iceman1947

On 8/28/2018 at 10:37 AM, Fright said:

The past few days, I have been working on and off with putting together the pieces for the superstructures that go on deck. Almost every piece needed to be filed and sanded to remove flashing and seam lines. Many of the portholes needed to be filed out due to amount of flash that were closing up many of the holes. My inexpensive files that I purchased from Harbor Freight came thru for me on this one. After making sure a piece fit together, I used Tamiya liquid cement to bond the walls together. I also hit the inside of seams with a little CA glue to strengthen the bond. I used white glue to help fill any visible seams and, after sanding smooth, I sprayed all four deck structures with primer white.  

 

For the top decks of the structures, I sprayed them with Testors gray. After the three pieces dried, I taped off the deck portion of each piece and sprayed the edging and underside with white primer. The three pieces fit perfectly on top of their appropriate structure and all four pieces sit nicely on the deck. Nothing is glued yet as I need to do add detail pieces and do some detail painting. Note: the bottom edging on the corners for the engine room skylight (a-frame) need to still be filled to match up. 

 

 

 

Great job !!!!!!!!  Did the kit come with the simulated riveting on the cabin sides or did you do it?  If you added it, any suggestions on how to do it? That adds incredible realism to the build. 

Jerry, I can't thank you enough for posting all this information.  This is my first major build and your photos are a gold mine for me.  Although the manual is very complete, as a nubie there is a lot that I was scratching my head on.  Your pictures cleared up most of it. I've already made a few errors but hopefully they will not be obvious at the end. Thanks once again.