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Builds By Baz - Full scale MKII Colonial Viper
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BuildsByBaz
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...it puts the lotion on its skin....A cling wrap layer goes between the duct tape layer and the skin. Next level pattern making strats.
Dirtdives2424
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...or else it gets the hose again!!!!
BuildsByBaz
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Thanks to my mate Russell, for all your help getting me started in video editing. Here's my first attempt, using transitions, tiltles and pic in pic editing. As I become more familiar with the program and what it can do, hopefully the quality of the vids will improve.
Gotta start somewhere.
Baz.
Gotta start somewhere.
Baz.
BuildsByBaz
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Finally made it to the hardware store and spend my $50 allowance! Back to building! Yay!
Lower aft panel complete, started on the upper aft panel. I should have that one finished tomorrow.
Lower aft panel complete, started on the upper aft panel. I should have that one finished tomorrow.
BuildsByBaz
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Thanks mate. I'll get back to it this week.
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Surprise on my doorstep!!!! A random kindness from an internet friend. He just sent me 20 square metres of 300GSM chopped strand fibreglass mat to skin the Viper with! I've also picked up a generous gift of 300 square metres of 100GSM mat. I am continually blown away by the kindness and generosity of people who see a project and want to support it.
Thanks to the generosity of two total strangers, I have all the fibreglass mat I need to skin the Viper. Now to work on the resin, one which does not eat polystyrene. Bote-coat or similar...
My boss was also good enough to cut out the steel support vanes for the rear turbines. Looks like I've got some welding to do.
Meanwhile, I've been working on the upper aft panel. A mate from work converted a 3D file for me, then CNC routed it out of a piece of my demolished pergola. Something went wrong with the scale in the 3D file, so it printed too small, but it came out nice so we will do it again and up the scale. You can see from the photo I have in my hand below, it really needs to fill the space in the middle of the pane. Works out to about 300mm, which makes sense because a lot of stuff made in the US rounds off to the nearest inch or foot.
While I wait for that, I've been working wood and plastic to make the rest of the panel and paint it up.
Thanks to the generosity of two total strangers, I have all the fibreglass mat I need to skin the Viper. Now to work on the resin, one which does not eat polystyrene. Bote-coat or similar...
My boss was also good enough to cut out the steel support vanes for the rear turbines. Looks like I've got some welding to do.
Meanwhile, I've been working on the upper aft panel. A mate from work converted a 3D file for me, then CNC routed it out of a piece of my demolished pergola. Something went wrong with the scale in the 3D file, so it printed too small, but it came out nice so we will do it again and up the scale. You can see from the photo I have in my hand below, it really needs to fill the space in the middle of the pane. Works out to about 300mm, which makes sense because a lot of stuff made in the US rounds off to the nearest inch or foot.
While I wait for that, I've been working wood and plastic to make the rest of the panel and paint it up.
BuildsByBaz
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Mounted the upper aft panel then started building the edge around it.
Patching up holes and adjusting curves to improve shape before fibreglassing.
Patching up holes and adjusting curves to improve shape before fibreglassing.
Dirtdives2424
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Sexy ..............as always!!!!
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Working on the rear cages for the exhaust turbines.
At work, we had a couple of split and failed shield bosses, so I cut the flanges off them, polished them up and thought they might look better as the centre hubs on the intake fans. The existing hubs are turned from a 90mm post, so they look a bit small. Also, the plywood fan blades are starting to peel and look ratty, so I'm going to replace them with aluminium.
Finally, I am under enormous pressure from my family to build this extension, right where the Viper stands now. I have to modify my garden shed to temporarily accept the modules, stacked in until required. Later, the whole building will come down to be replaced with a hangar. On Sunday, I cut the front wall off, framed it and turned it into a door, wide enough to get the palletised cockpit in. (Cockpit being the largest, widest module.)
At work, we had a couple of split and failed shield bosses, so I cut the flanges off them, polished them up and thought they might look better as the centre hubs on the intake fans. The existing hubs are turned from a 90mm post, so they look a bit small. Also, the plywood fan blades are starting to peel and look ratty, so I'm going to replace them with aluminium.
Finally, I am under enormous pressure from my family to build this extension, right where the Viper stands now. I have to modify my garden shed to temporarily accept the modules, stacked in until required. Later, the whole building will come down to be replaced with a hangar. On Sunday, I cut the front wall off, framed it and turned it into a door, wide enough to get the palletised cockpit in. (Cockpit being the largest, widest module.)
BuildsByBaz
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Starting to get the hang of this video editing now. Each time it's a little easier and I find another cool feature I can use. Here's the latest on the Viper engine turbines.
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Sean Anwalt
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I am in awe of everything you've done with this build. It's incredible!
When you're done with it, wanna help me make an X-wing or Tie fighter from star wars? Then we can have space battles! X-D
When you're done with it, wanna help me make an X-wing or Tie fighter from star wars? Then we can have space battles! X-D
BuildsByBaz
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^^^ I'm already having a space battle. I'm running out of space....
Sean Anwalt
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You can always store it at my place..... just saying.
3DVagabond
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I was looking and reading this thread. At first when I saw the cardboard cut out I was like, "Wow, this looks goo...oly *Bleep*!" That was when I saw that you were making a much larger scale... WOW!
BuildsByBaz
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Sometimes I look back on the start of the thread and think, "What was I thinking?"
3DVagabond
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That would be ambition clashing with reality with budget as its sidekick. It happens.
BuildsByBaz
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The next and one of the final outer detail jobs, are the mechanicals under the top engine cowling. Surprisingly easy to replicate, once I stopped to study it.
Here's a reference photo from the screen-used prop.
Again, lots of leftover materials used, but I had to buy a length of PVC pipe that was a specific diameter that I didn't have. My next door neighbour gave me a heap of old 50mm pipe. Design work chicken scratches on a bit of old ply, after using a tape measure up on the engine and my blurry MkI eyeball. Gets the job done.
Here's a reference photo from the screen-used prop.
Again, lots of leftover materials used, but I had to buy a length of PVC pipe that was a specific diameter that I didn't have. My next door neighbour gave me a heap of old 50mm pipe. Design work chicken scratches on a bit of old ply, after using a tape measure up on the engine and my blurry MkI eyeball. Gets the job done.
BuildsByBaz
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Starting to fit mechanical into the top engine nacelle.
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