[Challenge & Achievement] Typewriter is gorgeous!

It finally arrived!!!

My first thought was “This is the biggest box yet.” I don’t know if there is any other kit with such a big box, but for me it was a first XD

I immediately got to work, checking the pieces against the booklet, and then set up my workspace. Which is the ground, and my carpet. Pieces can’t fall if they’re already on the ground, and I got all the space in the room!

I didn’t take pictures of all my assembling, I took pictures whenever I took breaks.

Making the keyboard was easy enough. I also got old tools from other kits which I keep when they’re particularly useful, and all the wax leftovers too.

The little bell sound is sooo pleasant!
Also the letter wires were finicky. I had to get a jewelry plier to bend them closed to make sure they stayed on the letter bars, and also didn’t nudge against one another.

Next morning and we are back at it, with the roller this time!

That’s when the little hammer I got in another kit got useful, I had a really hard time pushing the pieces that went in the roller (I was super careful about the notches but they were aligned, it was just a really tight fit) so I took one of the old little measuring tool and set it against the piece, then gently hit the tool with a hammer. Controlled force did what my poor fingers couldn’t XD

After that it was a walk in the park to finish, and tada!!!

I’m so happy, it’s truly a gorgeous kit, as a decoration piece, but the fact that it writes really is the cherry on top. I tested it on some normal paper first, I’m keeping the fancy one of the box for some nice letter I’ll write!

Hope you all have an amazing day, I’mma return to typing things while listening to a vinyl on the gramophone! :sparkling_heart:

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Holy wow!! What an amazing build. You did great! Love the part of working on the carpet lol. Way to go!

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It’s no wonder the box is big; it has 320 pieces! Wow!
This kit fascinates me; I’ll probably end up building it too.

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Wow!! This is amazing. I love your run through and information. Your post is bookmarked for when I finally get up the courage to so mine.

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What an amazing / cool / great build!! I really like it!! You did such a great job showing all the details!!

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This truly is an amazing kit. You seem to have finished it quite quickly. It looks fantastic, so well done! :smiling_face:

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One of the most innovative kits ever and the fact that it functions as a real typewriter with a keyboard sound and everything is fabulous!! and it presents a great challenge which adds to the appeal for me!!

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What an amazing build. Thank for share

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These vintage pieces from rokr are in my to do list! This looks amazing and it’s workable?
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”

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Oh wowow! It is in my wishlist!
It is an amazing kit!
Thanks for sharing!

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This is such a gorgeous piece indeed. Well done @Felain how long did it take you to complete?

Someday I wish to also build one :smiling_face:

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Hi @Felain, this was such a fun build journey to read, from the carpet workspace to the jewelry pliers and the tiny bell sound. The finished typewriter looks beautiful, and your notes will help so many future builders feel braver about starting it.

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That’s what I thought when I saw their promotion video too. The box is huge. :heart_eyes:

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@Felain wow such an amazing creation ! It looks beautiful! And even better that you can type ! :blossom::blossom::cherry_blossom::blossom::blossom::blossom:

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Equivalent to about two full days, but broken over a week every evening :smiley:

It looks amazing. Can’t wait to build mine.

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Excellent job. I’ve heard that this is quite a large model.

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The box comes with a carry handle

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That tells me it is pretty big…LOL!

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It’s like a little hand-luggage XD

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