Yesterday's progress. Got all of the photo etch done (excluding the windows). Added a thinned out layer of primer as well. Not that it's all the same colour I can see where I need to do some additional clean up.
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Primed it black.
http://f.cl.ly/items/2Y28360T463f3P1x223h/IMG_20130309_152320.jpg
- this bit was tricky as I had already glued the two pieces of resin together. Oops. Fortunately these
tweezers helped.
- the primer covered up most of the messy bits. Doesn't require as much clean up as you would've thought. Also, those little bits of sticky out-y PE, total pain. There's not as much PE as some of the armour kits being done but for some reason I find the material super difficult to work with. Like when I was in art school and couldn't draw noses.
- the first sticky out-y bit that I attached. I didn't realise that's how it went (the instructions weren't totally clear on assembly), so if you end up building this kit, this is how the PE is assembled. I think they make the ship go faster.
PE goes in a bunch of weird spots on the engine/exhaust section.
- like here. Which is a tiny little hole in a bit you'll see at the bottom of the next photo.
- the bottom has the little vent hole from the above photo. Also I acetone'd the frumpy bits out of that one bit on the top. Actually I used my girlfriend's expensive nail polish remover (I asked first). :/
- bottom of the engine bit. There's lots of spots where the PE doesn't have any clear 'insert here' spots. Lot's of vent covers that you just place willy and/or nilly about the ship. And the sheet of PE has loads of extra random bits that I haven't added yet.
One question, how do you folks keep PE from sticking to you? It does a much better job sticking to my fingers than to the resin.
Today I think will be clean up or possibly start detailing the interior. Still waiting for some parts to arrive. :/
Sorry for the long post.
