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 ~~NOTOC~~
 ====== Build Records Index ======
-This page is an index of solid model build and reform records preserved in the **Japanese Solid Model Archive**.
+This page is an index of solid model construction and reform records preserved in the **Japanese Solid Model Archive**.
 The records listed here are not limited to completed models.
-They also preserve processes, corrections, decisions, and ways of understanding aircraft form.
+They also include records of processes, corrections, decisions, and the ways aircraft forms were understood through making.
-For maker profiles, see the author pages.
+For information about individual makers, please see the author pages.
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 ===== Available Records =====
-^ Aircraft ^ Maker ^ Type of Record ^ Scale ^ Main Focus ^ Link ^
+^ Aircraft ^ Maker ^ Type of Record ^ Scale ^ Main Contents ^ Link ^
-| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 | Kazu Fukuda | Detailed construction process record | 1:50 | Materials, shaping, surface preparation, painting, markings, final assembly, and completed model | [[en:authors:fukuda-kazu:fw190-d9:start|Fw 190 D-9 Record]] |
+| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 | Kazu Fukuda | Detailed construction process record | 1:50 | Materials, shaping, surface preparation, painting, markings, final assembly, and completed model | [[en:authors:fukuda-kazu:fw190-d9:start|Fw 190 D-9 Construction Record]] |
-| Heinkel He 115 B | Kazu Fukuda | Reform record of an existing completed model | 1:50 | Reopening, correcting, repainting, and bringing an older model to a renewed completion | [[en:records:he115b_reform:start|He 115 B Reform Record]] |
+| Heinkel He 115 B | Kazu Fukuda | Reform record of an existing completed model | 1:50 | Reopening an existing model, correcting it, repainting it, and bringing it to a renewed completion | [[en:records:he115b_reform:start|He 115 B Reform Record]] |
+| Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3 | Kazu Fukuda | Parts-based and process-based construction record | 1:50 | Material preparation, interior work, nacelles, engines, propellers, painting, final assembly, and completed model | [[en:records:fw200c3:start|Fw 200 C-3 Construction Record]] |
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-===== Records in Preparation =====
+===== Types of Records =====
-^ Aircraft ^ Maker ^ Type of Record ^ Scale ^ Status ^
+This archive includes several different types of records.
-| Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3 | Kazu Fukuda | Parts and process-based construction record | 1:50 | In preparation |
-The Fw 200 C-3 record is currently being prepared.
+==== Construction Process Records ====
-It will be added to this index when the page structure is ready for readers.
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+Construction process records follow the making of a solid model from material preparation and rough shaping to painting, markings, assembly, and completion.
-===== Types of Records =====
+These records are useful for understanding how the form of an aircraft gradually emerges through the making process.
-The archive includes different types of records.
+They are not merely lists of procedures.
-==== Construction Process Records ====
+They show how observation, correction, test fitting, and judgment are repeated until the form gradually becomes clear.
-These records follow the making of a solid model from materials and rough shaping to painting, markings, assembly, and completion.
+==== Reform Records ====
-They are useful for understanding how an aircraft form gradually emerges through repeated observation, correction, and judgment.
+Reform records follow the process of reworking a model that had already been completed once.
-==== Reform Records ====
+These records are especially valuable.
+They show how a completed model was reconsidered, opened again, corrected, and brought to a new state of completion.
+From a finished model alone, it is difficult to see where the maker found problems or how his judgment changed.
+Reform records preserve that otherwise invisible movement of thought and decision-making.
+==== Parts-Based and Process-Based Construction Records ====
+Parts-based and process-based construction records follow the making of a model not only as a single linear sequence, but also through individual parts and stages, such as the fuselage, wings, nacelles, engines, propellers, armament, painting, and final assembly.
+For large or complex aircraft, the making process is not always a simple straight line.
-These records follow the reworking of a model that had already been completed once.
+Parts are made separately, checked through test fitting, and eventually integrated into a single completed form.
-They are especially valuable because they show how an existing model was reconsidered, opened again, corrected, and brought to a new final state.
+The Fw 200 C-3 record is an important example of this type of record.
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 ===== How to Use This Index =====
-If you want to follow a model from the beginning of construction, start with:
+If you want to follow the making of a model from the beginning to completion, start with:
-  * [[en:authors:fukuda-kazu:fw190-d9:start|Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 Record]]
+  * [[en:authors:fukuda-kazu:fw190-d9:start|Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 Construction Record]]
-If you want to read a record of correction and renewed completion, start with:
+If you want to read a record of how an already completed model was opened again, corrected, and brought to a renewed completion, start with:
   * [[en:records:he115b_reform:start|Heinkel He 115 B Reform Record]]
+If you want to read how a large multi-engine aircraft was made through separate parts and processes, start with:
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:start|Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3 Construction Record]]
 If you want to learn about the maker, see:
   * [[en:authors:fukuda-kazu:start|Kazu Fukuda]]
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+===== Highlights of Each Record =====
+==== Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 ====
+The Fw 190 D-9 record is a detailed construction process record.
+It follows the model from material preparation, shaping, surface preparation, painting, markings, and final assembly to completed model photographs.
+The value of this record lies in the visibility of the process.
+It allows readers to see not only the completed model, but also how the form was gradually made.
+==== Heinkel He 115 B ====
+The He 115 B record is a reform record of a model that had already been completed once.
+It preserves the process of removing deteriorated paint, rebuilding the nose section and canopy areas, reworking the surface, repainting the model, and bringing it to a new completed state.
+This record shows that completion is not always the end of making.
+A completed model may be reconsidered, corrected, and guided toward a new final form.
+==== Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3 ====
+The Fw 200 C-3 record is a parts-based and process-based construction record of a large multi-engine aircraft.
+Because the original material had been organized by parts and processes, this archive reconstructs the record as closely as possible according to confirmed dates and the sequence of work.
+This record allows readers to follow processes such as:
+  * material preparation and the emergence of the overall form
+  * interior work, cockpit, canopies, machine guns, and gondola construction
+  * nacelles, cowlings, and attachment to the wing
+  * spinner and propeller construction
+  * engines, bombs, and accessory parts
+  * painting and markings
+  * final assembly and completion
+What is especially important in this record is the way separately made parts are eventually integrated into a single completed form.
+It also shows that making does not consist only of active work.
+Decisions such as waiting for putty to dry are also part of the making process.
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+===== Supplementary Links for the Fw 200 C-3 Record =====
+The Fw 200 C-3 record is divided into several original record pages.
+For an overview, it is best to begin with the entrance page.
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+**Fw 200 C-3 Related Pages**
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:start|Fw 200 C-3 Construction Record — Entrance]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:chronology|Fw 200 C-3 Construction Record — Chronology]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:original_01|Original 01 — Material preparation and the emergence of the overall form]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:original_02|Original 02 — Interior, cockpit, canopies, machine guns, and gondola]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:original_03|Original 03 — Nacelles, cowlings, and attachment to the wing]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:original_04|Original 04 — Spinners and propellers]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:original_05|Original 05 — Engines, bombs, and accessory parts]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:original_06|Original 06 — Painting and markings]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:original_07|Original 07 — Final assembly and completion]]
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+For interpretive readings, see:
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:reading_01|Reading 01]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:reading_02|Reading 02]]
+  * [[en:records:fw200c3:reading_03|Reading 03]]
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 They are presented here solely as part of the historical and documentary record of scale model making.
-The purpose of this archive is not to endorse any ideology or military action, but to preserve and study the techniques, processes, and records of solid model craftsmanship.
+The purpose of this archive is not to endorse any ideology or military action.
+Its purpose is to preserve and study the techniques, processes, decisions, and records of solid model craftsmanship.
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 ===== Navigation =====
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 [[en:start|← Back to English Home]]
+｜ [[en:authors:fukuda-kazu:start|Kazu Fukuda]]
+｜ [[en:authors:fukuda-kazu:fw190-d9:start|Fw 190 D-9 Construction Record]]
+｜ [[en:records:he115b_reform:start|He 115 B Reform Record]]
+｜ [[en:records:fw200c3:start|Fw 200 C-3 Construction Record]]
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