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On looking again, it actually is the same. In person it is not anywhere near as noticeable as in your photo. I really love the weight and feel of this little guy, really looking forward to playing with him tomorrow. Thanks again.

Thanks so much for getting back. The spool is a bit different, there is an almost unnoticeable “clamp” that I could not find, well I was looking for some sort of slot or hole. It’s rather sophisticated in a way, I’m not a paying member, I’m not sure if I can upload a pic to this thread or not. I was planning on using it this afternoon but the trouble loading made that impossible. So far the only other quirk I have noticed is that you have to make sure the first stroke of the advance goes completely to the end until you hear and feel a tiny “click”, if you don’t, advancing the film seems to be a bit tricky. Something tells me there will be a few double exposures in my future.

I just found the little clip for the film leader, it was hiding from me. My film advance seems a little wonky now though. Sometimes it requires a double advance, others not then sometimes it won’t advance at all.

I just picked up the Tac Deluxe model, I can’t seem to get the takeup spool to catch the film, there is nothing to slide the Film leader through, I can get it to advance to the first frame, but not further than that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, James