Finally got tired of the rear cage and bells tilted up on my PE #1117 .
Using a #11 blade , I scored around the perimeter of the pod bottom , and was able to pop the bottom plate with no damage .
Then on to the huge glob of epoxy covering the screws holding the cage to the pod .The dremel came in handy here . I finally got the walkway to break free of the pod end when I noticed the bottom of the walkway had a large gap and attempted to tap it shut . Wrong !! . Bottom plate cracked and broke off a large piece .
I was able to get the cage bottom apart and replaced the part from a RU kit . Glued it all back together . Looks much better straight .
Using a cutoff wheel , I removed the angled thrusters on the landing pods and will drill them for the aluminum replacements . Just a little paint work and the aluminum added , she should look pretty good .
Using a #11 blade , I scored around the perimeter of the pod bottom , and was able to pop the bottom plate with no damage .
Then on to the huge glob of epoxy covering the screws holding the cage to the pod .The dremel came in handy here . I finally got the walkway to break free of the pod end when I noticed the bottom of the walkway had a large gap and attempted to tap it shut . Wrong !! . Bottom plate cracked and broke off a large piece .
I was able to get the cage bottom apart and replaced the part from a RU kit . Glued it all back together . Looks much better straight .
Using a cutoff wheel , I removed the angled thrusters on the landing pods and will drill them for the aluminum replacements . Just a little paint work and the aluminum added , she should look pretty good .