[TIP] AMT 1:537 Enterprise Refit - Accurizing Docking Ports
Hi, Everyone! For those of you who have the AMT / Lesney / Matchbox / ERTL / Round 2 1:537 Enterprise refit / -A kit, one of the many inaccuracies is the size of the docking ports behind the bridge, on both sides of the dorsal (neck), and on both sides of the secondary hull. The port at the bridge area is too small while the other four are too big. If you want to accurize those ports, I wrote up what I did. Dorsal / Secondary Hull Docking Ports : The molded ports are about 7/32 inches in diameter, and a more correct scale size would be about 5/32 inches (roughly 4 mm). Drill out the larger port which should leave a hole about 7/32 inches in diameter. Cut a 1/4 inch piece of an Evergreen Scale Models 227 7/32" (5.5 mm) diameter styrene tube and insert it into the hole. Move the tube until one end is about flush with outer surface of the dorsal or secondary hull part. Glue the tube from the inner surface of the dorsal or secondary hull part and wait for the glue to completely...