I'm reprinting some of the catwalk supports. They were wrong and too weak. Oh well.
And I attacked the electrical control panel to put in the tiny LED lights. I gave up on fishing the wires through the hole and down into the part. Instead, I just opened up the backs which made the wiring much easier. I found out that I could use a small carbide drill as a router (by accident). I didn't know how deep the wall was and actually cut through to the other side in two places. I had the option of reprinting or repairing. I chose to repair.
I thought about reattaching the cutout pieces, but it prroved impossibe.
The wires are shown down to the bottom.
I filled the damaged areas with Bondic. Shaping it after application was tricky, but might work okay.
The wires were soldered together when cleaning, so only two leads are connected to the power them. I tested the lights.
I then paved the top and light shields with Bare Metal Gold Foil. It's a great light block. I tested again.
To close the back holes I used 0.020" sheet styrene held with CA. I filled any seams with Tamiya Filler.
When light testing, you can see light seeping thouugh the styrene, but paint will block this bit.
The last thing I did was spray some Tamiya Dessert Sand.
After detail painting this should look pretty cool!
I also re-drew the fore catwalk frames. Besides being a bit weak, they were also wrong. They're printing now and will be done in a couple of hours.
This afternoon I'm a guest presenter for a group of Middle and High School kids who are on the autism spectrum. Trimble Corp, the owner of SketchUp, has found that kids on the spectrum learn better visually and like SketchUp. They have a formal reachout program called Project Spectrum, and I am participating in today's session.