Well it's time for a small update on this one from me for a change.
Last weekend i spent a bit of time starting construction on the body up. Afterall that head,neck,waist and engine section will need something in between em now. It'll be good if i can have this all together ready for when those section get here from Charles as with those bit's it'll have it at about 85-90%% together with just the landing bays to go and those are already partially built as well being the very first pieces i got with the intention to use on the other build originally. Those bays though put ideas in my head as i mentioned way back and here i am today very fortunate to be able to have one of these CR kit's.
Anyway, lets get on with it then, Lot's of piccy's as i like piccy's! LOL
Mind you some shots aint that great but still it'll give you an idea where i'm at and how i got there.
This design of this kit is simply incredible! I can't express that enough. It really does go together like a 3D jigsaw the way it's been planned out. Everything pretty much interlocks together in some way which in itself to me, makes for stronger joints when bonded. Then not to mention it's just so easy to put together. Every part has a pt# laser cut into it and pointer showing the correct orientation the part should be. It don't get much simpler anyway!
The body is basicly built as two modules. It starts off as a floor piece and you build it up like a house but leave the ends off. The body section has the walls but then an inner set of walls get lamanted inside them also. It's a pretty rigid assembly once all done and then i went and reinforced all the joins with 1/8 sq acrylic rod as Charles had recommended way back for extra strength. At the end the two modules get joined by the front and rear bulkhead as well as a couple of lamanating joint also. Thats after the modules have been placed around the armature that is and the whole body is bolted onto the armature. To make life easier there once again there are jigs for setting the body on the armature. Little things like just this i find very impressive really. There is also a jig for the mount tubes for the bays which impressed me just as much and i'll get to that when i finally get back to the bay side of the build again.
So now onto the coffin, yeah i'm a lil here and there with two things at present. I needed a fix so i'm doing both! LOL
I haven't got very far with this yet as i need to get the body skins on the body so i can then locate the coffin frame ready for skinning. Again it all locates together with tabs and slots. The last picture the body skin and coffin pieces are just sitting in place, i just like to see where i'm headed before i get there and i'm sorta blown away how big the coffin is comparative to the body size. It's frakin huge!!
Just a thanks also to Charles for his assistance and pointers on putting this baby together. I've had a few questions and Charles has been very helpful with his suggestions along with his all round knowledge of both building and the subject in question. Not to mention other stuff as well some of which can be seen in some pictures. Cheers mate!
So anyway heres where i'm at as of now.
Last weekend i spent a bit of time starting construction on the body up. Afterall that head,neck,waist and engine section will need something in between em now. It'll be good if i can have this all together ready for when those section get here from Charles as with those bit's it'll have it at about 85-90%% together with just the landing bays to go and those are already partially built as well being the very first pieces i got with the intention to use on the other build originally. Those bays though put ideas in my head as i mentioned way back and here i am today very fortunate to be able to have one of these CR kit's.
Anyway, lets get on with it then, Lot's of piccy's as i like piccy's! LOL
Mind you some shots aint that great but still it'll give you an idea where i'm at and how i got there.
This design of this kit is simply incredible! I can't express that enough. It really does go together like a 3D jigsaw the way it's been planned out. Everything pretty much interlocks together in some way which in itself to me, makes for stronger joints when bonded. Then not to mention it's just so easy to put together. Every part has a pt# laser cut into it and pointer showing the correct orientation the part should be. It don't get much simpler anyway!
The body is basicly built as two modules. It starts off as a floor piece and you build it up like a house but leave the ends off. The body section has the walls but then an inner set of walls get lamanted inside them also. It's a pretty rigid assembly once all done and then i went and reinforced all the joins with 1/8 sq acrylic rod as Charles had recommended way back for extra strength. At the end the two modules get joined by the front and rear bulkhead as well as a couple of lamanating joint also. Thats after the modules have been placed around the armature that is and the whole body is bolted onto the armature. To make life easier there once again there are jigs for setting the body on the armature. Little things like just this i find very impressive really. There is also a jig for the mount tubes for the bays which impressed me just as much and i'll get to that when i finally get back to the bay side of the build again.
So now onto the coffin, yeah i'm a lil here and there with two things at present. I needed a fix so i'm doing both! LOL
I haven't got very far with this yet as i need to get the body skins on the body so i can then locate the coffin frame ready for skinning. Again it all locates together with tabs and slots. The last picture the body skin and coffin pieces are just sitting in place, i just like to see where i'm headed before i get there and i'm sorta blown away how big the coffin is comparative to the body size. It's frakin huge!!
Just a thanks also to Charles for his assistance and pointers on putting this baby together. I've had a few questions and Charles has been very helpful with his suggestions along with his all round knowledge of both building and the subject in question. Not to mention other stuff as well some of which can be seen in some pictures. Cheers mate!
So anyway heres where i'm at as of now.