SirCharles77
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Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion
Alrighty then!! So about 2 weeks ago I posted that I had a dilemma regarding the panavise camera mount I wanted to use. I was worried about how to hook it into the model to support the structure of it without the model warping. Well I think I came up with a pretty awesome solution!
So I was looking at the interior of the model and I noticed the 6 support pillars that span the middle of the model have about a 1" space between the walls that run up the length of the support beams.
So I was thinking, that row of pillars it the optimal place to support this model from. That way the weight of the model is distributed fairly evenly, its in a central location so the model will balance pretty well, and it seemed to be easy to design for. So this is what I came up with.
I designed this model and printed it out. This is the first model I made on my new 3d printer btw!
It fits together like this. The 6 holes are perfectly lined up with the 6 pillars in the falcon and the tall peg lines up with the spot on the model that I wanted to cut out my hole.
Here's how it fits into the model.
You can see here where it fits with the existing turret.
Here's a shot if it with the top together. The gap in those pillar walls on the right is because I didn't have it squeezed together enough.
Then I printed out these 2 little guys. They have teeth on them that are opposing so that when they are pressed together they create tension and stop the other from moving.
The smaller one goes on my camera mount, the larger ones goes on the end of the mount peg on my support model.
As you can see here...
Also note the hole that I cut out of the Falcon turret is minimal. I had a thought to design it so that it looks mostly like the turret and then replace the whole thing but it would be too much work for this project. Maybe if I ever do another one...
And here is where the small washer goes.
Next I went to the store and purchased some hardware. Got a 3 pack of 1/4" coupling nuts and a 1/4" x 12" threaded rod. The panavise mount uses a 1/4" thread.
I cut 2 pieces of the threaded rod off small enough to use with the coupling nuts.
Those go together as such...
And that becomes the post that my new 3d printed mount will rest on.
Now because it's not screwed in, I can take the falcon off the mount with ease and look at it or display it someplace else!
Next I got a nice sturdy board about the right size to be a stand for the Falcon and screwed my panavise mount into it.
And here it is all put together! You can see the teeth at work in this picture. They work amazingly well!
The last step will be to design a cover for the stand so that it's not just resting on a piece of wood. I was thinking death star surface but I have seen that done a few times. Would also be cool to do a tatooine landscape. But I am not sure how to get it to really look like sand and stay put. I am going to think on that one a bit more.
Alrighty then!! So about 2 weeks ago I posted that I had a dilemma regarding the panavise camera mount I wanted to use. I was worried about how to hook it into the model to support the structure of it without the model warping. Well I think I came up with a pretty awesome solution!
So I was looking at the interior of the model and I noticed the 6 support pillars that span the middle of the model have about a 1" space between the walls that run up the length of the support beams.
So I was thinking, that row of pillars it the optimal place to support this model from. That way the weight of the model is distributed fairly evenly, its in a central location so the model will balance pretty well, and it seemed to be easy to design for. So this is what I came up with.
I designed this model and printed it out. This is the first model I made on my new 3d printer btw!
It fits together like this. The 6 holes are perfectly lined up with the 6 pillars in the falcon and the tall peg lines up with the spot on the model that I wanted to cut out my hole.
Here's how it fits into the model.
You can see here where it fits with the existing turret.
Here's a shot if it with the top together. The gap in those pillar walls on the right is because I didn't have it squeezed together enough.
Then I printed out these 2 little guys. They have teeth on them that are opposing so that when they are pressed together they create tension and stop the other from moving.
The smaller one goes on my camera mount, the larger ones goes on the end of the mount peg on my support model.
As you can see here...
Also note the hole that I cut out of the Falcon turret is minimal. I had a thought to design it so that it looks mostly like the turret and then replace the whole thing but it would be too much work for this project. Maybe if I ever do another one...
And here is where the small washer goes.
Next I went to the store and purchased some hardware. Got a 3 pack of 1/4" coupling nuts and a 1/4" x 12" threaded rod. The panavise mount uses a 1/4" thread.
I cut 2 pieces of the threaded rod off small enough to use with the coupling nuts.
Those go together as such...
And that becomes the post that my new 3d printed mount will rest on.
Now because it's not screwed in, I can take the falcon off the mount with ease and look at it or display it someplace else!
Next I got a nice sturdy board about the right size to be a stand for the Falcon and screwed my panavise mount into it.
And here it is all put together! You can see the teeth at work in this picture. They work amazingly well!
The last step will be to design a cover for the stand so that it's not just resting on a piece of wood. I was thinking death star surface but I have seen that done a few times. Would also be cool to do a tatooine landscape. But I am not sure how to get it to really look like sand and stay put. I am going to think on that one a bit more.
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