Southern OR
Active Member
Well, she's 99% assembled. Body filling is another story. I think I'll forgo bring the saucer drop in window sections to flush. Good news is I got her around 96% flush (I'm my own worst critic). Bad news is that this kit fits so poorly together that I'm going to have to fill in a lot of the joints since a lot of it isn't flush. I think I'll try the plumber's putty since I've used a lot of it in the past when I worked maintenance.
To make it all square I had to adjust the fitting on a nacelle (1/2" gap now) and the saucer section (1/4" gap). I already filled the neck to secondary hull along with the pylons, but that's not counting the rest of the seams. From the multiple threads I've seen the PL doesn't seem to have this bad of a fitting issue-but so far I'm glad I did it. assembly wise (minus yet to do fill and body work) she looks much better then the one hanging in the hobby shop. Thanks for all your help and hopefully we'll have our paint and sealer soon and someday we'll get our "I have a airbrush you can just have." Nothing beats free, but apparently free takes time.
To make it all square I had to adjust the fitting on a nacelle (1/2" gap now) and the saucer section (1/4" gap). I already filled the neck to secondary hull along with the pylons, but that's not counting the rest of the seams. From the multiple threads I've seen the PL doesn't seem to have this bad of a fitting issue-but so far I'm glad I did it. assembly wise (minus yet to do fill and body work) she looks much better then the one hanging in the hobby shop. Thanks for all your help and hopefully we'll have our paint and sealer soon and someday we'll get our "I have a airbrush you can just have." Nothing beats free, but apparently free takes time.