After much head scratching and messing around I copied the original plate dimensions into a 3D sketch and then sculpted a new panel from that, joined the two parts together, lined up the holes and did a quick render. Makes it sound easy eh?? :p

Well the previous panel was a total hack so this one appear much simpler and I’m hoping will allow me to build a proper sphere…

I’m just not looking forward to building again… but if I don’t, who will?? 🙂