Recent content by Builder 2010

Big day! It was the kind of day that gave me confidence that the model will be completed on schedule. Only had one catastrophe which I sort-of corrected. We were supposed to have wild weather, but itw as sunny and warm so painting outdoors worked fine. I had to prepare some stuff before...

Actually, it's a pretty nice ball-point pen…. I know… I lost two of them. Work continues. I glued in the screw blocks in the 2nd deck structure and then drilled and applied small, flat head, brass screws. I'm not going to use any glue to hold the parts together. This way, it can all be...

Thanks all! I often wonder how many folks read, but don't comment. I was told only 15% respond. It's hard to tell. The end is near… in a good way. The nameplate is finished and ready for pickup. The plexiglass is ordered and will be ready on Friday. I got the 2nd deck compartments glued up and...

Thanks for the concern. It's not hurting at all, so I suspect, there's no carbide hiding in there. Another problem solved! Whew! I went to sleep last night working through the various ways to fix that wall without ripping anything out. I came up with laminating an new wall on the front with...

Construction has begun on the Magazine proper. I should say, construction, then de-construction, then construction again, and another de-construction and so on. Yesterday I go the Mag''s walls done with all of their cutaways. One set was supposed to be three walls with identical cutaways. I...

Very nice, very clean build of an interesting airplane.

While I can't specifically do a video on construction since I'd need a time machine. However, I am going to produce and AV program to show parts of the model that are now hidden and/or give more inforation about the gun, its history and the system. Trying to do this with traditional graphics...

Not much time in the shop since I was spending hours fixing up all the nonesense with my software. Besides the SU extensions challenge (all fixed now), I ran into a problem with CorelDraw and Mac Sonoma. While I could print directly out of CD with tiled pages so I could print full-size plans...

I'm going to try and make cable railings like the real ship has. In 1:48 scale, theoretically, I should be able to. So I designed and printed the stanchions. I think they'll be strong enough. They should really be brass, but that's whole other deal and I'd probably go with solid rails not wire...

Well then… if you are truly a medical expert… heavy drinking it is. I prefer an older bourbon… let's say 18 year-old. Yesterday's work and today's are in this post. Bunch of odds and ends. Got all the ammo finish painted and ready to install. Mounted the new captain's platform installed and it...

Is there a vaccine for that? I don't want anyone getting hurt.

I'm in the business of blowing minds (without the use of drugs!) With the 5"38 project showing signs of completion, I'm starting to think about the engine room challenge. To get 33 knots, over 250 feet of the entire center of the Iowas were dedicated to propulsion. Each of the four engine rooms...

Good golly indeed! If wasn't actually the person building this thing, I wouldn't know how it was done. The reprinted parts including the platform are done and painted. I cleaned up the gun house shield back wall and airbrushed fresh white on it so it's ready for the newly resized part. Painted...

Thanks guys! It's definitely starting to come together. I'm actually thinking that I could have it done for delivery to the ship on May 19 when we go on the dry dock tour. For most of my working (and retirement) life, my most creative ideas happen just as I'm waking up in the morning. For a...

Many thanks! Some odds and ends from yesterday's and today's sessions. Continuing to print, cleanup and paint various components going into the magazine. By tomorrow all the printing for the model will be complete. While doing this, I'm writing the 3D printing book. It's good to write it while...