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Thanks for the reply. Barbican Spires The Barbican corner reinforcements have been enclosed and This evening I began creating the ornamental spires to cap the corners. https://i.imgur.com/srGi6nW.jpg These are purely decorative being too narrow for occupation...

I cheated: I wanted to see what the Citadel would look like so I put the lower leg structures on the deck behind the Barbicans. https://i.imgur.com/lQyxVjb.jpg I think this might amount to something after all https://i.imgur.com/zj7gJb6.jpg From the top view it seems I made the...

Barbican Phase Two: Show your work is my motto regardless how sloppy. Never fear this is only the underlayment I build for strength and durability. https://i.imgur.com/5D4RNcq.jpg This first image shows what a godsend this defuser lens material is. Had I to make all the interior framing for...

Thanks for all the replies about the last few posts. Exercise In Tedium: The problem with building so large a model is the tedious repetitious building of identical parts. https://i.imgur.com/OF077uL.jpg Even an assembly line approach does not sufficiently relieve the boredom...

Never Be Afraid: To take the plunge. If the wine is sour, don't throw it out; make vinegar. Something just didn't look right about these two barbicans but until they were sheathed I couldn't quite figure it out. https://i.imgur.com/f9QGDXh.jpg Ultimately I realized they were too tall...

The Ground Floor: Actually about one hundred fifty feet above the ground but what the hey. The superstructure of this Titan is what makes it unique and I've been putting it off long enough trying to come up with something earthshaking. Try as I might I just cannot top Joazzz2's incredible...

Quarter Galleries: For lack of a better term; this is the area I'll be working on https://i.imgur.com/gjLeebc.jpg The images are pretty much self explanatory; I'll be framing out the "Quarter Galleries" with cut Florescent light panel waffle diffusers purchased at Home Depot...

Thanks for the replies, A Crash Test Dummy: Is building this Titan. I wish I could blame this on the cat or something but instead I am making inroads into stupidity. I was going to show the interior with the positioning plugs I have been working on for the past few days but instead here we...

Thanks for the replies, Egad! I've forgotten how this thing goes together! It's been six or so months since this Emperor Titan took a header (fortunately without sustaining much damage) and it was, at the time, inexpedient to reassemble the completed components. So this past week I've been...

Eight into Five just don't go evenly; Cogs that is. Yeah I know but that's what the image calls for. It was either eight or nine and there wasn't space for nine cogs. I could have done six but the spacing would have been too great. No matter how you slice it the revolving chamber just doesn't...

A Cog Disc The more I build this thing the more I think these are actually revolving barrels. But they are energy weapons so what is the point??? Anyway my production schedule has been compromised by the Holiday Festivities I made time today to make the Cogged backing chamber for the barrels...

I think I'll Have To Add Another Barrel: Not much going on with the model these days. I've got 3/4 of a year working on these two guns and am nowhere near finished. For example today I spent reducing the bore of the five o'clock position barrel which gratifyingly finally looks right (to me)...

Time To Take Stock..... After a week hiatus I revived with new inspirations on how to proceed. The Lower sixth of the cannon assembly vexed me until I realized where my problem lay. It is pretty much what is found wrong with a majority of scratchbuilds; they are too square and straight sided...

Hellstorm Energy Weapon Today it started coming together but the post office delayed leaving the barrel inserts so I can't finish the barrel ends. They leave hundreds of bucks worth of online orders on the front poach in all kinds of foul weather but 12 bucks worth of toilet paper spools is...

Cultivating Ennui: Once again in spite of the amount of work involved the results are far from breathtaking and I wonder while making up these interim updates that the results are boring to my readers. https://i.imgur.com/Vw4X6OW.jpg Suffice it to say I am pleased how this is coming out...

Sleeves: I tried to find a cement compatible with both styrene and PVC to no avail so I opted to sheath the PVC tubing with 0.020 inch (0,5MM) sheet styrene so to make adhering detail easier later on. https://i.imgur.com/mOfBr6J.jpg With a bit of care it's rather easy to do this and although...

Really! A Law was Passed regarding TVs. What about other household items??? The nanny state is out of control. A woman in my neighborhood had a fifty year old oak tree removed because she slipped on an acorn; worse because she also had the neighbor's similar sized tree removed just in case. The...

Much Better: A hasty trip to HoDeDoe this morning and my wallet a few bucks lighter bu I feel much better about the diameter of the Hellstorm cannon which incidentally does not fire projectiles so what with the six barrels??? Do they fire all at once? Do they really need to rotate? Can I get...

Great Thanks Too Small: Went to Home Depot today and bought some PVC tubing for the gin barrels. The problem is the diameters are too small compared to the Plasma Blaster so I need to go back tomorrow and by 2 more pieces of the mid-sized tubing. fortunately the stuff is dirt cheap...

Hellstorm Cannon: Okay it's decided, I'm going to make a Hellstorm Cannon although not this massive where the Titan is seen looming behind an Alpine size mountain range. https://i.imgur.com/10kf0vn.jpg The tiny white gangway and access door bespeak a ludicrous to the extreme order of...