Re: Space 1999 Eagle Transporter Build Club UPDATED Sept 26th (PIC HEAVY!)
The more I look at your latest stages of build, D, the more I'm impressed by the effect on the scale afforded by the large size. Notice the apparent 'vanishing point' in the images, in the same way you'd draw a picture with a 'vanishing point' to create the effect of perspective by converging all the lines at that point, which provides a visual mathematics to represent distance. Your model, with that in mind, turns this...
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...into
this!
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Not every day you see a
model with this effect!:eek
Even the little things like looking up Darren's Eagle hallway, and the sleeves of the spacesuits sticking out a tad into the hall from their hangers. Pretty impressive detail! Every piece of hardware and junk he comes up with adds to the total effect nicely! Heck, I
still like the Gumby spacesuit
(I'm wondering more and more if the Eagle would've made a nice model designed as a wall-mounted display, held fast to the wall by a Daria-style docking tube! As I'm moving into a bit more limited space..oh, don't mind me, just musing....)
Anyhow, an update. Back to steaming plastic on the stove again! (I know there are steampunk models...but steampunk
methods?):lol
I'm going to use the back wall of the command module as a template for the styrene ellipse which will cap off the end of the module.
Concerned about water and steam-combined with wrapping hot, wet plastic around a foam piece of the model-it seemed wise to wrap thick plastic tape around the affected edges. I was cautious when pressing tape against painted surfaces...
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(Needless to say, I can't take pictures with my nose while both hands are busy with heating and bending, so no photos of this stage. Just pretend you had to go to the bathroom and missed that part.)
I made two pieces, and the curvatures seem pretty workable Once again the rear wall of the module is used as a template, this time for gluing the elliptical ring together. You can see how the ring will fill out the "missing piece" across the bottom because the lower portion had to be 'sliced off' to accommodate the floor level...
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The gluing begins, an inch or so at a time. The right and left corners were completed with straight little styrene "bricks" I cut, which once sanded into their final contour, will work great...but more importantly, makes life at this step easier...
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Once side "A" was completed, on to side "B". I flip the command module wall around and place it against the existing frame and proceed to cement the other half...
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I cut the excess plastic away from the edge, so now the basic part is complete. I like how the rear wall sort of "snaps" into place. Now with two solid "joists" to work off of, I can see there's going to be some more steam in my near future!
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