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Glad you mentioned that. I am going to experiment with leaving the portholes intact and filling with Future to simulate glass. I read on another build site where the guy drilled them out then filled with Krystal Klear. This has the potential of giving same effect w/o the drillingI left my portholes intact.
Yeah that's the thing with ships, a lot of repetition. The lifeboats and davits for instance. If you make photo etch benches that is pretty boring too.I'm going to leave the plating as is. I am in the process of drilling out the port holes. I normally build WWII aircraft. The same skills/processes but with ships you do everything 50-100 times!
Glad you mentioned that. I am going to experiment with leaving the portholes intact and filling with Future to simulate glass. I read on another build site where the guy drilled them out then filled with Krystal Klear. This has the potential of giving same effect w/o the drilling
I drilled mine out, and used Model Master glue/window maker to "make" the windows. It works well.Glad you mentioned that. I am going to experiment with leaving the portholes intact and filling with Future to simulate glass. I read on another build site where the guy drilled them out then filled with Krystal Klear. This has the potential of giving same effect w/o the drilling
That's good to hear. I have some of the same stuff and have been experimenting with it. Did you drill out all the small port holes? Also the instructions say to "open the hawse pipes with a small file". Do they mean to cut out the area inside that raised oval? I haven't been able to find any photos clearly showing that area. thanksI drilled mine out, and used Model Master glue/window maker to "make" the windows. It works well.
Thanks for the advise. I ordered the Scale Decks. I think the deck can make or break the looks of the modelGo to Fotki; Rick Wayburn.y15@fotki.com Click on the albums and you will see how I did my decks, then decided to use Scale Decks.