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The ASLP door will be visible when the model is completed so I needed to figure out how to apply the realistic finishes instead of the printed gold and black.
Parts 276a/b/c, and 277a/b/c are the interior side of the door. Parts 279 and 280a/b/c are the exterior side of the door. Part 278a is the exterior of the side flap door, and part 278b is the interior side of the flap door.
I started out by trimming the printed gold parts out of part 276a and leaving the frame intact. Part 280a is essentially the same shape as 276a which represents the black foil on the exterior of the door. I pasted some gold wrapping paper onto black aluminum foil. I then pasted the trimmed part 276a onto the laminated gold/black sheet, then cut the perimeter. It was then folded into shape.
I prepared parts 276b/c in a similar way, but instead of pasting them onto gold/black sheet, I pasted them onto gold/gold sheet. This eliminated the need for parts 280b/c since they were essentially gold print for the back sides of parts 276b/c.
Parts 277a/b/c are interior braces folded in half forming 2-sided printing.
Part 279 was prepared similar to to part 276a on gold/black sheet.
Parts 278a/b were a bit more complicated. I left the part on the sheet and cut out the frames. I then cut a piece of gold/black sheet the size of the door and used the cut out sheet as a template for positioning the parts then trimmed the completed piece. A bit difficult to explain so hopefully the pictures will help.
The doors were then assembled and mounted onto the Descent Module.
Part count to date: 566
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