April 13, 2001
Here is the cable wire I used. It can be found at
any radio Shack for under 5 bucks. It doesn't have
the ridges of the set tubes, but works just as well. |
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April 13, 2001
Cut the wire to proper length and then place hot
glue all around the outside of the seperators. Then
carefully place the wire along the edges. |
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April 13, 2001
As we can see, the wire hides all the gaps between
the seperator and the divider. And the walkway will
hide the wire cuts. Now all that is left is to make
3 more - ARGHHHH - LOL |
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April 13, 2001
Just for fun, I stuck some straws inside the holes
to see what that looks like. |
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April 13, 2001
Here is another angle of where we are now. pretty
cool eh? Remember also that we have yet to hide theexposed
white foamcore. So that should help a lot in the final
illusion. |
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April 14, 2001
For the floor of the diorama, like the Death Star,
I glued (using a glue stick this time) a black binder
to the foamcore. these binders can be found at ANY
office supply store I am sure. Just cut it to fit
the foamcore base and apply. |
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April 14, 2001
This is for the back wall of the diorama. I took
the Pod Door decal and turned it sideways. Then I
cut out the circular door from another printout of
the same decal and glued it next to the red light. |
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April 14, 2001
Here you can see where the modified pod Door decal
is placed. I hot glue gunned the boad to the other
2 pieces of foamcore to create a 3 wall unit. |
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April 14, 2001
Next I applied 4 printouts of the Pod Doors Walls
to the main base. The white gaps between the decals
are where the divisions will be attched. |
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April 14, 2001
Nothing is glued in place yet, I just wanted to see
and show you where all the pieces fit together and
get an idea of the general layout of the final diorama
layout. |
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April 14, 2001
This is what the view looks like peeking in through
the 4 divisions. Note that the seperators in the last
3 divisions are not in place. it's time to finish
those next. |
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April 14, 2001
After about 4 hours, I have completed all 4 divisions.
Well almost completed - LOL - I have yet to color
in the exposed white foamcore. I will do that before
gluing them to the base. |
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April 14, 2001
OK, So I wanted to see what the final divisions looked
like in proportion to the figures that will inhabit
this diorama. In this case, Princess Leia and R2 |
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April 14, 2001
One last peak with the seperators in place :) A couple
of more steps including the floor catwalk and floor
grid and some straws and we should have another fine
niubniub diorama - heh heh. |
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April 22, 2001
Hot Glue Gun the 3 floor pieces together then turn
it on its backside. Cut small thinner strips of foamcore
to lift and support the floor and Hot Glue Gun those
to the back's center. |
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