Studio Half Scale TOS Enterprise Scratch build
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SteveNeill
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Mobius.
They are acrylic. Easily obtainable mass produced and the exact size. And yes another fits inside to rotate with 12 bars to block the light during rotation.
Thanks Mobius. I'm glad you think so.
Steve
SteveNeill
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A bit more done today. Got most of the recess figured out. Got to build the angled boxes next that the pylons plug into. Then sheet this and finish off the recess.
trekman1017
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what can I say about this project that has not already been said?
brandomack
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Steve, Ouch!
Your sure did a number on your hand....or was it Rosie who did that?:eek
Your sure did a number on your hand....or was it Rosie who did that?:eek
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It just hit me today looking at the start of those nacelles...
This really is going to be a good size model when it's done!
It's funny how I didn't get that impression from the mocked up hulls.
This really clicked for me after I saw the acrylic caps that will become the Bussard scoops.
You think about it the length of this assembled model will be about equal to the height of the average American woman!
That's an impressive figure.
Hopefully, it won't be anywhere near the average weight of an American woman, though! :lol
That was the complaint they had about the first two large Enterprise shooting models. You needed 4-6 guys to move those things around and set them up because they were 200lbs a-piece!
This really is going to be a good size model when it's done!
It's funny how I didn't get that impression from the mocked up hulls.
This really clicked for me after I saw the acrylic caps that will become the Bussard scoops.
You think about it the length of this assembled model will be about equal to the height of the average American woman!
That's an impressive figure.
Hopefully, it won't be anywhere near the average weight of an American woman, though! :lol
That was the complaint they had about the first two large Enterprise shooting models. You needed 4-6 guys to move those things around and set them up because they were 200lbs a-piece!
Shizman
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Oh wow, that made me LOL.
SteveNeill
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George thanks. She's a good size model and will fit comfortably in the average home or Apt. 
Brandon you hit the nail!
Here's a picture of the flesh tearing beast in action tearing up Mr. Rope instead of Mr. Arm.
Steve
And Trekman...thanks!
Brandon you hit the nail!
Here's a picture of the flesh tearing beast in action tearing up Mr. Rope instead of Mr. Arm.
Steve
And Trekman...thanks!
SteveNeill
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Thanks Boon!
OK had a little time to work today and got the main thing I was most concerned about accomplished. A way to slot mount the nacelles that makes them straight and true.
All I had to do is stick to the plans but I was apprehensive when I went to attach the part I had made to the rest of the model. The pictures tell the story.
There's a little of that snag illusion they always have in the pictures but I tell you they true as can be. So on to the next one and then I can build the other sides to them, sheet and move on to the end caps and warp dome assembly.
Steve
OK had a little time to work today and got the main thing I was most concerned about accomplished. A way to slot mount the nacelles that makes them straight and true.
All I had to do is stick to the plans but I was apprehensive when I went to attach the part I had made to the rest of the model. The pictures tell the story.
There's a little of that snag illusion they always have in the pictures but I tell you they true as can be. So on to the next one and then I can build the other sides to them, sheet and move on to the end caps and warp dome assembly.
Steve
Now... we know what drove Lawrence Marvick insane in TOS.
It wasn't designing the Enterprise's warp drive that drove him nuts, -- least of all some chick he just met in in the transporter room or a ball of light she was bringing along, -- he'd just gotten done making a replica of the Enterprise and realized he glued his wallet inside the engineering hull!
Bad joke, I know....
Still, stories about surgeons leaving instruments and medical cloth inside patients' guts are true.
I also know personally that one family found a beercan inside their car door.
It isn't beyond the realm of possibility that at least one modeler left a tool or something else more valuable inside a model that was just finished!
It wasn't designing the Enterprise's warp drive that drove him nuts, -- least of all some chick he just met in in the transporter room or a ball of light she was bringing along, -- he'd just gotten done making a replica of the Enterprise and realized he glued his wallet inside the engineering hull!
Bad joke, I know....
Still, stories about surgeons leaving instruments and medical cloth inside patients' guts are true.
I also know personally that one family found a beercan inside their car door.
It isn't beyond the realm of possibility that at least one modeler left a tool or something else more valuable inside a model that was just finished!
Tiberius Kirk
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Go Steve, Go!
SteveNeill
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Thanks for all the encouragement guys!
Spent the day making the right nacelle and both of the half sections. Tomorrow I can sheet these and finish of the recesses.
Next up the end and front caps.
Steve
Spent the day making the right nacelle and both of the half sections. Tomorrow I can sheet these and finish of the recesses.
Next up the end and front caps.
Steve
PHArchivist
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Steve we seriously need to get you some insullation and drywall in that garage!
But not until after you're done with the "E"!
But not until after you're done with the "E"!
Space... the final frontier.
trekriffic
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Congratulations on your fine build Mr. Neill. It's been a real treat to read along and chart your progress. I was just curious, how much does the model weigh at this point? I would imagine it's a lot lighter than one would expect being made out of balsa.
SteveNeill
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Thanks men. Much appreciated.
Steve I really don't know. Not much really and your right. Once made out of fiberglass epoxy from my molds it will weigh a bit more I would imagine but then again it will still be light for it's size.
Even I really did realize how big of a model this is until I got the nacelles on.
Steve
Steve I really don't know. Not much really and your right. Once made out of fiberglass epoxy from my molds it will weigh a bit more I would imagine but then again it will still be light for it's size.
Even I really did realize how big of a model this is until I got the nacelles on.
Steve
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