Thank you guys for the positive feedback, nice to have you all along for the ride,
Lot's to get to so hold on tight
Started to frame in the top section
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Cut out profile of the top intakes
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More frame work
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Cut out the back of the escape pod profile
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And in position
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Next was the outer skin of the main body
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Glued and taped
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Profile cleaned
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Moved on to the final nose section on the underside
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Foam
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Shaped
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Piece of 1mm styrene sheet
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Heated with just friction from my hand and bent and glued to the form then clamped
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A coat of epoxy resin
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And for the main nose
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And the angle on the leading edge of the main body
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Filled in another small detail surface
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Then moved on to the back section and the escape pod detail
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Made the mid point for the escape pod, i'm still not happy with this yet
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Slapped a bit off bondo on it
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Gave the nose a final sand with 400
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Then..............Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Primer
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Did the little underside bit as well
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Top section sanded and primered
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Both sides sanded back ready for another coat
But i've run out of primer, so it'll have to wait
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Moved forward to the front section
Covered with 1mm styrene sheet
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Tape off
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And cleaned up
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OK you can breath now, thats it
Got to get another tin of primer, then..........
Well you'll just have to wait and see
Till next time
Gag
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