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Robinson - multi ship assembly
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New pics Ship #6 - Solar Explorer
Ship Pieces pre-assembly
Main body piece. Note the marker lines applied near the edge to reduce glare.
Main body and rear engine pieces assembled.
Another view.
Just a view of the main wing pre-assembly. Some folding has been done for the main wing supports.
A close up view of the main body and the rear engine - pre-assembly.
Engien and main body joined together. The winglets are to either side.
Another view.
The left winglet joined to the main body. Note the excessive amount of glue around the edges. This actually give a better joint between the main body and the winglet. The glue dries transparent.
Both wings joined to the main body. At this point it looks ready to fly! If you build this section you just can't help to build it for just this section. Felt the same way for this section on the Next Liner only that one looked like one of the spaceships from Flash Gordan.
Top fin joined to the main body ready to be joined with the upper section with the magnets.
Upper assembly - pre-assembly
Upper Assembly (left) magnetically joined to the Orca and the Next Liner.
Will be working on the main wing next.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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Ship Pieces pre-assembly
Main body piece. Note the marker lines applied near the edge to reduce glare.
Main body and rear engine pieces assembled.
Another view.
Just a view of the main wing pre-assembly. Some folding has been done for the main wing supports.
A close up view of the main body and the rear engine - pre-assembly.
Engien and main body joined together. The winglets are to either side.
Another view.
The left winglet joined to the main body. Note the excessive amount of glue around the edges. This actually give a better joint between the main body and the winglet. The glue dries transparent.
Both wings joined to the main body. At this point it looks ready to fly! If you build this section you just can't help to build it for just this section. Felt the same way for this section on the Next Liner only that one looked like one of the spaceships from Flash Gordan.
Top fin joined to the main body ready to be joined with the upper section with the magnets.
Upper assembly - pre-assembly
Upper Assembly (left) magnetically joined to the Orca and the Next Liner.
Will be working on the main wing next.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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Attachments
Definitely getting there!
Will have some new pics soon. Solar Explorer is done minus the greebling of course!Sky Seeker
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New pics - Ship #6 - Solar Explorer
Main wing - On the left side are the additional pieces that are added.
Top view of the main wing with the newly added sections along the front edge.
Wing edges glued together. This was actually a bit of a bear everything kept wanting to buckle slightly, but I made it work eventually. You be the judge.
Top edge of the main wing before the glue tab on the end is glued together. This was left last other wide the front pieces won't be able to be joined together.
End piece glue together to main body.
Main wing (left) , wing nose cone (3 pieces in the center), side wing support pieces (top), and main body assembly before assembly.
Wing nose cone sections joined together and assembled to the main body. As a side note the main section is actually split. It is just slid onto the main wing.
Main wing joined to the main body.
Close up main wing and main body.
Right Side view
Right Side view
Front view
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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Main wing - On the left side are the additional pieces that are added.
Top view of the main wing with the newly added sections along the front edge.
Wing edges glued together. This was actually a bit of a bear everything kept wanting to buckle slightly, but I made it work eventually. You be the judge.
Top edge of the main wing before the glue tab on the end is glued together. This was left last other wide the front pieces won't be able to be joined together.
End piece glue together to main body.
Main wing (left) , wing nose cone (3 pieces in the center), side wing support pieces (top), and main body assembly before assembly.
Wing nose cone sections joined together and assembled to the main body. As a side note the main section is actually split. It is just slid onto the main wing.
Main wing joined to the main body.
Close up main wing and main body.
Right Side view
Right Side view
Front view
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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Final pics - Ship #6 - Solar Explorer
Main assembly connected to the upper assembly. Note the use of glue and a series of magnets to add weight to the front. The center of mass of this model is slightly to the rear of the model due to the main wing being farther back than the wing on Ship #5 the Next Liner. Thus, weight is needed to make sure that the wing is centered on the main assembly other wise it becomes glued slightly off center with the front raised up.
Top view
Top view
Left side view
Front left side view.
Bottom view.
Rear view.
Left Front view.
Front view.
Front view.
Ship #6 - Solar Explorer joined together with Ship #5 - the Next Liner all connected together to Ship #2 - the Orca
I hope you enjoy the pics.
Sky Seeker
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Main assembly connected to the upper assembly. Note the use of glue and a series of magnets to add weight to the front. The center of mass of this model is slightly to the rear of the model due to the main wing being farther back than the wing on Ship #5 the Next Liner. Thus, weight is needed to make sure that the wing is centered on the main assembly other wise it becomes glued slightly off center with the front raised up.
Top view
Top view
Left side view
Front left side view.
Bottom view.
Rear view.
Left Front view.
Front view.
Front view.
Ship #6 - Solar Explorer joined together with Ship #5 - the Next Liner all connected together to Ship #2 - the Orca
I hope you enjoy the pics.
Sky Seeker
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Ship #7 - Opalia
This model is relatively quick to assemble and can be assembled in a day as there are only 11 parts on one page.
Main body - Right. Nose Cone - Left.
Wings - right. Left and Right Winglets center. Wing tips bottom. Note that the wingtips were accidentally glued at the bottom. Some "minor" surgery needed to be done to separate the bottom from each other.
Note the bottom portions of the wingtips separated (left and right) and the wings (center) assembled.
Magnets joined to the back of piece #3 with the magnets lined up properly for placement in relation to the rear of the Next Liner and the Solar Explorer. This can be a little a tough to do. As you can see you have to have the model upright when setting the polarities right.
As you can see the assembly is getting big and the other ships aren't even attached!
Magnets attached to the top of the main body. This is actually the bottom view of the model. Also some experimentation was done as to what colors to use. Note the glue tabs at the rear of the main body. The "purple" on the right is actually blue in real life. The sky blue colors turn out dark blue. Another "lost in translation" series of colors. Go figure.
Magnets glued in place on the rear of the body. Ready to get joined to the rear of the main body.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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This model is relatively quick to assemble and can be assembled in a day as there are only 11 parts on one page.
Main body - Right. Nose Cone - Left.
Wings - right. Left and Right Winglets center. Wing tips bottom. Note that the wingtips were accidentally glued at the bottom. Some "minor" surgery needed to be done to separate the bottom from each other.
Note the bottom portions of the wingtips separated (left and right) and the wings (center) assembled.
Magnets joined to the back of piece #3 with the magnets lined up properly for placement in relation to the rear of the Next Liner and the Solar Explorer. This can be a little a tough to do. As you can see you have to have the model upright when setting the polarities right.
As you can see the assembly is getting big and the other ships aren't even attached!
Magnets attached to the top of the main body. This is actually the bottom view of the model. Also some experimentation was done as to what colors to use. Note the glue tabs at the rear of the main body. The "purple" on the right is actually blue in real life. The sky blue colors turn out dark blue. Another "lost in translation" series of colors. Go figure.
Magnets glued in place on the rear of the body. Ready to get joined to the rear of the main body.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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New pics Ship #7 - Opalia
Attaching the rear panel to the main body. Start at the top glue and let set. This allows you to get ready to glue the other sides and push in at the same time.
Next you glue the top left and right corners. Then glue the right side. Then glue the lower right side and lower tab. Once that is done you are ready to finalize the gluing by gluing the lower left and left sides.
Finished gluing. If you slightly mess up you can take a knife and undo your work or just color the white portions in with the marker of your choice.
Main body
Nose attached to the main body. Try to glue the top first and then the rest of the sides. The challenge is the bottom where if that top is NOT joined if you push on the bottom the top will bow out and vise versa. Makes for a "fun" time to assemble.
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Left wing attched to body.
Right wing connected to body.
Left Side view
Front / Top view
Right Side view
Rear / top view - note the winglets on the wing tips and the bottom fins.
Bottom view - note the placement of the fins.
Top view
Rear view
That's it for now.
Onto ship #8 - The Neucom!:robot2:
Sky Seeker:Grin:
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Attaching the rear panel to the main body. Start at the top glue and let set. This allows you to get ready to glue the other sides and push in at the same time.
Next you glue the top left and right corners. Then glue the right side. Then glue the lower right side and lower tab. Once that is done you are ready to finalize the gluing by gluing the lower left and left sides.
Finished gluing. If you slightly mess up you can take a knife and undo your work or just color the white portions in with the marker of your choice.
Main body
Nose attached to the main body. Try to glue the top first and then the rest of the sides. The challenge is the bottom where if that top is NOT joined if you push on the bottom the top will bow out and vise versa. Makes for a "fun" time to assemble.
:robot3:Left wing attched to body.
Right wing connected to body.
Left Side view
Front / Top view
Right Side view
Rear / top view - note the winglets on the wing tips and the bottom fins.
Bottom view - note the placement of the fins.
Top view
Rear view
That's it for now.
Onto ship #8 - The Neucom!:robot2:
Sky Seeker:Grin:
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This would make such a good T.V. series. Kind of like Star Trek Voyager, but no destination, except maybe looking for a world to inhabit. This would be a generational ship, possible lasting indefinitely as it would go one, be modified. The potential is enormous!! We're talking exploration of part of the Galaxy!
Ship #8 - The Neucom - (Nuke'em?!?)
Templates
Rear Landing struts
Lining up the magnets while the glue sets
As you can see this ship assembly is getting QUITE sizable!
Top strip that joins the two top sides. The magnets on this piece are for the little fighters that are to be magnetically docked to the Neucom.
Landing struts joined to the bottom piece.
Bulkheads
Bulkheads are needed for this ship due to the sheer size and how easy it is to crush the ship. Bulkheads give the ship added strength and crush resistance. At this point I was debating whether or not to just join the right hand side to the bottom then add the left side. This was decided against because of the folds at the rear of the model would be too difficult to join together later. This turned out to be the case when the left side was connected with the rest of the assembly. For some reason it just wouldn't cooperate. Eventually it was made to work!
Side view with the bulkheads.
Left side joined to the rest of the assembly.
Top view.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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Templates
Rear Landing struts
Lining up the magnets while the glue sets
As you can see this ship assembly is getting QUITE sizable!
Top strip that joins the two top sides. The magnets on this piece are for the little fighters that are to be magnetically docked to the Neucom.
Landing struts joined to the bottom piece.
Bulkheads
Bulkheads are needed for this ship due to the sheer size and how easy it is to crush the ship. Bulkheads give the ship added strength and crush resistance. At this point I was debating whether or not to just join the right hand side to the bottom then add the left side. This was decided against because of the folds at the rear of the model would be too difficult to join together later. This turned out to be the case when the left side was connected with the rest of the assembly. For some reason it just wouldn't cooperate.
Eventually it was made to work!Side view with the bulkheads.
Left side joined to the rest of the assembly.
Top view.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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More Pics - Ship #8 - Neucom
Bottom joining to the top assembly. As you can see I started at the rear of the model joining the two sections together. Note the cut made to accommodate the rear magnet. The rear magnet was also cut at an angle to allow the gluing of the rear when the top is placed on the bottom. This provides greater clearance of the magnet with regards to the top.
At this point the rear was glued up to the center of the model. Glue is now added to the bulkheads to the rear of the last magnet in the pic. The rearmost tabs that can be seen are next glued and then you work your way to the front pushing in the sides of the model to line of with the bottom. Tricky, but not impossible.
Front view.
Left side view.
Rear view.
Right side view.
Top view.
Bottom view. Note that the nose was quite tough to line up. For some reason it kept on going to the right. The problem was over come by bending the nose slightly downward and slightly crunching the left side. Seemed to come out ok.
Rear View. I'm showing this again because of clearance issues:robot3: with the lower rear struts and the other models when the models are joined together.
It's hard to tell from this angle, but the struts were moved outwards 5mm for both sides. The struts had to be cut away from the model and reglued.
Extra pieces were removed and white areas were colored in.
View of the model after the struts were re-positioned. Regardless of what you do Jan's design is such that it fits well.
Closer view - bottom.
Top left view.
Will show the full assembly when done with the fighters.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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Bottom joining to the top assembly. As you can see I started at the rear of the model joining the two sections together. Note the cut made to accommodate the rear magnet. The rear magnet was also cut at an angle to allow the gluing of the rear when the top is placed on the bottom. This provides greater clearance of the magnet with regards to the top.
At this point the rear was glued up to the center of the model. Glue is now added to the bulkheads to the rear of the last magnet in the pic. The rearmost tabs that can be seen are next glued and then you work your way to the front pushing in the sides of the model to line of with the bottom. Tricky, but not impossible.
Front view.
Left side view.
Rear view.
Right side view.
Top view.
Bottom view. Note that the nose was quite tough to line up. For some reason it kept on going to the right. The problem was over come by bending the nose slightly downward and slightly crunching the left side. Seemed to come out ok.
Rear View. I'm showing this again because of clearance issues
:robot3: with the lower rear struts and the other models when the models are joined together. It's hard to tell from this angle, but the struts were moved outwards 5mm for both sides. The struts had to be cut away from the model and reglued.
Extra pieces were removed and white areas were colored in.View of the model after the struts were re-positioned. Regardless of what you do Jan's design is such that it fits well.
Closer view - bottom.
Top left view.
Will show the full assembly when done with the fighters.
That's it for now.
Sky Seeker
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Quite a project. I for one am happy you brought this model to our attention.
Quite a project. I for one am happy you brought this model to our attention.
Actually I think that thanks should be given to the great Jan Rukr for designing these ships in the first place! Always enjoy his work. I do have a few recommendations regarding the assembly of the models, but that will wait until later. Just a difference in building and designing that's all.
Almost finished. Just have to do the fighters. The greebling opportunities are endless on these models. They are quite rich with textures. I think a game could be done on this concept pretty well especially with the different versions of minecraft out there such as Space Engineers or Empyrion Galactic Survival. Another game that's out there involves scavenging parts from the ocean floor to make submarines and sea bases called Subnautica. That's a game that just screams for paper modeling.
One of the ships I'm going to have to redo though is the first ship - the Rea Liner. The magnets unfortunately are too weak and don't line up too well with the front of the Orca. I guess the next build of it I could line everything up with better magnets and greeble the whatever out of it for kicks.
Thanks for stopping on by!
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Here are the mini-fighters
The design included 8 mini fighters. However, I recommend that as you cut out the model that you do an additional scan of each template to make more fighters. All fighters have magnetic filings to allow each one to be magnetically joined to the ships with magnets.
That's it for now!
Sky Seeker
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The design included 8 mini fighters. However, I recommend that as you cut out the model that you do an additional scan of each template to make more fighters. All fighters have magnetic filings to allow each one to be magnetically joined to the ships with magnets.
That's it for now!
Sky Seeker
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This thread is the definition of commitment and sticking to it!!
Thanks Z! Cybergrinder's posts on the Thunderbirds I think deserves similar credit. More work seems to be needed on the Robinson. I'll see what time I've got if I should demolish the Rea Liner, modify it, or just redo it.
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These are incredible @skyseeker! well done! those fighters look about the same size as TB4
Is it just me, or does the "solar Explorer" have a certain resemblence to the B-Wing from Star Wars? (and BTW; where were the B-Wings (or variants in Last Jedi? instead of those dumb "bombers"?!?!?)
Is it just me, or does the "solar Explorer" have a certain resemblence to the B-Wing from Star Wars? (and BTW; where were the B-Wings (or variants in Last Jedi? instead of those dumb "bombers"?!?!?)
These are incredible @skyseeker! well done! those fighters look about the same size as TB4
Is it just me, or does the "solar Explorer" have a certain resemblence to the B-Wing from Star Wars? (and BTW; where were the B-Wings (or variants in Last Jedi? instead of those dumb "bombers"?!?!?)
Yeah I guess you are about right when it comes down to the fighters / transport ships being about the size of TB4.
No I don't think that you're dreaming this up. I got the sneaky suspicion that the B-wing was the inspiration for Ship #5 the - Rea Liner and Ship #6 - the Solar Explorer. Although scale wise the two ships are MUCH bigger than a B-wing. Look at the little white dots that make "windows" and you get an idea of the scale of these ships. Each window is about the size or a little bigger than an average size human - maybe about 6 ft (183 cm) tall. If I had to guess I'd say that each of these ships are about the size of a mid sized cruise ship one of those that would take about 1200 people or so.
Just a guess though. Only Jan Rukr knows for sure.
In real life the whole assembly is about 2 feet long or about 61 cm.
Yeah I agree the bombers (from the Last Jedi) were just lame. Although, I got the feeling that the whole theme throughout the Last Jedi was out with the old in with the new. I also expected more lightsaber battles from a bunch of dark Jedi vs Luke Skywalker or Rey etc. More detail could have been done on Snoke or a Snoke / Luke confrontation. More training done with Luke and Rey. My opinion. I did like the kid at the end summoning a broom stick with the force. That was a nice touch. Overall more questions than answers. I personally would like to see Asoka Tano come in and start a Jedi Training academy - minus the standard Jedi training. Just thinking out loud.
Great to hear from you.
Thanks for stopping on by. Enjoy the summer down there.
Sky Seeker
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