looking really good, still debating as its a lot of work for 10 or so. but would love a rake of them

watching with interest.

Why not use your RSU as you have one, it will do 99% of all your soldering tasks. I use mine for adding white metal to etched kits too. I always used to have 2 or 3 irons running on the bench most of the time now I only get one out to connect the wires.

Not a great fan of hoppers, but the model's looking very good.

That square pictured above looks a lot like one of mine.

Snitzl

Excellent stuff as always. The RSU makes for some neat work, it seems, but you've done a cracking job there. Any chance they'll snuggle up to a 48DS at some stage? Oh... and I'm liking your 1-2-3 blocks (if that's what they are...)

Jan

Thanks for the comments.

Michael - build youself one and then decide if you want to do another 9?

N15 - I tend to use the RSU mainly for adding overlays and detail parts,

Snitzl - I rather like hoppers, and there's a few more to come.

Jan - well spotted, they are indeed 1-2-3 blocks (1"x2"x3" ground steel blocks), bought at least 15 years ago when I worked in a machine shop.

Paul.

Hi Paul, bin awaiting the update and i'm very impressed the hopper is looking really smart now! And i see you used the magnet idea which we discussed the opther week a great tweak/idea and less messing/filling holes.

Keep up the good work chap and i look forward to more updates.

Thanks

Thanks. What I haven't mentioned above is that before I fitted the body to the chassis I soldered up the end bracing plates - but more on that next time. Next job is to attach them to the body.

The magnets did indeed work well, and the soldering on the bottom looks a lot better now its been cleaned up.

Paul.