Jases Battlestar Galactica

[darkimmitator]

(06-01-2010, 11:59 AM)bwayne64 Wrote:

(06-01-2010, 11:37 AM)darkimmitator Wrote: An update on the plascore .According to Jason from C.R. ,the plascore is extremely expensive ,$500 for a 2 foot sheet !!!!! YIKES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yikes is right ! Wow. I've been trying to think of a way to make those parts, from Fiber glass, or something. Painted with a chrome paint, should look OK. But making something with such a thin wall will be a bear. I never did like the way that Plascore looks, all bent up. I can't imagine a Starship would have such a fragile looking engine baffle , Did they say what size the cells are ? Cheers,

Joe

I believe it was said that the cell openings were 1/4 inch .

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(06-01-2010, 06:37 PM)Wombat Wrote: Wowzer,that ain't cheap shit now is it!

I wonder if they do smaller sheets or if that is the smallest size the sell?If so we are gonna need a lot of Battlestar builders to be able to afford one of them sheets.The other option would be to create something that looks the same,but my preference would be to have the original material in my build.Infact i already know that is what i want,it's just that cost has blown me away.I'm curious to what CR will charge for enough to do G.Was this mentioned earlier?

Jase,i'm not totally sure but that could be one part.As far as i know it hasn't been ID'd yet.There doesnt appear to be any real great pictures of it but you can make it out a little in some of them.I actually asked CR if they had that part,but it was something they don't have.Look's like we'll be sticking something in there that wil just do the job,and afterall,it's gonna be pretty hard to see anyway,so it's notgonna be too critical really what we use.

I seem to remember Saving a sheet of honeycomb shaped screen that I found sandwiched between two panes of glass from the door of a microwave oven ,that looked very similar to the plascore only thiner in width .I'll search through the shed through my junk pile and see if I can find it .I have also seen industrial ceiling panels for light fixtures with similar honeycomb type holes in the panel ,and roughly the same thickness .