Builds By Baz- Full scale Mk II Colonial Viper

ScoobiJohn · Aug 4, 2018

good choice!!! looks great - i'm just getting started on a life sized dalek build but this makes that look tiny and pathetic cant even begin to imagine doing something like this - so i'm living vicariously through your efforts

Jintosh · Aug 4, 2018

Pure Magic !!!!

sandbagger · Aug 12, 2018

^^^ Thanks gang!

Update:

Modular breakdown of the engine nacelles. The engines are 2.41 metres, even before the exhaust goes on the end, so I’ve decided to break them in half for ease of storage, transport and assembly on site. Today I got the first half of the port nacelle framed up and formers spaced apart.

joberg · Aug 12, 2018

2.41 meters...that's quite the engines on that baby! Good idea making them in parts:thumbsup

sandbagger · Aug 13, 2018

Stojespal · Aug 13, 2018

So when are you gonna start on the launch tube? :lol

joberg · Aug 13, 2018

Was about to ask the same question Stojespal

sandbagger · Aug 14, 2018

The closest I'll ever get to a launch tube is the storage space behind my shed!

Update:

The race against time!

Once you open a can of this stuff, you have to use it all in one go or risk it going off in the can, or leaking propellant so you end up with a can of glue and nothing to push it out. It's amazing how solid and rigid the structure becomes with all the polystyrene glued in place. I also reinforced it by gluing in a double wall behind the skin once it set. Ready for sanding.

joberg · Aug 14, 2018

Unbelievable work:eek Not for the faint of heart mate! You're pushing the bar up, once again, with this project

thumbsup

sandbagger · Aug 14, 2018

joberg said:
Unbelievable work:eek Not for the faint of heart mate! You're pushing the bar up, once again, with this projectthumbsup

Thanks mate. It all looks a bit rough right now, but after I run over it all with the orbital sander, it will show it's beautiful form. Fibreglassing is going to take some time and be pretty expensive, but then I've got the whole thing fleshed out and smoothed, I can take it one module at a time.

SofaKing01 · Aug 14, 2018

OMG! Shame on me for letting this thread slip through the cracks!

BRILLIANT job so far! Just... WOW!!!

binarysunset · Aug 14, 2018

Awesome work mate! Just found the thread and I’m still picking my jaw up off the ground!!
As a fellow Viper builder, you’ve inspired me to get off my backside. Thanks for sharing and thanks for renewing my motivation. Hopefully we’ll get to see the Mk1 and Mk II side by side one day.

sandbagger · Aug 18, 2018

^^^ Thanks guys.

Update:

Welding engine frames continued.

My fortnightly Saturday off to work on the project has been building up. Friday afternoon I picked up all the steel to finish the engine frames.

I had to settle for galvanised steel as they were out of stock of the plain blue painted. I hate gal. Been poisoned badly before, welding this ****. Lots of extra grinding of the joints prior to welding to reduce it. Window and shed door wide open, fan on full blast…let’s get this over with.

sandbagger · Aug 26, 2018

Starboard engine nacelle.

joberg · Aug 26, 2018

Moving along just fine! Eager to see those attached to the main fuselage:thumbsup

sandbagger · Aug 30, 2018

Another big day of Viper building coming up on Saturday. I'm hoping to get the second half of engine two welded up and assembled. I will be pushing myself to work out the attachment points for the undercarriage, then mount the engines once the weight is supported. Ambitious. Lord keep the enemy from standing in my way!

sandbagger · Sep 4, 2018

4 September 2018 progress.

This part has been dangerous! Trying to prop the engines in position alone, against the side of the Viper to check for fit. The modules aren't that heavy for a one person lift, but they are EXTREMELY cumbersome. Mainly because they haven't got a hard shell on them yet, so I can't grab and lift from convenient edges.

Now they are in position, I can plan and weld on the attachment struts from frame to frame, using engineering geometries to strengthen it for support.