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| Subject: | [Chapter] Chapter 5 - A Mad Dash To Improve The Dashboard |  |
| Date: | Mar 26, 2004 |
| From: | James Tainton | |
Chapter 5 - A Mad Dash To Improve The Dashboard
#1. shows the back of the kit's dashboard. I have removed a small plastic detail so as to be able to sand the plastic thinner. The reason for this is so I can add dial detail from behind.
#2. shows the thinning down process using wet/dry sandpaper with water and sanding on a flat surface.
#3. shows the various dial faces drilled out. The top of the dash area has been carefully attached to ensure proper alighnment.
To add detail, I used some generic dial decals from the spares box (airplane models are good for something). These where placed onto a thin piece of Evergreen plastic card. I lined the placement of the dials by making a mark through the holes drilled through the thinned dashboard with a sharp pencil. This was cemmented to the back of the dashboard. Later, the dial recesses received a drop of Future clear acrylic from a tiny brush after all painting was completed. And as a final tweak the dial rims were drybrushed with a minimal application of steel colour. |
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| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Body Parts - James Tainton - Mar 24, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 5 - A Mad Dash To Improve The Dashboard - James Tainton - Mar 26, 2004 |
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| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Drab Day - James Tainton - Apr 18, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 9. rust never sleeps - James Tainton - Apr 22, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Trying to Gloss Over it All... - James Tainton - Apr 25, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Getting Interesting - James Tainton - Apr 27, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 12. Done and Dusted... (Almost) - James Tainton - Apr 29, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12. Done and Dusted... (Almost) - Bruce - Apr 30, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - Armed to the Teeth... - James Tainton - May 2, 2004 |
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| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - Some Final Touches - James Tainton - May 4, 2004 |
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