>Plexi-glass screens - advice please
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>I am afraid that my question has nothing to do with computers but I'll ask it
>any way as I believe there are still a few of you who susbcribe to the
>PC/Computing Forum who are also building Europa's.
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>I am trimming the plexi-glass screens (using a disc sander works just
great) and
>have noticed that the recesses in the fuselage are not as thick as the
>plexi-glass, resulting in a slight step (20 thou or so - perhaps more once
>reduxed in).
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>Is it best to leave it as a step I wonder or fill and blend in the step? Or
>should I deepen the recesses in the fuselage/doors to the required thickness?
>What's the concensus?
>
>Regards
>
>Martin Tuck
>#152
>Wichita, Kansas
>USA
>
>
The Europa was originally to have 2 mm thick Plexiglas screens, but after
the moulds had been made it was decided to go for the thicker 3 mm material
instead. The method of disguising the resulting 1 mm anomaly is to fill and
blend the step out as you suggest.
Regards
Andy
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