More updates - as of this morning it's FINALLY ready to paint. I'll probably have a few more pics this afternoon, I'm going home from work today at lunch to get the primer coat on. Then it'll be off to the model store to buy the paint(s) to use for the topcoat and detailwork.
Covering the hinges:
Worked on front loading door - needed to create these little diamond shaped thingies at the top of the door:
I cut them out of a 1cm square poplar dowel:
But I still needed to shave the backs down, the pieces were cut from 1 cubic cm blocks, so they're REALLY small, and at the suggestion of my girlfriend (after several attempts using a knife didn't work), I used my power sander. But how to hang on to these little parts? Stick them in some extra clay with the portion to be sanded away sticking up:
After sanding (that's a little propane tank next to them):
Got them glued on:
Then discovered that in the mess on my table, I'd missed putting one on. This is of course AFTER the glue dried. No wonder it didn't look right! So I stripped them off:
And re-made the piece of posterboard and glued them to that, then glued that whole piece back onto the door. Much better!
Is it any wonder I lost stuff? So last night I was using tweezers to try and add a small piece to the back. It had glue on it, and of course I gripped the tweezers a little too hard, the piece shifted, then suddenly shot away, bounced off something, and disappeared. No joke, I spent 10 minutes looking for the stupid thing, and finally gave up. A couple minutes later, I brushed my hand on the back of my pant leg by chance, and voila! it was stuck to the back of my leg LOL....
As of this morning, after all kit-bashing was done, much cleaner!
Prior to working on the very back:
Finished back:
It occurred to me this morning it'd be a whole lot easier to paint and move this thing if the computer was removed from the base:
And finally, some shots of the FINISHED construction, at least finished on the outside...