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Cockpit and hull plating
Cheers Floogen!
This is an interesting construction. There is a lot of layering, but also bulking: the template specifies different thicknesses for the various parts: some hullplates need 2mm, some 3mm, some 1mm, etc.
Luckily Christmas is just past, so I saved all the various boxes that the kids' toys came in. So using some calipers I can figure out which pieces of board to use to get the thicknesses I need.
This build style is nice in that I don't have to cut & fold some long boxy shape and be very precise with my gluing angles, but on the other hand the hull section has two big holes in it for the ball turrents, so each section has to have that circle cut out of it. Also the exposed carboard needs to be wrapped. Tedious.
I also worked on the cockpit, the structure is now fairly complete, plus it has a canopy, courtesy of the aforementioned toy boxes.
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