Thanks Mike. An easier fix than I expected it would be. I’ll brush on a bit of primer to see how it looks. If it needs a bit of work I have a plan-B. As they’re all at the same points around the saucer, they might be a good spot to make up RCS thrusters. Watching the clip from the film earlier, you don’t really get a good look at those areas so who would know?
I like your thinking with the bomb bays. Will the payload be conventional or something a bit more exotic?
Hi all, entering with the V-Gundam Federal Force RGM-122. The kits been sitting around a while and time to build it. Have fun everyone.
Good day fellow Stardust Surfers!
I did some more work on the Haunebu II today. I got around to the large bomb bay opening on the lower hull. The plastic is 1.95mm thick at the bottom. That took about 1.5hrs. of scribing, cutting, grinding, sawing, carving, sanding, sweating… and praying! 
… Think I can live with it for now. 
Inspector 172: “Interesting… but where is this bomb that you speak of?!!” 
“Dude. This is a job-site. Where is your hard hat?” 
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[EDIT] Here’s the accordion door dry-fit into place. And the guts are working out really well — less work than expected.
Now I’m giving some serious thought to detailing the guts and creating a mechanical bomb securing mechanism… 
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[2nd EDIT]
Original Vision Port (Part F9).
Modified for potential back-lighting.
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To be continued…
—mike …
The arrogance of inspector 172 is breathtaking… No hard hat, no hi Vis vest… And I bet he is not in safety shoes either…
Oh, and the work done is looking very good as well 
Looks great, Mike. Love the modifications to the kit.
Looking forward to seeing more 
Does the Reich have an equivalent Slim Pickens figure to ride the bomb down? Can’t wait to see what you put in that bay!
Thank’s for looking guys!
I can strap the “arrogant Inspector 172” to the bomb if you wish! 
!!!
—mike …
Reminds me of something…
ohhh what was their catchphrase again?
“By your command…”
English Detected: “Waaaaah! … Wahoo! … Wahhh! … Whahooo! Hahaha!” …
German Translation: “Waaaah! … Wahoo! … Wahhh! … Whahooo! Hahaha!” …
ja ja… 
Some progress on Red 3.
Had a couple hours over the last two days. Interior of three wings just about ready.
Biggs as far as I can paint so far right down to the cheesy mustache. I found I had a couple helmet decals left from a FM X-Wing that I will see if I can get to fit on his helmet. Furthest I can zoom without a macro lens, sorry.
Durch deinen Befehl!
Ja, ja… hoosker-doodle. 
Hello all.
Here’s my latest, small, time-erasing update.
So this has been haunting me since creating the Haunebu II’s ‘Riesige-Sprengbombe’ (huge explosive bomb)… “chicken before the egg!”
The load-out is approx. 1.5mm too long for the bomb bay… There’s an abundance of room inside the ship and I could just hang the bomb underneath and call it done. But, somehow the visual deception just didn’t sit right with me. What to do?
I altered my original thinking from strait-upward horizontal lift motion to more of an articulating arm that can tilt-lift the bomb into the bay at the operator’s push of a button… Oh, I’ll make it fit! 
Bomb Rack and Loading Arm WIP.
Here’s the rack with bomb attached. The two holes at the bottom mate to hanger loops located on top of the bomb.
Here again, is the ship’s underbelly with bomb bay cut-out for reference.
Lots of hydraulics, hoses and stuff to follow…
Whaddaya guys think?
—mike …
Looking real interesting Mike, I like where this is going.
A small update on Red 3. The FM Biggs helmet decals disintegrated when dipped in water this evening. Would not have thought that a decal 1mmx2mm could break into 5 pieces. Laid down a coat of yellow in the spots where the decals would have gone. Will try to use a technical pen to ink in the checkerboard.
Looks good. Are you going to block out the internal areas you can see through the bomb bay ? where the turrets will be etc ??
Try the tamiya x22 thinly over the rest if you think they are going to play up … it may save them. Worked a treat on the Enterprise E ones …
