Oh man where does the time go. The holidays really cleaned my clock along with moving of my web hosting so I had to take a bit of time off from the Exterminus. But now we're back and with a vengeance. Hopefully there should be no more interruptions as I move forward.

Starting off, we went right back to work with the engines. I've already completed the outside engine minus now we have to look back inside to complete it. Looking at the engine parts we have, some minor cutting and...

Time to go into detail... literally. Most of the major structures are complete except for the top panel and the tunnels. I'll be tackling those this weekend; my last opportunity.

But first a little back tracking. The magnets that I glued in to hold the sponsons seemed adequate however Falk on Warseer advised me that I should make something more substantial. After I was able to take one of the magnets off quite easily with a pair of pliers I was convinced as well. To build a bracket,...

Alrighty now for something completely different... no just kidding I'm still working on the front. But let's start off different with a mock up of what I have already.

Mock Up - Front Armor Panel - Phase I

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As part of the front armor panel, I want to include various...

Moving right along, I started on the main front armor panel. To start off, I did a thin cardboard mock-up of the front panel. I just used part of a Quaker Oats Snack Bar box.

Mock Up – Front Armor Panel with Top Assault Door

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Happy Thanksgiving! Now its time for an update. When I cutting the assault doors I must've been working on two hours sleep because I made the same error on both doors. The cuts on both top and bottom doors, for some reason I made them short. I found this out when I was mocking up the Exterminus.

For the bottom assault door, I added a piece of 2.0 mm x 4.0 mm plasticard. If notice on the back of the bottom assault doors, There are indents for the teeth of the top assault door....