Thanks Kokkari, dsp550 and joberg!!
Ok, making good progress here on the Engine Deck, it's pretty much done. First set of pics are the build up of the deck. This took a LOT of time pulling all the right parts, but I feel pretty good that this is about 99% accurate to the original as it was back in 1976.
SPECIAL THANKS for the ID help and overall support/help from Eagle1, Maruska, VFXSup67, GoldLeader and Tsophika!! Could not have got all these perfect details without you guys!!
Starting to get pretty thin on my parts trees though, but thankfully, almost all of this is original styrene kit parts! Has been a goal to use as much as possible on this thing.
So, here we go:
Initial parts going down
AND the final grouping/assembly of all the parts on the Engine Deck.
NOTE - the BF-109 struts on the engine shovels are not glued down yet, so they are not 'straight'. But, Speaking of straight, I deliberately made some of the shovels at the end crooked to try and match the crookedness of the original.
The KOOLSHADE in the one vent is a test, all 6 will have ORIGINAL classic KoolShade in them. Still have to get the little styrene chips installed on the vent rings too.
And a couple more profiles - can't wait to put together the lower engine shovel plate, and get that nice little gap in there completed!
And an underside shot...
Have a REALLY COOL setup for the FANs coming that will go inside the 6 discs, will mimic the original with a cool little twist!