Excelsior scratchbuild 1/350

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Galaxyman1701d

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Ok....here I go! Had some leftover bio foam from work and decided to start a sculpt of the excelsior in the same scale as my d!
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Size comparison. Took simple 3-views and made ribs

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Cut the bio foam and glued in with bondo

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This foam is so awesome. Only took less than an hour to get to this point. With cutting the wood and shaping the foam.

Not sure how to post my video but it is on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9epUG-1aRY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
 
ER-R-R-R-R-R-R!!!! You just HAD to do that, HUH?!? :) Keep up the good work, my friend! I can't wait to see more.

PS- I couldn't find that stuff on the website you offered. Could you PM a link to the page it's on?

OH! I almost forgot to ask... I noticed you didn't account for the depression at the bow, made for the deflector. And I know you have your reasons, but is it because it is easier to cut it out once it's fiber-glassed, or what? Curious minds want to know. :)
 
The length should be somewhere around 4.25ft, but you can loose yourself in the details. When I researched the E-B for my build I found 3 different blue-prints, with three different lengths... one length, at 1:350 scale would have made it 5.26 feet long! If you know what canon is, I would love know.
 
Cadeus said:
ER-R-R-R-R-R-R!!!! You just HAD to do that, HUH?!? :) Keep up the good work, my friend! I can't wait to see more.

PS- I couldn't find that stuff on the website you offered. Could you PM a link to the page it's on?

OH! I almost forgot to ask... I noticed you didn't account for the depression at the bow, made for the deflector. And I know you have your reasons, but is it because it is easier to cut it out once it's fiber-glassed, or what? Curious minds want to know. :)
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http://www.malamacomposites.com/sample

I plan to keep it simple and have marked in the parts the cut outs for the deflector, hanger bay, etc. Also tossing the idea around to make the parts vacuum formed. ?
 
Thanks for the link... I thought about the vacu-form idea, and I think it could work. :) I can't wait to see what you decide to do with her.
 
Looking good. The Excelsior seems to be moving pretty quickly... Do you think it's her design or her size that allows for this?
 
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