder.painted it up to its basic grey.done the same with the central joining assembly's. And made the other 2 spreader arms that go in front and rear of main girders.as mentioned before I had small gap to take care of in these due to bow in the main girders.I done these by simply removing the connection point on these and glued on plasticard. But on assembly the front also had a slight twist in it to. This resulted in one girder having a 2mm gap on truck bed one side. So had to sand a taper in front pair to get this to sit flat again. Trial an error finally got it to sit correctly. Still got Lil to do on one truck. Put the 160 decals on.needed head magnifier on these just to make sure writing not upside down. I finished the base eventually. And worked out there enough room on track for br 52 locomotives to sit on to. So got 2 on order. Hoping to get rest what needs painting done soon so can finally glue some of it together.cheers and happy moddeling mick.  hi p's I also repainted all the wheels so they were brighter. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Glad to see more of this Mick looking great. Al
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Very nice update Mick, and glad to see this build progressing. The decals have gone on really well, and the weathering looks spot on.
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Looking fab, great work being shown.... Regards Alan
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Really nice job to such a hugh build
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Great work Mick really like the faded paint  outstanding so far mate Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Looking real good Mick.WTG Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Hi thanks to all who have looked in and left comments, much appreciated. Me trains came today so be 2 of these br 52 hauling it now.just keep making a big project bigger. Must be mad. Cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Hi all today I made up the girders that support the barrel. There are a couple of errors on the instructions here page 24. The 2 hooks need to be swapped around. They are shown correct on page 25, the opposite side. Also they are 1mm to wide to fit the recess. Had to sand them down to get them in. Also the handwheel is marked as E15. It ain't you need H45 instead. Now I'm not going to tell you how long it took to go through a 1000 parts, and the whole instruction book to find these. Other thing to note is nearly all the holes for the pipework are to tight. So had to drill most of them out. I show pic in instructions to make this all clearer. Cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Nice update Mick. I have had to do that, search every sprue for the correct part and its not fun when there are 1000 plus parts! Glad you got it sorted out though.
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Its a pain when the instructions are wrong but well spotted Mick and a very nice update.... Regards Alan
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Great work Mick and looking the biz Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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looking very nice. What a task you have set yourself with not one but two loco's Hope it all continues to go well for you and really looking forward to seeing what you get in those loco boxes. Happy Modelling
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Hi all thanks to all who looked in and left comments much appreciated. Done bit more on this, though it mainly painting. The second main girder bin finished and the central parts this all now glued together. The barrel and girders bin started, could not resist putting it on to see how it looked.added the railings to to bottom. Remade the mirrors I broke out of paper clips and plasticard. Now has all 8. Next be finish the girder one side and then paint all Lil bits that need adding. The Lil fella in some pics for scale. I think he feeling rather small. Cheers and happy moddeling mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Hi just a foot note I noticed I put the main girders on the wrong way round in pics.it's just dry fit to trucks at most so ill put it on the right way when I glue it.cheers mick. Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Looking fab Mick, really enjoying your build..... Regards Alan
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That's looking impressive Mick nice work. Al
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Hi thanks Al and Alan, for looking in and comments left. We decided to do some fiddly bits ie handrails and the walkway. Now to call these delicate is a understatement. A fly breaking wind would break these .this is not in instruction order but I decided they be easier to do now than working over rest of the model attaching these bits later on. The last brace support for walkway is best put in after walkway is glued on as it only has single but joint on girder before this.and the chance of it staying there is zero. Cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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A most enjoyable build to follow Mick, you're doing a fantastic job
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