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January 2012
1/8 '32 Ford "Big Deuce"

Building a 1/200 scale "North Cormorant" Oil Rig

SECTION 12  :- Gluing the modules to the base

Now all the modules are built it's time to get them onto the base.  To start with I glued module 8 on top of module 5 & module 9 on top of  No. 6.  As you can see the extensions beams for the wall now should line up.

When these were dry I glued all the modules to the base.  Now I know the instructions just show that you place them on, but this will not be very safe & as I am running the side walkways & rails along the whole length this is also not practical.  I found that the group of modules 5,6,8 & 9 just needed some weight on to keep them level while the glue set. 

Like with the base some weathering needed to be done on the clean modules, so to show bits of dirt that would run down I just used a thinner mix of the "Smoke Black" powder & matt acrylic varnish & this went mainly where girders or higher structures met with the  modules. 

SECTION 13  :- Gluing the walkways in place

Now all the modules have set level it is time to start the long task of putting on the walkways.  To glue the walkways in place doesn't need much glue but to get it right you will have to leave it overnight or a good 7 hours between doing a few of them to allow them to dry.

I found the best area to start with was the large walkway sections where the accommodation block will go later.  What I needed to put on were the 4 Broom Yellow painted support beams I left off in case they got damaged as the uprights are very thin. Before I put them on I scraped off the paint where the walkway would sit to give a good bonding surface.  All the walkways were to be painted in Humbrol 92 (Matt Iron Grey) so these were painted before going on. The trusty peg & clamps were the best thing to hold them while they dried 

It is now to start working round the modules & put the other walkways in.  On test fitting the module walkways there were gaps between them & that is why earlier I glued the modules in place to allow me to remove the gaps as if this was to scale you would be talking around a 45cm (1 1/2 ") gap.  As I have various thickness's of thin plastic strip I used the nearest one  to the gap & glued an over sized piece then cut & sanded the edge to get the shape then painted the walkway in matt Iron Grey..

I worked my way down the length of the rig fitting strip where needed to each of the walkways to get them to fit correctly. I stopped at the walkways for module No.9 as I needed to do the other end part in case this small walkway needed strips on both ends.

Like at the start I glued the support beams to the bottom module & when dry glued the larger walkway in place & clamped in place.  When dry I glued on the smaller edge walkways..

All that was now needed was to check & fit the joining walkways onto module No.9 & that job was now done

COMING NEXT:-

Part 7 will be working on the handrails   Now Online