September 15 2009 | Overburn metal bits

My machine didn't etch the whole fret at the same speed, so some of the bits are overburn, no problem, we will use those later too :)

September 16 2009 | B-17 structural elements

So what are these parts? I supposed you guessed right by thinking is was indeed some B-17 structural elements. One bigger for the center, and the 2 thinnest each side. Which means 2 of them to do one structural element,  there should be enough to do 5.

September 16 2009 | Cleaning the parts with Acetone

I am going to weld those -so the first thing is to clean the parts with Acetone, so that I can remove all the photoresist material still stuck to the part

September 16 2009 | Welding material

So here is the material i use! Some crappy Camping Gaz iron that i will change because the electric cable is so thick that i knock all the stuff on my desk while moving it, some Carrs flux and solder, and a thing to hold the iron with a small damp sponge on it to clean the iron.
I usually weld on an old kitchen tile (there was aplenty in the cellar when we moved in -along, would you believe it - some Wehrmacht postal bags complete with eagle and cross!!!)

September 16 2009 | First part of the B-17 section

Here is the B-17 section after 1 hour of welding!

September 17 2009 | Welding done!

So tis is all the welding done, quite flimsy actually. You may notice the radio operator's window hanging poorly

September 17 2009 | Online sellers...

Now is the first part of my life time feud against online sellers. I mean, repairing computers I noticed that the trouble only happened when guys truly hated their computers. I must truly hate online sellers as I can't keep having problems with those!

1/ Tiger Models, One of the less worse of the lot, ah, well, actually okay their packet i received 1 month after my payment, expensive mailing charges but nothing gross or insulting like some others. but no other hassle honest!

So in the packet was some lead foil that I was keeping for such an occasion. indeed I strongly believe that in model making you should use the right material in scale. Which means, wood in really must be wood, stone must be stone like etc.. I will have the time to go further into that in a next build. Well, I think the properties of burnt out and crumpled aluminium would be p^rett nicely rendered using some metal!

September 17 2009 | Cutting at the right size..

Cutting at the right size..

that stuff was a nightmare to glue, I had to use some epoxy 2 components glue as CA was useless