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#701 Posted : 20 June 2012 18:17:49

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ISSUE 42

I then fitted the parts with care as per the instructions using my small bars:-

Please note the parts are fragile, and make sure you have a 1mm recess in the existing fitted parts to accept the new parts

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#702 Posted : 20 June 2012 18:21:21

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ISSUe 42

This is how she looks now after build 42:-

Questions and comments welcome, BigGrin

thats all for this week Regards Mike

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#703 Posted : 20 June 2012 19:32:26

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Hi Mike.
Starting to come together now.
Looks fantastic.
Keep up the great work.
Best regards.
Mark

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#704 Posted : 20 June 2012 20:25:40

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mark 2 wrote:

Hi Mike.
Starting to come together now.
Looks fantastic.
Keep up the great work.
Best regards.
Mark

Hi Mark, It certainly is, BigGrin

Thank you for your nice comments,Reagrads Mike

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#705 Posted : 20 June 2012 23:49:58

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Hi Mike
That is looking very good ThumpUp

Kind regards
Peter BigGrin

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#706 Posted : 22 June 2012 00:35:44

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Hi Mike
That is looking very good ThumpUp

Thanks Peter it is very nice of you BigGrin

Regards Mike

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#707 Posted : 22 June 2012 01:04:12

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Superlative work as always Mike, I'm watching with interest. By the way, you've done a cracking job on the planking, top drawer.

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Superlative work as always Mike, I'm watching with interest. By the way, you've done a cracking job on the planking, top drawer.

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Hi Glenn thank you for your words of encouragement BigGrin

much appreciated. Regards Mike

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ISSUE 43

Hi Team well the week has flown by again, and this week we received, some more wallcovering:-

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ISSUE 43

I think there is an error in the instructions this week, in the Blue panel it says to us PVA to glue the brass:-

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ISSUE 43

When before it when we were fitting wallcovering it said (ISSUE40):-

So I have used the latter instrucyions for my build this week.

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#712 Posted : 27 June 2012 17:30:38

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ISSUE 43

These are the pieces we need this week:-

176 the two disc parts from fret 1001, Issue 40

169 rail piece from fret 1021, Issue 41

and the parts from the fret you have received today:-

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ISSUE 43

I cut out all the parts I needed for the build this week, removed all the burrs from the pieces with a file ( this is very important as th pieces fit into slots with exact tolarences )here they are:-

GOOD NEWS THE WALLCOVERING WHICH WILL BE MORE PROMINENT HAVE EYEBROWS so no need to make your own. BigGrin

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ISSUE 43

I then continued to follow the instructions.

The fitting of the 26 brackets is very fiddly and time consuming, please use a good pair of tweezers, and dry fit the bracket into the slot before you glue it:-

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ISSUE 43

Now to fit the very very small parts the bolt (175) and the eyebolts x 3 (174):-

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ISSUE 43

At this point I fitted the first wallcovering with the EYEBROWS, again dry fit unill your happy then glue it:-

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ISSUE 43

Finally I fitted the 2 discs over the portholes:-

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Thats all for this week, thanks for looking in,questions and comments welcome BigGrin

This is how she looks at the moment Regards Mike

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#719 Posted : 27 June 2012 18:37:32

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Supberb build quality as usual young Michael Laugh

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Brilliant mate, fantastic build!! Love

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