USS Sagittarius (Archer Class from Jaybats)
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Great! And will it have all the bells and whistles like internal lighting? These models are going to look fantastic when they're done!
It's not going to be that amazing . I don't quite brainspace to plan internal lighting. At the moment I'm using papercraft to de-stress - knowing my mind set if I include things like that it'll cause me stress lol
You know, @Cybergrinder and @zathros could help you with the internal lighting. Both of them could probably do it in their sleep! zathros is an electronics expert. Think of him as your ultimate go-to guy!
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I wouldn't say "expert", there are some pretty knowledgeable people here. The use of fiber optics and much thiner gauge wires, and conductive epoxy would really open up possibilities. There are lots of sites that have series-parallel LED circuits in them, using 555 timer chips (the frequency is controlled by resister capacitor circuits) that make for unlimited possibilities.
Some example of FREE Online tools (there are 100's of these, if not more):
Online circuit simulator & schematic editor - CircuitLab
Powerful online circuit simulator and schematic editor. Easy to learn.
www.circuitlab.com
This one really gets into it: https://www.translatorscafe.com/unit-converter/en-US/calculator/led-resistor/?vs=12&if=20&vf=2&nt=30
The official successor of the USS Burritos!
:Grin:I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I wouldn't say "expert", there are some pretty knowledgeable people here. The use of fiber optics and much thiner gauge wires, and conductive epoxy would really open up possibilities. There are lots of sites that have series-parallel LED circuits in them, using 555 timer chips (the frequency is controlled by resister capacitor circuits) that make for unlimited possibilities.
Some example of FREE Online tools (there are 100's of these, if not more):
Online circuit simulator & schematic editor - CircuitLab
Powerful online circuit simulator and schematic editor. Easy to learn.
This one really gets into it: https://www.translatorscafe.com/unit-converter/en-US/calculator/led-resistor/?vs=12&if=20&vf=2&nt=30
Thanks. That's a whole different world to get into but worth considering....
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You really have to take your time of these saucer sections. The few I have built I have used curved scissors to cut, so as not to end up with any flats, which ruin the roundness. Once the Saucer top plane is finished, I always dry fit, a lot. I glue on a tab down of the side section, (wrapping the side section of the saucer) around something round to make it have a curve already, then I do not use the tabs (if provided), and make my own. This allows you to glue that tab to the top plate, and adjust in place with the edge, the top section theoretically, should align with the side panel. This could be done by sanding a 45 degree angle along both surface edges and joining them, then there will be no edges showing. At one point, you will be able to see if the side piece is too long or too short, and trim to size. This is better done before you start gluing. These ships, no matter how simple, live or die by the saucer section. The first ones come out O.K., but it takes much practice and careful cutting to get the, "seamless". Even the best ones have issues with this. You're going to end up with a nice model, no doubt, but you will always remember that is as you gain experience about dry fitting, and the fact that some of these models just don't build well without modification. Good luck!
You really have to take your time of these saucer sections. The few I have built I have used curved scissors to cut, so as not to end up with any flats, which ruin the roundness. Once the Saucer top plane is finished, I always dry fit, a lot. I glue on a tab down of the side section, (wrapping the side section of the saucer) around something round to make it have a curve already, then I do not use the tabs (if provided), and make my own. This allows you to glue that tab to the top plate, and adjust in place with the edge, the top section theoretically, should align with the side panel. This could be done by sanding a 45 degree angle along both surface edges and joining them, then there will be no edges showing. At one point, you will be able to see if the side piece is too long or too short, and trim to size. This is better done before you start gluing. These ships, no matter how simple, live or die by the saucer section. The first ones come out O.K., but it takes much practice and careful cutting to get the, "seamless". Even the best ones have issues with this. You're going to end up with a nice model, no doubt, but you will always remember that is as you gain experience about dry fitting, and the fact that some of these models just don't build well without modification. Good luck!
Great advice. Thank you!
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I think the Saucer type Star Trek ships are among the hardest to make because so many carves have to match up. I've seen members here and their first models were, well their first models. They have in a very short time pushed themselves, and now they are making models you can't get anywhere else unless you make it. That is a cool feeling when people ask you where can they get a model yo have made, and youu show them the file. Not a web link, but a file, with pictures you had to cut out and put together, and everything that goes with that. Only people who makes things from these kinds of beginnings know that feeling.
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Keep up the effort on this!
I've never seen anyone build it.
Will be watching!!!
I've never seen anyone build it.
Will be watching!!!
I think the Saucer type Star Trek ships are among the hardest to make because so many carves have to match up. I've seen members here and their first models were, well their first models. They have in a very short time pushed themselves, and now they are making models you can't get anywhere else unless you make it. That is a cool feeling when people ask you where can they get a model yo have made, and youu show them the file. Not a web link, but a file, with pictures you had to cut out and put together, and everything that goes with that. Only people who makes things from these kinds of beginnings know that feeling.
Had a battle last night related to the saucer and matching up without it warping!
