USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class

[ASPHIAX]

Yeah, its due at sunday
thansk man !

[Munty]

Just stay focussed Asphiax, I for one think it's going to be pretty tough to beat this even if it does get to the contest unfinished! You're right though, after all the hard work you've put in already it woud be criminal to compromise the quality now at such a late stage.

Could you leave finishing off the nacelles for after the contest and start putting down some colour now or aren't you finished depron'n and such yet? Would look good to see it lit and with some colouring, even if it's just the dish that's finished-ish and the back is clearly a WIP...

Good luck, don't rush!

[ASPHIAX]

Thanks man !
I actually had an issue with the paint, they sent me the wrong one and i almost ruined the whole depron work with it (it had dissolvents in the paint) so I want to do it the other way around. The bottom saucer and will have some coulour and I am going to finish off one nacelles to give a better idea of how it will turn out. The connection to the main body will not be done as I need to rethink the servo array.
Building something this large (its over 5 feet) with no reference to materials or techniques does bring a large number of challenges.
funny though how stuff I never did before went ok and stuff that was easy went bad. Lets blame those Gremlins .. ehh Borg ... ehh Gremlins ....

I am going to do my best to get it as far as possible , but it will not have all the intended features.
sunday morning I will do a proper fotoshoot to show how far it has come.

Here is a small update of the work of yesterday evening.
(last night I did not work, I watched Tron, 2001 space odyssey en Moon after each other with a case of beer next to the sofa to comfort me after realising I wont make it completely)

Round LED PCB for the main deflector was intended to be a running light but ...

Warp 9!

The Bussard Collectors (red leds) I had to do 3 times to get it right, very time consuming

[Fuganater]

The main deflector looks awesome.

[Beta-brain]

I am in CM 2011 but I will not be able to deliver a finished product!
Its 95% complete but there are several major features not functioning like the servo's, the remote controlled lasers and ledsstrips and there is no paint job. The PC does work, did a dry run the other night, but the depron detailling of the exterior will take too much time because I spent to much time on debugging al the other stuff.
Yesterday I found myself almost putting a layer of foam desolving paint on the model because i had a wrong delivery and did not check it properly due to time stress, that was the cue for me to take a step back! Believe me I want to win and I will work to the max to get it as far as possible but I have to maintain a certain level of quality.

I applaud you for that, "The devil is in the detail".
I don't need to tell you that what you are doing is technical, detailed often complicated work with some processes like the fibre glass having a steep learning curve, don't beat yourself up if things don't go right the first time or if you don't make CM 2011.

You will not be happy if you enter and have to keep telling people this bit is not quite finished yet, that's not quite working yet either, I've done it with motorcycle builds for custom shows and really wish I had not entered as you just have to keep explaining yourself and it's really not the reward you should get for all the work you have done, it's a real anti-climax and I was sick of friends telling me that "If only you did this, etc you would have won" Yeeeeaaahhhh, I KNOW!...for me it was a day I want to forget, If you can finish it to a standard you are really happy with then go for it but otherwise wait and really get it perfect so next time it will blow the opposition away, the WOW factor for this build is huge and it's going to be there even more so when it's perfect at another competition.

[ASPHIAX]

The main deflector looks awesome.

Thanks man! It will be controlled by IR remote somewhere in the future so I can dimm it.

I applaud you for that, "The devil is in the detail".
I don't need to tell you that what you are doing is technical, detailed often complicated work with some processes like the fibre glass having a steep learning curve, don't beat yourself up if things don't go right the first time or if you don't make CM 2011.

You will not be happy if you enter and have to keep telling people this bit is not quite finished yet, that's not quite working yet either, I've done it with motorcycle builds for custom shows and really wish I had not entered as you just have to keep explaining yourself and it's really not the reward you should get for all the work you have done, it's a real anti-climax and I was sick of friends telling me that "If only you did this, etc you would have won" Yeeeeaaahhhh, I KNOW!...for me it was a day I want to forget, If you can finish it to a standard you are really happy with then go for it but otherwise wait and really get it perfect so next time it will blow the opposition away, the WOW factor for this build is huge and it's going to be there even more so when it's perfect at another competition.

Thats exactly the point. It almost negates all the work you´ve done so far!

If I want to loose myself in doing the detail work and spend hours on a single feature I will do that because I like to do it. Its not a real contest mentality but then again I did not start this build because of the contest (Although reaching the final 3 would seriously rock my boat!!!)

I do want to finish the big build somewhere soon, got another project that I am just itching to start. (also promissed my wife some major quality time with no computers - or spaceships, lol - around!

Thanks man!

[ASPHIAX]

Hi,

This is my final post for the 2011 casemod contest. I have worked my @ss off trying to get it finished before the deadline but I have not succeded.
The EURISKO is at 90% complete and I estimate it will take another 4 to 6 weeks before I can finish it in total. (Have to rewrite all the programming for the lasers and servo array as I have switched platform to ARDUINO based) Also work on the exterior with the intricate detailling in depron plastic done by hand takes more time then anticipated but I do not want to compromise the quality after spending at least 300 hours already on it.

Well here are the latest pictures and the final movie, hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed building it !

Thansk for watching and please let me know if you like the result (even though its not finished yet!!!)

Best Regards and Happy Modding !

ASPHIAX

[ASPHIAX]

Yes , finally got youtube to work here also !
here is a short vid on the warp nacelles. Moved only by hand for now!

[ASPHIAX]

The good people at Coolermaster have allowed me to participate in the casemod contest even though its not completely finished! (gotta love them!)

Ok people
The voting round for the 2011 Coolermaster Casemod Contest has begun !!!
So; if the USS EURISKO floats your spaceship ... Vote here :

The USS EURISKO ROCKS !!!

Many, Many thanks in advance !

Best Regards,

ASPHIAX

[Munty]

Congrats getting an entry man, looking at some of the other barely started projects that have also made it in I think you have a really good chance! I have 3 favourites but I'm not ready to vote just yet... Thankfully all 3 are from here so either way I'll be supporting one of our own lol

Best of luck but don't forget we still want to see it finished some time