Despite the fully loaded weekend schedule, I had the chance to work some on my ASLAV PC.
In the first steps I already stumbled upon some misaligned shock absorber coils which were impossible to correct. Not a big deal in the end since this is going to be hidden behind the wheels:
The lower hull falls together pretty nicely once you manage to remove the very fine parts from the sprue and clean them without damaging them. Personally, I had a lot of problems with this part and the components are very fragile. Extreme attention is required here but still managed to break one set of steering arms which were impossible to align afterwards:
The PE parts that are assembled on the lower hull seemed very difficult to assemble at a first glance as they only present the material thickness as their gluing surface which is less then 1mm. Still, applying a bit more glue and carefully placing the parts in the puddle seem to render surprisingly stable connections. We'll see how that resists further handling during the build process:
The propeller and specially their guards are again a run of very thin parts that need to be removed, cleaned and aligned very carefully:
I'm currently searching for a solution to replicate the anti-slid coating. First trials with sand, plaster and two types of sanding paper showed that probably the 1200 sanding paper would match best. However, I find it very difficult to make some paper templates to use for cutting out the pieces to glue on the upper hull. Texture paint would be another option but keeping the surrounding of the upper hull elements clear seems even more difficult as there is no way to mask out the plethora of attachment points. As of now, I'm on the verge on giving up on the anti-slip coating as it is. Suggestions are more than welcome!
Cheers,
Cristian
