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Old 08-29-05, 03:26 PM   #17
hakkikt
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Default Re: U-Boat Commander's Handbook

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Originally Posted by Faamecanic
Another 1/72 kit builder here

You mentioned opening the limber holes.... what are you using to do that? So far I have drilled out enough of a hole to get a SMALL file in and have been filing them out...and its taking FOREVER.

Also...dont know if you know this...but there is a add-on for a upper pressure hull so when you look in the holes you can see a hull instead of just emptiness. Let me know if you want the web addy for this...
If you have a motor tool, its a lot less work, at least on the hull. Thin down the hull from the inside with a ball cutter until you can see light shining through the limber holes when you hold the hull agains the light. Then cut the rest out with a knife.
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