Re: Building the Enterprise Bridge For less than £10 /$15
Well, this cold that we have all caught here, just never seems to go away! It hasn't stopped the build, though, it has considerably slowed it down. Nevertheless, I have still made some progress...
My first task since my previous update, was to fix the Overhead screens as, they were too wide. Thank you to Columbo for bringing it to my attention, and to Feek for supplying me with this superb reference picture...
...which allowed me to get the proportions; These smaller OH screens are precisely 40% wider than they are tall. I just made the calculations based on my OH screen height and adjusted the width accordingly. They will need a little finishing but I will come back to that later when the final clean up begins. Here is the result...
What this HAS led me to realise, is that the dark grey panel that they sit on, and the lighter grey surround, have been cut to the wrong shape. The inner dark grey panel should not have vertical sides, as do mine, but should be a trapezium, like the outer light grey panel. I may yet pull it apart, as it is bugging the hell out of me now that I see it....
Anyway, Here are some other areas of progress....
I did all ten Burke Chairs but I have only filled, sanded and painted these two for now. Here they are on a credit card to show their size. They actually do sit more evenly than this but they are balanced here on the raised card number, so they look a bit 'wonky'.
I have also made a start on the second bank of consoles, namely, Scotty's Engineering Station and the Environmental Station. This build is not necessarily a tutorial, like the Trooper lid I built, but I thought it would still be of interest to show a little of the construction method I am using. Here are a couple of shots, with a whole row of tiny Burke Chairs in front...
A lot of work and seems like very little to show for it, but I am pleased that the Chairs, at least, are 'behind me'. Here are a few pics to finish off with...
Here are the wallets I purchased...
I hope you enjoyed today's update! I will post again, as soon as I have anything new to report.
BUDGET UPDATE: I have purchased another large piece of card @ £2.99 and also a five pack of coloured plastic envelopes @ £1.05.
TOTAL BUILD COST SO FAR: £8.03 / $12.60:
2 x pieces of A1 card @ £2.99 = £5.98
1 x 6pack of superglue @ £1.00 = £1.00
1 x 5pack of coloured wallets @ £1.05 = £1.05
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£8.03
Well, this cold that we have all caught here, just never seems to go away! It hasn't stopped the build, though, it has considerably slowed it down. Nevertheless, I have still made some progress...
My first task since my previous update, was to fix the Overhead screens as, they were too wide. Thank you to Columbo for bringing it to my attention, and to Feek for supplying me with this superb reference picture...
...which allowed me to get the proportions; These smaller OH screens are precisely 40% wider than they are tall. I just made the calculations based on my OH screen height and adjusted the width accordingly. They will need a little finishing but I will come back to that later when the final clean up begins. Here is the result...
What this HAS led me to realise, is that the dark grey panel that they sit on, and the lighter grey surround, have been cut to the wrong shape. The inner dark grey panel should not have vertical sides, as do mine, but should be a trapezium, like the outer light grey panel. I may yet pull it apart, as it is bugging the hell out of me now that I see it....
Anyway, Here are some other areas of progress....
I did all ten Burke Chairs but I have only filled, sanded and painted these two for now. Here they are on a credit card to show their size. They actually do sit more evenly than this but they are balanced here on the raised card number, so they look a bit 'wonky'.
I have also made a start on the second bank of consoles, namely, Scotty's Engineering Station and the Environmental Station. This build is not necessarily a tutorial, like the Trooper lid I built, but I thought it would still be of interest to show a little of the construction method I am using. Here are a couple of shots, with a whole row of tiny Burke Chairs in front...
A lot of work and seems like very little to show for it, but I am pleased that the Chairs, at least, are 'behind me'. Here are a few pics to finish off with...
Here are the wallets I purchased...
I hope you enjoyed today's update! I will post again, as soon as I have anything new to report.
BUDGET UPDATE: I have purchased another large piece of card @ £2.99 and also a five pack of coloured plastic envelopes @ £1.05.
TOTAL BUILD COST SO FAR: £8.03 / $12.60:
2 x pieces of A1 card @ £2.99 = £5.98
1 x 6pack of superglue @ £1.00 = £1.00
1 x 5pack of coloured wallets @ £1.05 = £1.05
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£8.03
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Taking a close look the the screen picture where you have changed theri size the angl at the side of the large frame looks out to me. On the actual set it is parrell to the wall goin line but on yuor it looks to angle in at the bottom. I'm not sure if this is actuall the cash or just how it looks on the pohots.
