After extending the lower wintergarten aft I returned forward, to work on the conning tower:
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At right, plating for the conning tower's new aft end was laid in first by tacking thin plasticard with superglue, bending and securing it into position, as shown on the shadowed side, and then back-filling with putty, as on the lighted side, at top. The aft peak was then trimmed and shaped slightly to finish it. Again, the upper wintergarten platform extension (bottom) was still not yet glued down. At the same time, note extraneous holes are being puttied; for later smoothing.
The new conning tower aft end can also be seen very well in this next pic, of continuing work:
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Following which, correction of the boxy, side-housing was begun:
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This may all look quite straightforward - as I suppose it was - but still very time-consuming to mate everything as much as possible with the Nichimo platforms, as well as simply to plan for each step in the right order. In fact I realized it would have been (slightly) easier, actually, to have converted straight from the earlier-style conning tower - however by now I have plans for that assembly, exactly as-is, which I will be posting shortly. So, I am very happy with how this is all proceeding.
I also got in a little more work on the deck - but no pics, pending completion of a little more which I can show you...
Cheers,
-Matty
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