[EDIT] since starting this build back in December, I have decided to scratch build the whole bridge and do away with the Art Asylum parts completely. It also allows me to build the refitted bridge, which negates that nasty flooring they used in the first series.[/B]
Well, My Star Trek TOS 1:10 Scale Bridge build is on hold until I can sort the wiring loom out - see it here:
http://www.therpf.com/f11/star-trek-t-o-s-enterprise-bridge-build-1-10th-scale-173519/
so I am looking for a "gap filler" project to tide me over.
I am so taken with rchrz60's NX-01 bridge build, that I scoured Ebay and finally managed to get two of the pieces I need to make my own Bridge display: Captain Archer's Chair and Malcolm Reed's Tactical station. T'pol's station is still eluding me but I will probably pick up another Reed station as it is identical and, yet, half the price. Anyway what really got under my skin was, that after hours spent online, searching for Mayweather's Helmstation, I finally learned that Art Asylum pulled the plug on this part before it went into production, leaving all the people who had invested in this line, high and dry with a half completed set!
So.....how difficult can this thing be to build, myself??? No decent reference, No blueprints, No dimensions, Fuzzy screen grabs of a semi lit studio set....I always did like a challenge!
First thing first: Sort out any and all reference points that can be verified. i.e. in the two existing promotional shots that Art Asylum released of the Mayweather helm, w
hat were the fixed points of reference that would help me scale this thing as accurately as possible?
Here are the two pics:
The figure, the chair and the centre screen that is set into the console are all common parts to both tactical and science stations so these are immediately good starting points for working out some of the the basic height and width measurements.
As for the base, all the pieces of this set have a flooring surface of rows of tiny raised circles, like high grip flooring. By measuring off a ten circle by ten circle square on one of the pieces I have, I found it came to 1square inch. I then calculated the width and length of the above base by counting the circles in both directions. The result was surprisingly accurate as it slotted perfectly into the front of the captain's chair platform when I cut it out and offered it up.
I have tried to gather every picture I can find to build this piece and certain angles are almost impossible to find. I really want this piece to be as accurate as is humanly possible without actually visiting the piece in real life with a tape measure.
Thanks for looking in guys,
More soon!
Well, My Star Trek TOS 1:10 Scale Bridge build is on hold until I can sort the wiring loom out - see it here:
http://www.therpf.com/f11/star-trek-t-o-s-enterprise-bridge-build-1-10th-scale-173519/
so I am looking for a "gap filler" project to tide me over.
I am so taken with rchrz60's NX-01 bridge build, that I scoured Ebay and finally managed to get two of the pieces I need to make my own Bridge display: Captain Archer's Chair and Malcolm Reed's Tactical station. T'pol's station is still eluding me but I will probably pick up another Reed station as it is identical and, yet, half the price. Anyway what really got under my skin was, that after hours spent online, searching for Mayweather's Helmstation, I finally learned that Art Asylum pulled the plug on this part before it went into production, leaving all the people who had invested in this line, high and dry with a half completed set!
So.....how difficult can this thing be to build, myself??? No decent reference, No blueprints, No dimensions, Fuzzy screen grabs of a semi lit studio set....I always did like a challenge!
First thing first: Sort out any and all reference points that can be verified. i.e. in the two existing promotional shots that Art Asylum released of the Mayweather helm, w
hat were the fixed points of reference that would help me scale this thing as accurately as possible?
Here are the two pics:
The figure, the chair and the centre screen that is set into the console are all common parts to both tactical and science stations so these are immediately good starting points for working out some of the the basic height and width measurements.
As for the base, all the pieces of this set have a flooring surface of rows of tiny raised circles, like high grip flooring. By measuring off a ten circle by ten circle square on one of the pieces I have, I found it came to 1square inch. I then calculated the width and length of the above base by counting the circles in both directions. The result was surprisingly accurate as it slotted perfectly into the front of the captain's chair platform when I cut it out and offered it up.
I have tried to gather every picture I can find to build this piece and certain angles are almost impossible to find. I really want this piece to be as accurate as is humanly possible without actually visiting the piece in real life with a tape measure.
Thanks for looking in guys,
More soon!
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