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Holy Monday – Preslav and I got up early, and by 9:45 a.m. we were already in the workshop: he was there to practise maths problems for Bulgaria’s national external assessment, and I was there to breathe in a little glue 😂

From this point on, unless otherwise stated or completely obvious, all abbreviations are written using the Latin alphabet.

Once again, I find myself facing a paradox 😳 Everything in the workshop was supposed to be easy: sit down, film and build… “Yes, but no!” as Bulgarian journalist Petko Bocharov used to say. It turns out this business isn’t quite that simple. As the number of cameras increased – now four – so did the time needed to set them up. Positioning all four cameras (fortunately, this time I didn’t have to move them or adjust the tripod heights), connecting their SSDs, formatting them, setting each camera’s exposure, filming the colour chart with each one… There go 40 minutes. First world problems, as the wise people say 😂

Anyway, back to the model. I had decided to at least start step 11:

The step is not particularly difficult. Fitting the parts to the chassis can be a little awkward, mainly because the locating holes in the chassis are too small for the pins on the parts that go into them. Nothing that a little extra cement – meaning plastic solvent – can’t sort out.

Of course, it wouldn’t be me if I hadn’t forgotten something – in this case, the rather enormous parts A39 🤣 I don’t think it’s a disaster, though. I’ll add them in the next session…

And since I still had plenty of time, I continued with step 12:

No problems here. I was actually surprised by how nicely and easily the photo-etched parts W7 and W8 folded. There was a small workshop mishap when one of the stabilisers came loose, but nothing serious. I glued it back on.

But I’m proud of myself for at least remembering the fuel tank cap this time 😂

That’s it. After around an hour and a half of work, here is the progress:

It looks a little like an AT-AT 🤣

And, as usual, here is the assembly of these steps in real time: