In this step we will attach the lower deck pieces to the to their dowel supports.
One thing that I did not get a good picture of is that it's helpful when glueing a flat edged piece to a round surface to sand the flat edge to the contour of the round piece. In the above pic we see the left lower deck attached.
Now the right... One thing to make note of is that I again used CA glue for this step rather than the epoxy. It was just easier, especially if you contour sand the edges of the lower deck pieces. Make sure to check that they are straight as shown in the instruction illustration picture above. Even CA glue gives you about 5 sec of "wiggle" time which should be sufficient to make sure the pieces are on straight and true.
And that's it. We have a completed lower deck. Note that I chose not to create "fillets" here. I think the deck attachments look sharper when you see the joint between the dowel and the lower deck piece. From here on out we will be jumping around quite a bit in the step order. This is simply builder's choice for ease of painting and glueing on of small details. Our next step will be steps will be 16 and 17 which involve attaching details to the warp drive tubes.
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