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Started on the shutter doors. The front part was easy. Made a template for the rear section and found my original error: the depht of the tube muzzles...

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After checking with my reference pictures, i extended the floodholes under the sail. Some minor work done. An old propeller stuck onto the rotary tool...

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To the stern:

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An overview:

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Checking for symmetrie:

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The 322 major floodholes are done, symmetrically! Tungste-carbide milling bits prooved to be superior over diamond bits.

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After sanding:

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On the upper hull, i had some isdues with the sternward blastshields. As said, there are some inaccuracies with the hull geometry. Actually, the sternward...

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The other side:

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Working on both sides of the stern. Glass plates of 3mm thickness each were stacked for each new group of floodholes, the Proxon was eqipped with a 2mm...

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Tried different ways to depict the openings:


The final pattern, i started on the stern, the position was too high and the vertical...

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More pictures:

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First, i drew the basic positions of the floodholes :

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Started marking the floodholes on the lower hull. On the real boats, most of them were of a rather narrow grill-like design, however i am going to make...

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There are very thin needles to clean the application tube of the Revell glue, so you don't need the lighter anymore....

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Were there any kind of covers around the gears or were they open to the inner space? I presume one could easily get ones fi gers or clothing cought......

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I backed up the housing for the anchor so i could position it properly inside the bow. It should sit flush with the hull, barely visible instead of protruding...

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Changed the layout of the floodholes around the fwd diveplanes to match the original. They are not symmetric on port and starbord, something the original...