JediPuju
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- Jun 9, 2009
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'Sup. ;D
I decided to take a break on the mig 29 and get back into some sci-fi . Here I go with the 1/1000 PL Enterprise!
I got the Paragrafix set with this, which has been great.
Ive done a fair amount already, so Ill post my progress so far. Comments / Suggestions are welcome!
Installed the photo-etched main sensor array. The PE is very easy to bend, it has an etched line on the reverse you can follow. I used 2 10A blades on a metal coaster to bend them. They were then attached with some CA after much hacking away at the original part. Mr.Surfacer 500 was then used to putty in the gaps. I smoothed and cleaned the putty with a cotton bud soaked in cellulose thinners and rotated it into the recesses, which did a nice job:
The PE set also includes very handy window templates for drilling the windows out. I didnt use the rec deck template, as I dont have a file small enough! I opted for filing out the whole area and scratching the windows out of styrene strip. First I added a bar across:
Then I jabbed in 6 knife shapes and glued them in:
Then sanded flush:
Officer's lounge removed, and PE part put in:
I decided to take a break on the mig 29 and get back into some sci-fi . Here I go with the 1/1000 PL Enterprise!
I got the Paragrafix set with this, which has been great.
Ive done a fair amount already, so Ill post my progress so far. Comments / Suggestions are welcome!
Installed the photo-etched main sensor array. The PE is very easy to bend, it has an etched line on the reverse you can follow. I used 2 10A blades on a metal coaster to bend them. They were then attached with some CA after much hacking away at the original part. Mr.Surfacer 500 was then used to putty in the gaps. I smoothed and cleaned the putty with a cotton bud soaked in cellulose thinners and rotated it into the recesses, which did a nice job:
The PE set also includes very handy window templates for drilling the windows out. I didnt use the rec deck template, as I dont have a file small enough! I opted for filing out the whole area and scratching the windows out of styrene strip. First I added a bar across:
Then I jabbed in 6 knife shapes and glued them in:
Then sanded flush:
Officer's lounge removed, and PE part put in: