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I'm in the process of combining the trekmodeler lighting kit with the "structural integrity device" from Cult TV Man's site. Hooboy is it fun! Actually it's not TOO bad--so far there's just one area where murderous work is required, the lighting unit for the deflector dish. This has to fit...

I dug half of it out, thoroughly mixed the next pour and got much better results...thanks for the advice everybody!

It's not putty, it's clear mixable epoxy glue. It's been plenty hot here and I've heard heat can soften epoxy although I don't know if it does it once it's set...

I'm getting to the final stages of my PL Refit and I have most of the Trekmodeler lighting kit installed and a stand built--the model will be supported by a 5/8 inch brass tube, and the lower part of the lighting kit power connector is lodged inside the top of that pretty well with just a little bit...

I did think about sandwiching the screen--the only reason I'm holding off is I'm going to want to put some cut paper behind the screen and I'm going to have to paint the screen before I do that and if I'm going to be building up three strips of plastic for every face this is going to take me forever...

What's the best technique for this? I'm putting screen into a triangular cutaway shape so I laid down plastic strip to create an edge to glue the screen against and used superglue and accelerator...but there's not enough surface at the edge of the screen to hold it against the plastic strip. I guess...