gt350pony66
Master Member
you know, I didn't mention this because I forgot doing it. you know also how there's a complaint about these kits appearing to be "too flat", the upper and lower not having the right curvature? The last one of these I did (the one I posted pics of) was a regular kit, but I used the HH Miniatures side wall set, much shorter than the stock pieces to be sure. I had seen where a guy on one of these thread, or elsewhere on-line, had mad a plastic "tube", if you will, for the center of the kit, just a bit larger than the opening for the turret pieces, and I believe he made it 6.2cm tall. He did some extensive cutting to the hull pieces, particularly at the seams between the hull and the docking collar corridors. I elected not to go that far, so I settled on 5.7cm. made it from a fairly thick sheet of Evergreen stock from the hobby shop. Anyway, what I did was, set all the short walls to the lower hull with laserbond ", the "as seen on TV" stuff, cause you can peel it back off. I set the walls, taped the tube I made to the center, places the upper hull in it's position with masking tape and thick rubber bands. Then I got the wife's hair dryer which has variable heat settings, and went over the whole thing progressively switching from top to bottom, back and forth. the upper and lower hull pieces gradually curved down, and up, to meet the walls evenly. then I let it cool and for the most part they stayed, making it easier to assemble and glue together. maintaining a fatter center and meeting the walls on the outer. There in giving it a more correct appearance and not so "flat" and making it not such a chore to install short walls. still not exact, but a lot better.
Just thought I'd throw that out there :thumbsup
Just thought I'd throw that out there :thumbsup