10k scale Allegiance SD/SSD master WIP

[Odyssey Slipways]

here is some sketched of how i was thinking of making the major parts of the ship
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here i begin making the lower hull. it is made from .040 ABS sheeting from Plastruct. i thought that if i made the sides of the sheet of plastic the center line of the hull, it would match up easier. in the first shot you'll see where i cut out for the 2 small hangars. nothing else shown here other than the cross braces being added in
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not sure what i was doing here
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not sure what was done here other than i took note on how tall the hull was, not to my liking

I may have added the stripping for the brim trench lips
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I'm not sure if this is where i had changed out the cross braces on the top and bottom hulls, giving the hull's cross section a lower profile. i know it was here or the day before

here i started adding some of the larger raised armor plating to the lower hull. i wasn't sure how i was going to make a straight line from one side to the other, so i started by cutting the plastic with one squared ends, these ends would meet in the center of the hull and then be laid down, i would then mark the edge of the hull onto the plastic so i would know where to make my cuts. it worked out pretty good.
to help keep the gap between the one set of armor plates, i just decided to use a strip of plastic. i figured why not, if the first piece was glued in place and it looked pretty good, why not just follow it...... so i did
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here is started the upper hull. rather than cutting out two pieces like i did with the lower hull, i cut them out together as one piece and then scored down the center where i started to bend it. but before i could bend the hull, i drew out on the computer the size of the opening i wanted for the tiers, printed it out, and then cut through the paper into the plastic. it worked rather well. you will also see that i added cross braces to the upper hull as i did with the lower hull. you can also see 2 pictures of both hull halves next to each other showing the outside and insides
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in these pictures i started adding .040 thick strips to make a lip for the Tiers to sit on. I also started the first Tier, but stopped when i got to trying to get the right pitch for the roof. the way i was trying to work out the pitch was by taking .250 wide strips of plastic and using that as a guide by putting it on it's side, on the hull, but when the two strips met in the middle, i kept being just over 1 mm between them in their height. For the life of me, i don't know what the problem is, so i tired again.......... and again............. and again........... and then called it a day
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after trying to figure out why i couldn't get one side to match the other at the center point, i finally gave in and just split the difference. from this point, everything seemed to flow nicely. I started the first Tier level
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here you will see that last Tier levels being added. each Tier level is separate from the other. there are 4 pieces so far to the Tiers. the spine will be a separate part as well
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[Odyssey Slipways]

okay, been a little while since i posted here any updates, so i'll post them by their dates......

8-28-08

in this picutre i did a little sketching of what i'd like it to look like
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in this picture i have laid down the first layer of .020 x .100 and then began adding on some other shaped pieces of .020
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in this one i added just a few pieces of .010 strips and chips
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in this shot you may make out a few more pieces of .010 added
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i thought if i turned the hull around the other way, the flash may throw a bit of a shadow to see things a bit easier, but it doesn't seem to be the case 5.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

as you can see in this pictures, i tried to add a little bit of perspective to it, but it didn't come out too clearly
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this one also shows a little bit of persective to it, but this time i didn't use a flash so you can se a little bit more
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all of this is giving me some idea as to how i'll be having the Brimt trench done for the Ertl 1:4222 scale SD kit when i get to it (hoping before the end of the year).

I still plan on adding smaller little wedges of plastic do give it more detail along with another level of .020 and then detail out some of that level, then i just have 5 more sides to do like it.

hope you like the brim trench so far (now that you can see it )


8-29-08

well, i did some more detailing of the first level, just adding a few more shaped chips to fil it out some more.

not sure why but the front half of the trench just doesn't seem to be the same as the back - or is it just me?

if i manage to get anything else done on it tomorrow, it will hopefully be adding the second level of .020 and then dtailing that as much as possible.

i know yesterdays pictures were hard to see what detailing was added, but i think you'll like these pictures even more
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9-1-08

not too much new to show. I did start the next layer bbut not quite as i was planning. I was hoping to add another .020 and add some more detailing, but i found i was only able to add a .010. the only way i might have been able to add the .020 was if i were to push it down hard in the back, but when i did this, i think the lavels would start to tilt and make it all unlevel (going arcross the hull from side to side).

i did start adding the fist level (.020) to the other side.

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[Kadaeux]

Ouch, thats a really painful format you're using there matey, the work looks very good but having to click on a link just to see the picture is an extreme pain in the ass. Just post the pictures in the thread using the links like everyone else.

[Odyssey Slipways]

because some still use dial up (as i am again) and if i where to post all of the pictures in this thread, the page would take for ever to load up.

[chrono]

Which is why the Attachment & Thumbnail features exists.

[Odyssey Slipways]

not sure how to do that i doub't it's clicking onto the insert image as i have just tried that a few times and nothing....... could be cause i'm on dial up, donno

[Odyssey Slipways]

here are a few pictures, others can be seen via the links posted above postings

this is the right, rear Brim Trench
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this is the front, right Brim Trench
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this is the left, rear Brim Trench
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The basic Tier levels tack-glued in place until surface detail is added
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This is the upper hull sitting next to a casting of the Avenger SD and the new Escort Carrier
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[Odyssey Slipways]

here are two more picutres. i won't post any more in this thread until i get something major done to it

Reactor Bulb and raised armor plates
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3 raised armor plates
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