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Thursday, April 13, 2023
Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 23, Gluing On The Drive Units
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With the model turned on its side, Here's the angle I sanded the wing extension to fit into the slot on the top of the drive units. Ment...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 22, Gluing On The Card Stock Engineering Hull Top
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Oh Boy - you need three hands to pull this off! The cardstock was dry fitted many times. You have to double check all sides to make sure it ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 21, Fitting The Warp Drives
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Here's a place where I didn't follow the instructions. You are directed to sand an angle on the outside of the wing edges, then glu...
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Monday, April 10, 2023
Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 20, Wing Gluing? Gotcha!
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Here's where I screwed up! The instructions show a slight down dihedral here at the right center illustration. I thought the center tip...
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Sunday, April 9, 2023
Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 19, The Small Detail Pieces
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These detail pieces are small! These are sanded down to 1/16" thickness. Sanding the sides at an angle is not easy. Now to fill the gr...
Saturday, April 8, 2023
Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 18, Engineering Hull Prep
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The engineering hull top is a curved piece of cardstock. Gluing flaps are folded underneath the exposed top. I burnished mine with a Sharpie...
Friday, April 7, 2023
Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 17, Nose Assemblies
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The primary hull halves (nose section) plastic was pretty thin. It takes a bit of forming to get the clay weight so the BT-5 tube will fit. ...
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