Steve: Thanks for the tips concerning the plastic putty or milliput. I will use one of them, white glue, or blue tack, as I believe all can be painted.
Gamera: Thanks brother for your kind words, I just started and there is still much to do.
GMorrison: I appreciate your insight. I did indeed see what you said concerning the incorrect plastic shields versus the more accurate shapes of the PE splinter shields. While the PE is close, it is indeed different in numerous areas (more accurate). With that in mind, I removed the remaining splinter shields for several reasons:
- simply because they are grossly out of scale.
- since I already removed the front two splinter tubs and replaced them with PE it would look funny to keep the others.
- the PE is much more accurate in shape, length, and thickness.
- and the only two places I see this as an issue are the splinter shields and the steps on the wood decks. Everything else on the wood deck appears just fine.
And now my delemma; When going with the wood and PE there will be some gaps. That will require me to correct them as best as possible with glue and paint? With the spare scrap I have from the wood deck punch outs, perhaps I could use it to fill the more prominent or visual spaces on the deck to minimise any disparity of grain and color. If I do it right, most of the gaps will be behind the splinter shields and not in plain sight. Perhaps after the fill and paint inside the splinter shields along with the guns being installed you will not really see it (?).
I believe that is the route I will take, wish me luck... photos soon.
Ben
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