Hi there! Just a little update. I have been working on the new Command Module, and, again, I am pretty much following the methods that Bob has used, with a few changes here and there..
I spent two hours carefully disassembling my cockpit, and managed to salvage the back wall, the pilots' chairs and the floor. The rest I have scrapped as the new cockpit will be the same width but deeper from front to back. This is because I made an error in my calculations when I built the first one. No matter, as it is about to be improved upon, hopefully
I have cut and glued in the cockpit platform upon which my cockpit floor will sit and be glued into position. I have also started test fitting the new side walls and after a bit of adjusting, they seem to fit reasonably tightly.
That's LMFAOSchwarz's CM on the screen behind mine.
Then I had an idea for adding extra lighting to the cockpit. I am still going to illuminate the five TV screens as before, but I thought it would be cool if, just like on T.V. series, some of the side and front console buttons were illuminated, too. I made a mock up side wall and then took a draft print of the corresponding computer panels, and carefully cut out some of the little square lights with a scalpel. Then I placed the printed panels on the styrene side wall and marked the position of each cut out button. I then drilled the holes through the styrene and glued pieces of acetate over the holes, making sure that I used the right colours in the right places. Then I simply glued the printed computer panels over the top.
As I said, this is just a test piece to see if it works, and I have to say that the photos are bleaching out a lot of the colour. On the whole, I am happy with the result. All I have to do now, Is wire in a block of three ribbon LEDs behind the panel and enclose them in a box of mirror card, to bounce the light around.
Anyway, hope you liked my little update, and I will post soon when I have something. Thanks for looking in!