Hi Andy,
Good to see you're soldiering on with your builds -
you'll need to buy shares in a plastic cement manufacturer when you start Maggie M !
Thought about enquiring when you flagged up your nice looking Expo Archimedes on Portgarth build -
is it ok? certainly looks good quality - reason for asking -
I've bought various El'cheapo Archimedes over the years and been disappointed with the inaccuracy of the centering,
wobbly etc - end up using my trusty pin vice (but it's hard work and slow if you have lots of holes to make).
I'm following all the Shannon builds with great interest (will build one myself one day),
you have my sympathies with the rear access hatch problem - I cannot see an obvious answer,
but beginning to appreciate the method in Adrians madness with the lift off deck !
Wondering - are the existing moulded hatches (even if they could be made operational - a tricky job)
in the correct position above to allow access to the gubbins below ? Guessing not ??
How about a complete lift off rear deck section a la Speedline -
loose the bulk of join line under the back of the cabin, you'll have an obvious join line on the port side deck,
loose the other join line through the side hatch on the starboard deck,
whole of the back deck lifts off !
Now is this a possibility? does it gain any advantage?? is it dooable??? etc etc I know not,
a bit of outside the box thinking - chuck one in the mix might spark an idea.
regards Paul