Zvezda Star Destroyer - a new detailing project

[Old Wombat]

LOL - I won the sci-fi last year with my airbrush star ship Brian - surely that counts right?

Did you?

Awesome!

That was an excellent build!  

 

[buzzbomb]

thanks guys - nah, it won't be done in 2 weeks sadly (I wish I could though!) I still have to install the fibers into the SD itself yet and that's a couple of months worth of work right there
LOL - I won the sci-fi last year with my airbrush star ship Brian - surely that counts right?

Ok, there was that. Good point. 
But we all know, bigger is better.

[scooter]

Are you sure you're not auditioning to work for ILM or WETA?

[NARSES2]

I'm well and truly gobsmacked 

[The Chaos]

Great update on the Base 

[Madhatter]

gosh - I just realised I haven't replied to anyone with some thanks - so thank you

An update will be a little bit later than expected as I have yet again found another thing to do that my ADHD brain won't let go of until its done. No wonder this has taken nearly 6 years so far.

[Madhatter]

hey all

Yes, this is still on going but it's really moving now towards finishing the SD itself. I have to install the lower hull fibers yet, but I am going to be making a start on that this week. Then it's the top half and that has a LOT of holes to fill. Damn my over enthusiastic drilling!







Well, that's it. Next update will see the lower half finished and wired in. Thanks for sticking around. I hope the extreme length of this project hasn't dulled the interest.

See you soon-ish

Si

[buzzbomb]

that is a LOT of fibre optic

[zenrat]

I met Si at Model Expo.  You wouldn't think he was insane from looking at him...
 

I'm really looking forward to seeing this in the dark with the lights on.
 

[Madhatter]

Brian, that's just the start. Mate, there is just soooo much to install 
Thanks Fred, was great to meet you too 
I'll do the lights out thing when I  go to test them all. That's a nerve-racking thought 

[Old Wombat]

Oh! My! Gawd!

        

                  

[NARSES2]

that is a LOT of fibre optic

I had some vauguely similar thoughts   

[Madhatter]

I did some math here; I went through my rubbish bin and counted 21 discarded sheaths (wrapping) and there are 32 fibers per sheath, that equals 672 - less maybe 12(?) broken or split fibers. Let's say 660 fibers on the lower half.
This is what it looks like as of 5 minutes ago:



I'll have the last 2 sidewalls attached by this afternoon, and once they're in, I'll start the bundling them into a light source. I think I'm going to end up using a lot more LED's than I initially estimated - but that's my fault for not cutting the lengths longer. I won't make the same mistake up top.
IF I remember to do it, I'll try log exactly how many hours it'll take me to thread the top half. I won't even try to guess how long the bottom has taken me so far

[buzzbomb]

Awesome work    Just the sheer patience with the drilling is mind boggling.

Some pretty serious clamping going on.. have trouble finding the 12 inch G Clamp 

[Madhatter]

yeah - I'm dreading placing the top half onto the lower half. I can already foresee a lot of fitment issues. I'm really not sure how I'm going to do it - but I have plenty of time to figure it out. Might try find a couple of large G clamps @ Bunnings