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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?

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Filled up the deck sockets, they were wrong. Modified the hinge..

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First attempt on making the hinge for the deck hatch:



Than i accidently found THIS shot of a Long Bin's forward deck on a thread...

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Nice! Maximus has a very detailed 945 Sierra-I coming, btw.
SIngle levers for each plane?

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Filed the resin discs to shape. They're made from tough light curing dental filling composite ;-)





Mixed up epoxy...

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Getting there... ...

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The characteristic direction finder antenna, made from stainless steel:

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Stern lantern done! Same as the bow lantern, a casing from PU and a rod from clear acrylic to both mimic the glass and forming a pin to secure it in a...

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Right. As said before, this was designed as a dry-hull like the classic Engel Kits.
That boat eats Sandpaper and Drill bits!!!

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Enough for today!

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Und was ist damit?...

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This is the sail bridge. I think i got as close as possible.
i believe the sail on my kit should be flatter and longer, its siluette courve is...

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Another try to have the high-res pictures:


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I do now have a good idea of how the sailbridge looked like.
also, there are some differences beetween the first two converted whiskeys, which had...

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Wow! Thank you both, Gantu and CC Clarke, for the footage and the background!

Personally, i very much like the long bin's look...
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