Ok so its been a day or two since my last post and ive been very busy getting the deck houses built, all made out of light ply and balsa:
a few deck hatches fitted to the bow, just followed what i saw on the plan:
when i was cutting out the templates for the deck house i wasnt sure actually what the squares on the side were till i googled about a bit. So as soon as i found out they were windows (seems stupid and obvious but better safe than sorry) my first thought was right cut them out, so i did. Next without thinking any further forward i assembled the entire house without a thought about any glass! Thus completrly sealing all access to the inside. I later found out they were just suppose to be painted on! Anyway after a bit thinking over cuppa i had plan and raded the recycling bin.
heres what i did:
Firstly further scanning google i noticed that a small frame was around the windows so i cut a square of card from a coco pops box and then marked out the size of the windows with your basic ruler and pencil. The frame needed to be about 1mm thick to be scale so it was rather small:
next i cut of the MIDDLE of the frame first, if i had done the exterior of the frame then try cutting out the middle it would have torn the card, so using a sharp stanley i carefully followed the lines, well best i could:
Using a pair of your boggo household scissors i then cut the exterior of the frame out:
next was to stick on the back a peice of see through plastic i salvaged from an empty felt tip pen packet, i used an over sized peice of plastic first, stuck it on with abs glue then trimmed it down with the scissors so it matched the exterior dimensions of the cardboard frame:
previous experience of making windows has taught me not to use CA as it leaves a powdery residue on the plastic, which in this case if had happend i wouldnt have been able to wipe off.
Using the same glue i stuck the window frames with the "glass" in over the holes on the deck house:
a bit of sanding sealer and paint will make the frame water resitant, doesnt need to be overkill water proof just splash proof.
gun turrets next gotta find some tubes