USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class

[ASPHIAX]

I love this build... +rep.

Thansk man !

[ASPHIAX]

Here is a small update
The Epoxy clay is in and I feel like a kid again ...
(only wished I payed better attention at craft class,lol)

I was first planning on heating the depron with a small oven to about 90 degrees celsius and then bending it for the rims of the case. But after a small test last week I found out that my hands are not fireproof (How could I forget that )
So the Apoxy Sculpt Clay is giving me the flexibility I need and will make for a sturdy rim after hardening.

Here is an overview with all the lines on the canope. Took some time but now I can "fill" every thing in with the depron/Apoxy combo.
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This is the fun part ! I was really looking forward to the detailling of the canope.
You can just see the case come to life before your eyes.
FINALLY !!!!!

[blueonblack]

You can just see the case come to life before your eyes.
FINALLY !!!!!

Yeah, you'd think I would have gotten past judging this kind of work based on initial impressions. This is indeed taking shape *very* nicely. +rep

[Munty]

Wow, think I missed a few posts! This is looking even more amazing than last time I was here and we were debating warp travel

[ASPHIAX]

Yeah, you'd think I would have gotten past judging this kind of work based on initial impressions. This is indeed taking shape *very* nicely. +rep

Thanks ! I must say its quite a journey. I am now finally at the point I would like to be with this build. Didnt know much about modelling and had to figure out everything on the way. Great Fun though!

Wow, think I missed a few posts! This is looking even more amazing than last time I was here and we were debating warp travel

Hi Munty, got any more questions I can dig out? LOL! I have entered the coolermaster contest so I will need to keep momentum. Hope to have all the detailling of the canopy finished by the end of the week. The microcontrollers should be arriving by that time!

[ASPHIAX]

Here is another short update !
Gotta keep the wheels turning for the may deadline of the coolermaster contest

Still a lot of work.

A little jump forward, I was so concentrated on the work, I forgot to take pictures

Slowly but surely its starting to look like something!

[AmEv]

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[ASPHIAX]

Finally had some time to translate. Be prepared , this is going to be a big post!

Doing the lining is very important or else you can find yourself a fat centimeter higher on the right side as you can see on this picture. Did have to do my best to get this resolved, but success!

Here are some detailed pictures of the Apoxy Clay

Took some pics this morning of the caly work of last night. Even though I have not done anything with Clay since I was like 10 years old, the work is progressing nicely.
The trick is to let the clay harden a bit before putting it on. That way when you apply some pressure it doesnt turn to mush when you're being a bit to forcefull. I am thinking when everything is finished and sanded and painted you wont be able to see the difference between the clay and the depron.

A guy on another forum asked me what the reason was I used clay instead of depron for certain parts. Here is the answer!
Thansk for asking! Took some pics this morning.
here is a plate of depron and a A4 piece of paper. Will be using the paper as I am carefull with my depron ;-) (this depron is 3 mm thick btw)

To bend a cornour is relatively easy. Done this with my wife's hairdryer, a heatgun or paintstripper, although the heatgun and stripper heated the depron to quickly which buckled.

But its not the only bend I need to make. Esspecially the nose is a complex collection of curves and bends. If you would to bend the depron like this it would be possible to cut out the wrinkles and make the pieces to fit but the front would be covered with straight lines and it should be a perfectly smooth curve!

I tried different techniques, from heatguns to hairdryers to little ovens, I even boiled the depron but i just wouldnt work or turn out the way I wanted it. The clay does all that without bruning myself.

Small update on the work yesterday

Here is a good example why the depron work can sometimes take so long and you have to redo certain parts.
Nice and straight line right? I put a line in with paint for clarification.

Guess again !!!! Due to all the different curves I almost have to start to think in 3D!

Well that was it for now,
Laterz
ASPHIAX

[xr4man]

way more impressive than what i thought this going to turn out to be.

[Munty]

Increasingly stunning with every post! How much does this weigh in at right now ASP? I'm not good with actual weights so try and compare it to something for me if you could lmao. Like how many times as heavy as a standard PC tower is it for example? If indeed it is, maybe it's a lot lighter than I imagine it to be