USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class

[msmrx57]

Looking AWESOME
It may not feel like you're making progress, but the attention to detail will shine in the end result.
I knew this was a pretty good sized piece but didn't realize just how large until the shot with the drill.

[ASPHIAX]

I think its looking great dude. Can't wait for the next update!

Thanks man! Will be posting another small update soon.

Looking AWESOME
It may not feel like you're making progress, but the attention to detail will shine in the end result.
I knew this was a pretty good sized piece but didn't realize just how large until the shot with the drill.

That's what I keep saying to myself also!
Yep she's pretty big ...
Will be starting on the standard soon making her hoover at 5 or 6 feet!

[ASPHIAX]

Ok, Here is the update of day 4 of the MOD Marathon.

Instead of working on the exterior hull and deflector tunnel sections, I was working on something I felt was missing untill now.

The Impulse drives were just simple pieces of foam. This cannot be !

So started to work on some simple models to see what I wanted. This is the one I finally went for.
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This is just to get a sense of size and general feel .. But its already looking better I think !
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This is the final model. It looks a bit rough but I need to sand it down and fill in the cracks with the cellulose based filler.
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Again looking better I think !
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Here you can see the reason why I needed to build the models first. I needed to cut deeply into the wingsection to get the lighting installed. This is aluminium foil and 3 seperate layers of 5 mm frosted plexi to get a good glow.
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Here you can see the layered approach to the impulse drive.
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lighting test, the glow is ok considering this is lit by a led strip and not 2 single 8KMCD RGB leds (yes they will be constrolleable!)
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Final result! Still has some light leaks but those are easily fixed .
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

Until tomorrow!

Laterz

[ASPHIAX]

Day 5 into the MOD Marathon and I am starting to feel the strain.

Must have been working on the EURISKO for at least 39 hours the past days.

All good fun but I am getting Depron-itis and would love do something else then sticking foam to epoxy. So I did

Yesterday I worked on the right Impulse drive. Today I duplicated it to the left and created all the wiring and updated the circuit board to allow for the additional RGB leds. Will try to get a better picture tomorrow!

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I finished the design of the lower saucer but cannot finalise it as the baseplate needs be fixated to the deflector tunnel to allow for certain curves to be finished with depron.

This is by the way the first attempt ( a very miserable one I agree) to paint the EURISKO for a contest a couple of months ago. It was abandoned for more reseasch as after 5 minutes I knew this was not going to fly …

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...g?w=590&h=1051

Just a small thing. Finished the front of the EURISKO. The lower “missing” parts will be airbrushed to allow for some additional depth.

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Also did tons of other small but necessary stuff !

So with just a day left to finish all the depron work its going to be close.

Got around 8 hours left before I go on holiday for 2 weeks.

Untill tomorrow !

Laterz

[ASPHIAX]

Teaser ...
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...g?w=590&h=1051
The High Res Pics and the Video will be posted on my blog hopefully tonight or tomorrow!

[ASPHIAX]

Psssttt ...
74 High res pictures >>> here !

Some highlights !

[Fuganater]

New pics are way too small....

Either way I really like the new lights.

[ASPHIAX]

Adjusted ^^^

Thanks !
There are still some light bleeders but nothing a little aluminium tape cant fix!

[Fuganater]

Thanks thats much better. I have horrible internet even here at work so looking at your site is rough.

[ASPHIAX]

No probs !