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Nice work Carl, looking excellent, its really coming together now.  Mark
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Thats going to be a fery eye catching model when done Carl. Great to hear you are getting so much use from your 3d printer as well. Hope it all continues well. Happy Modelling
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The parts are all painted for the 4 main support towers.These hold the rocket in place and they tilt back as the rocket lifts off.The next step is to assemble all of the parts for each tower. darbyvet attached the following image(s):
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Carl you`ve really picked up the pace with this now  looks superb  regards Phil  On the go: refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Nice work Carl a lot of detail on this model. Al
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Nice work Carl, I'm really enjoying following this build and looking forward to seeing more.
Keep up the good work. 
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It's really starting to come together now, looking good.
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Very nice progress Carl, looks great.... Regards Alan
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Nice work Carl, really taking shape now. Mark
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thanks everyone for your kind words. So after 3 hours of wearing my magnifying visor and bending very delicate etched parts I completed one of the 4 towers and made a good start on the other 3. These parts are actually quite small.I put a quarter on the base for size comparison (for UK members a quarter is about the size on a 10 pence coin). darbyvet attached the following image(s):
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Looking very nice Carl, some excellent skills on show here especially in dealing with all of that etch framework - very well done, I'm loving this!
Kev
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That's really looking very nice Carl. Coming together very quickly. Mark
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Looking Very nice Carl. Etching must be a pain to do. Look forward to seeing your progress. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Really outstanding work Carl looks superb regards Phil On the go: refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Thanks everyone More work on the service towers.These 2 towers supply the umbilicals to the rocket. The larger tower has a bunch of pipes to be added to it once it is painted.The photoetch parts were a pain to end because they are quite long, but once I soldered them they are pretty strong. next step is to paint and add the umbilicals. darbyvet attached the following image(s):
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You are doing an amazing job Carl i no what you mean about the etch longer + more fiddly and easier to distort  looks great though regards Phil On the go: refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Very intricate PE work, bet your eyes are sore!
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What an amazing job you are doing. I can imagine it is frustrating at times, very fiddly. Really looking good. Mark
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Thanks guys, I got the hazard decals printed and applied to the base.I added a bit of weathering to the sides of the base.The next step is to add the support arms that sit inside the base and then add the support towers for the first stage that are already finished. darbyvet attached the following image(s):
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