ozzyguanche
Sr Member
Keeps getting harder to find words for this thread. So I am going with the first thing that pops in my head.
"Inspiring"
Ozzy
"Inspiring"
Ozzy
Death Star 2 Port Attack Diorama
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Thanks. Picking up some steam...
Putty and paint part 2. Half way done with the large port structures... six more to go. Have some vacation coming up and hope to plow through the last six around the New Year.
Putty and paint part 2. Half way done with the large port structures... six more to go. Have some vacation coming up and hope to plow through the last six around the New Year.
yuumi2891103
Master Member
You've been carrying this for so long way but it's keeping us exciting !
Nice structure build !
Wish you have a very merry Christmas !!:lol
Nice structure build !
Wish you have a very merry Christmas !!:lol
Quick update... got the core frame parts cut for the last six large structures...
Thanks.
All eighteen core frames sections are assembled. Have I mentioned how much I love my little electric mitre saw? I actually think chopping up, grinding, and sanding the blue paint strainers are harder to do than making the frames. Tough plastic.
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All eighteen core frames sections are assembled. Have I mentioned how much I love my little electric mitre saw? I actually think chopping up, grinding, and sanding the blue paint strainers are harder to do than making the frames. Tough plastic.
Fuzzual
Sr Member
Kevin - 1st off, I am a big fan of the build, love it. I had a couple questions:
1. where did you get the paint strainers? I have looked at Home Depot and Lowes, but was not able to find them?
2. (maybe i missed this in some other part of the thread) but what type of miniature saw did you get? What make and model?
Thanks man, keep it up, very cool!
1. where did you get the paint strainers? I have looked at Home Depot and Lowes, but was not able to find them?
2. (maybe i missed this in some other part of the thread) but what type of miniature saw did you get? What make and model?
Thanks man, keep it up, very cool!
Thanks! Have had a few questions like that...
I have only seen these paint strainers at Menards (similar to Home Depot, and as in Menards Racing). They are prevalent in the upper midwest USA. They have them in dark blue (not the same mold), and light blue. The light blue ones fit what I'm doing and are molded much cleaner and stronger. I think I cleaned out about 80 or so of them along the way. Got a lot of funny looks at the checkout and people asking actually what I was doing with them. I think the originals probably were those ceiling light diffusers (which they have changed specs on twice). Those are more around 98/100 scale. :cool
M i c r o l u x mitre/cut-off saw, through M i c r o m a r k. It does the 60 and 75/15 degree angles I needed and makes smooth, almost sanded cuts (you sometimes have to clip off a bit of chaff at the bottom of the cut, but comes off super clean). I have yet to have any ruined or chipped parts on the cuts themselves. Important since I eventually went with solid styrene. I did the first two with a little hand mitre saw and couldn't get the angles clean. Too thick for the typical chopper to cut cleanly (broke mine).
p.s. Probably mentioned it somewhere along the way, but the flat rectangular grid-like platform sections in the tunnel itself are actually model train bridge track mounts turned upside down. We don't have many model shops left around me, but W a l t h e r s train world HQ is a mile from my job and is one of the biggest model train suppliers in the world. I can actually go over and see the structural kit parts and options since it is the HQ and warehouse (and no shipping charges).
Hope that helps! Have scrounged up a lot of parts like that along the way for the structural parts of my builds...
I have only seen these paint strainers at Menards (similar to Home Depot, and as in Menards Racing). They are prevalent in the upper midwest USA. They have them in dark blue (not the same mold), and light blue. The light blue ones fit what I'm doing and are molded much cleaner and stronger. I think I cleaned out about 80 or so of them along the way. Got a lot of funny looks at the checkout and people asking actually what I was doing with them. I think the originals probably were those ceiling light diffusers (which they have changed specs on twice). Those are more around 98/100 scale. :cool
M i c r o l u x mitre/cut-off saw, through M i c r o m a r k. It does the 60 and 75/15 degree angles I needed and makes smooth, almost sanded cuts (you sometimes have to clip off a bit of chaff at the bottom of the cut, but comes off super clean). I have yet to have any ruined or chipped parts on the cuts themselves. Important since I eventually went with solid styrene. I did the first two with a little hand mitre saw and couldn't get the angles clean. Too thick for the typical chopper to cut cleanly (broke mine).
p.s. Probably mentioned it somewhere along the way, but the flat rectangular grid-like platform sections in the tunnel itself are actually model train bridge track mounts turned upside down. We don't have many model shops left around me, but W a l t h e r s train world HQ is a mile from my job and is one of the biggest model train suppliers in the world. I can actually go over and see the structural kit parts and options since it is the HQ and warehouse (and no shipping charges).
Hope that helps! Have scrounged up a lot of parts like that along the way for the structural parts of my builds...
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Fuzzual
Sr Member
No prob!
And now a word from our sponsor... PROGRESS! Got the final six large structures assembled. Need to add the cross-pieces, superdetailing, and putty/paint... then onto the next phase!
And now a word from our sponsor... PROGRESS! Got the final six large structures assembled. Need to add the cross-pieces, superdetailing, and putty/paint... then onto the next phase!
nemesis2me
New Member
this is fantastic, i wish i had the patience for this
ginyu force
Active Member
for how simple it is, its epic
ozzyguanche
Sr Member
Ha. Sometimes it's patience. Sometime it's restarting after the long breaks off from it due to work/life schedule. I actually spent a whole Saturday a while back to make space to even work on it again (that and my bench was overflowing)... at least I remembered to put the dust cover on it during the last break. Dusting the innards after the first break sucked.
Quick update... Got all the crossbars and detailing done for the final six large structures. Once putty/sand/paint is done, then have to decide to take a break from structure and work on the surface or work on the inner twelve structures. I'm leaning surface and the partial tower. The blu-rays have lent themselves to some excellent detail I didn't have before, so I'm itching to work on some of that detail.
Quick update... Got all the crossbars and detailing done for the final six large structures. Once putty/sand/paint is done, then have to decide to take a break from structure and work on the surface or work on the inner twelve structures. I'm leaning surface and the partial tower. The blu-rays have lent themselves to some excellent detail I didn't have before, so I'm itching to work on some of that detail.
bsgcollecting
Active Member
Very very very very cool.
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