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Finally, before rigging the rudder, I decided to work on the stern castle assembly. It was nice to work on big parts instead of the tiny parts of the blocks and rudder assembly. No alignment issues to worry so much about here.
The only thing I realize that I don't like about these laser-cut kits, is that thicker parts are made from thick card stock, which isn't nearly as sturdy as a bunch of thinner, laminated sheets. These thicker card pieces buckle or start to fall apart if you apply too much pressure to them.
I've been working on another project where I've had to laminate 5 sheets of computer printer paper together to get the part up to the proper thickness, and those parts end up very sturdy. Still, the laser cut parts sure save time!
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