I'm trying to build a UNSC cargo ship. It's not really scratch because I have
appropriated parts from one of my UNSC DNs.
An animated raytrace is at:
http://jumpspace.net/raytrace/DawnTrader.gif
It's uploading at 128K (asymetric DSL) so it is a bit slow, I apologize.
The engines come from the DN. The spheres will probably be ping pong balls.
The girder structure in the center is the problem. I may try to sculpt
something and then resin cast it, but there may be a better way, does anyone
have any suggestions.
TIA
<The engines come from the DN. The spheres will probably be ping pong balls.
The girder structure in the center is the problem. I may try to sculpt
something and then resin cast it, but there may be a better way, does anyone
have any suggestions>
Check out your local HO railroad supplier. They usally carry girder and
trestle segments at the size you need.
Kirk
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The engines come from the DN. The spheres will probably be ping pong balls.
The girder structure in the center is the problem. I may try to sculpt
something and then resin cast it, but there may be a better way, does anyone
have any suggestions.
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Does it HAVE to be that kind of cross-hatch?
Hobby(Evergreen, and some other name I can't recall) girder bracing uses
alternating diagonals, which, if doubled, could give it x's, but with a flat
piece down the center:
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> On 8-Jun-01 at 15:34, devans@uneb.edu (devans@uneb.edu) wrote:
No, the picture is just my concept. I'll redo the picture to match whatever I
can acquire.
I'll take a look around at the girder bracing at Hobbytown this weekend and
see what I can come up with.
Thanks
> I'm trying to build a UNSC cargo ship. It's not really scratch
that's one helluva animated gif....
> pong balls. The girder structure in the center is the problem.
You'll drive yourself mad trying to resin cast that, unless you have only
surface detail to the girder structure and then make the rest of it solid.
Someone else mentioned rail-road supplies. I've managed to dig up
several types of girder in the past at RR stores. One was the entire girder
structure for a metal bridge, in HO scale. Very detailed, quite small truss
work. Off hand, I don't remember the name of the supplier (and it's packed
away someplace). But, that kind of thing *is* available, if you look.
Also, there are a couple of companies that supply plastic girders, pipes,
tubes, strips, etc. separate for scratch-building scenery projects,
hobby stuff, and architectural modeling. "Plastruct" (City of Industry, CA
91748
- sorry, no more info) is one. "Evergreen Scale Models" (Kirkland, WA
98034) is another.
Check with a train stuff supplier, or look up "Model Supplies -
Architectural Modeling" (or something like that) in your Yellow Pages...
There's a *lot* of neat stuff available for architectural model making!
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