SERENITY - Dec 27 2006
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Sanding of the putty to get a flat bottom
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Positioning of the engine
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Another view
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Marking up the nose to get ready to add the plating
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Front view
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A few fixes after checking references
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Tamiya masking take is used to make a template.
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The template is transferred over to styrene
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And then it is cut out. However for some reason it doesn't fit. Even though the material is 0.010" thick it makes a difference.
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So a second one is cut using the first one as a refernce to make teh necessary modifications
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Yes this one fits better