chazzychaz
Sr Member
Star fleet battles pieces, yeah
Mutara Nebula DeBoers E and R Build
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Thanks!! I love SFB, but the counters are from Federation and Empire an even more unknown monster wargame!
Update #103
Took about a week of solid work to get the first layer of secondary aztecing down on the bottom. Had to make all of the new masks, lots of time to get them onto the model, weed them, paint them and pull them. Very happy with the outcome. Traveling for work so, will not be doing much for the next week, but then, will get that third layer on.
Cheers,
James
Update #103
Took about a week of solid work to get the first layer of secondary aztecing down on the bottom. Had to make all of the new masks, lots of time to get them onto the model, weed them, paint them and pull them. Very happy with the outcome. Traveling for work so, will not be doing much for the next week, but then, will get that third layer on.
Cheers,
James
Update #104
My morale broke. I have spent weeks on trying to get this problem area into something that I could live with and NEVER fing got there. I can’t tell you how much effort I have put into this failure, UGGG. The first pic is of the best I got on these and I not good enough for me. So, I am filling in all of the holes and going to paint the details on. So, from 2 feet away it will look correct but close up, someone who really knows will notice the difference. The next time I do this, I will design the parts and print on my resin print, and splice them in. I will lose way too much of my paint job doing that at this point. I have one clear part on each nacelle, then touch ups and these two parts are ready to be glued onto the hull. At least I will quit wasting time on this area and move on.
Cheers,
James
My morale broke. I have spent weeks on trying to get this problem area into something that I could live with and NEVER fing got there. I can’t tell you how much effort I have put into this failure, UGGG. The first pic is of the best I got on these and I not good enough for me. So, I am filling in all of the holes and going to paint the details on. So, from 2 feet away it will look correct but close up, someone who really knows will notice the difference. The next time I do this, I will design the parts and print on my resin print, and splice them in. I will lose way too much of my paint job doing that at this point. I have one clear part on each nacelle, then touch ups and these two parts are ready to be glued onto the hull. At least I will quit wasting time on this area and move on.
Cheers,
James
Edge and Neo – HUGE thanks for the support. I travel for work, so sometimes gone for a week or so, which really helped in this case, got some time to decompress, so to speak. That pylon is REALLY bad. My two are not nearly in that shape. Looks like he no longer pressure casts the parts. I also do resin casting and putting things in a pressure cooker to well cook, gets rid of these little air bubbles.
Neo – I have spent a tremendous amount of time filling in pin holes with super glue and sanding them flat again, le sigh.
Update #105
Took some time away from model due to work and got a bunch of stuff done. I painted the details on, not as good as if there were recessed, but still looks 10000% better than my crappy modeling skills would allow me to get to on the recessed panel areas. When I do this on the Enterprise’s pylons, I think I will do this with a resin part and blend it in. I also plan on doing the garden and shuttle bay on my resin printer. They will turn out the best that way. Funny how much technology improves when you take 5+ years to complete a model, LOL. Actually I don’t know if I should laugh or cry…..
I got the two nacelles completed. When they are glued in I will extend their wiring harness then, so they are wrapped up in cloth and on the shelf, waiting on me to finish the bottom. I have done a light check on all of the bottom lights and have a burnt out/damaged LED on one of the shuttle bays, need to replace that. I finished the bottom impulse crystal. I know in the movie the Reliant only had a blinky light there, but I much prefer a soft blue glow, not movie accurate, but I prefer it this way. I installed all of the LEDs on the rear of the Reliant. I am doing the light blocking later tonight, these hull LEDs even at a low voltage are bright enough to light up the shuttle bays, which is no Bueno. I got the bottom sensor dome and all of the lighting in there complete. I have a money shot of that, along with the two red LEDs. The red LEDs are lit when the Reliant is evil, lol. I still working on how to get the top saucer stuff, stuffed into a little space. The picture shows some light leakage that isn’t there when I bolted the part on. Lots of progress, will have the shuttle bays glue in this week, and maybe even have them blended in and painted in. At that point, I will be ready to glue the nacelles onto the bottom part of the hull, which is SCARY! The end is in sight!
Cheers,
James
Neo – I have spent a tremendous amount of time filling in pin holes with super glue and sanding them flat again, le sigh.
Update #105
Took some time away from model due to work and got a bunch of stuff done. I painted the details on, not as good as if there were recessed, but still looks 10000% better than my crappy modeling skills would allow me to get to on the recessed panel areas. When I do this on the Enterprise’s pylons, I think I will do this with a resin part and blend it in. I also plan on doing the garden and shuttle bay on my resin printer. They will turn out the best that way. Funny how much technology improves when you take 5+ years to complete a model, LOL. Actually I don’t know if I should laugh or cry…..
I got the two nacelles completed. When they are glued in I will extend their wiring harness then, so they are wrapped up in cloth and on the shelf, waiting on me to finish the bottom. I have done a light check on all of the bottom lights and have a burnt out/damaged LED on one of the shuttle bays, need to replace that. I finished the bottom impulse crystal. I know in the movie the Reliant only had a blinky light there, but I much prefer a soft blue glow, not movie accurate, but I prefer it this way. I installed all of the LEDs on the rear of the Reliant. I am doing the light blocking later tonight, these hull LEDs even at a low voltage are bright enough to light up the shuttle bays, which is no Bueno. I got the bottom sensor dome and all of the lighting in there complete. I have a money shot of that, along with the two red LEDs. The red LEDs are lit when the Reliant is evil, lol. I still working on how to get the top saucer stuff, stuffed into a little space. The picture shows some light leakage that isn’t there when I bolted the part on. Lots of progress, will have the shuttle bays glue in this week, and maybe even have them blended in and painted in. At that point, I will be ready to glue the nacelles onto the bottom part of the hull, which is SCARY! The end is in sight!
Cheers,
James
Update #106
Been a long while on an update but the work has been tedious and not very photogenic. Also, in July I was traveling for work or vacation for 23 of the 31 days, hard to work on the model when either leaving or coming back from somewhere. The good news though is that my whole family is vaccinated now, and Italy was pretty empty. Getting to Venice and Florence with 20% of the normal amount of people was amazing. However, I would prefer 100% and no COVID. So here is a breakdown of what I have been working on.
I have put a few nics into the paint job, I see everyone of them, but I doubt anyone else can, I will fix as many as possible once I get it glued up and into the stand. I will have to do the seam around the hull pieces and paint that area also, so plenty of time to get that all sorted out. Sounds off but there is a little anxiety thinking about that glue up! 5 years to get here!
Oh, I have wired all of the LEDS on the hull to turn on at the same time so I can do an operations check on them. I all wanted to know where I sat on how much power the thing is going to draw. So at 12Vs, pulling 3.5As, so 42W of power, which is a crap load. I am glad that most of the model will be run at much lower voltages for two reasons. One, it looks better <- the most important reason and the second is the LED will last waaaaaayyyy longer when you under current them.
Cheers,
James
Been a long while on an update but the work has been tedious and not very photogenic. Also, in July I was traveling for work or vacation for 23 of the 31 days, hard to work on the model when either leaving or coming back from somewhere. The good news though is that my whole family is vaccinated now, and Italy was pretty empty. Getting to Venice and Florence with 20% of the normal amount of people was amazing. However, I would prefer 100% and no COVID. So here is a breakdown of what I have been working on.
- Wire loom – the wiring harness for the main hull is done, there is some work left on each nacelle and the top. The nacelles carry all of the wires from the hull to the roll bar, so I will be able to glue up the main hull and then go to work on the roll bar.
- Fixing all of the interference between the top of the hull and the bottom hull. You would think that with all of the space inside the model no issues, but, yes lots of issues. I have all but 2 of them fixed and these last two are going to take a bit, but sooooooooo close.
- Finishing up the top hull piece. I have almost all of the light boxes and running lights installed. I still have the bridge lighting to do.
- Bridge lighting – I am still thinking about how to do the red LEDs and the spot light effect. I am still not sure if I can actually do both. I think the spot light effect is more important to me than the red LED effect, but uggg, need both.
- Working on getting all of the light boxes on the bottom of the hull put back into good shape and I am probably going to have to put in some sort of stabilizers inside the box to make sure they don’t collapse over time, that would suck if one did.
- Came up with a plan to increase the amount of surface area for the top and bottom to glue to. I will be installing apoxie sculpt on the top of the hull, will take a pic on how hat is going to work when I get there.
I have put a few nics into the paint job, I see everyone of them, but I doubt anyone else can, I will fix as many as possible once I get it glued up and into the stand. I will have to do the seam around the hull pieces and paint that area also, so plenty of time to get that all sorted out. Sounds off but there is a little anxiety thinking about that glue up! 5 years to get here!
Oh, I have wired all of the LEDS on the hull to turn on at the same time so I can do an operations check on them. I all wanted to know where I sat on how much power the thing is going to draw. So at 12Vs, pulling 3.5As, so 42W of power, which is a crap load. I am glad that most of the model will be run at much lower voltages for two reasons. One, it looks better <- the most important reason and the second is the LED will last waaaaaayyyy longer when you under current them.
Cheers,
James
This may seem to be an odd link...but bear with me:
Penn state found a way to print circuits with light:
www.mri.psu.edu
Now what this means...is that you could print an aztek in a flash! Actual Metal!
The team also explored options to convert the printed biodegradable zinc circuits into permanent circuits.
Now for Bezos to invest in Art Asylum...
Penn state found a way to print circuits with light:
Printing circuits on irregular surfaces with pulses of light | Printing circuits on irregular surfaces with pulses of light
Printing circuits on irregular surfaces with pulses of light
Now what this means...is that you could print an aztek in a flash! Actual Metal!
The team also explored options to convert the printed biodegradable zinc circuits into permanent circuits.
Now for Bezos to invest in Art Asylum...
modelerdave
Sr Member
Love this! Just noticed the Cylon Raider and Colonial Viper in the shuttle bay! lol
Update #108
I have been working the hull seam forever, but I have been out of town for work 90% of the last 6 months, so progress is slow. I get massive wife agro if I spend more than an hour on it at night when everyone else is asleep! Hopefully, work will slow down here and I can get more time in on the Reliant, she is getting close to being down with the model, still have a lot of base work left. Oh, one reason I need it perfect the first time, I have to carry the model up and downstairs and open several doors. I have visions of me falling down the stairs with the model in hand and it ends up in 100,763.2 pieces……
Will get the top side prepped for paint then flip it over and prep the bottom.
Cheers,
James
I have been working the hull seam forever, but I have been out of town for work 90% of the last 6 months, so progress is slow. I get massive wife agro if I spend more than an hour on it at night when everyone else is asleep! Hopefully, work will slow down here and I can get more time in on the Reliant, she is getting close to being down with the model, still have a lot of base work left. Oh, one reason I need it perfect the first time, I have to carry the model up and downstairs and open several doors. I have visions of me falling down the stairs with the model in hand and it ends up in 100,763.2 pieces……
Will get the top side prepped for paint then flip it over and prep the bottom.
Cheers,
James
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Mancave2020
New Member
This build is fantastic. Outstanding work.
Thanks for the kind words! I can't wait to be done with this one and get her off to whoever is willing to pay for her!
Update #109
WOW, has been a long time, but work has been nuts and some personal stuff I had to take care of. I was able to take a few days of leave and knock out a ton of work, even though it doesn’t look like much. I am almost done with the seem line on the two hull pieces. I have gone through 3 rounds of clean up and down to about 5 tiny minor issues, should be done some day this week. I have also built the outline of the stencil needed to complete the aztecing on the hull seem and to also be able to lay out the sensor lines, they are going to be painted on for this ship. The lines that were in the original mold were wonky and not very parallel. I have also been cranking away on the roll bar. The amount of work that resin models take is stupid crazy. Lots of hours, to get the parts to a point where I can start gluing up and then fixing the gaps and other part problems. Got a few more LEDs to wire in the roll bar, and I have a way to get the part 95% painted and finished and then will put in the wires that run down into the hull. Easier to take a pic when I get there. I put together a Yamato Tamiya model and WOW, plastic models are the bomb compared to garage resin kits, lol.
The last picture is of all of the parts laid out when I received them from DeBoers and the pic was taken on 27 August 2018, and almost done with the Reliant. I am hopeful that the front and rear acrylic panel for the base will get done this coming week, fingers crossed. I need the panels to install the model into the base and start wiring up all of the switches and electronic hardware that I have built for the model.
Lots of hours, but sure doesn’t look like it!
Cheers,
James
Update #109
WOW, has been a long time, but work has been nuts and some personal stuff I had to take care of. I was able to take a few days of leave and knock out a ton of work, even though it doesn’t look like much. I am almost done with the seem line on the two hull pieces. I have gone through 3 rounds of clean up and down to about 5 tiny minor issues, should be done some day this week. I have also built the outline of the stencil needed to complete the aztecing on the hull seem and to also be able to lay out the sensor lines, they are going to be painted on for this ship. The lines that were in the original mold were wonky and not very parallel. I have also been cranking away on the roll bar. The amount of work that resin models take is stupid crazy. Lots of hours, to get the parts to a point where I can start gluing up and then fixing the gaps and other part problems. Got a few more LEDs to wire in the roll bar, and I have a way to get the part 95% painted and finished and then will put in the wires that run down into the hull. Easier to take a pic when I get there. I put together a Yamato Tamiya model and WOW, plastic models are the bomb compared to garage resin kits, lol.
The last picture is of all of the parts laid out when I received them from DeBoers and the pic was taken on 27 August 2018, and almost done with the Reliant. I am hopeful that the front and rear acrylic panel for the base will get done this coming week, fingers crossed. I need the panels to install the model into the base and start wiring up all of the switches and electronic hardware that I have built for the model.
Lots of hours, but sure doesn’t look like it!
Cheers,
James
And, here you go! lol
Update #110
Not so long this time. I took a few days off from work to crank out some paint on the Reliant. I have the aztecing completed on the edge of the Reliant. I am finishing up the design for the sensor bands, they will have to be painted on, then cut them out, slap em on and shoot some light blue on em. Then I off to the butt of the Reliant, then clean up the top and bottom, and then install the roll bar!
Cheers,
James
Update #110
Not so long this time. I took a few days off from work to crank out some paint on the Reliant. I have the aztecing completed on the edge of the Reliant. I am finishing up the design for the sensor bands, they will have to be painted on, then cut them out, slap em on and shoot some light blue on em. Then I off to the butt of the Reliant, then clean up the top and bottom, and then install the roll bar!
Cheers,
James
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