Finally got some work done today. I mainly worked on cleaning up the hull and undoing some of the work I did twenty years ago.
First off I removed the drain pipes from the starboard side of the hull under the hangar doors and to the rear of sponson 1. From what I can tell they where no longer there in 2001. In the process of removing them I also realized I would have to remove some of the bollards. I will have to remake one and resin cast them to replace in the future. I also removed all the molded doors so they can be correctly located and replaced with PE.
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I removed the elevator guides that I installed years ago to they can be cleaned up and correctly shaped.
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I also have noticed in my research that the E has what appears to be hull stiffeners all the way around the boat. They are very subtle and only noticeable in the highest resolution photos. I am going to make these out of very thin styrene sheets. Because of these needing to be added I went ahead and removed all the bollards.
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I also spent some time with a random orbital sander leveling out the water line. Although still not perfect it is much better than it was and after attaching the ship to the base everything should be nice and level.
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I cleaned up some of the Bondo work I did to cover up the vents all around the hull. I plan to redo all the vents in the correct locations. Not looking forward to that job, but another symptom of AMS.
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And the last thing for the day was the removal of the two guides for the old Boston whaler located in the port UR opening. I have two rigid hull boats ordered to replace the whaler.
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The plan for tomorrow if I get time to work in the ship is to finish cleaning up the hull, i.e. putting up the small nicks and dents made today by removing all the pipes/doors and such.
Scott
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Tamiya 1/350 Scale USS Enterprise, 2001
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I guess that could explain the state of things over the last few months or years! I figure with such a large build ahead of me I need organization. I hate not being able to find things. I hope within the next year or two to have a complete rebuild of the shop. I plan on getting custom build furniture made to my exact specifications. I want everything to be very functional and match. As of now everything I have is just second hand furniture that does the job, just not very appealing to the eye. I also want a dedicated paint booth. After the Enterprise build I want to do the Nimitz, but I want to do either a 144 or 72 scale. If I do go 72 I will need to move to the garage and that will require a major remodel. I will need to insulate heat/cool, and all new work stations. I like that idea, but I kind of like having one of my cars in the garage. I guess if I go with the 72 I will have to make the sacrifice. At 40 years old I have to get started soon or she may never get finished. Anyways here are some pics of the office/shop cleaned up today. Now time to sniff some glue. 
You have a pretty sweet setup in office/hobby room too. I will be following along sir.......