Earth and Moon
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Here it is rebuilt and with the axis in the right place. I used watercolor paper as the skin. I intend to paint it. I was going to do water color but I'm now thinking acrylic. After that I'm going with thinner paper on the skin. And then I'm going to try notching the inner circles to lower the stringers.
I continue working. I carry the parts around in a old video box so I can have hand work with me as if I were knitting or crocheting. It's not all that different an activity.
with the silhouette I'm now refining the parts design with details which were too much trouble to cut by hand. I've keyed the cut in the circles so that they align easily.
You can see how they're keyed in the second image. Look at the top of the ring where shadow meets light. I'm pleased with the result. It now goes together without using tweezers.
I've notched the rings so that the stringers sit flush. I don't know if I got the depth right. I have a cheap set of calipers and I don't do well converting from mm to points. This is 1.5 points. 2 points looked too deep and 1 point too thin.
I hauled out the acrylics and I'm painting. I can seem to find my tube of Payne's gray.
with the silhouette I'm now refining the parts design with details which were too much trouble to cut by hand. I've keyed the cut in the circles so that they align easily.
You can see how they're keyed in the second image. Look at the top of the ring where shadow meets light. I'm pleased with the result. It now goes together without using tweezers.
I've notched the rings so that the stringers sit flush. I don't know if I got the depth right. I have a cheap set of calipers and I don't do well converting from mm to points. This is 1.5 points. 2 points looked too deep and 1 point too thin.
I hauled out the acrylics and I'm painting. I can seem to find my tube of Payne's gray.
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Here it is as of this morning. I have it hanging beside my computer and paint a little bit at a time.
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I'm planning on painting the clouds, building up layers of acrylic glaze so that the atmosphere has depth. Maybe I'll do one with clouds and one without.
correct, but cotton candy (candyfloss) is not dry enough. I once grew some lovely cultures on it : )
(I don't eat it after that experiment...
)
(I don't eat it after that experiment...
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Suspended in Polyurethane, it would not be able to rot as no Bacteria could grow. You could also make an edible one. That would ensure a continuous return of customers!! 
Here are three iterations of the model. The one on the left is a fail. I'm taking it no further. The other two are in process. I've started making stands out of galvanized utility wire. My plan is to display them on a table in a scifi-con art show. It's either a table or a wall panel. I'm thinking a table is better. I've set aside the idea of the moon and Earth mobile to so focus on the Earth. I'd like to have a white build but when I do I should make sure it's a clean build.
