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October 17 2008 | The sides
Now I have to solder the top metal pieces and the bottom one to one of the sides..I used my third hand to manage this
October 17 2008 | At least the 2 sides finished
2 evenings to get this..
October 17 2008 | The place where there is a lot of rivets!
Indeed there is one place where there is a good 20 rivets in a small amount of place.. I couldn't do much solder there as setting one rivet could have wipe another close one away.
So i used some Magic Sculp to tie them all..
So i used some Magic Sculp to tie them all..
October 17 2008 | Soldering rivets
Once this first part is done, the restof the rivets go rather smoothly
October 17 2008 | Adjucting the crane #2
Best is to insert those Scale Hardware rivets in the "provided" holes and solder the 2 parts from the inside..
October 17 2008 | Adjusting the elements
You picture that? that's one of the 2 blacks spots of the Massena, the places that will be the most demanding.
I've got 6 big photoetch pieces to tie together so that it makes the shape, hundreds of rivets to put..
First adjusting the 2 parts of the sides of the crane before soldering them..
I've got 6 big photoetch pieces to tie together so that it makes the shape, hundreds of rivets to put..
First adjusting the 2 parts of the sides of the crane before soldering them..
October 17 2008 | That crane..
I have got SO many visits on this site since I posted the Galilée dio pics this site feels like a lady surprised naked in the bathroom: indeed there was leekings everywhere and stuff that didn't work that well. So I have been putting a bit of cork on the most evident flaws, changed a bit the bio (I should update the liks soonish too) and let it roll..
So I have been busy all week trying to work on this:
So I have been busy all week trying to work on this:
October 13 2008 | Back again
So that's more than 3 months I let the Masséna down, why may you ask?
One pretty good reason, man I was beginning to do some big failures on it, I failed the gun most notably and will have to do one part back again. When i realized that I was up to 5mm wrong in some measurements, I thought it could be wise to go to another smaller project from the time being.
This is why i took the best of 1 month alone at home and did the Galilée which is currently posted on the galleries left of the screen; I happen to quite like Galilée, there is some movement on it, and I perfected the light work I first worked on Koktebel and then Sokol..
So yesterday evening I cleaned my garden shep and wiped out the spiderwebs that were on Masséna's hull and here I start again. the worst part to do, the most difficult will be the crane for boats that you see below..
One pretty good reason, man I was beginning to do some big failures on it, I failed the gun most notably and will have to do one part back again. When i realized that I was up to 5mm wrong in some measurements, I thought it could be wise to go to another smaller project from the time being.
This is why i took the best of 1 month alone at home and did the Galilée which is currently posted on the galleries left of the screen; I happen to quite like Galilée, there is some movement on it, and I perfected the light work I first worked on Koktebel and then Sokol..
So yesterday evening I cleaned my garden shep and wiped out the spiderwebs that were on Masséna's hull and here I start again. the worst part to do, the most difficult will be the crane for boats that you see below..
