Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION

[PHArchivist]

I need to post new pics. The entire lower dome is done.

 

[Jedifyfe]

Rob. I was thinking that we need to hang out soon.

 

[PHArchivist]

Rob. I was thinking that we need to hang out soon.

Actually, I'm open all weekend - no W&K (wife & kids). Was thinking of doing a shop day; calling you, MM, maybe MD.

 

[modeleers]

Bob,
You gotta need to post up some more new pics soon,
the entire lower dome is done lit!

 

[srspicer]

Yea, c'mon, new pics, new pics!!!:cool

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

To say this is impressive is a gross understatement!

 

[MooCriket]

Pics......por favor'

 

[ASPHIAX]

Gotta love it, awesome build!

 

[modeleers]

This Pumpkin is now fully operational! Happy Halloween, Bob!

 

[PHArchivist]

All right here's something for all you dweebs out there busting my balls for slow progress and no recent pics!

(Click on the thumbnails for larger format)

 

[SteveNeill]

DAMN! Wow! Cool! Neat! And I feel your pain!

Steve

 

[Shadowknight]

That looks fantastic!

 

[shaunsheep]

truely amazing rob !

 

[feek61]

Funny, I was just thinking today about this build and was going to post for an update. Thanks Rob; she is looking grand!!!

 

[robn1]

No ball busting here, just eager anticipation. Looking grand :thumbsup

 

[PHArchivist]

DAMN! Wow! Cool! Neat! And I feel your pain!

Steve

Totally, huh!?

Between coaching both kids in soccer, and home improvement projects, its been on and off...

These shots were my first experiment with a tripod-mounted DSLR. I did not manually set the aperture and shutter speed, but used a setting that automatically adjusts these parameters for the light at hand (without using the flash, of course).

Its a less interesting area of the model. I am not clearly on the upper dome, but starting on the outside, working in.

Other than lights, my two major hurdles are:
--Trench lights (don't know how to "drill" rectangle holes)
--Flattening out (sanding down) the dish detail pieces

 

[Jedifyfe]

Rob! That looks fan-f'n-tastic!

 

[JoeLuna33]

Holy Crap! I am new here and just saw this for the first time. That is amazing! Very Nice Work.

 

[srspicer]

Awesome! ( its about time!:behave )

 

[PHArchivist]

Other than lights, my two major hurdles are:
--Trench lights (don't know how to "drill" rectangle holes)

For what its worth, the trench lights you see in these images were done by Brad. I won't say he spect ALL day doing what you see here, but they took a REALLY long time due to his careful etching away of the paint.

So, looking for a faster method.

Thinking about creating a template - a strip of styrene the same width as the trench, with the rectangles cut out of the styrene.