Hailing Frequencies, Open. Well guys, it's been a while since I posted and I made the statement in the last post that I was going to finish the Space: 1999 Hawk before starting anything new. Well, we know what an empty promise that can be with hobbies. When the mood strikes, don't fight it. And over Thanksgiving I got in the mood to work on this thanks to BBC America's ST marathon.
This project actually started a few years ago when I built the Star Trek: TMP Bridge Model Book. I knew that could be scaled up to fit the Mego 3 3/4" TMP figures, but it would take a lot of work. Then, I bought the Reaction/Funko Star Trek 3 3/4" figures and knew an upscaled TOS bridge would need to happen, also. I already had Ron Caudillo's fabulous vector bridge model on the "To Do" List and knew that would scale up with little effort. All I had to do was figure out the percentage to upscale (132%), make some personal changes to the design and break the pieces down to print on 8.5x11 paper.
This bridge model is a great, simple design for building. Since the bridge is sectional the build of each station is mostly a mirror image of every other station. Therefore, there won't be a lot of lengthy description. Whenever a station has anything specific to it I'll call it out.
So, after a long layoff, it's time to head back to the 23rd century.
1. DEFENSE SUB STATION
After printing onto heavy card stock, cut notches where the folds go. I mounted the Defense station on 2mm chipboard and cut the same notches into the chipboard. That gave me guides for where to put the scores into the chipboard. I cut the scores with a triangular needle file. I cut out the recessed screen area, then the display out of that, as well as the lower displays. I also made an extra trim piece that goes around the outside of the upper display to raise the detail. Actually, I should have omitted that because it wasn't part of the real bridge. I found better resolution art for all the upper displays and replaced that. I moved the lower displays to the rear, but you'll see that change later. With just the displays on paper, they do give me the option for lighting if I want to try for it later.
This project actually started a few years ago when I built the Star Trek: TMP Bridge Model Book. I knew that could be scaled up to fit the Mego 3 3/4" TMP figures, but it would take a lot of work. Then, I bought the Reaction/Funko Star Trek 3 3/4" figures and knew an upscaled TOS bridge would need to happen, also. I already had Ron Caudillo's fabulous vector bridge model on the "To Do" List and knew that would scale up with little effort. All I had to do was figure out the percentage to upscale (132%), make some personal changes to the design and break the pieces down to print on 8.5x11 paper.
This bridge model is a great, simple design for building. Since the bridge is sectional the build of each station is mostly a mirror image of every other station. Therefore, there won't be a lot of lengthy description. Whenever a station has anything specific to it I'll call it out.
So, after a long layoff, it's time to head back to the 23rd century.
1. DEFENSE SUB STATION
After printing onto heavy card stock, cut notches where the folds go. I mounted the Defense station on 2mm chipboard and cut the same notches into the chipboard. That gave me guides for where to put the scores into the chipboard. I cut the scores with a triangular needle file. I cut out the recessed screen area, then the display out of that, as well as the lower displays. I also made an extra trim piece that goes around the outside of the upper display to raise the detail. Actually, I should have omitted that because it wasn't part of the real bridge. I found better resolution art for all the upper displays and replaced that. I moved the lower displays to the rear, but you'll see that change later. With just the displays on paper, they do give me the option for lighting if I want to try for it later.
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