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Old 11-17-2012, 05:23 AM
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Hello,

I seldom do full sheets, I prefer to rough cut my formers and maximize my use of cardboard.

That being said, I use UHU, Prit, Elmers or practically any stick type adhesive. Spray adhesives (to me!) are excessively messy.

But no matter what you use, burnish both sides of the laminate immediately after gluing to avoid warping.

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Old 12-01-2012, 02:00 AM
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Build pics

Wow, what a difference to what I've built before. The biggest difference is no glue tabs. As a first "serious build, I don't think I'm doing to bad but it's slooooooow and this is supposed to be done before Xmas???LOL. I'm almost done with the first super stucture.
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:13 AM
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Props finished awhile back. forward super structure and stacks posting soon.
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Old 12-03-2012, 09:33 AM
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Looks good to me!

I really like these pre-WWII destroyers.

Don
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Old 12-03-2012, 12:30 PM
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Paper modeling definitely is not for someone looking for "instant gratification".

Your model looks great!

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Old 12-08-2012, 02:10 AM
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Progress Update

Just posting my progress. I wish my hands were smaller LOL.
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Old 12-08-2012, 09:42 AM
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Fine work!

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Old 12-08-2012, 09:51 AM
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You're doing well! The first serious model I made was a ww2 Japanese destroyer. Before then I thought paper models were simple and basic! Steep learning curve but looks like you're doing well!
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Old 12-21-2012, 10:32 AM
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It has been a while, but I've been working like crazy to finish this by Xmas (not happening).
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Old 12-21-2012, 11:27 AM
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But it is looking very good. I seem to work best with projects that have a required finish date, but I've learned to set it at a week before it NEEDS to be done.

Very nice work.
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