Wow! What butt nugget came up with the idea to hack the RPF? What a pain in the ass! Anyway,
Ok guys the putty and sanding saga continues.
First up is the Nacelles. These damn things have small detail areas along the seams. Because of this detail, there are two ways that I can think of:
Sand the detail areas completely off and add them with styrene after the sanding is done.
Spend more time and sand the area to preserve the detail areas.
I have decided to do the later and here is some pics.
In this picture, the red triangle is pointing to one of these detail areas, I outlined the area in red.
In this picture, the red triangle is pointing at one of the layer detail areas. I traced the next layer in red. The blue line identifies the seam between the two main halves. Although the seam is visible it is completely smooth, it is only visible because of the layers of light blocking that I had painted on the inside of each piece.
In this picture, The front of the nacelle is comprised of several parts. The Red triangles show the joints. The Yellow triangles show the panel lines that will need to be re-scored. The blue triangle shows the spot lights. I have sanded them flush with the nacelle; however, I do not know how well they will shine now that they are no longer clear. I will have to address that later. If anyone has a suggestion I am willing to listen...
Next is the Hull.
Initially I had planned on using the included windows for the arboretum, however after see how much they distort the view I decided to go with clear styrene. The only problem is that the sides of the hull do not have a cut out area for the windows. I have milled out the area so that the windows will sit flush. In this picture I outlined the milled our area in red. The red triangles identify the ends. After milling out the area I chrome silver painted it to aid in light blocking.
In this picture, you can see the window. The red triangle shows the gap between the window and the hull.
In this picture, you can a close-up of the gap
In this picture you can see the window from the inside.
Well we will see where we are in week or two.