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 Subject:  [Chapter] Pouring the water – completedList thread.  
  
 Date:  Sep 2, 2007
 From:  James Wechsler 
Pouring the water – completed

Well this chapter will be shorter because I didn’t run into any more major disasters. The rest of the pours, another 5 for a total of 10 went pretty smoothly. One aspect that I was very careful about was that with the tank opened up, I had to pour Envirotek into the tank too. I tried to make sure to get it in the tank about the same height as the river so that when the pouring reached the open hatches there wouldn’t be a big discrepancy in the height to cause problems.

Another area I was very careful with was right as I was covering the rear of the tank. In the right rear of the engine deck there is an open vent area and I was concerned that any trapped air in the interior of the tank would vent out of there and cause air bubbles just like the problem I described in the last chapter. A problem at this point would have killed to whole project. It did happen but I was ready for it. When it happened, I was checking the project every couple minutes and when the bubbles appeared I could pop them with a toothpick. Air bubbles kept coming out for about an hour and I kept popping then and finally everything was nice and clear.

I made the last pour right up to top of the dam so I wouldn’t have ridge build up and the result is a pretty smooth top surface that is just over the top of the tank. As you can see, the side walls are a bit cloudy and messy but that’s pretty much expected.

Up next: Cleaning up the sidewalls
 
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  [BLOG] Firefly IC Diorama - James Wechsler - Jul 15, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - James Wechsler - Jul 15, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - Martin Dogger - Jul 15, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - James Wechsler - Jul 19, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - Michael Bedard - Jul 15, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion [IMG] - James Wechsler - Jul 19, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion-James [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Jul 22, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion-James - Jim Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tasca Firefly - Michael Bedard - Jul 28, 2007
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. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The hull from the front - Rob Stout - Jul 18, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Both - James Wechsler - Jul 19, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The hull from the rear - James Wechsler - Jul 18, 2007
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. . . [Chapter] Markings and Detail Painting - James Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Weathering - James Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Weathering - Martin Dogger - Jul 28, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Figures - James Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Figures - Andrew Herbert - Jul 28, 2007
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. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting the Firefly together - Ronald J. Lopes - Jul 31, 2007
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. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Groundwork - spencer - Aug 23, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Groundwork - Glenn Bartolotti - Aug 28, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Preparing for the Water - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Pouring the water – part way - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Pouring the water – completed - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Surface - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Attaching the Bridge - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Final Steps - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . . . . Fantastic as always, and yes I am inspired - Hans Haase - Sep 2, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Christopher C. Tew - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Glenn Bartolotti - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - John Geigle - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - James Wechsler - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Christopher C. Tew - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - John Geigle - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Andrew Herbert - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - James Wechsler - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Trenor Scott - Sep 10, 2007
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