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Re: QE2 Story Jigsaw "Evening at Sea" by Peter Mugridge
« Reply #75 on: Oct 24, 2014, 01:58 PM »
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« Reply #76 on: Oct 25, 2014, 11:43 PM »
I had no time yesterday, but I did get to do three hours on it tonight.

All water areas now 100% done; only the sky to do now!  :)

This jigsaw is "deliciously challenging" but as my progress indicates it is not so difficult as to be impossible to do.
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Re: QE2 Story Jigsaw "Evening at Sea" by Peter Mugridge
« Reply #77 on: Oct 26, 2014, 12:09 AM »
I'm impressed how quickly you've progressed! :)
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« Reply #78 on: Oct 26, 2014, 11:57 PM »
118 pieces remaining to do.........

Not sure if I'll get much time during the week, though.
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« Reply #79 on: Oct 27, 2014, 08:12 AM »
118 pieces remaining to do.........

Not sure if I'll get much time during the week, though.

Good to hear you are enjoying the construction process and looking forward to photos
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Re: QE2 Story Jigsaw "Evening at Sea" by Peter Mugridge
« Reply #80 on: Oct 27, 2014, 01:30 PM »
Hi Peter -

You are making wonderful progress in fitting together our QE2 (Jigsaw) during her very first refit !  I hear then that she is already out of dry dock and has been refloated !  Very good !  Keep up the good work ! 

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« Reply #81 on: Oct 27, 2014, 01:48 PM »
Rest assured, I have taken photos at each of the stages detailed above and will post them up later this week once the puzzle is fully completed.  :)
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« Reply #82 on: Oct 27, 2014, 02:05 PM »
Great news, Peter !  I am so looking forward to seeing the progress in photo form and hearing more commentary to accompany same !

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« Reply #83 on: Oct 27, 2014, 10:41 PM »
Well... I've finished it!  :D

There are 12 photos, 6 pairs - I had to do two of each stage using slightly different angles because this is quite a reflective jigsaw and it was not possible to show every detail clearly in a single picture.

I hope these post in the correct order, although it will be obvious what order they should be in, but I marked them 001, 002 etc anyway.

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« Reply #84 on: Oct 27, 2014, 10:42 PM »
The rest of the pictures...

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Re: QE2 Story Jigsaw "Evening at Sea" by Peter Mugridge
« Reply #85 on: Oct 28, 2014, 01:25 PM »
Hi Peter -

Thank you very much for your posts and the photos of your painting in jigsaw form.  Congratulations on her speedy refit and great work !

Your painting looks absolutely awesome in jigsaw form !!

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« Reply #86 on: Oct 28, 2014, 01:36 PM »
Thank you June.

Now....  We need to generate a list of destinations for this jigsaw don't we?

I imagine that for safety we will be using the same principle as for the others of minimising the number of international postage transits and, if possible, arranging manual handovers if people are close enough?
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Re: QE2 Story Jigsaw "Evening at Sea" by Peter Mugridge
« Reply #87 on: Oct 28, 2014, 02:32 PM »
Hi Peter -

Thank you very much for your message, and yes, we do need to generate a list of destinations for 'Evening at Sea' QE2 Jigsaw. 

I would agree that manual handovers are good wherever possible and to make the rounds in UK before embarking on another Transatlantic crossing. 

So who will add their names to the list ?  I do know that Pete Cain wants to be added to the list.

Myself and perhaps Rod in the US so far.

Let the list begin !

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« Reply #88 on: Oct 28, 2014, 04:53 PM »
When we get a few names we'll see if any of them are close enough to me ( within a couple of hours by rail from London, say ) to do a manual handover.
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« Reply #89 on: Oct 28, 2014, 05:48 PM »
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