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mercredi, 8 octobre 2014
Par olcabour le mercredi, 8 octobre 2014, 23:18
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
Par olcabour le lundi, 29 septembre 2014, 00:41
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
Par olcabour le jeudi, 25 septembre 2014, 20:23
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.
To prevent it from bending in the future, an aluminum U-channel is screwed to the bottom of the upper part and blocked with a wooden block.
Previously, it needed to sand the contact areas of the two parts so that they are aligned properly.
I "smeared" some resin where I found the thickness a little weak.
Par olcabour le jeudi, 25 septembre 2014, 20:04
Reinforcements had to be done to prevent the resin from sagging over time, and a struture to securely hold the parts and elements together.
The creation of the structure went module by module through trials and errors. It is hard to explain all the steps. it is spread over several weeks and I have not always taken notes.
No glue is used at this stage, everything fits with screws (and there are dozens of 20 different types). Some remain visible and will simply become details, others will be later hidden behind plastic squares and details
The three main modules are held together with bolts and nuts reinforced with wooden blocks. In the center, a metal pipe (copper here) ensures the alignment of the assembly and will later allow the electric wires to run though.
mercredi, 24 septembre 2014
Par olcabour le mercredi, 24 septembre 2014, 14:48
the nose lacked symmetry, so some details are moved, and others enhanced to better match the original one.
Par olcabour le mercredi, 24 septembre 2014, 14:42
The mold walls are done with Lego bricks
Some are unsuccessful (RTV insufficiently mixed) and a second mold was needed.
After resin casting.
mardi, 23 septembre 2014
Par olcabour le mardi, 23 septembre 2014, 02:01
- With a vertical drilling machine, dremel and cutters, I hollowed out the bulk of the hangar ends.
The millings are sanded (as one is missing, so the spacing is incorrect).
the engraving is done.
And millings is redone with T-Channel. For the knees, I just cut the feet of the T to fold the strip on the edge.
The backplate part of the sheds looked undersized.
So I scratched a new one.
It will be re-molded resin later.
The cap is also sanded and re-detailed
Par olcabour le mardi, 23 septembre 2014, 01:42
- on the first port side arm, there is a dome upon which it lacks a kind of ring. This little detail is important to me because it is in the center of the first image that comes to mind when I think of this ship, so I added it.
- On the hangar sides, there are detail plates, originally coming from Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl parts. Mike used here their Dragon 1/144 counterparts, but as the breakdown is different, that did not satisfied me, so I scrath a new master.
the original parts
the parts used in the kit
the ones I will use
the tank wheel is reduced on the dremel
and here is the result
- These resin parts are also From The Morser Karl kit.
As i did not have enough ones, I ended to hollow them with the dremel and cutters.
vendredi, 29 août 2014
Par olcabour le vendredi, 29 août 2014, 23:26
The domes on the central module did not satisfied me.
The curve are corrected by mounting them on the dremel and using files and sanding blocks.
The paneling is done following the original one
There is a third dome (placed on top of the central module), which also requires to be corrected.
These domes will be mold later
Par olcabour le vendredi, 29 août 2014, 00:38
I improved the bridge. this part is important, as it is a focal point of this ship.
The Elephant hood is too thick, so i carefully cutted it off, and sanded it to a better width.
Details are redone (small domes were too big for example)
The front side is sanded and completely redone
It does not fit horizontally on the model.
it should be like this
The height is set by adding plastic card walls
The holes for the fiber optics windows are drilled
I made a mold of a 1/144 WW2 german waggon sides
Where I get 4 small domes to complete the details of the bridge.
Optic fibers will be install later.
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