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<\/a><\/p>\nThis month\u2019s box arrived with one of the bottom box flaps open. It looks like the packing tape rolled off during shipping. The USPS can be rough with packages. Thankfully, nothing inside the box fell out; the magazines, which are always at the bottom of the box, blocked the large gaping hole. Whew!<\/p>\n For part of the Falcon, I needed black primer\/paint<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before moving on to issues 17-20, I had a few missed details from the previous issues. Now that I know how the parts fit together, I could see that the steps leading from the main hold to the hallways needed to be primed and painted.<\/p>\n Masking was tricky, but I was able to get everything protected, primed, painted, and varnished. It was a simple one-color paint scheme, and I even fixed some tiny details that didn\u2019t quite jive with me.<\/p>\n There were a lot of parts to clean this month.<\/p>\n The hallway ramp and hull plating were primed with the typical gray primer, but the parts that make up the Falcon\u2019s recess needed to be based in black. Furthermore, the recess is so detailed that I decided that it would be best to spray each piece individually; the instructions say to assemble the recess, then paint it.<\/p>\n For the glue joints on the recess, I used Elmer\u2019s<\/em> Glue-All<\/a> as a masking agent. It worked very well, and I even had to do some serious digging with a sharp object to get the glue to pry loose. There were a couple of spots that I missed, but a cotton swab soaked in 100% acetone (nail polish remover) removed the paint easily.<\/p>\n After assembling the recess, I applied a light spray of gray primer. I will be adding color and effects to the recess after the matching recess is assembled in a future build.<\/p>\n The last item to paint was the floor of the new hallway. There wasn\u2019t much to paint (by hand, at least) in these issues.<\/p>\n As the paint and varnish dried, I assembled the hallway padding. By watching other builders online, I approached the padding differently. The main problem builders keep having is that the spacing between the pads comes out uneven.<\/p>\n I began by placing the bottom pads to the bottom half of the hallway, followed by the middle pads as the official instructions say. Here, the instructions say to attach the upper pads to the upper half of the hallway. But, when the two hallway halves are put together, the spacing between the upper, lower, and middle pads are usually uneven; one space is larger\/smaller than the other.<\/p>\n Instead, I attached the two hallway halves first, making sure the fit was tight, and taping the pieces together. Then, I glued in the upper pads, adjusting them so that the spacing was even. This resulted in a much better visual.<\/p>\n I removed the tape, placed the padded rings into the hallway, and temporarily fitted everything together.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nSupplies<\/h2>\n
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