Here’s a small progress update. Upon reviewing the instruction sheets from both Tamiya and Lion Roar, I noted that the flight deck option for Lion Roar consisted of three pieces: two brass sheets which will sandwich a plastic sheet for support.
As I visualized how to tackle the assembly of the Lion Roar flight deck, I noted that I will have to glue a number of tiny bracings for the underside. After which I will cut pieces of rods and glue them for support.
The more I thought about it, the more I am realizing that this is a lot of work for something that will barely be visible. Here is a photo of the Lion Roar and Tamiya parts.
Though the Lion Roar would undoubtedly look a lot better, I foresaw lots of man hours of gluing (and probably frustration) each of the brace. Also, since Lion Roar didn't provide any measurement for the rods, I would end up guestimating the length. After cutting the rods, I will also guestimate the location where these will be glued. The instruction diagram makes it look like it is all going to fall into place like magic.
I decided to take an alternate route. I figured if the Tamiya engineers thought the detail was good enough, I will go along with them. I will forgo both the plastic and the bottom sheets and just use the Tamiya part. Here’s how the part looked straight from the box.
The brass deck was designed to be glued on a flat plastic sheet. I went ahead and removed the molded details from the Tamiya part, which resulted to this:
And here it is dry fitted to the stern, plus the second photo with Lion Roar deck also dry fitted.
That's all for now. Till the next update.
Thanks,
Joseph
