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2003 series Cylon Raider


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Update time !! What with the cold temps outside and the Christmas rush, what better time to stay in and build ?  Onward !!  The top of the wing has a vent and a very noticeable color difference running from the rear bulge to about half way down the wing.Of course, the kit has nothing like that so using the drawings I rough sketched the lines....

 

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And cut out the vent area..

 

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Scribing did not go smoothly... the top line went easy, but I screwed up the bottom line and had to fill, sand and redo it...

 

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But finally it came out looking like it's supposed to...

 

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So slowly it's coming along, stay tuned, more glue sniffin' and plastic bits coming your way in a few days !!

 

Vaughn

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No rest for the weary... always something more to do... but I looove it ! :mental:

 

Turning to the bottom half of the wing... of course all the spurious seams need filling with stretched sprue... The wing inner edge has a large raised 'vein' which is not there on the season 1-3 version..

 

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The inner side shows the area that has to be filled so I can remove the 'vein'....

 

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Nothing for it but to cut thin strips of sheet and glue them in...

 

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After giving the glue a good 24 hrs to dry, the raised area was carved and sanded away... still needs a bit of TLC but looks much more like it should !

 

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Next up was the wing vent... this is a much deeper item than the one on top of the wing. Of course The detail is wrong for what I want... the outline of the opening shape drawn on...

 

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The molded detail filled with more stretched sprue..

 

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I was thinking about cutting away such a large area and wanted to reinforce the wing... wouldn't want the front of the wing breaking off... plus I needed the detail area to be deeper... so I cut out the shape from a sheet of .060 and glued it onto the inner wing...

 

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The opening was cut out and I verified I had enough depth for the mod I planned

 

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A bit of thin sheet made the floor..

 

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More thin sheet was used to make the louvers

 

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I was rather pleased with the way things went... now on to the next 'adventure'... :frantic:

 

More in a few days... Merry Ho HO everyone !!

 

Vaughn

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