To be somewhat Enterprising....
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And now behold, a warp(ed) nacelle!
Needless to say, this is being rebuilt
Needless to say, this is being rebuilt
And the warp nacelle how it should be
And attached
And attached
Transwarp in Four - Threeee - Twoooooooooo - Oneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..............!
And to stick one's neck out...
pardon the visual pun there...
pardon the visual pun there...
THE DC
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The knowledge you have shown is makes me want to shout"That's how you do it!". All the sub structures to support the model to prevent it from warping will make this a very long lasting model.
Thanks everyone, now all the parts for the lower half of the saucer
And the underside of the saucer
And now the gripe. The neck is simply not long enough! If you try to fit the saucer on the curve of the hull blocks the torpedo launchers! I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to get this right. My solution, double it up! I luckily printed 2 copies and glued the spare inside the saucer as you can see above, with the original neck (with torpedo launchers) attached to the secondary hull. Interestingly the alignment of the saucer with the warp nacelles is also corrected with this, otherwise the saucer sits too low.
And now the gripe. The neck is simply not long enough! If you try to fit the saucer on the curve of the hull blocks the torpedo launchers! I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to get this right. My solution, double it up! I luckily printed 2 copies and glued the spare inside the saucer as you can see above, with the original neck (with torpedo launchers) attached to the secondary hull. Interestingly the alignment of the saucer with the warp nacelles is also corrected with this, otherwise the saucer sits too low.
Could you post some additonal pics illustrating the mistake and your solution, please? How are you joining the two necks? Are you pushing them into each other or using a paper strip?
@Revell-Fan My solution was to have another neck piece printed, and to attach like such;
As you can see if the saucer is lower it will block the torpedo launchers
As you can see if the saucer is lower it will block the torpedo launchers
It would be quite tricky to complete the top saucer without building the outer impulse engines, so here's the first one
And attached
The ring sitting above the saucer needs the impulse engine to make sure the alignment is right.
And attached
The ring sitting above the saucer needs the impulse engine to make sure the alignment is right.
Thanks RB! Here's the top of the saucer complete
I've hit a snag (yet another "game overlap texture" issue) more on that soon
I've hit a snag (yet another "game overlap texture" issue) more on that soon