Update #33
I have finally gotten the insert to look decent. Took about 50 iterative attempts to get there, the angles and radii of the curves drove me NUTS. So of course there had to be other issues, L The cutter would not cut through my 0.020 styrene, so had to drop down to 0.010 which means double the number of parts to cut, clean up and glue together. The inserts are going to be little stacks of these cut outs glued together like a laminate. Hope it works out well. I need to build a little jig to compress the plastic bits together while they are glued up, to keep everything straight. The next pic is of most of the electronics installed into the nacelles. I do not have the Enterprise spot lights installed yet. I have to do some assembly of the model to get the LEDs to line up properly. I am debating on whether to glue the pylons to the nacelles to get these LEDs installed properly. Once the nacelle is closed up, they will not ever get opened again. The last two pics are of the retirement box I am making for a friend. Getting closer, but have to drive back up to Dallas to use some machine to get back to right angles. My hand finishing could be better, oh well. The construction of the box is about complete. Once I get down up in Dallas, will complete the finish on the box, and then will need to order the hardware. I have the leather that is going into the top of the box sitting in my office.
Cheers,
James
I have finally gotten the insert to look decent. Took about 50 iterative attempts to get there, the angles and radii of the curves drove me NUTS. So of course there had to be other issues, L The cutter would not cut through my 0.020 styrene, so had to drop down to 0.010 which means double the number of parts to cut, clean up and glue together. The inserts are going to be little stacks of these cut outs glued together like a laminate. Hope it works out well. I need to build a little jig to compress the plastic bits together while they are glued up, to keep everything straight. The next pic is of most of the electronics installed into the nacelles. I do not have the Enterprise spot lights installed yet. I have to do some assembly of the model to get the LEDs to line up properly. I am debating on whether to glue the pylons to the nacelles to get these LEDs installed properly. Once the nacelle is closed up, they will not ever get opened again. The last two pics are of the retirement box I am making for a friend. Getting closer, but have to drive back up to Dallas to use some machine to get back to right angles. My hand finishing could be better, oh well. The construction of the box is about complete. Once I get down up in Dallas, will complete the finish on the box, and then will need to order the hardware. I have the leather that is going into the top of the box sitting in my office.
Cheers,
James