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I've started with the bottom of Page 2 and odd shape from Page 5. They match to part A1 from the original scale instructions.

Let's give this one ago! This is the 1:400 Redraw of the Clever Santoro Bird of Prey. I have a card copy of the 1:400 and a paper copy of the original and its instructions. I'll try and match the new parts to thier old part reference so I can use the instructions as a bit of a guide!

Here she is!

First nacelle

Tbh - Im extremely stressed and building these helps focus me and distracts me!

Completed Sphere with Impulse Engines

I did a dry fit of the Sphere and Secondary Hull. They did not join well so I have to make lots of little cuts to the 'neck' to allow a better join. I then connected the unfinished sphere to the secondary hull I'm glad I did it before completing the sphere. I found that it helped being...

More saucer/sphere

Just looked it up - can't belive I'm building it 10 years after you did!

I tend to curve the parts arround a pencil to take away the "flatness"

As I often find, when building a saucer (or sphere) miss alignments happen and the bits don't fit together properly. I trimmed about 2mm from part 7 (picture 2) to allow the sphere to join properly and there not be a huge gap

Lower sphere You can see in the pictures, I added internal tabs to stop the lowest part of the dome falling thru when gluing. The tabs were made of paper that had been printed grey to also helped block any gaps.

Staring to create Sphere of primary Hull Stared with papers 20-22 to make a disc with a blue front. That disc is attached to parts 9 and 10. With the grey facing in towards each other. I also wrote top and bottom on incase I forget!

Pylons attached to secondary hull

Chopped part 16 and this was the result. Added and internal tab to stick the chop back together

So part 16, im going to "chop" and do in bits