modelerdave
Sr Member
I started this kit a while ago and then put it on pause when the Blockade Runner arrived. I'm now back on it and will continue until it's finished (date TBD).
I bought the gun upgrade from Green Strawberry. I thought the way they had the end of the gun attach to the barrel was a little fragile, so I drilled out small holes on both the barrel and the tip so I could insert a small piece of wire to make it more secure.
Here I drilled out the holes for the wall sconces in the cargo hold. I was going to leave them round even though they're rectangular because I didn't want to deal with that much cutting in a small location, but I ended up enlarging them anyway, mostly with a small drill and X-acto. I'm going to use the kit decals over the openings and I have a length of COB LEDs to light them. I had to grind out some of the wall behind them. Still unsure if they will fit or if I'll need to grind out some more.
Here they are cut out a little more.
Grinding out the kit ladder that's molded in so I can replace it with a photo etch ladder that extended into the upper deck.
I bought the gun upgrade from Green Strawberry. I thought the way they had the end of the gun attach to the barrel was a little fragile, so I drilled out small holes on both the barrel and the tip so I could insert a small piece of wire to make it more secure.
Here I drilled out the holes for the wall sconces in the cargo hold. I was going to leave them round even though they're rectangular because I didn't want to deal with that much cutting in a small location, but I ended up enlarging them anyway, mostly with a small drill and X-acto. I'm going to use the kit decals over the openings and I have a length of COB LEDs to light them. I had to grind out some of the wall behind them. Still unsure if they will fit or if I'll need to grind out some more.
Here they are cut out a little more.
Grinding out the kit ladder that's molded in so I can replace it with a photo etch ladder that extended into the upper deck.