SS Y-Wing Yea the one no one wants to make?

[Apophis]

Hey Jerry working on making a 2 part mold for the canopy......1st time for everything!thumbsup

Oooo, i gotta see this !

 

[TheNylonGag]

Jamsterman,

Just saw this vid and thought of you, Y-wing stuff is about 5,1/2mins in.

Star Wars Model Reference SantaAna 2012 - YouTube

Gag

 

[3d-builder]

Thanks guys...... Gag i will check out that video.:thumbsup

Ok I got the canopy buck cleaned up and ready to form.
I had some sanding to do and shaping as well.

Now for some vacuum forming.......

Next the mold........

 

[3d-builder]

Big shout out to Al who answered a million text messages......this was
going to be my first mold and a 2 part one at that! Could have never done it
with out his help and patience!!!thumbsup

Canopy clayed in....

Mold box.....

Keys in mold box.....

Trench around part to keep resin from leaking out.

1st half of mold.....

1st half done.....

Digging out the clay getting ready for the second half
of the mold.

Second half I forgot to remove the keys .....LOL
Oh well so i have plastic ones instead of silicone ones...:lol

Some pour tubes...

2nd part of mold poured...

The two halves......when i looked at the two halves I was like......
"No way in hell this is gonna work!" LOL

Ok here it is.......

I chunked the front of the canopy removing it from the mold
that was my fault but I am keeping it.....nothing a little apoxie
sculpt won't fix the rest of the canopy was perfect.

 

[trooper]

mike, thats looks great:thumbsup

 

[IEDBOUNTYHUNTER]

Looks great.

 

[3d-builder]

Thanks Guys now I am gonna scribe the panel lines in it, attach the
sides and back.....then start on remaking the hulls.

 

[trooper]

ya know theres a video if you suck at scribe lines :lol

 

[3d-builder]

ya know theres a video if you suck at scribe lines :lol

Yea I heard about that ....I gotahh check that one out!

 

[Ray22]

Yeah because you suck LOL!:behave.

 

[NAZGÛL]

Great work! :thumbsup

 

[3d-builder]

Thanks guys go hit the gym.....to much glue is not good for you!
Click the pics.....

 

[Ray22]

Go Flex! Lol.

 

[Ray22]

Canopy looks great Mike now you can csat the rest of this baby! Lol.

 

[3d-builder]

ok now that I have a cast canopy i need to get it mounted.
Figured mount the canopy and then mark the panel lines,
so i can use the canopy for placement and reference as
I mark them out and scribe.

Canopy mounted....

Pilot hole to start dremeling out the area under the canopy for the tub.....

Tub area dremeled out......

Now we need a tub.......oh snap there is one now!
it's just the canopy buck formed again minus the windows.

Draw some panel lines and get them scribed.......

 

[IEDBOUNTYHUNTER]

Looking good, you know those Panel line are un sucky.

 

[3d-builder]

ok here is the tub held in rough by hand.....it reminds me of
the full sized prop a bit I saw in the 365 days book.:thumbsup
It was a bit long so I chopped off the back and added it back in
later.

Here it is finished sporting a evergreen lip just to
have a little more gluing surface later.

Now to make the bottom of the cockpit.....hells no not making
another part for this! Re-form the cockpit part and use it!

 

[trooper]

yep, those lines REALLY un suck

nice work:thumbsup

 

[3d-builder]

To be cont....

 

[3d-builder]

To be cont......