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Stage 12: Upper Starboard Engine



The alluvial damper and hydraulic adjusters are added to stage 11.



The remaining parts are put together separate of these. Starting with turbo generator body and cone.



The turbo impeller is attached followed by 2 individual blades.





This assembly is then added into the fission chamber.



On the outside of the fission chamber place a collar and that finishes the stage.



Graham

Stage 13: Upper Starboard Engine



Now I am going to finish the casing. Starting off with the casing detail.





Thruster diffuser is added to the lens then encased in the nozzle.





The LED is attached to the reflector and carefully bent back to allow it to fit to the previously assembly. This is then fit to the engine casing.







The engine casing is closed up and held together by the nozzle and a locking collar. This is all a very tight fit and goes together well.



Finally I can test the diffuser.



Graham

Stage 14: Upper Starboard Engine Mount



The inner wing frame and engine mount brace are placed in the previously built wing. They are attached with several screws of different sizes so they are very secure.







The sub light assembly is fitted on the wing and secured with a screw. The LED is threaded through and routed around the edge of the wing.



There is a longer LED lead that is secured toward the end the wing and back to meet the first LED wire.



There is now a cover for the wing root. This is attached with 3 screws that are then covered with plugs.





The wing assembly now looks like this:





Graham

That has ow brought me up-to-date with my subscription. Up until now I have been receiving 2 issues every 4 weeks. That will now increase to 5 issues every 5 weeks.

So I thought now would be a good time for a group photo. This is the work completed over the first 14 issues.



Graham

Great work watched Star Wars at the weekend and could see all these details ,enjoying this.

Stage 15 - Upper Starboard Engine



This stage is all about the pipework. Which is reasonably straightforward.











All the pipework details are fitted in to small holes. This was mostly enough but I had to use a tiny bit of glue to keep a couple of them from slipping out.









Graham

Stage 16 - Upper Starboard Engine

Continuing with the upper starboard engine.



Firstly this trailing edge support was put together and attached to the starboard engine mount. For some reason I didn't take a picture showing where it fit.





Next, the internal bulkhead which was fitted to the power input unit from the previous issue.





More pieces of pipework were added to the power input unit. The instructions label these incorrectly but I was able to work out where they go. I also found a note about the correct order. Typically this was after I had put them on.





The power converter is pressed together and added to the power input unit.





This is all then added to the starboard wing and closed up.





Graham

Great job!

Looks impressive. Great photos
casp

Stage 17 - Upper Starboard Wing

This stage finishes off the upper starboard wing by attaching the lower skin, edging strips and the engine cover.















Stage 18 - Canopy Glazing Panels

I'm leaving these for the time being. The instructions are to place these into the canopy frame but I don't want to take them out of the package until they are really needed for fear of any damage I might do to them.



Graham

Stages 19 & 20 - Lower Port Laser Cannon

Stage 21 - Lower Port Wing

These stages are the same as the starboard upper so I will not include as many pictures this time round. It is very much a rinse and repeat.













Graham

Looking good so far .Don't know why they sent the glass so early ,could have been one of the last issues .

This looks like a fun build, it's definitely on my radar. Great progress pics!

Thanks folks. I'm really enjoying this one so far. The following stages are going to be a bit repetitive but I'll keep posting updates.

Graham

Greetings!

I have a little catching up to do here. A lot of these images will be similar or the same as previous ones so there are less pictures.

Stage 22 - Lower Port Wing



Stage 23 - Lower Port Engine Mount





Stage 24 - Lower Port Engine











Stage 25 - Lower Port Engine







Stage 26 - Lower Port Engine





Graham

Stage 27 - Lower Port Engine

The same process as Stage 13.











Graham

Stage 28 - Lower Port Wing Mounts





Stage 29 - Lower Port Engine









That's where I leave it for now. Back in March I was told instead of releasing 5 issues every 5 weeks they could only release 3 every 5 weeks. Understandable given the situation.

I haven't heard or received anything since issues 27 - 29 which I got on 29th March. Again, totally understandable. Hopefully things will get back on track again soon.

Graham

Greetings!

I have a few part works on the go and this is one of two of those that has suffered from the current situation more than most.

The following pictures are from issues 30 and 31 the lower port wing and issue 32 the upper port laser cannon.





















Today I received the next 3 issues and during the week I was billed for the following 5 issues. So hopefully this will pick up a bit from now on.

Graham

Greetings!

The next 3 issues have been completed.

Issue 33 Upper Port Laser Cannon & Extending the Frame

The laser cannon is the same as the previous ones.











Just a couple of pieces here to strengthen the frame.



Issue 34 - Upper Port Laser Cannon

There are parts for the frame with this issue but we are going to finish the third laser cannon. The frame parts will be used in the next issue.





Issue 35 - Cockpit Struts and Frame



To start off with the cockpit struts there are two very small (2 or 3mm) pins required. Unfortunately one of these pinged off my tweezers in to the ether never to be seen again. So I had to compromise using part of a cocktail stick which still needed trimming.





The frame is starting to take shape.





Finally this is the targeting computer

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That's all for now.

Graham

Issue 36 - Cockpit and Frame Parts



Starting off with the cockpit which includes adding the targeting computer from the last issue.



Next the frame is really starting to come together.





Graham