08-22-2011, 10:34 AM
So Ive been screwin around with this subject for a little while now. I really love the ANH models as they are the basis for what came after.
Anyway I wasn't sure h9ow to tackle this build. It was go the studio accurate way & fill a paper paint bucket with foam or construct it in the way Lasse Henning did his Pod. First the dimensions had to be figured. In playing with the dims & the paper buckets I discovered something that may be right or wrong but fitted to what needed to happen to get the right shapes. I figured that the ILM boys filled the bucket with foam & then carved the angled sections away from the bottom area rather than add the bottom section. I believe this to have been done as in the centre if the bucket is an indentation. The indentation is the exact size I figeured the engine section to be. If you carve inwards to that indentation you will have the right angles for the build. Anyway I don't have any foam yet so I decided to follow in Lasse's footsteps & construct the base shape in styrene like he did.
Things are going ok & have made a good start. When I get some foam I will test my theory on the bucket usingthat method. Thanks for looking at another of my long builds.
Anyway I wasn't sure h9ow to tackle this build. It was go the studio accurate way & fill a paper paint bucket with foam or construct it in the way Lasse Henning did his Pod. First the dimensions had to be figured. In playing with the dims & the paper buckets I discovered something that may be right or wrong but fitted to what needed to happen to get the right shapes. I figured that the ILM boys filled the bucket with foam & then carved the angled sections away from the bottom area rather than add the bottom section. I believe this to have been done as in the centre if the bucket is an indentation. The indentation is the exact size I figeured the engine section to be. If you carve inwards to that indentation you will have the right angles for the build. Anyway I don't have any foam yet so I decided to follow in Lasse's footsteps & construct the base shape in styrene like he did.
Things are going ok & have made a good start. When I get some foam I will test my theory on the bucket usingthat method. Thanks for looking at another of my long builds.