June 17, 2001
Finally after 20 minutes we have our 4 domes ready
for the Tantive hallways. Well almost :) |
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June 17, 2001
Cut a 4 inch strip of foamcore. This will act as
our ceiling support for the 2 upside down "boilers". |
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June 17, 2001
I used the same decal I applied on the poster Tubes.
Just place them overlaping each other and fold over
to the other side. This is just so that we don't see
white foamcore in the final pictures. |
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June 17, 2001
Use a Hot Glue Gun and attach the 2 domes to the
center of the foamcore strip. As simple as that. |
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June 17, 2001
Now the 4 "boilers" are in their correct
place. See how the foamcore strip rests on top of
the diorama walls? The domes look like a different
color, not 1 piece like in the film, but it still
looks cool. |
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June 17, 2001
Here are the tubes placed on the right side of the
corridor. Doesn't it look like the movie set :D Hee
hee. |
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June 23, 2001
I went to the hardware store to try and find an object
that resembled the little cap plugs that are on the
end of the pipes in the movie's set. I found these
nails with protectors on them made of rubber. |
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June 23, 2001
These are the perfect shape, almost :). I used my
xacto to cut each protector in half. Giving me a better
thickness to go with the scale of the diorama. |
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June 23, 2001
Once that was done, I used toenail clippers to shorten
the length of every point. This now gave each protector
the look of a pipe end. I took some wooden skewers
for shish-ka-bob and cut various lenghts and used
my hot glue gun to attach each protector to a stick. |
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June 23, 2001
Now here are my 4 resin copies painted with dark
grey car paint. Gives a cool metalic look. |
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June 23, 2001
I wanted a multicolor effect so I covered the Engine
Exausts with paper. Now I was ready to spray on a
second color, a beige car paint that was a match to
the set piece. |
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June 23, 2001
Once dried, I removed the papers and was ready for
the black coat on the inside edges and the grooves
on the Engines stands. |
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June 24, 2001
Here you can see the finished paint job. The black
I used was regular latex paint so that I could apply
it with a small paintbrush. |
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June 24, 2001
Next step was to paint the sticks black as well and
the tips a light grey. All with latex paint. Then
with hot glue, I secured each stick to the Engine's
resin cast. I had made 4 holes but in the end decided
that 2 looked better. Less then in the movie but who
will notice right? LOL |
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June 24, 2001
Here we see what all the finished assembly looks
like. Since these are oily gross engine things, we
have one remaining step to do... |
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