Actually I think it may be easier to just make the 4 than to cast all the main bodies in this case. Amazing stuff!!
1/144th Prometheus scratch build
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Caretaker10
Active Member
Hey Peeps,
Thanks for commenting guys
Everybody is right on this one,
It would be easier to cast these but it would take alot of silicon to produce a mold for this when it is relatively easy, and cheap, to produce by hand, especially when you have one to copy. I'm an engineer/machinist/toolmaker so to make 1 or 5 or 100 very much dictates the method i use to manufacture the part.
I will be casting some of the engine sub-assemblies, like the top ring and the bottom ring, that i have already made, for example and a few other bits but before that i need alot of supplies to finish the basic engine blank and be ready for the superdetailing
Not only will i need a good supply of greeblies i also
need to make a list of Plastruct supplies,
i need a vac table for the rounded top part of the engine
and i need some mold supplies, silicon and plastic
Not to mention the lights
Need to rob a bank
:ninja
Gag
Thanks for commenting guys
Everybody is right on this one,
It would be easier to cast these but it would take alot of silicon to produce a mold for this when it is relatively easy, and cheap, to produce by hand, especially when you have one to copy. I'm an engineer/machinist/toolmaker so to make 1 or 5 or 100 very much dictates the method i use to manufacture the part.
I will be casting some of the engine sub-assemblies, like the top ring and the bottom ring, that i have already made, for example and a few other bits but before that i need alot of supplies to finish the basic engine blank and be ready for the superdetailing
Not only will i need a good supply of greeblies i also
need to make a list of Plastruct supplies,
i need a vac table for the rounded top part of the engine
and i need some mold supplies, silicon and plastic
Not to mention the lights
Need to rob a bank
:ninja
Gag
wibble6996
New Member
Or a skip...
Ello,
Thank you so much fellas,
This is a post to give a big shout out to the power of the forum and my mate MikeJ a premium member here at TheRPF
Yet again he has so very generously donated a stash of greeblies
Mikey, i said it once and i'll say it again
The Man, the absolute Man
Seem's legit
I looks to me like if you left these bits off you wouldn't have much off a kit left
Stuffed
Can't thank you enough mate
Toe
Thank you so much fellas,
This is a post to give a big shout out to the power of the forum and my mate MikeJ a premium member here at TheRPF
Yet again he has so very generously donated a stash of greeblies
Mikey, i said it once and i'll say it again
The Man, the absolute Man
Seem's legit
I looks to me like if you left these bits off you wouldn't have much off a kit left
Stuffed
Can't thank you enough mate
Toe
Hey Guys,
I love your support guys,
But truth is kids
Daddy's getting old
Ostio-arthritis of the right wrist, i had an MRI on Friday of last week and get the results on Wednesday
I see a surgery in my future and my wife had a hernier opetration on friday so i'm playing nursey too.
but here'aaaaawazzzzzzzzabin going on, well, on and off. when i have no pain, I model,
when i have pain, i model with pain ;D
Lez go
Marked and cut the top accent of the side engine supports
Covered the inside face's of the engine supports
2 more sheets of 1/8" thk, 24" X 24"
5 sheets 0.040 (1mm) 24": X 24"
Styrene sheet
Top engine assembly layout, originally i was going to trepan this bit from a single 180 degree hemisphere but that was $75 and i would have to use someone elses shop, so i decided i had more control if i sculpted it by hand.
So i made a scale drawing
Cut some segments
Glued to a base
Foam pie x 2
Glued and taped, until cured
Outer profile rings
Foam shaping
Foam sanding
Everything ready
And ........Go
Basic shaping on the belt sander
And thats it so far
MRI results on Wednesday
fingers crossed....... if i can still even do that
;D
Stay tuned
I love your support guys,
But truth is kids
Daddy's getting old
Ostio-arthritis of the right wrist, i had an MRI on Friday of last week and get the results on Wednesday
I see a surgery in my future and my wife had a hernier opetration on friday so i'm playing nursey too.
but here'aaaaawazzzzzzzzabin going on, well, on and off. when i have no pain, I model,
when i have pain, i model with pain ;D
Lez go
Marked and cut the top accent of the side engine supports
Covered the inside face's of the engine supports
2 more sheets of 1/8" thk, 24" X 24"
5 sheets 0.040 (1mm) 24": X 24"
Styrene sheet
Top engine assembly layout, originally i was going to trepan this bit from a single 180 degree hemisphere but that was $75 and i would have to use someone elses shop, so i decided i had more control if i sculpted it by hand.
So i made a scale drawing
Cut some segments
Glued to a base
Foam pie x 2
Glued and taped, until cured
Outer profile rings
Foam shaping
Foam sanding
Everything ready
And ........Go
Basic shaping on the belt sander
And thats it so far
MRI results on Wednesday
fingers crossed....... if i can still even do that
;D
Stay tuned
Captain April
Sr Member
That's a lot of sanding......Dust masks on!!! Continue. Magic happening here.
Gutted, need a wrist surgery
My hand surgeon took one look at the MRI and said
"You have the wrist of a 70 year old"
I'm only 46.
July 1st
Cast for 2 months
And the final kick in me plumbs was, $150 worth of styrene goodies arrived in the post today
A full range of squares, tubes, angles and everything.
Best get cracking then, only got 68 modeling days left
Gag
My hand surgeon took one look at the MRI and said
"You have the wrist of a 70 year old"
I'm only 46.
July 1st
Cast for 2 months
And the final kick in me plumbs was, $150 worth of styrene goodies arrived in the post today
A full range of squares, tubes, angles and everything.
Best get cracking then, only got 68 modeling days left
Gag
Damn. Both wrists or just one? Will they be better than ever after the surgery?
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