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Next group of ports for the aft deck reling. New way to make them:

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I join the dark side...

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Making the bollards:



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Aft deck safety tracks:

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Replaced the 2mm diameter safety tracks on the bow with 1mm rods to a more realistic measure. Also made the ladder-like gangway on the sail some mm narrower...

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Soldering directly on the model with a fine hot tip at 450 degr.C was much easier than expected.again, figuring out where those struts go was the bigger...

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And some more...

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Test fit with ABS-rod. Ordered a proper 0,5mm braided stainless steel cable for the real job. On to the next 20+ posts...

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Made a small jig to drill centric 1mm holes into the 2mm posts. Ordered thin brass wire, will try abs and otherwise solder the brass wire in case abs...

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Greetings! Today i started constructing the forward deck reling. Nothing special here, soldering two v-shaped posts BUT again lots of research in photo...

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The bird is in the cage:

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Done! I made a simple wooden jig to stick the pins into and an aluminum clamp to position the outer frame on on of the sticks. ...

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More sensors... the cage around that acoustic range detector(?) Will be soldered next
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Scaled down and new hinge...and done!

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Kissed a Soviet Trawler?