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Building a Klingon K'vort cruiser
Looking at what is involved in this kit it is just a group of sub assemblies & the work comes on where the kit join up & the final paint job you do.
SECTION 1 :- Battle module
The first part of this build is very
straight forward but I found that a fair amount of filler was
needed near the front bulkhead & where the hull sides met the
upper sections.
I sanded the filler down using
varying grades of sanding stick and when I thought it was ready I did
one of my usual tricks of painting the areas in black or red paint to
see if the sanding is correct or any areas need re-filling or more
sanding is needed. I left off fitting in the red deflector lens
& the actual painting of the battle module till thewhole kit is
done.
SECTION 2 :- Impulse wedge & bridge assembly
As in section 1 not much to do here bar checking & filling in the areas where needed after the glue has set.
SECTION 3 :- 1st stage of hull assembly
I decided to jump the kit's path here & do the 1st stage of assembling the hull. As I am using the kit stand a hole hand to be cut to fit it. I then glued in the rear bulkhead & the 2 parts of the port & starboard hull bulkhead. This was allowed to set at the correct angle by just resting the upper hull on top & then keeping it place with tape.
When the hull side had dried I noticed there was a gap between the 2 side parts & where it met the lower hull, so out with the filler again..
It didn't take much to sand this area down smooth ready for fitting the upper hull section. As I done the earlier work in getting the angle of the side hull correct the top hull just glued in with no filler needed & just a light sand where the upper section met and some glue had come out.
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COMING NEXT:-
Part 2 will be working on the engine nacelles and final build ready for painting Now Online