Thanks Guys!
Update... the nacelles...
Spent yesterday and today fine tuning the bussards and nacelles. After gluing the bussard housings into one half of each nacelle I attached the motors with silicon tubing to the spinner axles, powered them up, and after a minute or two I noticed an annoying squeak coming from the bearings inside the bussard housing. Some adjustments to the spinners-usually involving pulling them a little more forward and lubricating the bearings with 3-in-1 household oil eliminated the squeaks. Had to be careful though and not pull the spinners too far forward or they'd rub up against the inside of the outer domes. Finally got them just right.
Here's the port nacelle motor and bussard:
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IMG_4537 by trekriffic, on Flickr
Foam pipe insulation was stuffed with some of the leftover thin foam protective sheets from the model kit:
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IMG_4536 by trekriffic, on Flickr
The foam tubes were cut into sections and laid along the length of the nacelle to eliminate the tendency of the hollow cylinder to resonate like a pipe organ pipe would. A flat was cut along the sides of the foam tubes to accomodate the inboard nacelle trench:
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IMG_4538 by trekriffic, on Flickr
The nacelle halves were glued together with Testors cement and wrapped with rubber bands to dry:
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IMG_4539 by trekriffic, on Flickr
I wanted the blades to be more visible underneath the translucent domes so I used adhesive backed foil strips to cover the PE blades I'd painted with Testors aluminum previously. I also used foil on the center hub:
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IMG_4540 by trekriffic, on Flickr
I think it looks quite a bit like the 11 footers bussard domes now:
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image3 by trekriffic, on Flickr
I made a short video showing one of the bussards spinning so you guys could hear it. It's not completely closed up yet, still have to glue in the trench screens and attach the end caps, intercoolers, and reactor loops so I'm thinking it may get a little quieter still:
1/350 TOS Enterprise nacelle with spinning bussard-noise test
