Hey everyone
So a shift of dock workers arrived on Sunday and got down to business. The primary focus was getting the aft upper deck completed
As with the rest of the linoleum deck Rainbow provides a nice brass strip set up that is complete. Alignment was a little troublesome but worked out in the end
I used the same method as before, lay the strip, secure with tape strips and apply thin CA to key locations
While that was drying I moved on to some fiddler bits. I had intended on using some cable reels left over from a previous build but they ended up being too big
So I used the Rainbow cable reels and added Very Fires resin cable. Worked perfect
These will be placed on the side walls one painted
After that I moved back to working on the bridge. I focused on the rear structures this week and added the PE supports.
The supports work out great and settle in the deck without a gap. Was concerned about that. I also drilled out the portholes which will be replaced with PE on the next workday
After working these it was time to remove the tape and dry fit
Brass strip lined up nicely
I then worked the aircraft catapult base. Due to some brass strip alignment issues I had to remove the placement tabs on the bottom of the catapult base. Now it fits flush to the deck
I also realized I wanted to have the deck hatch open so I cut the plastic in order to add a stairwell later on
After that I moved on to some fiddle parts, storage bins and the deck hatch
And as a final view. Here is everything dry fitted
Well that’s it for now, next scheduled day is not for two weeks but I’m gonna try and sneak a bit of time in every so often
Thanks for stopping g in and as always comments, suggestions and criticism are always welcome
David
