Discovering UHU02's 2001 Discovery One

Jacopo1969

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And then it was time for the dishes. Woo hoo!

The smaller two were more straightforward, although I found that I had to wrap the larger circumference pieces tighter than you would think necessary (the lines on the reverse of the dish were no longer at right angles) in order to ensure the heavy dark guide line was no longer visible. Not so much as to make the job a bad one. I used @DanBKing's tip of using the spherical end of a metal wine stopper for some water forming - worked a treat. Hats off to UHU02 for the crosspiece assembly. After some careful (fearful!) cutting, I just spun the centre spindle in my fingers and lo and behold, you are able to peel back the crosspieces and arrange at right angles for gluing in the centre of the dish, and at the edges of the dish.

The larger dish was far more problematic. A first run was abandoned after waterforming caused ink to run. Not too much of a loss as I had used the tabs as per the parts printed on the sheet - the result was far too much of a ridged affair for my liking and a cautionary warning for the joy of the spherical command module to come. In the end I built the dish up using the rear of the dish, and attaching the 'spare' circular shapes left on the sheet in between the pieces for the front of the dish. This way I was able to align the actual pieces for the rear of the dish (effectively 'edge' gluing) but with the support of the ring made of 'spare' material glued behind. This built up nicely and also allowed for easy alignment of the pieces for the front of the dish. The cross-piece worked out OK as described above - still blown away by the genius of the design, though. See
 

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Jacopo1969

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I recommend careful attention to UHU02's guide pics for constructing the main body of the engine section, as well as @DanBKing's thread. It's all pretty straightforward as long as you take your time and follow the logic of how the parts fit. When it came to adding the raised pieces adorning the body, I did away with the tabs joining the angled sides, as well as the large tabs for attaching to the body. I was using 200gsm paper here, and edge gluing just seemed the best way to go. Here's a couple of pics showing the engine section under construction, and dry fitting to the spine. Particularly proud of the pic showing the view from the rear - just because there's an EVA Pod hiding under the telly, which doesn't look too far out of scale for the Discovery in the pic :) . Engines next! See
 

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zathros

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I don't even know what was going on when I posted that!! :eek:
 

Jacopo1969

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Here's one of the engine flutes/cowls (god knows!) Dry fitted for effect. Went together ok using the tabs. Just for the avoidance of doubt, as it's not clear from UHU02's own pics of the assembly, the really long strips are wrapped in a coil around the main tube and act as 'spacers' for this main part of the engine to slide on to.
 

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If it's not too late, ater those tubes dry, cut out a piece of cardboard 110 lb. stock, and coil it so it fits inside those tubes, and spreads out, forming an inner wall. A single thickness layer may absorb moisture over time and warp. It's looking really good. ;)
 

Jacopo1969

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If it's not too late, ater those tubes dry, cut out a piece of cardboard 110 lb. stock, and coil it so it fits inside those tubes, and spreads out, forming an inner wall. A single thickness layer may absorb moisture over time and warp. It's looking really good. ;)

That's a fantastic tip, would never have thought of that. Thanks, Zathros. Do I need to glue that coiled cardboard, or just let it sit snugly in the tube?
 

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Not much progress to report since last post - but here's all three of the rocket assemblies dry fitted. Can't believe this is nearly everything to the rear of the neck done! Really happy with how this is looking so far :) (Don't worry that the propulsion section is skew-wiff from the spine - it's not glued yet!)
 

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Jacopo1969

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looking great. i had a blast building mine.
Hi @lyter1958 - I've just been to see your build thread but unfortunately can't see the images. From the comments it sounds like you did great. I don't know a thing about how to light up a model but I'm sure yours must look impressive. Maybe I should just aim to paint mine yellow and place it in a silent orbit round Jupiter..
 

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Hi @lyter1958 - I've just been to see your build thread but unfortunately can't see the images. From the comments it sounds like you did great. I don't know a thing about how to light up a model but I'm sure yours must look impressive. Maybe I should just aim to paint mine yellow and place it in a silent orbit round Jupiter..


Ya'know, Jacopo, I always wondered about the color. Was it originally White, then covered with the dust they show in the movie, turning it Yellow? A valid point. Personally, I think that Photoshopped into Yellow would make for a unique and quite appropriate and correct model. Good point! ;)
 

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Ya'know, Jacopo, I always wondered about the color. Was it originally White, then covered with the dust they show in the movie, turning it Yellow? A valid point. Personally, I think that Photoshopped into Yellow would make for a unique and quite appropriate and correct model. Good point! ;)
Well it was definitely white/grey in 2001 wasn't it? I think Bowman must have inadvertently parked up a bit too close to Io, and all that volcanic sulphur ruined the paint job! I wonder if some brave soul would go through the trouble of making all those modules on the spine to make the model of it as a derelict? :eek:
 

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Well, it would be interesting. It was the last state of the ship. It would be an accurate description. The ship wasn't really derelict, just shut down. It would be brave, and anyone knowing the movie would know the presentation of the model. I think it's justified, but then again, probably better done when building the model, rather than when the model is finished. Just a thought. :)
 

Jacopo1969

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OK. Just biding my time before I get the chance to get a sheet of suitable card for @zathros suggestion to bolster up the carcases of the rockets. But here we have the whole rear end made up, albeit dry-fitted. Just a keep in touch message. Looks so much better with the nozzles fitted though :)
 

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lyter1958

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Hi @lyter1958 - I've just been to see your build thread but unfortunately can't see the images. From the comments it sounds like you did great. I don't know a thing about how to light up a model but I'm sure yours must look impressive. Maybe I should just aim to paint mine yellow and place it in a silent orbit round Jupiter..
i'll have to get all the pics back up for you and all to see. lighting not the best, but looks good.
painting it yellow? hummm..
could even have a large picture of Jupiter in the back ground and have it slowly spinning..
food for thought..
 
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