Builds By Baz- Full scale Mk II Colonial Viper
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sandbagger
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^^^ Thanks JB. 
Flipped the top engine nacelle over on it's back to fill in the forms underneath. By crikey this polystyrene makes for a very solid shell, once it's all glued together!
Flipped the top engine nacelle over on it's back to fill in the forms underneath. By crikey this polystyrene makes for a very solid shell, once it's all glued together!
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sandbagger
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A quick walk along the fuselage to the shed where the top engine nacelle is under construction.
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YeeeHAARRR!!!! FINALLY! One set of Viper pilot shoes. Right colour, right size, right price. Found in Australia for $120AU free postage. One happy Baz. One less item to find. Starting to wrap up on all the bits now. All I've got to find is the gloves and 5-point seat belt harness.
sandbagger
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JB, I'm quite sure something like that will happen as par for the course.
Baz.
Baz.
sandbagger
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Installed earth magnets into the neck-seal to close it and cut padding to size. Gotta get some silver fabric to wrap the padding in. Fourth photo is the prop from the show. That's what I'm aiming for.
Lt Washburn
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Congrats on finding the shoes. I've had those holy grail things pop up recently so I know how great that is.
sandbagger
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^^^ Thanks guys.
This afternoon I ran the new orbital sander over the top engine nacelle, with a 40-grit pad. Wow! This thing does an awesome job!
This afternoon I ran the new orbital sander over the top engine nacelle, with a 40-grit pad. Wow! This thing does an awesome job!
sandbagger
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Outside surfaces all shaped and sanded. Inside of intake also. Some preliminary detailing next. Love this little orbital sander.
sandbagger
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Thanks guys.
Update:
"Turkey feathers". These are the parts around the exhaust cone that can contract by overlaying to reduce the aperture and increase thrust.
First one plotted out. I have no real dimensions on this. I judged the thickness of each based on recognisable objects in some photos. I can adjust as i go. Roughly 20 per engine.
One turkey feather to completion. Primer grey, aluminium silver overcoat, light spray of black over the top for that burnt, carbon-scored look.
Mass production begins.
I have lots of concurrent activities going on now to make the most of any spare time I have.
While I am working on the exhaust cone outers and their interior turbine assemblies, I will also be continuing to skin the rest of the Viper and start installing all the ports for the reaction control system, (RCS). These mini thrusters are positioned around the spacecraft to provide attitude control in space. Aerodynamics there obviously does not apply but instead, Newtonian physics takes over. RCS can help by, "pointing" the craft in the desired direction while thrust rearward is applied. To reverse direction, thrust is cut, RCS flips/inverts the craft, then thrust is re-applied in the opposite direction to slow down, stop, or power into a new direction.
One of the reasons I really like this sci-fi ship, is because of this reasonably scientific application of space flight, instead of flying around in curves like you see in other shows. No more force-fields, beaming tech, lasers, or aliens. Bullets, bombs, missiles, nukes, armour plating and badass robots.
Update:
"Turkey feathers". These are the parts around the exhaust cone that can contract by overlaying to reduce the aperture and increase thrust.
First one plotted out. I have no real dimensions on this. I judged the thickness of each based on recognisable objects in some photos. I can adjust as i go. Roughly 20 per engine.
One turkey feather to completion. Primer grey, aluminium silver overcoat, light spray of black over the top for that burnt, carbon-scored look.
Mass production begins.
I have lots of concurrent activities going on now to make the most of any spare time I have.
While I am working on the exhaust cone outers and their interior turbine assemblies, I will also be continuing to skin the rest of the Viper and start installing all the ports for the reaction control system, (RCS). These mini thrusters are positioned around the spacecraft to provide attitude control in space. Aerodynamics there obviously does not apply but instead, Newtonian physics takes over. RCS can help by, "pointing" the craft in the desired direction while thrust rearward is applied. To reverse direction, thrust is cut, RCS flips/inverts the craft, then thrust is re-applied in the opposite direction to slow down, stop, or power into a new direction.
One of the reasons I really like this sci-fi ship, is because of this reasonably scientific application of space flight, instead of flying around in curves like you see in other shows. No more force-fields, beaming tech, lasers, or aliens. Bullets, bombs, missiles, nukes, armour plating and badass robots.
Lt Washburn
Sr Member
Well they did have artificial gravity, anti-gravity, FTL drives, AIs, artificial humans, invisible sexy ladies, etc.
sandbagger
Master Member
Well they did have artificial gravity, anti-gravity, FTL drives, AIs, artificial humans, invisible sexy ladies, etc.
But it's in colour.. it MUST be true!!
sandbagger
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I need 20 of these, "Turkey feathers", for each engine exhaust nozzle. By the time I've added a frame, lining and internal details it's starting to get pretty heavy. The box-full you see below is enough for one nozzle, each feather comprising three shaped layers of plywood. To reduce weight, I've cut material out of the bottom layer with a hole saw. It's made a big difference.
I've moved the top engine nacelle out of the workshop and next to the Viper so that I can work on the rear exhaust and get my workshop back. I had to keep climbing under it to move around my workbenches.
Tonight I continued skinning the engines with recycled polystyrene produce boxes.
I've moved the top engine nacelle out of the workshop and next to the Viper so that I can work on the rear exhaust and get my workshop back. I had to keep climbing under it to move around my workbenches.
Tonight I continued skinning the engines with recycled polystyrene produce boxes.
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