Now that the model is painted, we can finally attach the main deck. The reason we waited to do this is simply because it would have been too difficult to get paint coverage into all of the little nooks and crannies with the main deck in place.
There really wasn't much to this step other than to say that I chose to use CA glue over epoxy due to the small amount of surface area for the glue joint (flat deck against a rounded tube). Regular CA worked very well and the deck piece went on with little trouble. One thing about the design of this kit was that there was very little tolerance for circular portion of the main deck to fit between the warp engine supports. You'll want to test fit these parts well before painting. I actually had ended up sanding off a fraction of a millimeter or so to get the deck to sit all the way down on the tube. Of course if you have gaps, there isn't much you can do except move the deck slightly forward until it touches the supports.
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