Reading GP30 project

[twilight]

So after 24 hours or so in the Scalecoat Wash Away and a couple of sessions with the toothbrush, here's the result.


Moving on to the last cab. I had to plug up some holes from the un-prototypical horns.


I've been using this stuff lately called Perfect Plastic Putty. It's fine enough that it can be put in an applicator syringe to fill cracks. It really works quite well. This time though I'm going to use my #17 blade of my x-acto knife like a putty knife and fill the holes.




While the putty was drying I moved on and started making the drip rails for the cab. This is a process I borrowed off another modeler on another website. I make the drip rails out of styrene.


For this particular cab I found 22/32 to be the magic number.


Then I move the ruler off the edge of the workbench and line the styrene up with 21/32( doing a little math, half of 22 is 11. 32-11=21). Make a little bend in the styrene by pressing down.


Then use a little CA and glue in place.



I noticed when I was looking at picture of GP30's last night that I installed the drip rails to low on the painted cabs. So I decided to move them up.




I think I'm going to have to do that on on the right again :o .