OlCabour's Hangar

mardi, 28 octobre 2014

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Assembly settings 2

Par olcabour le mardi, 28 octobre 2014, 22:52 - Battlestar Galactica 37

- Yellow lights boxes

On each side of the head and the motor module, there are small boxes with bright yellow 6 points each. The parts supplied are a little too big and different between the front and rear. So I've modified or replaced, and then glued to drill the holes for the fibers.

Front ones

Back

- remaining gaps

I filled few gaps between the large parts:

Here on the neck

and the engine module.

-- Last complete dry test before lights installation and hangar detailling.
The usefull thing of this assembly with screws at this step is that everything can be dismantled easily.

- Launch tubes and replacement hangars details

Viper Launch tubes are installed. A small strip of plastic card brings it the right level

The resin plates replaced the ones on the kit. There are 3 on the right hangar, two on the left one, not symmetrically placed as on the studio model.

vendredi, 10 octobre 2014

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Engines casing

Par olcabour le vendredi, 10 octobre 2014, 23:30 - Battlestar Galactica 37

The engine casing is build like a drawer, the rear plate will be screwed to the engine module.

Assembly of the backplate

It needs some triming to fit in.

It will work with mini-screw

I use a resin plate, a part of the kit that I did not use (and replaced by the medium), to make the bottom of the drawer.

The light box is made of the above plate Honeycomb are slid inside, behind frosted transparent sheets.

The box is closed with the help of PVC profiles L and screwing everything

Missing is the lighting (which will be done later)

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Assembly settings

Par olcabour le vendredi, 10 octobre 2014, 23:24 - Battlestar Galactica 37

- Median arms

Median arms are adjusted gradually by successive sanding the ends.
A metal rod secures the alignment with the body and a screw from the shed to hold it firmly.

- hangars

The big and long underside part of the hangar was bending under its ownweight, so I had to screw it at the center, by adding wooden wedges inside (like on the front).

- belly cross

Hangars being adjusted, I can now run the resin in the cross part to lock permanently the square tube in it.
I clogged the end with Tac gum

This is the result once the resin cured

- Nose

There is an level between the up and bottom of the part, so I sanded it, and the nose is then screwed in the head.

jeudi, 9 octobre 2014

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Sheds

Par olcabour le jeudi, 9 octobre 2014, 23:02 - Battlestar Galactica 37

The lower end of the arms are sanded gradually to align them horizontally and with the central body.

The hangar parts are digged to let my square tube (for a side standing system) go through to the side.

top part

bottom part

To be sure to be perfectly aligned, I used a miter saw

And then I realised I had to dig a channel otherwise it will not join between the top and bottom

The Galactica is impaled!

The locations of the viper launch tubes are holowed to install later the new parts

The location of the electric connectors is hollowed in each hangar.

To attach the 2 large parts (top and bottom) of the hangars, the facing surface is not wide enough. And in the rear side there will be a detailled interior, so I had to work with as is..

The forward side are held firmly with wooden blocks screwed together and with the parts.

The front of the hangar held with rods of 4mm. The holes are larger than the rods. I used some resin to fill the remaining space while adjusting alignment
The part and the wooden block are now one.

At the rear, the rods alone will keep the part.

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Engine module 2

Par olcabour le jeudi, 9 octobre 2014, 22:59 - Battlestar Galactica 37

Back on the eassembly of the engine module
The sides are assembled (3 parts bolted together) and screwed to the structure.

The topside is held by an alu L-channel section and 2 screws that will be hidden later.

Engines (rear, nozzles and light box) will be installed later as a drawer. Les moteurs (face arrière, tuyères et caisson lumineux) seront installés plus tard comme un tiroir.

mercredi, 8 octobre 2014

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - First dry test

Par olcabour le mercredi, 8 octobre 2014, 23:28 - Battlestar Galactica 37

It's starting to look like a Galactica

The nose is pointing up.

That's better after a run on the sanding belt.

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Engine module

Par olcabour le mercredi, 8 octobre 2014, 23:26 - Battlestar Galactica 37

Unlike other modules (designed like a "box" part with a "cover" part), there is broadly a part by side. So this time, these are the parts that have to fit together on the wooden struture and the opposite.
This will ensure the rigidity of the module, but will make it quite heavy.
The underside is installed by screwing with small metal brackets (parts from an old Meccano toys) or aluminum L-channel.

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Arms

Par olcabour le mercredi, 8 octobre 2014, 23:18 - Battlestar Galactica 37

To firmly hold the arms, they have two points of attachment to the central body. The first is with a screw from the body.
The second is a bolt made one with the arm: the bolt is inserted in a hole then filled with resin.
A channel is hollow to allow the electric wires to go through the arm to the hangars.

lundi, 29 septembre 2014

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Belly and belly cross

Par olcabour le lundi, 29 septembre 2014, 00:41 - Battlestar Galactica 37

For the cross part on the belly of the central part, I had to fill with resin to be able to screw it.

The belly plate is screwed on the upper part of the central module

jeudi, 25 septembre 2014

Battlestar Galactica - Half studio scale - Head structure

Par olcabour le jeudi, 25 septembre 2014, 20:23 - Battlestar Galactica 37

The assembly of the head was the most difficult to design, because of the thickness of the edge, thus adding "clogs" resin so that the screws have the material to hang on.