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Step 2: more strip stock added to fill the flat spot... flat files are better than soft sanding sticks....
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More strip on the low spot and while I'm at it, some of the sanding dust too.
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After a lot of wet-dry sanding stick work...
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Filler strip works, little voids remain
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After I started blending in the first strip, I realized I needed another
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At least the blend went pretty good...
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That underside again- a link between the freshly added strip and the fully sanded down...
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Sanding down the filler strip
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Another recommendation for the strip technique. Glue it down. Sand it flat.
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I'm unintentionally moving the flat spot to the left..
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Its a lot of sanding, it makes a lot of dust. And I'm unintentionally moving the flat spot to the left..
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Sanding-down 0.015" styrene filler strip...
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Whoops - in this cases "sand" but I'd still recommend a file...
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Once the non-toxic glue has dried, file down the filler strips to the right shape.
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Strip styrene laminated under 1/144 Constellation fuselage.
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Strip styrene laminated to underside of 1/144 Constellation & how-to notes
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Testor's Blue Label non-toxic liquid glue laminates .015 styrene strip filler
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Testor's Blue Label non-toxic liquid glue laminates .015 filler
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1/144, 1/72 model airplanes
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Engine nacelle cartoons for the Lockheed Constellation family from 049 to 1049G
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front quarter view, replacements look good!
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replacements at right, kit parts at left
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The kit parts fit over the nacelle, so the resin parts get drilled
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Sawing off the resin engines
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Minicraft Connie minus engines
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Close-up of nacelle mounts
