kermet
Sr Member
Sounds cool my Friend, Those was some big eggs you could go big scale with those Hum you know me I just can't stop myself from making something those eggs got me brain going
Spaceship from Concept Art -WIP Scratch Build- UFP RV Montgomery Scott
- Thread starter Carlb
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Carlb
Well-Known Member
All 8 panels were glued in place onto the stern bulkheads.. the entire unit is approx. 6 5/8" (170mm) long and 4" (100mm) high and 4" (100mm) wide.
A primer coat of white was sprayed on the engines before attaching. I used .010" (.25mm) styrene sheet as a diffuser to fit against the blue LED, to cover the thrust chamber of the engines.
Engines now permanently mounted, and will allow 24 hours in this position for the adhesive to cure.
Now I could test fire the engine lighting.
Finally the 2835 high density LED strips arrived. I can now return to working on the bow.
This is the area I'm preparing lighting for.......
I built two "light boxes" of .06" (1.5mm) chipboard to hold the LED strips in place. Each contains 24 LEDS.
In place for a test fit. Nothing glued.
More lighting to go....till next time...
A primer coat of white was sprayed on the engines before attaching. I used .010" (.25mm) styrene sheet as a diffuser to fit against the blue LED, to cover the thrust chamber of the engines.
Engines now permanently mounted, and will allow 24 hours in this position for the adhesive to cure.
Now I could test fire the engine lighting.
Finally the 2835 high density LED strips arrived. I can now return to working on the bow.
This is the area I'm preparing lighting for.......
I built two "light boxes" of .06" (1.5mm) chipboard to hold the LED strips in place. Each contains 24 LEDS.
In place for a test fit. Nothing glued.
More lighting to go....till next time...
yuumi2891103
Master Member
Excellent work! Can't wait to see the next step.
CosmicQuest
Active Member
Beautiful work!!
stevielewis
Sr Member
Really beautiful work. Everything is coming together nicely!
Carlb
Well-Known Member
More lighting for the bow...I built two light boxes for the 5 short horizontal window groups. I cut apart the 12 volt LED tape
to make 4 LED strips ...3 LED's each. Wired in parallel. Mounted on thin plywood.
Then, .06" (1.5mm) chipboard built around.
Test fire.
I installed small shelves in the bulkhead carcass to temporarily support both light boxes, which will hold them steady
when they are finally glued in place.
With lighting for the bow nearly complete, I could begin building and detailing the upper and middle sections...
I started on the simpler sections, using the concept art as a guide for construction of shapes, and a lot of imagination.
Everything was built twice, to mirror most of the elements for the other side.
This "heat sink" thing will be at the tail end....
These units will connect to the heat sink with the loose pipe....
Units cemented in place.
Till next time...
to make 4 LED strips ...3 LED's each. Wired in parallel. Mounted on thin plywood.
Then, .06" (1.5mm) chipboard built around.
Test fire.
I installed small shelves in the bulkhead carcass to temporarily support both light boxes, which will hold them steady
when they are finally glued in place.
With lighting for the bow nearly complete, I could begin building and detailing the upper and middle sections...
I started on the simpler sections, using the concept art as a guide for construction of shapes, and a lot of imagination.
Everything was built twice, to mirror most of the elements for the other side.
This "heat sink" thing will be at the tail end....
These units will connect to the heat sink with the loose pipe....
Units cemented in place.
Till next time...
CosmicQuest
Active Member
I look forward to all of your updates as you post them!! I was wondering what you were going to do for those small window section to light them up. Thanks for showing that bit also
whiskeyrat
New Member
Carlb I'm drooling over your work. Sorry, here let me just wipe that offa there...
Please quit your job and ignore your family and friends completely until this is finished.
Kidding aside this is my kinda modelling. Seat-of-your-pants scratch-building. The fact that you only have a single, three-quarter view image to work from, makes your efforts that much more impressive. Re-creating that complicated structure and deep detail in three dimensions is a LOT of work and you're killing it. Nice.
Please quit your job and ignore your family and friends completely until this is finished.
Kidding aside this is my kinda modelling. Seat-of-your-pants scratch-building. The fact that you only have a single, three-quarter view image to work from, makes your efforts that much more impressive. Re-creating that complicated structure and deep detail in three dimensions is a LOT of work and you're killing it. Nice.
Carlb
Well-Known Member
Joberg- Thank you.
Detailing has been relatively simple so far, intricate and more complex greeblies are in process now.
I think I'll have a few "equipment pits" in the next update too...
whiskeyrat- Thank you for your very kind words.
I retired a while back, so a job isn't in the way, but my partner does shout occasionally that I need to "give it a rest".
Friends? What are those?
Indeed, having only one angle of the concept art has me cursing, frustrated & puzzled for ideas quite often.
Also, I am not a former military or transportation modeler like many here, so I don't have extra bits from old kits to use.
Prior to my recent entry into spaceships, I spent many years building architectural models (as a hobby).
But I just press on...glad to hear your enjoying it, and I appreciate your following the thread.
Detailing has been relatively simple so far, intricate and more complex greeblies are in process now.
I think I'll have a few "equipment pits" in the next update too...
whiskeyrat- Thank you for your very kind words.
I retired a while back, so a job isn't in the way, but my partner does shout occasionally that I need to "give it a rest".
Friends? What are those?
Indeed, having only one angle of the concept art has me cursing, frustrated & puzzled for ideas quite often.
Also, I am not a former military or transportation modeler like many here, so I don't have extra bits from old kits to use.
Prior to my recent entry into spaceships, I spent many years building architectural models (as a hobby).
But I just press on...glad to hear your enjoying it, and I appreciate your following the thread.
