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Dead domed city


spacewolf

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Hi all, I was getting bogged down by the Starfury build and needed something I could bash out in a short time. They were redoing the CCTV camera's at work and one of the guys gave me a few of the clear acrylic domes they were tossing out. One of them had a hole in it and I got inspired.... all those old sci- fi book covers of futuristic domed cities...

 

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I did a google search or two and soon had a folder of great images...

 

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The idea of a domed city... but one that was dead !.... a big hole in the dome from war or a meteorite .... I toyed with the idea of the second pic but had an old memory of a book where the city had been on a poison planet... looked like Eden but everything was poison including the atmosphere.... I was off to the races ! I'll be snagging a few bits from these kits...

 

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but almost everything will be scratch built. Follow along if you like and see what madness I get into... :mental:

 

Vaughn

 

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The dome base was 7 inches but I knew it had to be cut down a bit.. so a disc was cut out of .060...6 inches in diameter. Once I'd drawn a few lines I got busy.... no scale to this.. just using up bits of plastic I'd otherwise toss out. I had no idea what or how to build a small city, but buildings are just shapes.. so I started gluing bits on..

 

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I added a nose cone from a rocket as the center building and then test fitted the dome... looks sort of ok...

 

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More bits added... the odd kit part but mostly just made from scrap bits..

 

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Starting to look good ! I was chuffed at how it was looking ...

 

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Raised up an inch and the dome placed over it.. looks good..

 

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But I needed a base for this.. a box made from .060... 9 in. square X 1 in. high..

 

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Placing the partly completed city and dome in place...I think this is gonna work !!

 

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So there we are. Tune in next week and we'll see what silliness I get up to with this ! :evil_laugh:

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