RonGlass
SMF Supporter
Ahhhh ! I see it now once I zoomed in closerIt’s a common mistake — it’s actually a life preserver That’s why I painted it yellow-orange, rather than as metal or canvas.
After comments made elsewhere by someone who knows a lot more about this than I do, I painted a skill badge on the left-hand crewman’s upper sleeve to represent his being a Steuermann (lit. “Steerman”, approximately “coxswain”), and I also promoted him to Unteroffizier (Sergeant) with some more white paint:
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That done, I taped up the hatch openings in the roof and the rear door:
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… and then glued the cabin to the hull:
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This was a little tricky, but as I had dry-fitted it lots of times it wasn’t really a problem. Once it was fully in place, I ran liquid cement into the joint and let it set. The fit, once the two are pressed together, is good enough that it doesn’t need clamping.