The Mirror Has Two Sides

[Chris S]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Making some great progress there Quaralane , Im looking forward to seeing the finished article

Chris.

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Thanks guys.
Had to take a couple of days off from the build to work on the mancave, but I'll be getting back to these soon enough

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

More Aves work on the hull addition for the Odysseus twins.
Have the detail sections blocked un completely now on the top. Need to smooth this up and even it out, and then I can put in the final sections and begin scribing.


Bottom section is filled in and just needs to be smoothed down before I do the first batch of scribing


YouTube link:
Odysseus Twins-SMA Contest-Part 5

 

[Solander]

Re: Odysseus Twins

So far so good!
Looks like it's going to take lots of scribing on that rear sections.
Ah, and I thought I'm the only poor guy faced with the need of complete kit's panels re-scribing..))
Welcome to the company and good luck, bro

 

[Grendels]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Believe it or not, I am doing scribing work on Godzilla.....

Good update, they are starting to look close to what you showed us at the beginning!

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Thanks, guys.

@Solander,
In my case, it won't be so much rescribing as actually doing the scribing in the first place.
Definitely have a lot to do, though

 

[Chris S]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Nice work Starting to take shape now . i dont envy you guys with all your scribing !!!

Chris.

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Definitely not looking forward to it, Chris.

Okay, today's round of rough sanding is over, and we have some progress.
The top still need the front sections filled in, and needs some levelling in spots.


The bottom is, at this point, ready for me to start scribing.


Now, with that first sanding done, I went in and did some fill work on the top section.
The ends have been evened up a bit, the more serious divots in the top have been filled, and the last sections have been roughed in.



More sanding tomorrow, then I can likely start scribing panel lines

Youtube link:
Odysseus Twins-SMA Contest-Part 6

 

[Grendels]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Thanks for the comment, it is starting to take shape isn't it? I have been watching this one from the beginning and I thought that you were building two different models here, not two halves of the same model. That turned out very well for what you did.

 

[Junkie]

Re: Odysseus Twins

That's moving along nicely. Good luck on the scribing!

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Re: Odysseus Twins

I have been watching this one from the beginning and I thought that you were building two different models here, not two halves of the same model.

Same here.

Now I see more clearly. ;D

Lots of work going into this, should pay off in the end.

 

[JMac]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Hey Q. It's the first chance I've had to look over here at your builds. Cool. You're really pouring alot in to these conversions. Looking forward to seeing them when you're finished. Kind of reminds me of the old FASA ship designs...

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

JMac, FASA was the inspiration, way back in '92 when I first designed her.

And, Grendels, ScalemodelMadman? I 'am' building two ships. Just building a master for the hull with the first one so that I can make a silicon mold and cast the hull for the second one.
Just doing the mold for the hull addition in two halves is all.

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Okay, now for today's update.
Started by getting rough sanding done on the upper hull work


Then, I went to do the preliminary scribing work on both parts:



With luck, I should be able to get basic work done tomorrow or Friday, and get both pieces into rubber by Saturday

Youtube Link:
Odysseus Twins-SMA Contest-Part 7

 

[13aceofspades13]

Re: Odysseus Twins

those are looking NNNICE!!!

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Thanks, Ace. I'm just hoping they cast as well as they look right now.
I REALLY don't want to have to scratch build the other ship's hull.

 

[Grendels]

Re: Odysseus Twins

That is a lot of scribing......But it is looking nice!

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Re: Odysseus Twins

And, Grendels, ScalemodelMadman? I 'am' building two ships.

HAHA!

Okay, don't mind me. Now I get it and it makes perfect sense.

Ton of work going into this. 8)

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Thanks.
I'm also figuring that I can use the molds for other builds once the twins are done

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Odysseus Twins

Time for a new update.
Got some small touch ups done on the top piece.
Touched up along the edge of the port grill work with a new strip of Aves


Went in with the small grinder on my Dremel and cleaned up the line just below the bridge/ B-C deck module



And now, the mold work begins.
Boxes for the molds were done with your standard Lego building bricks, and the one for the lower hull was sectioned off with the addition of some modelling clay.



Youtube link:
Odysseus Twins-SMA Contest-Part 8