That is truly a professional build! Looks great, I can't wait to see more!
That is truly a professional build! Looks great, I can't wait to see more!
Thank you for the kind remarks guys - Much appreciated.
Here I'v created the upper & lower truss work that covers the main body of the ship.
The assemblies turned out to be surprisingly sturdy when all put together.
Last edited by ShowCraft; Feb 21, 2013 at 11:20 PM.
Fantastic work! Likely better constructed than the original as that was a good many years ago. (Believe Trumbul released "Silent Running" shortly after "2001," roughly 1972.
Am so impressed.
Tommie
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This has to one of the top 5 coolest things I have seen on this board and
I have seen some really cool stuff.
Awesome job!
Hey Knightdriver, Thanks man. A statement like that really means a lot to me...knightdriver2001 said:
and I couldn't agree more
That prop ain't no sandwich. That prop is a...
I totally agree. This build is amazing.knightdriver2001 said:
Starting the ships 15 domes.
The basic tubes and rings for the domes pedestals are machined from PVC and the domes bases are made up of four acrylic rings sandwiched together.
The laser did a nice job of cutting out the 32 facets that make up each ring.
The top ring sits on posts sort of like a railing and over 1000 little square chips had to be glued to the rim of all the rings.
Here are all the pedestals with some styrene adornment added and all the completed dome bases.
Next up... vacuforming the clear domes.
Last edited by ShowCraft; Feb 21, 2013 at 11:21 PM.
Just Awesome to watch this build! Incredible work
It's going to be interesting to see how you get all of those facets on the vacform dome. Can we see the master dome?
How come i missed this thread before. Absolutely wonderful work. And a nice design at a great size. Your pics at times look like CG wip shots, what with the black and/or white backgrounds.
Looking forward to more...
Cheers,
Wasili
what a pleasure to see this take shape. An amazing model!
Samos 3 said:
Starting the ships 15 domes.
Next up... vacuforming the clear domes.
Just wow. 15 domes. Are you going to do different layouts of vegetation for all 15?
I am speechless. Thank you for sharing your skills with us.
thomas
Incredible work, I agree with the earlier post that your build has got to be superior to the original work, no doubt about it. Given your attention to detail, I stand ready to be amazed with the contents of those domes!
Tib
Amazingly good work. I'd love to see you tackle the Death Star II.
STUNNING simply Fracking Awesome. Your customer will be the happiest dude ever. God knows what he is paying but this is worth every penny.
Yeah... It's builds like this that keep me coming back!
If you are not doing this work for a living, you certainly should be ! This is bar none, the most impressive piece of work I've seen!
Tommie
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QUOTE]It's been a month and a half since the last update, it must be done by now.....finished photos please!
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