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steel_tiger1 wrote:I use two soldering stations. One for tinning the other for assembly.
The Hako 936 is a great all around soldering station with different tips available. Right down to a needle fine tip that I use for soldering nano LED's.




The American Beauty resistance soldering station is now a tool I must own. I borrowed it from a friend to use on this project. It would not be possible to build it with out it.
I had never used one before now and didn't think it was anything I needed because I had the Hako. Boy was I wrong. I now fully recommend it for anyone building photo-etched assemblies.
It makes things possible that that would have been difficult if not impossible before. The one in the picture has what the call the pliers end. The one I used has the probe end which are tiny and act like tweezers



Here is another item that is nearly done I used both irons for. This is the main mast of the OHP.






I knew that they had to be soldered just for strength as I have a hbit of breaking assemblies I glue together and as there were so many parts to these it was a must.

Thanks
Tom

Willie wrote:Hi all modelers,

After Photobucket asked me for a ransom for respecting my pictures, and after my denial, they have ruined my threads forever watermarking the pictures first and blurring them afterwards, and thus rendering all my pictorial work virtually useless.
I have seen that my work has been of some help for some other friend modelers in the past, which is the ultimate goal of this forum, so I have taken the time to convert my messages in this old thread to the standard right-click pictures provided by the forum. It is time consuming, but very easy, and this way the pictures will always be available. They can be open and downloaded without further problem now.

This is the new format of them all:

(441).jpg

Never ever will I use Photobucket, Tinypics or whatever again. Bunch of pirates.

For all those interested, there is a more extensive picture file of this model at :

http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htm

Best regards from the North Atlantic,

Willie.[/size]

steel_tiger1 wrote:Since nobody offered up any suggestions. I just did it.









I think it turned out pretty good.

Willie wrote:

DarcyD wrote: How did you cut out those holes so precise? What tool or tools did you use. I tried to do this on a spare and it was a disaster.

Hi there Darcy and all,

This is the easiest thing ever.
For the bigger holes I simply make a number of holes with a drill, cut them away with an X-acto, refine them with the X-acto again, and finish them with files and sandpaper.

For the tiny ones, it�s easier: I scratch the inside of the surfaces with a half round blade until the plastic gets away by itself, and then refine with a file and sandpaper again. Done.

I hope this helps, and best regards,

Willie.

DarcyD wrote: How did you cut out those holes so precise? What tool or tools did you use. I tried to do this on a spare and it was a disaster.

Willie wrote:Hi all,

Thanks a lot for your kind remarks. It is my pleasure to share this with colleagues.

The work of today was quite tedious, the exterior vent exhausts -- i think from the hangar, but i am not very sure.



The offering from Lee was a very odd looking grid :





I had to cut off all the holes after stripping both bulkheads off all the details, until I got this :



I had to place two supports inside, and then to cut all the pieces one but one, setting everyone in place before cutting the next. Quite monotunous and exasperating, but obviously this is a hobby -- nobody was compelling me to do anything...
It was then like this :



As I was fed up with strips I thought I could do something a bit more pleasant, so I started the aft hangar bulkhead too :



The process was the same, to strip the piece off all details, to open the holes and to complete it.





The articulated doors are made with Evergreen "V-Groove" # 2025 which most suitable for it.
The white lines in yogourt plastic are necessary for the painting.
And it is now like this, almost complete minus the two ladders and some minor details
Qued� finalmente as�, a falta de las escalas y algunos detalles menores :



And that�s all for today.
I hope you like it, and best regards,

Willie.