davecov
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Progress was good today but not without a mistake or two. A good painting session though.
One mistake was scraping off the paint on the outside edge of the loading ramp decking which I then covered in glue:
As you can see, the loading ramp arms when glued did not extend to the edge of the loading ramp. I had to wait for the glue to dry and then scrape it off and repaint :
There was a problem with the three cross-beams that the power centre hangs from. The fit of them is very week so I added plasic card strengtheners:
I repainted the edges of the cross-beams, ramp arms and decking:
The cradles and some other parts got a second coat of paint:
Even more parts:
The underside of the bogie decking was painted:
The top decking of the intermediate carriers was glued to the lower sections. Six boxes were also glued to the decking:
The inside of the intermediate carriers was painted as were the recoil absorbers:
Last night I glued the two halves of the mounts and today I began painting:
Both mounts have been done apart from sections that I am using to hold:
That is all for now
Dave
One mistake was scraping off the paint on the outside edge of the loading ramp decking which I then covered in glue:
As you can see, the loading ramp arms when glued did not extend to the edge of the loading ramp. I had to wait for the glue to dry and then scrape it off and repaint :
There was a problem with the three cross-beams that the power centre hangs from. The fit of them is very week so I added plasic card strengtheners:
I repainted the edges of the cross-beams, ramp arms and decking:
The cradles and some other parts got a second coat of paint:
Even more parts:
The underside of the bogie decking was painted:
The top decking of the intermediate carriers was glued to the lower sections. Six boxes were also glued to the decking:
The inside of the intermediate carriers was painted as were the recoil absorbers:
Last night I glued the two halves of the mounts and today I began painting:
Both mounts have been done apart from sections that I am using to hold:
That is all for now
Dave