Kevin describes the build in this three part article:
"I started off by choosing an approximate size that would be good for display, trying to keep it the same length as the others (after all, the toys are roughly the same size, regardless of scale). This meant searching my boxes of bits for some suitable diameter tubes. By chance, they were both perspex. I cut them to the right length.
The conical section that joins them came from an
old metal desk lamp shade, cut down. It seemed to me that the only way to make
this one look realistic (and not like a lipstick!), was to add a lot of detail.
I used plastic strips to add ribbing like you see on the SaturnV.
I glued the two tubes and the metal cone together
with araldite. It looked to me that the side boosters were dead ringers for
space shuttle SRB's, so I bought a couple of suitably sized model kits off ebay
and assembled the boosters.
More detail went on in the form of plastic strips.
I left some gaps to put in pieces of old kits to represent such features as
braking motors, vents, umbilical connects and ullage motors. The nosecone came
from one of the shuttle kits main fuel tanks, which by fluke was the exact
diameter!.
The lower bulkhead was made from a disc cut out of
plasticard, with a hole in it, backed with more card.
Amazingly, it was warm and dry enough to spray
outside today (winter is a real problem for me when it comes to making models,
no light and not warm enough to spray paint), so I got some paint on the body."
Amazing work Kevin. Your'e resourceful and talented. When are bringing out your first movie?
ReplyDeleteThanks Kevin. This is really great. Looking forward to part 2.
ReplyDeleteWhat tools did you use for cutting perspex or making the plastic disc? In some of your other builds you've also used Milliput. Do you mold it and what do you sand it with to get down to a fine finish? Sanding is what puts me off - it's a real pain. Even just plastic filler on model kits I never get it quite right! ;D
I scribed a cutting line with a pipe cutter and cut the perspex with a junior hacksaw. I hate sanding too. I usually use 120 grade and finer sandpaper on milliput.
DeleteOh, sorry, forgot to mention the plasticard disc was cut by simply drawing the circle with the tip of a modelling knife in a compass and then snapping it (it breaks following the cut).
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