New Horizons (part 2)

Continuing on with the model I first attached Alice and Ralph - 

Next on the list was to separate the attitude adjustment rockets from the pour plug - 

Once they were all cut, it was time for clean up. Some were a little worse than the others. But with the sanding sponges that came with my latest SAMI magazine (Thanks!) they were all done in about a 1/2 hour. After that I tempted fate and redrilled the openings at the end of the nozzles. They all drilled nicely except I goofed up the last two... :-/ )  The instructions say they were silver so I gave them the old black primer coat before hitting them in Vallejo Metallics Aluminum. 

While I had my little saw out, I cut the base of the kit RTG and transferred it to the Shapeways part - 

The Shapeways part is below

Looking at the picture it seems to me there's an extra part in there. I think the round radiators should be right up against the RTG and not have that section in between. I'll have to double check that.

Finally for this session I primed the RTG in Stynylrez black primer, it's a little thicker and covers in one coat. and I foiled the ring attachment for the launch vehicle (I forget what it's really called). It also doubles as another low gain antenna. That part is yet to be foiled, as you can see it as the little yellow part - 

To finish off this WIP session. I gathered the courage to clip off the extra foil binding I installed and glued the struts onto the HGA - 

 

Thanks for looking.