Construction has begun, and it has been anything but smooth. The first picture is the curtains I made. The left side is not glued as I have to wait until I install the top because I will have to move the curtain rod slightly to the side to tilt the top into place, then reposition the rod to its correct location. Glad I checked the fit before gluing.
The next three pictures were taken after the bulkheads were assembled. The PO quarters looks pretty good. I,m going to leave the hull top off until I install the figures and final table. I have placed the supplies in the WC in the next picture. I opted not to load the room to the gills as it would block the view behind. Unsurprisingly prehaps, the hardest part of that little job was figuring out where to place the supplies so they fit. The final shot is an overhead. You get a good feel for how tight space is in the build.
There is no picture of the battery compartment. When I placed it for gluing I had my "WTF?!" moment for the build, immediately followed by the thought, "NASA we have a problem." It turns out the keel is 3.05 mm too short. "Maybe I didn't get the bulkheads squared right.", I think. Out comes the trusty micrometer. The difference of the distance between the top of the bulkheads and the bottoms is a whopping .204mm. Out of square is not the problem. Of course I was not smart enough to do the above measuring BEFORE painting, weathering, etc! Looks like I'm going to be doing a bit more scratchbuilding.
Enjoy the photos,
Ernest