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Ok, thought I’d dive in this afternoon and build the basic box. Ends and sides. When the kitchen was remodeled the guys gave us a granite cutting board which made its way down to the basement as it was a perfect sanding surface for resin kits and I didn’t want Mrs dulling her knives on the rock hard surface. As recommended by the instructions I washed the parts in dish detergent to remove any mold release.
I scraped off the limited resin flash and then lightly removed the remaining flash with wet-dry 400 Emery paper; the resin is soft and this goes very quickly. Then my son’s Lego supply was raided to find some small pieces to beef up the corners and give the ends additional surfaces to glue to. I cut down a Lego and Acc to the sides standing both on a level surface. This step gives you a 90 degree angle to glue the ends to. Hopefully the photos illustrate…[attachment=1:2hg0tdbm]fullsizeoutput_850.jpeg[/attachment:2hg0tdbm][attachment=0:2hg0tdbm]fullsizeoutput_851.jpeg[/attachment:2hg0tdbm]
