So Here is a little more work.
This is either a close-up of Shatner's third season hair plugs, or it is the GHG I am installing. :-)
As you can tell I used an Arizona Tea Can for the skin. This seems to work well, and "Oil Canning"should be interesting.I drilled out the holes for the GHG sensors and then, after careful filing with a round needle file,inserted them into the holes. A drop of thin CA secured them. From the outboard side, I lightly sandedthe face of the sensors to make them flush with the skin.Also added bolts to the tubes to hold in the tube liner..
As you can see I am starting to add some texture to the tubes and end cap for the Druckkorper.
I will also need a comb and some good conditioner to straighten out the hair!
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Here is the GHG dry- fit, looking outward from the inside of the boat to the Stbd side.
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The cut off point for this plate is the stringer. Two of the GHG sit above this stringer, so will be added afterwards.
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This is showing the chain locker, the Arizona Skin
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The major sections are still in a dry fit status, but I am to the point where I am going to start attaching things permanently to the keel.
I will have to lay in the lubrication lines for the tubes, and finish placing the bolt heads and flanges, and some other details.
Then I will fix the tubes and chain locker to Frame 106.
Then Deck E...
then Stringer #3..., then the GHG leads to Deck E...
then...
...then...
Cheers
Christopher