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• #520 by RichO on 26 Jun, 2014 19:45
• MANFRED,
  
    Great job on the placement of all these small suppot rungs! It makes me wonder where else you might have any piercings. LOL
• #521 by roma847 on 01 Jul, 2014 10:12
• Thanks Rich for your encouraging words, which give me new motivation to struggle with these elaborate details on.
  
  
• #522 by roma847 on 07 Jul, 2014 22:45
• Hello folks,
  
  despite the hot k.o. matches at the Soccer World Cup that keep me pretty from building, I want to send a small sign of life from the TSM building site and show that it continues, albeit slowly.
  
  After I started to insert the first six support brackets for the ladder on the outside of the LOX TSM, the missing three supports are now temporarily plugged that are not yet glued in order to test the ladder fit.
  
  
  
  
  
  And with the ladder placed it actually looks quite good, I think.
  
  
  
  Although the fit is still not precisely fixed, the distances between the support brackets agree quite well with the rungs, respectively, and that makes me hopeful for the final assembly after painting.
  
  
  
  Speaking of paintwork, the guys in the paintshop but have actually made an operational break to let supposedly change the filters.
  Well, who's believed ... World Cup is only every four years. 
  
  
• #523 by RichO on 08 Jul, 2014 17:14
• MANFRED,
  
    Your PE ladders look very impressive!! I have a ton of PE brass for other builds I have to do, so I know how difficult this stuff is to work with. Your patients is paying off big time. The TSM's are a work of art all by themselves! Very good job!!
  
    Now lets hope Germany can do as good a job against Brazill for the finals on Sunday. Go team Germany!!!
• #524 by roma847 on 08 Jul, 2014 18:02
• Thanks Rich for you encouraging and nice words.
  
  Yep, the PE brass parts are really a tricky stuff, but nothing is impossible.
  Thanks for your wishes for team Germany against Brazil, but I have a good feeling for tonight.
  
  
• #525 by Ronpur50 on 08 Jul, 2014 20:02
• GO GERMANY!!
  
  (from the looks of things, they are going!)
• #526 by roma847 on 09 Jul, 2014 01:34
• Hello all together,
  
  in order to bridge the time before the semi-final showdown against Brazil tonight, here a few quick pictures of the other ladder preparations. After I made the fitting of the ladder on the LOX TSM yesterday, here is the test on the LH2 TSM. For this, the support brackets were inserted into the pre-punctured holes again and their height balanced with the spacer profile.
  
  
  
  And this ladder lies good so far on the support, as you can see. 
  
  
  
  So, now I must come to the ladders on the service-flap boxes, which are much less accessible for marking the holes of the supports with the help of my template. To place the template on the narrow boxes similar to the side faces,
  
  
  
  I had to devise a suitable support for the TSM again. So I've made ​​two spacer blocks made ​​of balsa, a longer part that fits with height just below the box, and a second part as support on the TSM top. The lower side is as usual fixed by the holding mandrel clamped in the vise.
  
  
  
  And so the TSM should then lie reasonably stable to apply the template and pre-puncture which each 12 holes for the support brackets, because a little pressure is necessary to apply when pre-puncturing the holes in the balsa core.
  
  
  
  That is all for today.
  
  And last not least, our Team Germany has made ​​history tonight and sensational sent home the host Brazil 7:1, unbelievable but true!!!
  
      F I N A L
  
  Thank you friends for the fingers crossed. 
  
  
• #527 by RichO on 09 Jul, 2014 12:29
• MANFRED,
  
    CONGRATULATIONS!!!  OMG, Team Germany has just outrageously spanked Brazil , and sent them home crying, like a little school girl that skined her knee!!!  7-1 must be some sort of record. If not, it should be. Now comes the big show for Germany! I should ask you which team you would rather play against in the final, but I'm not so sure that it really matters because Germany is going to kick their ass!!
  
    I know just how it feels to have your own team on the winning field. My home town Seattle Seahawks won the Superbowl in American football this year. We are still parting over this win! All my fingers crossed for your great Team Germany!
• #528 by saturnapollo on 09 Jul, 2014 12:48
• That is stupendous work, Manfred. Really lost for words with the detail you are putting in!
  
  Keith
• #529 by roma847 on 09 Jul, 2014 16:11
• Quote from: RichO on 09 Jul, 2014 12:29

  MANFRED,
  
    CONGRATULATIONS!!!  OMG, Team Germany has just outrageously spanked Brazil , and sent them home crying, like a little school girl that skined her knee!!!  7-1 must be some sort of record. If not, it should be. Now comes the big show for Germany! I should ask you which team you would rather play against in the final, but I'm not so sure that it really matters because Germany is going to kick their ass!!
  
    I know just how it feels to have your own team on the winning field. My home town Seattle Seahawks won the Superbowl in American football this year. We are still parting over this win! All my fingers crossed for your great Team Germany!
  

  
  Thanks Rich for your CONGRATULATIONS,
  
  but this game tonight was the bright madness - Made in Germany - and will go down in Soccer history.
  
  Three goals in 2:58, simply incredible, gigantic, fantastic!!!
  
  And if you ask me which team we would rather play against in the final, I would say Argentina, and I have a feeling that it will happen. And then we will have a home game in Rio, I think. 
  
  A game against Holland might become a battle, because between our two football forces for years a real enmity existed since 1974 at the latest, when we beat them in the World Cup Final in Germany 2-1 ...
  
  But no matter who comes, we can beat any team in this form. And I fully agree with you, that Germany is going to work their ass off.
  
  BTW, despite our enormous delight about this historic success all Germans feel with the Brazilians, sorry, we did not want to pain them that way.
  
  And all Americans thanks for the mark of respect for our team Germany!
  
  
• #530 by roma847 on 10 Jul, 2014 06:53
• Quote from: saturnapollo on 09 Jul, 2014 12:48

  That is stupendous work, Manfred. Really lost for words with the detail you are putting in!
  
  Keith
  

  
  Thanks Keith for your nice words of appreciation.
  
  Yep, these details are indeed on the one hand additional effort but on the other hand over and over again a delightful challenge for scratch building a model and make it more interesting.
  
  
• #531 by RichO on 13 Jul, 2014 13:31
• ALL HALE, the scratch building Gods!!
• #532 by Ronpur50 on 13 Jul, 2014 22:47
• We won't see Manfred for a while. I am sure he is celebrating Germany's win!!  Congratulations!
• #533 by roma847 on 13 Jul, 2014 23:00
• Hello Ron and all my friends,
  
  I have had a good feeling that we would pick us the fourth star!!!
  
  
  
  Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, and now we got it.
  
  
  
  And now I'm really down but very happy!
  
  
  
  
• #534 by shuttlemodeler on 14 Jul, 2014 03:29
• Congratulations Manfred.  Save the last `5 minutes it was a nail biter.
• #535 by roma847 on 14 Jul, 2014 08:13
• Thanks Tom for your congratulations,
  
  now we are on aim and finally got the fourth star, I have known it.
  
  We are World Champion!
  
  
• #536 by roma847 on 15 Jul, 2014 23:22
• Hello dear friends,
  
  thank you once again for all the good wishes and congratulations.
  
  On days like this, one wishes for infinity ...
  
  
  
  In this sense, cheers on a horny World Cup with our team and the 4th star!
  
  BTW, there is still place for the 5th star ... 
  
  
• #537 by Ronpur50 on 15 Jul, 2014 23:46
• That is awesome!
• #538 by shuttlemodeler on 16 Jul, 2014 00:53
• Where's our beer
• #539 by RichO on 16 Jul, 2014 12:33
• MANFRED & ELISABETH,
  
  You two sure look happy and proud about your teams World Cup win!! Good times, good food, good beer!! What could be better. Again...Congratulations!