Randy Cooper Stardestroyer

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I wanted a metal internal frame to ensure it will support manipulations (transport and convention exhibition) and allowing me to exhibit it under different ways.
The display stand points will be:
- underside, with a table leg (as I did with my 37" Galactica http://www.studioscalemodelers.com/forum...l#pid22181)
- Or by the sides, with square tube being inserted in the lateral trenches

So the internal frame is a cross, made from aluminum square tubes of 2 cm width, riveted together with metal brackets, and a metal plate. The underside is maintained by riveting the table leg.
The materials are so hard I broke 2 hand riveters in this operation!
So it will be very strong





The center of the rib is cut in order to the cross go through. The rib is then glued and screwed on a first triangle side.






The center of the belly dome is hollow to allow the display stand/table leg to go through.



The edges are dig so that the cross arms of the cross settled well.