1/2 studio scale Offworld Blimp - DONE!!

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Tell me about it! Actually, I have a rig ready to got that BOLTS it to a three foot by three foot base that will anchor to the back of the Outback's cargo space!

Finished the photoetch! Hell on earth!

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SUPER COOL!

I would go to Wonderfest just to see this.


:thumbsup
 
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Jason looking great!!!!! How did you make the lighted signs?
 
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Jason!
Holy Crap, that looks FANTASTIC!! Just amazing. You just continue to knock this baby out of the ballpark!! Great job!(y)thumbsup(y)thumbsup:thumbsup

Keep up the amazing work, this is gonna be THE display at WF!

I'd also be curious on what materials you used for the Pan Am and signs. Is that the Epson Backlight Film?

-Sean
 
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propcollector said:
Jason looking great!!!!! How did you make the lighted signs?
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+1 , looks great Jason, i am also very interested in how you made those signs. I need to make a small backlite LCARs graphic for a phaser rifle. Those look great.
 
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OK now, stop it!

Now the rest of us have to be THIS good :angry
 
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Thanks guys! It's .20 styrene with theater/photography gel material welded together with Plastruct adhesive. Over that, superglued acetate from a Konica/Minolta laerprinter/copier... I printed the graphics in black and white onto the acetate... the richness of the color is from the gels. Styrene gives the even opacity I wanted... and the one graphic with multiple colors is made by omitting the gel, so it's just styrene with acetate superglued down - colors are hand painted with Tamiya "clear" red and blue paints. Now that it's set, I'll scratch the red away a little to get sharper edges, but it needed to "blob" on initially for a rich even tone.
 
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.020 styrene? Anyway... it's super ghetto, but oddly fitting.
 
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If im not wrong, I think this might be the most lighted model there is. As far as movie replicated subjects go.

That's one busy blimp.
 
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I have really been looking forward to seeing the unlit ads go on. Just a great model from subject to execution.
 
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That'll happen very soon... probably this weekend!
 
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I think you've got a legitimate claim to putting your initials on it :lol

So you superglued those little transparencies onto the plastic stock? And it didn't cause any ... white frostiness?

So she's basically painted now? Just needs decals and weathering?

And what's your source for all the surface decals? Did you get scans of the ID'ed ones from AllThatBR?

... As a side note, since you could potentially run anything through the LCD displays, you could show edited footage of the blimp from from the film on the blimp. :lol

So, you've already made arrangements to dim the lights in the exhibit hall and fill it with smoke, right?


-MJ
 
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