Some progress has been made, but there's not many pieces so not that impressive.
One thing I found was the boot top had a huge ledge looking totally wrong. So I used this ceramic bur from the dental industry to thin it down. I found it to be a lot more controllable than the metal ones I have. This is a medium grade and it removes material reasonably fast, but I now I've seen it in action I may follow up and buy a finer one to compliment it.
Glueing the boot on was more problematic as I didn't have a lot of surface area, but I got it to work with cement and Ca. When this uv resin arrives I shall get to work and close all the gaps here and on the other parts.
I used this UV resin to fill all the gaps, it is sand able.
The torch is a bit under powered for the job taking around 5min to fully cure the resin. So I've ordered a bigger one. Now the resin is quite flow able , but not too much so it tends to level reasonably well. It doesn't really stick or cement itself to the plastic on a flat surface that well you can get it to separate without too much effort.However, if you get it into a seam or gap it will stay put so all you have to do is apply it then slide a scalpel along the job's done. Although it is so clear you have to look close to see if the gap is filled. It might actually be good for cracked aircraft canopies.
Despite being Tamiya, it is from 1999 so it does have some gaps and the parts don't mate together 100%. Being a little over or undersize with things like belts not meeting correctly.
