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Bismarck Pack 4 - Stage 43


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Admiral's Bridge

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These two pieces, once constructed were attached to the side of the Admirla's deck.

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The lighting LED is connected to the glass window part, and then the side walls of the bridge were pushed into place all around the glass section. The walls are held into place by the windows being pushed through the holes, so no gluing require (and preventing glue marks on the clear plastic).

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I did add some glue to the roof and then this holds everything together:

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Now for the bending of the rails. I am finding that flat-head pliers are easier to gently bend off the parts from the sprue as they can get a good wide grip so dint put undue pressure on the part that your don't want to snap! 

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Firstly I was quite cautious with the bending technique, using the side of a scape along the bend-crease to hold it firm while I bent the metal.

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This got a good finish, but became awkward when trying to get into small places.

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So in the end I resorted to just finding where the bend creases were and gently bending with my fingers, this was no problem with the metal bending exactly where it should do and not breaking or bending in the wrong the place. Adding in the lighting and the deck work  The results are pretty cool!

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Next I threaded in the searchlight assembly and added a drop of glue to secure it all in place

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Stage complete!

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