... and the audience!!!
This build starts to look very much like an undiscovered work by UHU02..! thumbsup
1:16 Space Shuttle flight deck
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... and the audience!!!
This build starts to look very much like an undiscovered work by UHU02..! thumbsup
Marcell, this is the nicest compliment I should ever receive, thanks! I'm really touched!!!
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I have to say that your work has compelled me to say you are in the same category. Different subject matter, but definitely in the same category. No doubt. I have seen what you have with done with virtually nothing, and your work astonishes me. 
I OFFICIALLY DECLARE RESEARCH & DRAW PHASE
CLOSED!!
BEYOND THIS POINT
ACTUAL BUILD STARTS!!!!
CLOSED!!
BEYOND THIS POINT
ACTUAL BUILD STARTS!!!!
I OFFICIALLY DECLARE RESEARCH & DRAW PHASE
CLOSED!!
BEYOND THIS POINT
ACTUAL BUILD STARTS!!!!
I am GREATLY LOOKING FORWARD to seeing this build and how everything comes together!
Really looking forward to seeing this.I OFFICIALLY DECLARE RESEARCH & DRAW PHASE
CLOSED!!
BEYOND THIS POINT
ACTUAL BUILD STARTS!!!!
Now let's go with the fun stuff!
First of all I glued the floor to a thick cardboard (1 mm) because my first prototype showed some problem when the load of added parts tended to distort the model.
Then I added some details cut from a second copy of the base to add a better 3D feeling.
First the yellow handle near one of the passages to mid-deck
and then I took a a decision that will have an heavy influence on all my following work: I started to cut out and glue all the velcro patches
You see on the left the "donor" and, on the right, the actual floor with the patches already in place.
undoubtedly this way the looking is much better but this thing I started here will force me to cut and paste ALL the hundreds of velcro patches I'll meet from now on...
Note that I placed also seat coupling points (if they are so).
Now I want to spend some words about a technique I already used widely on LEM build: the "microtabs"
When you need to glue a "difficult" piece and you don't want to use tabs to have seamless joins you can prepare some little tabs (about 1 x 2 mm) with a light scored line in the middle (to easily fold them).
They will be applied all around one of the pieces, especially near angles or edges, and will help greatly to keep in place the other piece when you glue it, applying small amounts of glue to some tabs at a time with a little piece of spare cardboard, until you have covered all the perimeter. Eventually you'll finish with a really flush and clean junction.
And here is the base ready for all the stuff to be added on...
First of all I glued the floor to a thick cardboard (1 mm) because my first prototype showed some problem when the load of added parts tended to distort the model.
Then I added some details cut from a second copy of the base to add a better 3D feeling.
First the yellow handle near one of the passages to mid-deck
and then I took a a decision that will have an heavy influence on all my following work: I started to cut out and glue all the velcro patches
You see on the left the "donor" and, on the right, the actual floor with the patches already in place.
undoubtedly this way the looking is much better but this thing I started here will force me to cut and paste ALL the hundreds of velcro patches I'll meet from now on...
Note that I placed also seat coupling points (if they are so).
Now I want to spend some words about a technique I already used widely on LEM build: the "microtabs"
When you need to glue a "difficult" piece and you don't want to use tabs to have seamless joins you can prepare some little tabs (about 1 x 2 mm) with a light scored line in the middle (to easily fold them).
They will be applied all around one of the pieces, especially near angles or edges, and will help greatly to keep in place the other piece when you glue it, applying small amounts of glue to some tabs at a time with a little piece of spare cardboard, until you have covered all the perimeter. Eventually you'll finish with a really flush and clean junction.
And here is the base ready for all the stuff to be added on...
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Wow, I have been watching the SyFy series "The Expanse", the seats look srikingly familiar to yours. I could see lots of the parts you have made being kit bashed into other models. You have really made something here. This would be great for a school project. Much to be learned here.
Finally the Project really starts. Great outcome so far. Crisp and clean as always!
Today session started with a big disappointment 
Perhaps some of you remember that some time ago I was thinking about making all the switch protections with metallic wire. Today I started a check to verify if this very ambitious part of the project was feasible...
Well, after many tries I concluded that the work is too complex in this scale and the result would be very poor compared to the efforts involved.
So I decided to abandon this idea... The plain panel is much better than this mess...
Let's start with the lower aft console.
This is the simple way to build it, matter of minutes. Not enough for me but a good alternative for a quick build.
This is the complex way. I definitely prefer this one. I printed several copies of all teh sheets to have the chance to use several layer and have a much more "greebled" surface.
Here is the first panel
The little boxes are glued to the back side.
The result is pretty good
After all I don't miss a lot the metallic switches...
Perhaps some of you remember that some time ago I was thinking about making all the switch protections with metallic wire. Today I started a check to verify if this very ambitious part of the project was feasible...
Well, after many tries I concluded that the work is too complex in this scale and the result would be very poor compared to the efforts involved.
So I decided to abandon this idea... The plain panel is much better than this mess...
Let's start with the lower aft console.
This is the simple way to build it, matter of minutes. Not enough for me but a good alternative for a quick build.
This is the complex way. I definitely prefer this one. I printed several copies of all teh sheets to have the chance to use several layer and have a much more "greebled" surface.
Here is the first panel
The little boxes are glued to the back side.
The result is pretty good
After all I don't miss a lot the metallic switches...
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