After all the cutting and sanding of the vacu-form parts, I needed a break and moved onto the engine mount.
It's a typical 20/50 engine mount, the only typical thing on this rocket.
The split 20/50 centering ring was de-laminating. A little white glue was slipped in with my knife blade.
To hold the ring together while the glue dried, it was slipped in to the BT-50 main body tube.
After all had dried, the end was sanded flat and smooth with my sanding block.
That engine hook is pretty wide and stronger than normal. It moves easily out of the way when sanding the ring and tubes flush.
The kit didn't include an engine block, I'll add one above the top bend of the hook.
Not specifically connected to the Klingon Cruiser, though related in a way.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_uj71DyTL0
Hi Naoto,
DeleteI've seen that video a few times before. It's sort of funny now. I was surprised they got William Shatner to do it.
It's also interesting to note the color of the shirt he is wearing -- it is the same color as the uniform he wore in the 1960s TV. Although most people may say the uniform was gold or a mustard yellow, it turns out due to interactions between fabric (they chose a velour fabric due to a metallic sheen), the lightings and the characteristics of video (talk to anybody who does video and they'll jokingly interpret NTSC as Not The Same Color).
DeleteWhat I was unaware of until I picked up the Polar Lights 1/1000 kit of the Klingon Cruiser, was that unlike the darkish grey color, the filming miniature was originally had a distinct purple tone on the top and greenish color on the underside (think color of a shark). I've considered using that color scheme when building the Klingon model that I've got in the stockpile.
http://www.round2models.com/articles/klingon-color-theory-101
Another thing that's amusing is to note the brief shot of the Enterprise model -- with the "trough" on the underside might not look much out of place in light of many later starships that have appeared in the Star Trek franchise (a number have a similar "trench" in which the navigational deflector is housed).