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

[3d-builder]

:behave Well I started over on the hulls decided not to vacuum
form them.....and just build them from cutting styrene and gluing
the individual parts together. It was much easier probably should
have done it this way to start .....oh well!:facepalm

 

[ralphee]

Looks and "feels" better cut from sheet Michael, for sure. Good to see you back in the forum.

lee

 

[Talkierg]

Wee~Glad this still going on,looking forward to this,love it:thumbsup

Don

 

[moffeaton]

Good to see this is still happening!

 

[yuumi2891103]

Oh I was dying to see you start up again!
The sheet plastic is so thick, 2 or 2.5mm one?
Looks very robust structure.

 

[3d-builder]

Thanks guys much appreciated....:thumbsup

Some work on the recessed areas....

I just framed these in to give it a clean
look when primed.

 

[3d-builder]

I made the wings in two halves so I could run the wires for the engine
lights through and into the main hull.

Line it up make the reference marks to cut it out......and dremel time.

Wing Support drilled for mounting bracket and pipe.....

 

[3d-builder]

Oh I was dying to see you start up again!
The sheet plastic is so thick, 2 or 2.5mm one?
Looks very robust structure.

Katsu it is a bit over 2mm she is pretty solid!thumbsup

 

[3d-builder]

I don't want this thing to look like it should everywhere
that it could....if that makes sense? So for the droid I
used parts from a real space model, and I didn't
let the arms show either.

 

[Ray22]

More pics! More pics! :lol

 

[3d-builder]

More pics! More pics! :lol

Got plenty.....LOL

Attaching the Saturn V parts.......

Something else I thought I might do different.....I mounted the engines
center line on the seam I think on the filming mini they mount above the
center line? But first I dremeled off some of the engine ......I think it should
have been more but hey......

Cutting off the extra on the opposite side.....

There is a small hole drilled in front to allow the wires
to run through and into the wing pylon, then enter into
the main hull.

 

[TazMan2000]

Glad to see you're back at it. I have to say I agree that this build up looks much better than the vacuformed chassis. Looking forward to your progress.
How are you going to prevent the nacelles from rolling?

TazMan2000

 

[3d-builder]

Glad to see you're back at it. I have to say I agree that this build up looks much better than the vacuformed chassis. Looking forward to your progress.
How are you going to prevent the nacelles from rolling?

TazMan2000

Thanks....:thumbsup

Rolling....? There is no rolling they are a perfect friction fit
then they are glued not only to the plywood, but to the plastic
pylons on the outside of the engine where they butt up...... they are like rocks on the plywood
support bar, I would crack the engines in half before I could roll them
by hand.

 

[imaginager]

As a big vacforming fan, myself, I gotta say I like your new direction. And, really like the cockpit up above from way back when I wasn't on much!

 

[TazMan2000]

Thanks....:thumbsup

Rolling....? There is no rolling they are a perfect friction fit
then they are glued not only to the plywood, but to the plastic
pylons on the outside of the engine where they butt up...... they are like rocks on the plywood
support bar, I would crack the engines in half before I could roll them
by hand.

Well, if you're happy with the fit, then great. But I'm sure you are going to add more details and weight on there. Even though that might not be a lot, the weight is unyeilding as long as the model will be supported by the pipe, and wood, both absorbs and releases moisture over time which may cause swelling or shinking. Fixing this problem later may result in wrecking some of the beautiful work you have done, and are about to do.

Just my two cents.

TazMan2000

 

[yuumi2891103]

Wow,wow,wow,
Great progress Michael!
You are really cranking out to build:eek
Supporting the wing span is looking stiff.:thumbsup

I'm really happy to see you building a bigger model.:lol
I can learn a lot about the methods of your measuring.
Thanks for sharing.

BTW, in the pic of you are drilling the holes, what's the business with the numbers on the notepad??

Katsu

 

[daverep]

Jeez...this is incredible work! :love

I completely forgot about this build since I was out of touch for a while! Can't wait to see more! Amazing!! thumbsup:thumbsup

Dave

 

[3d-builder]

Well, if you're happy with the fit, then great. But I'm sure you are going to add more details and weight on there. Even though that might not be a lot, the weight is unyeilding as long as the model will be supported by the pipe, and wood, both absorbs and releases moisture over time which may cause swelling or shinking. Fixing this problem later may result in wrecking some of the beautiful work you have done, and are about to do.

Just my two cents.

TazMan2000

No I am still not worried the wings are made in halves so they are
hollow and they mount 13mm deep inside the model. Plus
if you notice each plastic wing strut has a ramp detail one on the top
and one that sits below that connects to the body, so it's a tank really.
The span of the plywood is pretty short so it's strong and I used good
grade stuff from revelle that's 9mil thick. As far as adding more weight no
the only other weight going on the engines will be the T-stock lengths.
As far as moisture well the model is all styrene yea it's gonna absorb some (But less than resin would), not sure how much will transfer through the primer, paint, styrene, and then to the wood to warp it. I have a twin-pod car I made 4 years ago mounted it the same exact way those Pods are much heavier than these Saturn V parts even though they are still made hollow
and vac formed, and that model is still straight as a pin.:thumbsup I can't control everything like moisture but I am not in a tropical climate where I
live ........even if my avatar does have a Jamaican track star! LOL

 

[3d-builder]

Wow,wow,wow,
Great progress Michael!
You are really cranking out to build:eek
Supporting the wing span is looking stiff.:thumbsup

I'm really happy to see you building a bigger model.:lol
I can learn a lot about the methods of your measuring.
Thanks for sharing.

BTW, in the pic of you are drilling the holes, what's the business with the numbers on the notepad??

Katsu

Katsu the numbers on the pad were from a
pull up work out I was doing!thumbsup

 

[3d-builder]

Thanks for the kind words guy much appreciated......:thumbsup

Thrusters nozzles up next...... I got these from Lee way back in the day
and I am glad because the ones that come in the new Saturn V
from Revell are made up of 4 parts I think.....:facepalm I think these are
from the Arifix 1/144th scale kit?

Just using the rocket body to get the inside diameter
for the fascia disc to mount the nozzle to.

To get the ring to sit back evenly i used a caliper some solvent
and evergreen strip. I just used the caliper to keep it even as
I put the solvent down on the strip.