Hi all
Made some progress but not before I had a bit of a setback.
I've been banging on about how brittle the plastic is on this model but I've also found out that at the extremities the plastic seems to be degrading and has taken on a waxy feel the result of which I cant get a strong bond between the new and and old plastic surfaces (or old and old for that matter !).
The first I knew of this was when I was tidying up the tail PSR, a horizontal crack appeared in the filler due to the underlying plastic joint parting, Also the rudder top extension kept breaking away when filing to shape.
After several attempts to join these bits and failing I desperately turned to applying what could only be described as a polystyrene plaster consisting of a strip of ten thou plastic card bedded on home made polystyrene putty, also stuck the rudder extension on with poly putty and crossed my fingers for twenty four hours.
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Robomog, on Flickr
It worked, the patch stayed solid as I sanded it to shape and the rudder extension stayed attached.............phew !
With that hurdle overcome the next elements came together in quick succession.
The conning tower was attached and contoured to the hull.........
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Robomog, on Flickr
And the dive planes were attached............
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Robomog, on Flickr
Followed by the propellor pods and rudder........
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Robomog, on Flickr
And finally the portholes have been glazed using Clearfix..........
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Robomog, on Flickr
Although it is not completely obvious in this picture
I am still working on the bow glass and the glass bottom, but now the yellow supermarine is entering the spray booth.............
More as it happens.
Mog
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