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Thanks so much, Tom. I sincerely appreciate your support. Carlos, my photograph is soft focus which makes identifying details harder than it should be. I have since corrected the spacing and I am now ready to duplicate the details on the opposite side - I’m not sure if this is port or starboard?

Added brass strip/positioning details



The top brass strip is slightly off although I measured and marked the surface. I was rushing a bit.

Hey Gang! Happy New Year and Welcome Back to SPAM. Let’s hope the forum bandwidth works! I started another 18” Enterprise. This was a good will score minus the base but otherwise in good condition. https://i.postimg.cc/3R2m8hy8/IMG-5212.jpg Every time I go away for a bit, I find back my way back wit...

Thank you both! It was a beautiful day in Southern California.

Thank you! I sincerely appreciate how much I have learned - and hopefully will continue to learn - from all of you. From Lyle, I have learned tenacity and fearlessness when it comes to building a model. You remind me most of model builders I was in awe of when I was growing up - the ones I most wan...

Duke Duke Duke Apologies dear sir I’ve been away from the forum due to well a plethora of reasons such as life happenings and such but I am slowly circling around the wagons once again. Thank you for your figure painting suggestions! Truly. I’m going to try some primer on the figure first because I...

Happy Birthday!

PS: Please check out photos of new work by Bolleken on SPA Modeler’s Facebook! Please like and follow!

Thank you very much, sincerely! I took this shot in shadows to show some upper edge potential issues, but overall this is a very good design. Notice there is a step issue (mismatch) with the alignment of the halves around the cockpit. Painting anything silver makes the issues really jump. I will ne...