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Looking just great Stefan 
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Thanks Peter. I managed to fit 8 tiles to the bottom part of the keel last night. At first I filed them to size, but this proved most tedious and not very accurate - even holding the tiles in a little jig didn't help. I ended up cutting little strip off the side with scissors and then trimming it with the knife.  Now that I have the 'hang' of it, it should go a little faster.
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Good looking job there Stephan. Can imagine it must have been very tedious and pushing your patience to the limit. As the saying goes "where there is a will there is a way". Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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Tiles look Good I have nearly compleated tiles (thankfully) and I have found scissors the easiest way of cutting tiles to size. J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi Stefan, you are making a great job of the tiles  good stuff 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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Looking great Stefan!! Glad I didn't go down the tiled route though, otherwise I couldn't have taken on the SOTS build..Keep the pictures coming mate...  Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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Thanks Gentlemen! Finally the tiling of the hull is complete. View from the stern:  View from the Bow  Started on the Rudder:  I'll do a once-off clean of all the tiles once the rudder is complete.
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looks good stefan Come on you Jimmies
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Looks great! I hope you find a way to clean the "discoloured" parts. I plan to tile my hull as well, so am very interested, if there is a solution for this problem. Greetings, Walter Greetings,
Walter
Present builds:
Revell B-24D Liberator 1:48
On the shelf:
Italeri "Fiat Mefistofele", Italeri "Moto Guzzi California", Fokker "Red Baron", Revell Bismarck, Revell Tirpitz, Arab Dow, Stage Coach, .....
Completed builds:
McLaren MP4/4, D-51 Steam Locomotive, HMS Victory, GWH F-15D Eagle, St. Stephen`s Cathedral (cardboard), Solar-powered paddle Steamer (little project with my son), HMS Victory X-section, "Geli" Phantom II (cardboard)
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Hi Steffan. excellent job. looks realy impressive. Look forward to seeing some more pictures of your build Ian.  Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Hi Stefan, like the look of your copper tiled hull just received the tile pack myself be a while before I can use them though need to build the hull and plank it first! looking forward to the experience. Hope I can get it looking as good as yours Cheers Chris Builds in progress: DeAgostini HMS VictoryDeAgostini McLaren MP4-23 " If it looks right then it is right "
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Thanks so much Walter, Ian and Chris for your most gracious comments!  A bit of progress on the rudder:  View from the front (side that will face the hull). You can see the areas that needs to be touched up where a file was used to get the tiles flush with the 'pintle' gaps.  Bottom view: 
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Congratulations on finishing the tiles.
Steve..
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Hi Steve You did a great job there, the copper plating looks marvelous
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