spacewolf Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 A strip of ribbon was glued along one side of the opening, run behind the battery with enough to provide a tab to help pull the battery forward for removal. To hide the battery and form the front part of the pod a part was cut to match the outline of the pod, the intakes built on the forward side and like the ejection seat, angle strip was added to both the pod and it's forward face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 The front face slides into place snuggly. The wires were run into the pod and the openings sealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 The pod was carefully positioned and glued on. One engine pod and battery pack complete ! More in a few days, if I don't kill myself scribing ! Cheers Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Not really a real fan of Sci Fi stuff but this is just so entertaining! Think the life raft in the cockpit is just brilliant. Great Stuff vaughn! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobG Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Watching this with great interest, wonderful job, can hardly wait to see it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha71 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 very nice build. i olways liked such a things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Thanks guys, the comments are appreciated ! I'm glad I'm keeping a few of you entertained. So, with the inner wings framed up it's time to get the outer wings on. Things were carefully checked and the wings glued into place. Once the glue had dried I got a beauty shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Just for size comparison I set the 'Wolf beside my T-65 X Wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 But however there always has to be someone...as I was taking pics and admiring my creation, Hans drew my attention to the fact sitting there feeling good was not getting the model built. Specifically, what was I going to do about those gaping squared off intake openings... (I like Hans, but his German work ethic is a pain at times) The intakes in the comic are mostly in shadow, no detail is evident, so I was on my own. Knowing that most intakes are smooth, curved area's I had quite a few hours thought before I happened onto one of those happy accidents that helped fix the problem. I realized that the canopy was very close in size and shape, so I vacuformed some thin sheet over the master and cut it to fit. Needing a vent to bleed overpressure I cut out a U shape in the middle and glued a chamber to the back cut from an old rocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Glued into place it's looking good, but where was the intake air supposed to go ? ...(are we forgetting this is a 'space' fighter ?.. no air in space ?...ahh ! it's SI-FI..who cares, it looks good !) I decided to build a sharp ramp where the channeled 'air' would be guided into the fuselage. A curved section of sheet was added on an angle from the intake to the fuselage side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 It still looked odd so I was wondering what to do when I got an idea from looking at pics of Japanese SI-FI ships on the net....they love those vents and fins, put them everywhere ! So, out with some thin sheet stock and in a short time... But, of course, Hans wouldn't let me rest. Those rear area's had to be done too... (insert German explitive here...) Thankfully I had an idea of what the engine nozzles looked like so I built square tapered cones (three different sizes of course ) A thin strip of sheet was bent and glued in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Glued in place they look good. Thats it for this time. Hans and I are going out for a drink..or two...there will be another update in a few days. Cheers Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Excellent update Vaughn! A master work of ingenuity and execution. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Excellent update Vaughn! A master work of ingenuity and execution. Kev He's usin' those big words again....... ....... Thanks Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Looking real good there Vaughn. I always wanted to do some space ships from some of the Sci-Fi B movies I love, just never seem to get around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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