So I finished another coat of filler primer and let it dry.  There were still some slight imperfections such as visible print lines and such.  They were small and I debated if I should spend more time on prep to get the surface perfect before I painted. As you can see, my impatience won and … Continue reading "Painted dome and lower ring"

  After all that sanding, I could still see imperfections large enough that I thought the filler primer I planed on using wouldn’t cover them.   The large can of Bondo works like a charm, but it seemed to set up too fast for the amount that I had to mix.  I bought a tube of … Continue reading "More sanding, more Bondo"

So I have all the panels and pie pieces printed with the exception of the very top panel.  I started sanding.  From research online, if you plan on hand sanding, you have an enormous amount of work ahead of you.  I was lucky enough to have a received a Dremel Multi-Max oscillating tool from my … Continue reading "Sanding, sanding, and more sanding"

Each ring consists of 7 individual pieces.  I acetone welded each ring together.  In order to make sure they were seated correctly, I assembled it with the dome and welded one seam at a time.  Each joint had a little play in it that would allow it to be distorted instead of a circle, so … Continue reading "Upper and lower ring assembly"