Hull Fitting and Details

The trench backing was added to the lower hull using styrene 'C' channel, this will be the surface all of the greeblie detail will be added to for the trench detail.

The upper hull was joined together using 2mm styrene bulkheads cut to the correct angle. The hull extension plates were then added around the edge of both hulls using 0.5mm thick styrene strip.

Details have been added to the lower hull including the main reactor spine, this was created using a sandwich of 0.5mm thick styrene and 1mm thick styrene to give the stepped shape. Other detail panels on the lower hull were cut from 0.25mm and 1.5mm styrene sheet.

Detail parts were also added to the upper hull using 2mm thick styrene, these parts sit over the center line so they had to be scribed down the center on both sided and bent to match the shape of the upper hull.

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Back on to the lower hull, there are some parts that taper from 2mm at the front edge to flush at the rear edge. After quite a bit of thought on how to do these I decided to make a cut out in the lower hull for the parts to fit into at the rear and sit proud at the front.

This worked quite well and I will be able to add the other 2 panel on the lower hull like this.

Stay tuned for more,

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