July 12, 2003
You now have your Beam Girder Structure Complete. |
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July 12, 2003
You can see how the Inner Supports create just the
perfect Gap for the Tie Bomber Holder to Slide in
between the 2 Layers of Foamcore. |
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July 12, 2003
Finish placing your Decals on Both Sides if you have
not done so yet and voila...
A cool looking Beam :) |
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July 16, 2003
Once you have the Diorama set up, Measure the exact
width and cut off the excess from the Beam so that
both ends lean against the top angles of the wall.
The floor in my basement was un-even, that is why
I waited to cut the piece at the Legends store. |
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I didn't want
to come up short and waste all the hard effort and costs
of making the Beam Support.
Also, when you place the beam, make sure the Drop Shadows
on the Decals are facing down. It will look like the ceiling
lights are creating the shadow and give you a more realistic
feel to your scene. |
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July 16, 2003
Let's try and explain the connections for the Tie
Bomber Holder.
At the right you can see how the ends were cut at
an angle to fit against the Blue Neons.
Above the Neons is a small support to prevent the
Beam from Slipping (more on that 2 pictures down).
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The Tie Bomber
Holder is actually Between the 2 Foamcore layers so that
when you look at it from either side, you see only the Beam. |
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July 16, 2003
The red rectangles represent where the Supports are
located in our Sandwhich.
The Tie Bomber Holder slides in between the space
created by the small foamcore pieces. You then insert
the Double Layer Foamcore strip into the Tie Bomber
Holder at the top of the Beam.
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The weight from
the Tie Bomber pulls the Tie Bomber Holder down and keeps
everything secure. |
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July 16, 2003
Here is a close up of the "latch" I created
to make sure the Beam doesn't slip off the ceiling.
It is basically 3 layers of Foamcore the Width of
the Beam Sandwhich (aproximately, .75 inches) and
4 to 5 inches long.
Once the 3 pieces are Hot Glued together, you can
attach it to the Beams edgge making sure it |
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sticks out enough to lean on the Docking Bay Wall (The space
in between the Red V).
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July 16, 2003
And here is a look at the finished Beam with Tie
Bomber in place.
Of course nothing stops you from adding some Tie
Interceptors and Tie Fighters to the mix :) |
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July 16, 2003
While not Movie accurate, the beam does it's job
well and looks cool with the Tie Bomber hanging from
the ceiling.
Make sure to check Niubniub's Blueprints and Downloads
Section in order to recreate your own Docking Bay
Diorama at home :D |
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