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Below is the view through my magnifying lenses light in between efforts to carve out the wing roots. Despite the language in the SAM review of this kit it took me quite a while to get this right. I just wish once that the reviews reflected reality instead of the highly sanitised view they convey. My weapon of choice is my faux Dremel by Miniart which works best on plastic. It doesn’t melt the plastic like my Dremel. The toothbrush was for cleaning out the deepened holes in the wing roots.

On the USV front I used up the last of my old batch of Milliput around the sides to give a little more rigidity to the whole structure. I slightly overdid it so the Dremel did come out for this job. I’m now trying to fit the top deck which has required a little fettling but I think this is more my fault than the kit’s.

Absolutely none today despite having plenty of time I ended up doing some reading on a Norwegian SS unit, which wasn’t a great book, poorly written and cheap reproduction on the photos.

I’m now doing some work downstairs again with the weather getting warmer finally. I went and did an airbrushing lesson at my local hobby store and whilst that gave me some inspiration the reality a few days later was not inspiring still. At least I got paint coming out but it was still pooling in little drops on the model. I’ll be trying again over the coming week.

The Ukrainian USV now has one side fitted with the second still to be done.

The TaGo needs the wings cleaned up again but the body is now together at least. It’s a very typical short run fare with the PSR cycle.

And last up is an orchid from this week’s walk.

My Wirbelwind build ended badly with me making an unrepairable mistake (by me at least ) and so it ended in the “Well of tears”.

I’m still upstairs in the secondary site with work on the Ta Go continuing. The body and wings are now together and on the second stage of the PSR cycle. If there is a third cycle it should be minor.

I’ve also started the MicroMir Ukrainian USV boat that they are using. I did a lot of cleanup on a recent phone call  and since this week so reasonable progress is being made. I’m going to start assembly this weekend.

Below is a shot of the rather confined bench space and work so far.

Last up is some wildlife from this mornings walk.