Something I’ve been needing for a while for the deck of my USS Wasp. Just a little fine tuning to do on this one and then I’ll start casting it. I’ll probably make about a dozen of them for the Wasp and if anyone else is interested maybe I’ll put some on cgmini.com
These could also be cool for my airport boards if I ever get them done.
Here it is, from start to finish.
Putting together to pieces of the superstructure and adding lots of details.
Added all the doors, ladders and some vent thingies on the outside of the stacks. Also began construction of the antenna/radar/sensor towers.
I’m actually beginning to feel like the end of this project is near. There is virtually no end to the level of detail I can add to this model … but the bottom line is that it’s a gaming piece, not a museum quality model. There is plenty of detail yet to be applied but I’m not going to go nuts with tiny details that will make the model too fragile to use for it’s intended purpose.
Added some more graphics to the deck (numbers) and worked a bit on the interior bay, finalized the lighting and added a few details to the exterior of the hull.
Really starting to look like something
Adding a few external hull details
Really starting to come together
Lighting finalized and side bumper panels installed
Added more graphics to the deck
Quite often when you make a fiberglass mold there will be damage to the master, especially if the master is a bit fragile. Removing a rigid master from a rigid mold can be a little tricky since neither one likes to bend. Luckily the bow broke off nice and clean and was a piece of cake to replace again.
The poor girl got a broken nose
Easy repair
Just like new again
I had intended this USS Wasp to be a one of a kind scratchbuilt model … but a few people nave inquired about commissioning me to build one for them too. So I decided to make a mold of the bow section to ensure future models were as accurate as this one.
Bow prepped and ready for mold making process
Bow prepped and ready for mold making process
Started adding the windows to the superstructure tonight. These photos are very early progress photos, much fine tuning will be required.
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