Forgive my ignorance! Thanks for the tip, and for the link to FineScale - I thought it was just the magazine the last time you linked it, but their forums are great!
Anyway, progress on the Clockerprise:
Project 3: Wesco Enterprise-EWell, I got bored of trying to find the right filler, so I went ahead and bought a tub of multi-purpose filler. It's a little grainy, and the finish is more like grout than plastic, but I can remove it if it doesn't end up right.
I lined the interior of the deflector trench with filler:
And sanded it squarer:
I had made an abortive attempt to paint the top half of the ship, since my last post, and ended up removing the paint for a couple of reasons. Mainly because it didn't apply evenly, and it dried with a crazy-glossy finish that looked wrong. I've learned my lesson, and will be using primer, thinner coats, and multiple dry passes. I've spent much of the time since the last update (when I get time to work on this) sanding and soaping and white spiriting, and scraping to get the last irritating bits of paint off. A nice side-effect is that the windows now appear to be lit.
When I got the filler, I decided to make a start on a new Bridge module, before my next paint attempt. I have a very roughly-shaped slab in place of the bridge, and will be sculpting that with the grinder heads on my dremel-ish tool.
I continue to refine the deflector trench. I'm on sand-and-fill pass 3 now. Here's a pic from pass 2..
The actual deflector itself is getting a little battered by the sanding head, but I'm going to try to re-sculpt that by hand when I get the trench in shape. If that doesn't work, I may be able to source a transparent AMT kit deflector, sand out a hole, and install that instead. If not, I can always make a new one.
