Serenity - August 17 2006 |
Well each piece was bad so I went with the best of the lot. |
Started removing the exess |
Trimmed to size (or so I thought) |
Now to remove the section from teh body first with a dremel tool |
Then go in with exacto knives and files. Not a fun task. |
Test fit the new part |
and find that for some reason it is smaller then the area I carved out. I have no idea why the casting is smaller. |
Well I move forward by adding styrene strips to build it up to the desired shape |
I am getting there but there are gaps |
Which I fill with more styrene |
Trimmed to shape |
More fixing of the recessed area |
and puttying. |
Yes this is a lot of work but I have never been satisfied with the detail of the area. Too rough. I thought I would be able to clean up the area later but then I realized it would be easier if the part was separate from the rest of the body. |