Ten parts, but it’s all one story in that same thread. You might have thought it was complete after the first five parts, but that was like a ‘chapter.’ Over the past five days i added a second, and final chapter.
Final in the sense that that game is over, however I just reserved a copy of ‘The rise of Rome‘ at my library so I can do some research and I’m seriously considering writing another book…or series of books. I have this sudden inspiration to be the John Jakes of classical antiquity. (which is wildly overambitious and I will almost certainly get over it)
There was a huge new hospital built in Liverpool in the seventies (now demolished - but that’s another story). As firefighters, we would make familiarisation visits - so if there was a fire, we’d have an idea of the layout of the place. Some hope. The basements, including sub-basement, sub-sub basement, services, plant rooms, storage etc. comprised nine miles of corridors. If you got lost in there, it could take you weeks to find your way out.
Unfortunately this next won’t mean anything to anyone except @toddumptious . The rest of you will have to look it up.
In the early 1990s, my then 10 year old daughter, without my knowledge, wrote to Jim’ll Fix It, asking to meet Gary Glitter. Absolutely true. Thamkfully, he didn’t reply.
Rock n Roll christmas was my favourite christmas song for a time and I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t allowed play it anymore… '
Did you ever see that Gary Glitter drama series that came out in the mid 2000’s? It was a fictional take where they brought the death penalty back to UK and thailand extradites Gary Glitter and he’s the first person to be executed… I’m probably remembering some of that wrong but I remember being in college for TV studies so we had a big talk about it the next day.
Apparently this has been a thing for years and I did not know this existed!
I am easily sold when something looks shiny, but had to restrain myself buying everything space related. Dang they have many cool models! I searched for all the Star Trek models (4x) and also found both retired Klingon models. Not even sure I like making them, as they are said to be quite fiddly in general. I’d like to imagine I have the patience for this though.
Here is the result of this Star Trek 5th generation (The Next Generation) starship.
It is quite stressful and fiddly indeed. Have to think more than twice and check regularly with the result on the website or YT to make sure it works out ok. You really need to be patient with this, it is not for the faint hearted.
I made sure to carefully take my time shaping some of the parts before fitting them together. This is where the back-end of the toothbrush came in handy, rubbing the metal to get a nice even bend where needed. Nothing can be forced, and pretty sure you can’t bend the tabs twice, as the metal get weak.
The stand is sadly enough not designed well, as the model is front heavy, making it keeling over. There is no way to properly bend things to keep it standing on its own without ruining it altogether. I decided to get some metal nuts and rings to balance the model (inside the body back) and handle the stand (bottom back) enough to stand on it’s own.
I am very happy with the end result, having been at it for a full day.
Oh wow, thanks for the detailed breakdown and photos.
I didnt realise when you initially posted that they were all on flat sheets, so I wasnt expecting so much craft and care to be involved, particularly with having to shape the metal.
No mold parts, but the sheet parts do have some straight fold lines where needed. Folding is pretty easy in those cases, while the body for example required a bit more work. From what I understood from watching videos, there are models where you’d actually require some shaping tools.
and scared people away with ghostly noises
let us know how it goes
so I think I will pass.
