So a lot of clean up on both models today. Then I gor the engine section all assembled for the Blockade Runner.
Since a custom lighting board is being made up by Randy at Voodoo EFX lighting it will be a few days before I get it. I didn’t want to stop building to wait on the lights so I used an old RC airplane trick of running string through the engine section that I can later use to pull the wiring through.

I also drilled out the LEDs 5 mm holes in the engines themselves. The end caps aren’t glued on yet so I still have access to the engine tubes.

Randy Cooper said in the instructions that I’d curse his name. Well I didn’t. But I did have to use his technique of Bondo Pressing to get the parts to fit as there were large gaps from shrinkage. There was no templates to align the 11 nacelles that I could fine despite what it said in the instructions so I eye balled it using a level and a square. They look straight to me.


All this took about 6 hours. Not so bad as he warned you but he was right about getting this part out of the way first.
When you do the Bondo Press use a finishing glaze and as soon as it gels take a knife and cut off the excess. For mold release on the nacelles I used good old water soluble PVA.

Two coats worked well and the nacelles broke away cleanly.

Then I did the clean up and glued the nacelles back one at a time with CA.
Tomorrow I’m going to glue on more parts to the SD and start drilling fiber optic holes. Lots of them!
Steve