The Eiffel Project
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Wow!Now a look to the inner railings,
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In the back you can see the original Schreiber piece. Obviously the openings are not intended to be opened. No human hand could do it.
But the laser can... and so the railing is done...
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... and placed, with good eye satisfaction...
same thing for the outer railings
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In the back the original one and in front the laser cut one. I also modified the railing drawing to resemble the little columns that form the original one
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the four sides once joined
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The union of the roofs left big gaps so I realized four strip to cover them and give a better look to the part.
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Now the platform is completed. The balcony is just placed, not glued, tho be able to take it away it when I'll have to deal with the next stage.
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This is the actual state of the work. Now a new BIG tracing work are waiting... See you soon with the second stage
The work on this model will set the bar for all architectural models in the future for sure! Something for museums and an educational piece. Definitely makes me want to see the real thing sometime. Never knew about the names on the side of the Eiffel Tower before. This is really educational on the subject itself plus your methods in assembly really will up everyone else's techniques. Amazing work with the laser.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful, expert techniques.
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Whenever you say that a laser cut out those tiny things I always imagine a little @Rhaven Blaack sitting in a hidden corner of your workshop. Great job mate! 
All of you friends are too kind to me, I confess at first I was feeling as I was cheating using laser so intensively in this build, but now I realized there is a lot of work to do even with this "technical support", only the tracing and refining work to prepare all the files to send to the laser is just like re-drawing all the thing from scratch, so I don't feel too "guilty" for this way of building my model.
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I am too old to understand all those acronyms so I had to make a search on the web to understand if OP was a good or bad thing.... Now I think you was complimenting me... so thanks! (I'm jocking, your intentions were crystal clear!
)It would be nice to have an assistant like @Rhaven Blaack by my side during work... I would be willing to give away my laser to have in exchange a companion like himWhenever you say that a laser cut out those tiny things I always imagine a little @Rhaven Blaack sitting in a hidden corner of your workshop. Great job mate!
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I had to ask my son what "OP" meant and it means overpowering, so, it's definitely a compliment these people are saying, and rightly so.
Using a LASER is not cheating. I have a Cameo paper, thin metal cutter. The reason I don't use it is because it is a pain in the A$$. You have to draw the outline path of what you want to cut. On the models I design for myself, that isn't a problem, but for anything else, that means pushing a line around the picture to give an outline of the parts you want cut. It can take a very long time. It's literally brand new. The 1st one was defective, and it took them weeks to figure that out. The next one worked right, but after cutting the model, I found that it didn't cut so much faster than drawing each model, and cutting it was adding another layer of complexity.
I think it would be unreasonable to try a model like this "Eiffel Tower" without prior cutting. Most people have lives, and this is a hobby, not a life. IMHO.
Using a LASER is not cheating. I have a Cameo paper, thin metal cutter. The reason I don't use it is because it is a pain in the A$$. You have to draw the outline path of what you want to cut. On the models I design for myself, that isn't a problem, but for anything else, that means pushing a line around the picture to give an outline of the parts you want cut. It can take a very long time. It's literally brand new. The 1st one was defective, and it took them weeks to figure that out. The next one worked right, but after cutting the model, I found that it didn't cut so much faster than drawing each model, and cutting it was adding another layer of complexity.
I think it would be unreasonable to try a model like this "Eiffel Tower" without prior cutting. Most people have lives, and this is a hobby, not a life. IMHO.