Had I come across this video several years ago, I would not have understood or appreciated what I just witnessed. You make a very difficult fix look so easy. You are a master at work, showing us how to remain calm, go to a solution, and carry on. Bravo!
Maybe, a piece of semi rigid wire with a cotton swab or cloth on the end with cleaner. you'll be able to bend the angle a straight rod won't give you in order to reach the glass from inside...
You seemed to handle your disaster fairly well. I can just imagine some of the language used to help fix it all. I am surprised you did not use a worm of Apoxy to fill in that seam-- use a piece of food cling plastic to act as a barrier-- then use CA or epoxy of choice later. Dust? Gonna have more before you have less! I say get one of those dirt cheap craft brushes with a plastic handle. Then heat soften that handle to make a couple of 'round the corner bends. You can attach stuff to the end as a brush or dust collector. If you have some tack cloth, etc. You could always do that using a hunk of styrene stock. The lighting is really nice.
I suspect, but have no evidence, that the wholesome part would have ended if there was video of when the upper hull snapped. My workbench would have been covered with a blue fog if that had happened to me.
Lou + wouldn't have been easier to put the seats 💺 in before putting the inner shell on just curious about that you could use the airbrush to clean the dust out on the inside maybe ?
Nice work Lou, you definitely did a great job fixing that boo boo!!! I wonder why there was no landing gear designed into that concept model, I remember seeing the original drawings for that shuttle on a show about Gene Roddenberry creating Star Trek!!!!
Maybe hardens is a better term. CA and other glues will soak into the resin, but the epoxy just lays on the surface and gets hard.and if it sets up too quickly, it will go "up" instead of spreading out "sideways"
