SERENITY - Nov 28 2005
Puttying to the rectangular sections to fill them out
The top of the nose tip should be rounded and not pointed so I start filing it
More filing
Styrene pulled off
More filing
Front view
New styrene sheet added
Laser cut sheet arrives. Unfortunately the material is too thin and melts the styrene in certain locations
A second sheet was laser etched and I am using this to aid in the cutting
Cargo bottom detail being cut
Close up showing the laser etching used as a guide. Lots of work here
Most of the excess styrene is trimmed off
Puttying
The laser cutting of the styrene sheet was supposed to save me loads of time. However it did not turn out the way I wanted and the sheet is practically useless. Some of the smaller parts were completely gone. I was hoping to use the smaller stuff for the various grills and the engine detail area. Now it looks like I will still have to cut stuff out by hand.