Some pics of my beta build of another of Cleeve´s models (www.Staryards.com), the Klingon Battlecruiser Kleev (from Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates).
This is the first model that I cut with my new Silhouette cutter (ex-Craftrobo).
It gave me a lot of trouble to figure out how to make it cut on register and not way off, as it started doing
I will also upload the same ship with a different page layout which fits better the Pepakura Viewer for Craftrobo.
I found some fitting problems with the model, which I am correcting on a revised version that I will release soon. The main problem were the wings.
Initially, I split the wings in 3 parts, center, left and right, but this solution did not work quite well, as I could not glue the wings at the right downwards angle due to a slight distortion when gluing the tabs.
To correct it, I made the wing one piece, so the angle would be kept intact - this is the solution that I posted on my released model... but, it also did not work well, the wings ended up too much warped (it may be corrected gluing a thicker cardboard inside of the main wings parts, or making an internal frame - I will try both solutions).
To save my prototype, I glued the separated wings into the center part, using the impulse engines below them, as a guide to achieve the correct angle (it worked), but the top part get a huge gap (actually a trench). I simply covered it dismantling the one piece wing, and use the top side to cover the gap
Initial parts breakdown:
Some sub-assemblies done, here you can see the alternate pair of wings:
Finished model:
Inflight
This is the first model that I cut with my new Silhouette cutter (ex-Craftrobo).
It gave me a lot of trouble to figure out how to make it cut on register and not way off, as it started doing
I will also upload the same ship with a different page layout which fits better the Pepakura Viewer for Craftrobo.
I found some fitting problems with the model, which I am correcting on a revised version that I will release soon. The main problem were the wings.
Initially, I split the wings in 3 parts, center, left and right, but this solution did not work quite well, as I could not glue the wings at the right downwards angle due to a slight distortion when gluing the tabs.
To correct it, I made the wing one piece, so the angle would be kept intact - this is the solution that I posted on my released model... but, it also did not work well, the wings ended up too much warped (it may be corrected gluing a thicker cardboard inside of the main wings parts, or making an internal frame - I will try both solutions).
To save my prototype, I glued the separated wings into the center part, using the impulse engines below them, as a guide to achieve the correct angle (it worked), but the top part get a huge gap (actually a trench). I simply covered it dismantling the one piece wing, and use the top side to cover the gap
Initial parts breakdown:
Some sub-assemblies done, here you can see the alternate pair of wings:
Finished model:
Inflight
:twisted:
ops: )