Much to my horror, I found that one of the large wheels on the LP turbine was missing some blades. it is NOT hidden and I had to try and fix it.
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I printed some blade segments and trimmed it to fit into the space.
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Took three tries to get it into place, although not perfectr. It's better than a gaping hole. Used CA to hold it in. No one, and I mean NO ONE can get this close to it, especially with the acrylic case between the model and the viewer.
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I changed the Khaki color on the petty officer and added belts on all the characters. Ryan informed me that the normal watch crew was 8 sailors with 24 at general quarters. I'm shooting for the former rather than the latter.
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And Kostas sent me two more figures. Both have hands in a relaxed posture; one in pockes with a jump suit and the other with bare arms and denim and chambris. Started painting them today. I'll find a place for them. You can't see it through the sloppy first coat flesh color, but the fellow has his thumbs outside of the pockets.
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