Friday, November 28, 2025

Estes USS Enterprise #1275, Part 19, The Radar Dish

A hole is made in the radar dish center to fit over the sharpened dowel.

Start the hole by spinning a blade tip in the center.
Enlarge the hole using a small rat tail diamond file. By using a file to open it up, you'll end up with a rounder hole.
Careful, it's easy to make the hole too big. File a little and check the fit. 

Glue the dish using liquid plastic cement.
The "ball" at the end of the dowel tip is a drop of white glue. You might have to build up the diameter of the ball using a few applications of glue.

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