So to finish up the main construction on the front hatches first I rough cut out the holes for the hatches with my narrow diamond bit tip.
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Next, shaped them a little more with the grinder stone tip
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Then I really smoothed them out with 120 to 400 sandpaper and laid it down on another piece of styrene and traced out the hatches.
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Used the grinder stone again to grind away the excess around the trace being careful to keep a little extra around the trace line otherwise they would be too small.
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Next did a little shimming on the hatch plate opening so the insert was flush with the rest of the deck.
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Fits in nicely now and the hatches look close. I'm just going to thin them down a bit more as they still look a little thick.
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Tonight the one that everyone has been waiting for how I'm going to change the angle of the sides!