take a seat (or 7) while we scratch build the interior of the shuttlecraft Marvel to the wonders of 3D printing. Hers's the link to the chair file cults3d.com/en...
How about some kind of flexible wire? Run it to a shaft in a slot inside a track in the ventral hull. Put a magnet on each end of the shaft. Swap the magnet poles on the shaft. The key has a magnet with one pole available. Put the key in one place, door opens. Reverse pole pushes it back to closed.
That's a lot of Manuel Labor. Good thing you have patience. If I had the time to put into that model I would defiantly do it. Too bad Round-2 doesn't come up with an interior. Keep it up Buddy.
“Mission creep”... don’t I know it... I have a 1/72 Airfix Typhoon( old moulding) that I had started over a decade ago. It currently has over 200 parts installed into it. I bought it for paint practice. It’s still not finished.
Great Work Lou i love your scratch building and who says it has to be perfect add your own touches to it Ps please add some figures i think to myself they make it come alive Live Long And Prosper
That was a busy week Lou! I love the scratch built interior you're doing. I think it looks great and matches the screenshots. The opening and closing door is really cool! I see your new printer is paying off, those seats turned out nice. The lighting looks awesome especially the console lights with the color changes. Can't wait to see the finale.
Lou I bought the randy cooper polar lights interior for this shuttle. I dont know what to say about it. First time working with resin and more then likely the last time too. Nothing seems to be working out.
I know that this is probably to late but could you put a piece of felt or cloth over the magnet that is on the outside so that it dose not scratch the paint! :)
Lou goes into the creation process in depth. Most people, unfortunately, don't have the patience for that. They just want to see the model being built with limited commentary. I for one love Lou's style.
If my math is right, the Enterprise would have to be over 30 feet long to accommodate the model; I'd love to see Lou try to squeeze that into his display room.
Wow - a lot of work this week Lou. The RGB in the right front console looks amazing - perfectly in keeping with the STOS style. However I think that you have set yourself on a fool's errand with the door. Once it's painted and clear coated it will be thicker and rougher which will hugely increase the friction as it slides and make it susceptible to scratching. Good luck! I would have used clear acetate on the centre console - apply homemade decals to the back or use transparent paint as required and glue to back of the console. Very smooth and clear. Also I would probably have used clear styrene for the navigation screen rather than a 3D print. It would be much thinner and again could have homemade decals or knife scoring and paint as required. Interior looks amazing - "carpet", chairs and walls all look great. As always, look forward to next week 👍
yeah, I had to do it to prove that I really didn't need to do it.but the inside walls still needed to be built out. looking in from the front windows you can clearly see the pegs and attachment seams on the wall joints
Wrong color for walls - not grey, more like a greenish tint. The side walls had NO strips between panels, just a seam. The chairs are supposed to be GLOSS black on the front/seating surfaces. Like the sliding door idea!
at what point did I say I was making a studio accurate Shuttlecraft? you've seen the greener looking walls in Galileo 7, but the walls are grey (with a green tint that is probably the lighting) in Metamophosis and Doomsday Machine which is the ones I'm using as reference. Look it up. The strips are there because I like them. The chairs will be glossed before I finish. no need to shout in all caps, I'm quite aware they're not done. anything else? No? good.
And hopefully you'll be getting to making a Masking Set for that Model for those of us you want to Paint the Hull Number and other Details on the Model.
I love the power of the internet. People all over the world offer theit help just for the kindness. Like Neelix' grandmother used to say: "It's nice to be nice".
Love the door solution-- I just have to wonder if anyone's figured out a servo operated crank-and-horn gimmick for the weirdest doors in sci-fi-dom. Thought-- you could wind up scraping the paint/decal on the hull with that magnet. Maybe a thin piece of styrene on the business end would still leave enough influence to reach through the walls. Love the carpet solution-- my go-to carpeting is 320-400 grit sandpaper-- looks good at the right scale. But this looks a lot easier. I think your next 3D print step should be to make the individual seat computer stations in clear. Those little lights need to be lighted. Speaking of the seats-- it is good to have friends. I think you'll eventually find the right design software. Unless you're doing people, you just need to learn all the tricks with primitive shapes. All looking good.
@@OldTrekkie23 Not sure about how to mount a magnet solidly in a "soft" rubber tip that would not drag or rub excessively. Most of those rubber tips are rounded. I was originally going to suggest finding some teflon plumber's tape-- then realized what glue would work... ?
Around the 21:55 mark, there are Canadians of a certain age imagining the theme to “The Friendly Giant”. (Edit: changed the time to a better representation)
WOW Lou, you are knocking this build outta the park. Fantastic job. I'm getting my kit soon. It definitely will challenge my skills in building. Can't wait to give it a go....... Build on Brother....😎
Great woork it's comming together very nicely. Have you ever considered using black styriene to do light blocking and light blocking boxes instead of the foil?
it is a single "three way" color shifting LED. I bought a bunch at Oznium.com, but you can find them inside those cheap halloween and christmas decorations that are popping up in dollar stores this time of year
Man those chairs are sexy. I'm glad to see you managed to Tardis the console in to where everything fits but what's really impressive is those pocket doors- I wasn't expecting that. I don't think anyone will mind of this takes another two weeks. You have most of the fiddly bits done (I'm NOT looking at you, port wall) but getting the roof to fit and be removable- with lighting- and getting the exterior just right... well, if it takes two more episodes, I promise I will watch both. Mad props as the kids say these days big guy, scratchbuilding was always my favorite part of building kits but wow. Just wow.
So are you going to put a bathroom in the back or do they need to go outside and dig a hole? It's basically a space camper so it needs a wet bath in back. 🖖
@@aztekdummy Or I guess they could beam them out? KIRK: What did you do with them? SCOTT: I used the transporter captain. KIRK: You used the transporter? SCOTT: I gave them a good home, sir. KIRK: (shouting) Where? SCOTT: I gave them to the Klingons, sir. KIRK: (a whisper) You gave them to the Klingons? SCOTT: Aye, sir. Before they went into warp, I transported the whole kit and caboodle into their engine room, where they'll be no turd-le at all.
