crackerjazz
Sr Member
Re: Cetacean - The Man From Atlantis submarine - Help
Deck supports
After having to reopen the balls to troubleshoot some wiring issue (windshield lights wouldn't
illuminate with head cemented in place but do light up when opened up - wiring and soldering was
good - it was really strange - had to replace the wire to fix it but passageway and ball re-alignment
took forever. I'm now particularly proud of the ramrod-straight deck, which simply wouldn't glue on
straight at first because of the wrong ball alignment. I was fixing one area and ruining the other and
vice versa but just got lucky eventually. I had to view it as you would view a guitar fretboard as any
single warp would readily show when viewed this way. Anyway, I'm just glad that step is over and
everything's aligned and cemented in place.
Made the ballast valves
Deck supports
After having to reopen the balls to troubleshoot some wiring issue (windshield lights wouldn't
illuminate with head cemented in place but do light up when opened up - wiring and soldering was
good - it was really strange - had to replace the wire to fix it but passageway and ball re-alignment
took forever. I'm now particularly proud of the ramrod-straight deck, which simply wouldn't glue on
straight at first because of the wrong ball alignment. I was fixing one area and ruining the other and
vice versa but just got lucky eventually. I had to view it as you would view a guitar fretboard as any
single warp would readily show when viewed this way. Anyway, I'm just glad that step is over and
everything's aligned and cemented in place.
Made the ballast valves