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Offline Frank3k

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2017, 04:21:18 AM »
If you're powering the lights with 5V or 9V, just use copper tape (used as a snail barrier in gardens) for the V+ and ground and apply them to the lets or to the center column (as long as they're isolated from each other).

The copper strip doesn't have to be very thick - 1/16" - 1/8" should do the trick. Just solder the connections before applying the tape to the plastic! The stuff I bought is sticky on one side, and can be primered/painted. You would use a metal contact in the base to connect the ship to its power supply. If you do a leg and the central column, there's no chance of inverting the polarity. And we know what happens when you invert the polarity on most spaceships!

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2017, 06:42:31 AM »
Yep! Everything goes backwards! Its worked perfectly for decades!
Copper tape sounds interesting. I already have aluminum tape but I don't think I could solder it. With proper planning I might not have to.

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #27 on: February 20, 2017, 07:15:57 AM »
Lights are installed in the "drive unit".



PSR is finished! Yea!!!! I applied some primer to find any defects.





Now to let it dry for a couple of days and sand off a couple of spots. Then the silver and a few black decals for visual interest.

Oh, and a base.

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2017, 08:16:51 AM »
Yea Ha!! I painted something and it came out right the first time!!!


Krylon really came through on this one. I think the silver says 50's space ship just right.
I wet sanded with 400 grit paper that had been used already so it came out really smooth. I painted as soon as it was dry so it wouldn't get dust on it.



Plus I found some tiny figures in the drawer of doom. N gauge railroad guys but with a little paint they should look like astronuts.


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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2017, 11:25:44 AM »
Some astronuts....


I glued the tiniest gold colored beads I could find over their heads and painted them a nice 50s silver. They need backpacks yet.

The base so far.


I found some drywall mud in the basement closet that is "filling in" for soil.
The boulders are limestone rocks from a parking lot that had a layer of pyrite deposited on them. Good old "fools gold". It will look good for some interstellar mining.

Next is some shades of gray for soil.

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #30 on: March 21, 2017, 08:15:52 PM »
have you got more images of the scratch built star ship going on in the background? That looks really amazing from that one pic  with the spray paint in the foreground
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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #31 on: March 22, 2017, 12:48:25 AM »
That's a build that has been on hold for far too long. I got bogged down in light Inc and making a working door for the hanger deck. I'll post some pics later

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #32 on: March 26, 2017, 10:16:01 AM »
Painted the base and attached the astronauts. Now for some decals. I'm thinking of naming it Atlantis using space shuttle decals.

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #33 on: March 26, 2017, 11:15:23 PM »
It's really starting to look the business! :)
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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #34 on: March 27, 2017, 04:40:31 AM »
I'm calling this one done!


The astronauts turned out really well. I'm happy with this one all around.
The Atlantis decals fell apart so just a number for this ship.






The lighting turned out well. It changes color with different combinations of LEDs.















Thanks for all the helpful suggestions along the way. This was my first real attempt at a base and I hope you all like it.

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #35 on: March 27, 2017, 05:37:54 AM »
very cool

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #36 on: March 27, 2017, 06:18:05 AM »
Awesome job.   :) :)
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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #37 on: March 27, 2017, 06:32:10 AM »
Great,I like it !
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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #38 on: March 27, 2017, 09:17:52 AM »
Beautiful!!  And what's wrong with just numbers?  C-57-D worked just fine for Forbidden Planet.

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #39 on: March 27, 2017, 05:04:23 PM »
 :)
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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #40 on: March 28, 2017, 09:31:32 PM »
Wow did that finish up great!

I really like the little diorama you made for it too!

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #41 on: March 29, 2017, 06:04:07 PM »
That's a cracker! :) :) :)
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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #42 on: March 29, 2017, 11:51:38 PM »
The saucer looks great and the astronauts really came out well. The "drive unit" changing colors looks outstanding, too!

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Re: plates in space!
« Reply #43 on: May 04, 2017, 05:23:12 PM »
I had missed the final result of this WIP...
I love it!

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