Hi Gang
It's that time!
Work continues on the 1/4 Scale Cockpit. I made some forward progress on the overall build.
Nav Chairs finally saw some primer
Attached the back nacelles
Adhered the guide plates
Temp placed the armrests
Can't wait to paint it black!
Painted the back plate silver - realized I messed up one of the thin strips
Cut these two odd looking pieces
Adhered them to the bottom
Picked up some PVC parts from the local h/w store
Designed and laser cut these 1/4" acrylic shapes
Along with these tiny little bolt heads
Stacked these two pieces
Nice and snug inside the PVC
HMMMMM
Adhered all the different parts together
Cut a wooden dowel to size
We've got ourselves a seat post!
Its a BIT smaller than what the original would have scaled down to but the next size was way too big...
I think it works?
Primer
I have to sand and smooth the wood dowel
Picked up more PVC
I then switched gears and worked on the main body of the cockpit!
Installing the floors
Soda Can for scale
Cut these donuts
The donuts mount to all these oddly shaped parts
Adhered the donuts to the interior sides of the panels - the idea is a 1/2" clear plastic tube will slide into the holes and attach at the end suspending the clear plastic tube inside the frame allowing us to simply slide a LED strip through the tube and back light the panels! Sounds good if it works...
The frame was a bit too thin so I laser cut these braces for the MDF joists to grab
I then started to put the upper frames together
Han's side
Upper panel - test fitting
PRIMER!
This is where the shelf goes - that big gap will be covered up
Filler! And nav chairs
Testing the older back panel
For scale... the overall width is 28 inches
I then decided to challenge myself! So I designed and laser cut all these different shapes
We have ourselves a "test" floor!
Paint can for scale
I laser cut these lower floor joists
The holes are for wiring
Let's put this puzzle together
1 of 4 corridor rings! That's 19 pads for each ring!
Imagine the floor painted a satin black with the side floor light back lit!
And this is where we are!
I'm having a blast with this 1/4" scale cockpit / corridor!
More to Follow!