There is a lot of confusion as to what I am trying to achieve regarding the top armour plating.
Well it's clear as mud to me and I wrote it. The thing is there are two layers to the armour; a 1.5 mm thick layer I call the substrate i.e. that which lies beneath the top layer and the 1.0 mm thick top sheet that I call the top layer. I want the top layer to be in one piece so I cut the substrate layer out of 5 pieces of 1.5 mm thick sheet styrene to be exactly the size of the top of the hull. Then I cut out the 1.0 mm armour sheet's side notches and the center opening for the fans because the 1.0 mm styrene is easier to cut exactly. Then I glued the five substrate pieces to the top armour sheet to make the requisite thickness of 2.5 mm. Now all that is left is to trim the remaining edges of the top sheet to the exact size of the completed substrate that is glued to the back of the 1.0 mm top sheet.
Mebe I should take a picture? :question:
It's hard to describe the procedure but suffice it to say here is the result.
The underside of the 1.0 mm top armour with the two 1.5 mm edge pieces installed and the three pieces of the base armour.
The topside of the 1.0 mm top armour showing the end of the edge pieces.
The assembled top and base armour 2.5 mm thick with detail cutouts and edges dressed.
Top view of the armour assembly.
Edge on view of the top armour assembly.
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E. Blackadder