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Nice work Stefan 
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Thanks Hans and Tomick! Your encouragement is greatly appreciated.
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Excellent tiling Stefan, and thanks for the pictures, as it shows me the stages you went through in tiling your hull, from begining to end. Mal. Mal.
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Thanks Mal. After fitting a lot of full tiles on the Port side, I'm now back to the starboard side - fitting the little stealer rows and little 'filler' tiles. Much more time-consuming  I'm now going to completely finish the starboard side.
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Hi Steffan. Looking realy good Mate. How did you find cutting the tiles. just looking for any tips as i have this to come ian  Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Hi Ian, I did 99% of the cutting with ordinary scissors, just used a knife to trim very small bits off the tiles if needed, or a fine file to make them fit 100%
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Hi Stefan, great job will you be putting the false Keel on top of the copper as at 1805? Regards mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Thanks Mike. I'm not quite sure what you are talking about re 1805?? (I'm planning on following the standard build instructions)
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Hi steffan. Thanks for the info Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Hi Stefan No problem I put a copy of a letter I had received from the curator of the Victory museum in answer to a question I put to him, the tread is in the Victory build discussion topic. Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Thanks Mike, I saw it - don't know how one would do that it this scale, so I'm just cracking on with the tiles. All the tiles on the starboard side have now been fitted:  And the portside bow is also complete:  I'm leaving the tiling of the bottom of the keel till last.
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Looking great Stefan  Can`t wait to start myself
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looking realy impressive steffan keep up the good work Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Thanks Peter and Ian! @Peter: If I know what a time-consuming and long-winded affair the tiling would be, I don't think I would have looked forward to it, but the end result is well worth it. Tiling continuing on the Port-side stern. (You can see the dis-colourisation of the 2 rows of tiles that was initially laid against the keel)  I should have the hull finished early next week, then to line the top of the keel and the rudder. With clean-up I guess the copper tiling work should be done within the next 2 weeks. :D
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Great job there Stefan. I am not tiling mine but yours is reaaly looking good. Quick question, what is causing the discoloring, will it not eventually polish out? Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
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Endeavour Cross section,D51
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Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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Thanks Hans! Not sure what is causing it, but I'm waiting until I've completed all the tiling and then give it a clean and a once-off polish. Then I'll leave the tiles to age/discolour naturally.
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Nice Stefan and just a bit behind you and following your lead. Mine too as discoloured so interested in what you do to remove it. White spirit cleans up the tiles nicely after gluing but it doesn't touch this stuff.
In the end though, happy for it go go that colour as it look natural but I guess a coat of polish is required if you don't.
John
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Great job Stefan, and you`r almost ready And I am not looking forword for the work It`s the result i`m looking forword for
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your doing a cracking job stefan,keep it up. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Thanks lads, some more progress over the weekend up to last night:  Tiling of the port-side stern complete!  Now only the bottom of the keel and the rudder to go!
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