Uhu02 interstellar Endurance

[zathros]

#3 gets my vote also. You can scale it up a bit bigger and seal the model in there with a Lexan bent front, and Lexan sides. Dust proofing it. It is quite nice.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I have to say that I like #3 the best! I think that it is a great way to showcase the model. I may do the same thing with a few of my models in the future.
I was wondering if you would be willing to share the base idea of #3 in the RESOURCE SECTION in the Display Stands category: http://www.zealot.com/resources/categories/display-stands.117/

 

[Nando]

I have to say that I like #3 the best! I think that it is a great way to showcase the model. I may do the same thing with a few of my models in the future.
I was wondering if you would be willing to share the base idea of #3 in the RESOURCE SECTION in the Display Stands category: http://www.zealot.com/resources/categories/display-stands.117/

I already did it when I uploaded the base for my Moon Liner, but, like that time, I'm usually doing specific model stands (see my Collier's Ferry Rocket), and this time some friend suggested to use Lexam for the curved wall paper and so also the base should be wooden. At the end not so much paper ...
Because i'm entering in a technology I don't master, I'm thinking to do the first version as backup solution in the worst case.

Here some step doing the Central Docking Hub.


The following pics depict the most challenging passage, where i think I earned my degree in cutting impossible details.




Here it's were I am, the last picture depicts simply a dry fit, next magnets, docking
connectors for the rangers ....

Best, Nando

 

[zathros]

You aren't kidding!! Flawless building!!

 

[Nando]

The connectors for the Rangers



Next the Lander




The central hub and the lander seem to me very heavy, and I think that I'm putting only one magnet and not two as suggests the sensei. The single neodymium magnet is strong enough ( a strength of 1.9 kg )
Next the second lander.



Now the Rangers

Best, Nando

 

[Cybergrinder]

Looking fantastic Nando!

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

That is looking really good!!!

 

[lyter1958]

comming along great!!!

 

[zathros]

Nando, you work so meticulously and your models look so clean. A pleasure to follow your build threads!

 

[Nando]

The rangers have less parts but an intricate shape, and it was tricky keep symmetry and avoid the twisting.


The angle is wrong, but after some adjustment it's all right now.



Finally all the components of the central hub can go together, and they form a impressive ensemble, so strictly packed that i think that the docking maneuver was very hard.



Now all the components of the model are ready for the final assembly and the view is already impressive, at least for me: i can admire the amount of work done so far.



Next the final assembly

Best, Nando

 

[zathros]

Very very nice indeed!! This will look great when all together, it looks great now.

 

[Sky Seeker]

The rangers have less parts but an intricate shape, and it was tricky keep symmetry and avoid the twisting.

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The angle is wrong, but after some adjustment it's all right now.

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Finally all the components of the central hub can go together, and they form a impressive ensemble, so strictly packed that i think that the docking maneuver was very hard.

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Now all the components of the model are ready for the final assembly and the view is already impressive, at least for me: i can admire the amount of work done so far.

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Next the final assembly

Best, Nando

Wow!! What a clean build!rinks:rinks: Looking forward to seeing it completed.

Thanks for sharing.

Sky Seeker
:tank:

 

[bigpetr]

Great build Nando, crisp and cleanthumbsup

 

[Nando]

Thank you all for your kindness and expectation.
Here just a fitting test with each module glued on one side with his connector.



Best Nando

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

It is coming together quite well.

 

[Papa Mashy]

Great work! I always find making multiple pieces that are the same a real struggle. To get the consistency and not get lazy after piece number X a real challenge.
rinks:

 

[Cybergrinder]

I find boredom more of a challenge in that aspect

 

[zathros]

Looking really good!! I do have one suggestion, take one of the Rangers and attach with a Magnet, then you could still play with it!!

 

[Nando]

The good news is that I completed the model by gluing the parts of the ring, minus the central hub, but ...



Houston, we've had a problem ...

It's a big problem, actually two.

The first concerns bonding. I wanted to try to use a plasticizer to protect the color, but this made gluing with the vinyl glue less solid, and now some parts tend to come off when I move the assembled model.
I will solve it by gluing the parts again with cyanoacrylic glue.

The second is the most serious: the model, placed vertically, visibly deforms either by leaning it, or by hanging it, even without the extra weight of the central hub with lander and ranger. At present it is no longer possible to intervene with internal or external reinforcements of any kind. I think the only solution is to intervene with the stand.
I thought that the support should not be too visible but robust enough to provide the stiffness that is missing to the model through a series of tips that distribute the support. Here an image of my idea.


Any hint?
Best, Nando

 

[bigpetr]

Hi nando,
I know it is lot of extra work, but I would disasembe it by carefully cutting off all tunnel elements, drill holes to all elements and run wire ring thrue them.