Babylon 5: Babylon 5 -station

[Juckiz]

Hello,
Still cruising in the B5-universe :tongue:
After Hyperion and Omega I decided to try building Jay's Babylon 5 and I thought I'd make this a build thread... let's see if I can keep this going :1:
So far I've completed about a third of the station. I tried for the first time to replace original tabs with my own hoping that the result would be cleaner with less ovelapping parts...
I rolled couple of cardboard tubes for the central axis of the station.

 

[Retired_for_now]

Good start, this should be interesting.

Yogi

 

[Juckiz]

More work done...
Lots of cylinders on this model. :smile:

edit: I just realised how big (long) this model will be :icon_eek:

 

[Bhelliom]

I'll be watching this one with interest as I've never seen this one built up before. I have my own printed and ready to go, so I'll be glad to see yours first so I know what to expect.

SK

 

[Juckiz]

...as I've never seen this one built up before.

Yeah that's one reason i thought of doing this thread. You know for the greater good... :icon_lol:

So far nothing strange has come up. It seems pretty straight forward. B5's just a big lumpy tube. :1:

 

[Juckiz]

Here we go again... more tubes :icon_razz:
Parts J&K and L&M are pretty much alike in terms of assembly (Picture has unassembled parts J and K).
I added few slices of painted cardstock for hull-wise "supports" that are there in J and L but are missing in the original model.
Finally parts from J to M are glued together.
I don't know if it's a good idea to build this as one section and then attach it to the rest of the station but i dont expect any problems.

 

[Juckiz]

Some progress yet again. The P-section was interesting to put together :cry:
Well it'll do... more or less orb-like structure. Finally J-section put together with port entrance -piece and we have.... a salt/pepper shaker?

 

[RodentMaster]

Ahhh... That takes me back! I used to watch that show a lot. Loved it (for the most part). Might want to start planning how you'll display it!

 

[Retired_for_now]

Nicely done - round (spherical) is difficult!

Yogi

 

[Juckiz]

Might want to start planning how you'll display it!

That's always the problem isn't it... ops:
I finished the panel mounts and the "spine". I added some extra detailing to the spine and to the front section of the station. I also cut open the tips of the panel mounts.

 

[Juckiz]

Here's the rest of the spine and the whole thing assembled.
Next up would be the solar panels and assembling the whole station :mrgreen:

 

[Bhelliom]

That's looking VERY good! I can feel my motivation to build my own copy increasing with every picture you post.

SK

 

[Juckiz]

Finished.
Hopefully this was useful. I'm glad I inspired some of you with this thread :mrgreen:
The model was overall a nice design. I added those red boxes (raw material storage apparently) along the spine-thingy. I also cut open the docking port.

 

[Retired_for_now]

Very fine result. Yes, it is useful to see and read about an actual build. You provided much more insight than one can get merely looking over the parts.

Yogi

 

[Juckiz]

Cheers

 

[paulhbell]

Weres this downloaded from.