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Old 10-29-08, 09:45 PM   #27
Onkel Neal
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Ok, I've gotten Kretschmer's boat stitched back together.






As you can see, I have a slight gap between the conning tower and the hull. How would you handle that, Siara? Putty, sand, and paint? I need to do some touch up paint on the glued spots, so I may try that.

My paint job of the wooden slats inside the tower doesn't look so hot at this magnification, either Oh, and I guess the railing on the deck was lost forever



Last, I'll try to find some small plastic "beads" and string the cables fore and aft. I want to try and end up with something that looks like this:




That's it, tomorrow I am off to the best model shop in Houston to get paint, thinner, and any advice and specialty stuff I need for the Gato
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