Clash of the Aquanauts - an early stage project thread for BLAM 2011

[Hammers]

Paul-those chairs look great and that site seems really cheap! £2.50 for 6 chairs! He's got a few good things on that site. I especially like the library set with the globe and bookshelves. I might try and build benches in the style of those chairs.

Neil-The plastic sheet is only the thickness of a sheet of paper. Easily bendable. The model gets the strength from the frame on the inside. As well as the circular framework there's also straight sections running the length of the corridor.

Hammers- as Jim says, just take your time with the cutter. Don't try and cut the circle out in one go. There's two cutters myself and Colin use to build things. Ones that compass thing and the other is a hole punch. I'll try and take a picture of it. I think we got it out of Millars the art store.

As I've said I've got the compass one, Xacto brand with a small jointed blade. This one requires a good first groove and a good many turns since it cuts rather shallow.

Then I have one of these:



This one cuts pretty well as long as you change blades regularly. It needs a light touch however. To much pressure and it will cut a new wonky, off centre groove. Also it may enlarge the centre hole making the blade , again, wobble from its groove.

[Malamute]

That looks great Andy 

What you need are some plush red velvet curtains and leather seats (the ones with the dimples in them, you know the sort I mean) and a few brass light fittings (with working lights of course  )

cheers

James

You know, like the ones you find in a brothel.

[OSHIROmodels]

You know, like the ones you find in a brothel.

But of course! Only the finest establishments would do   

cheers

James

[Andym]

These are the two culprits I use...



The top one is the ackward one. Make too big a circle or apply too much pressure and it goes ski-wiff!! The bottom one has seen alot of use around a certain Zeppelin shaped model!

[Andym]

Viola! One bench.



It's mainly wee bits of card with modelling putty shaped like cushions. The buttons are just plastic rod and the banding is glossy magazine cover with rivets and swirlies embossed on it.


Bench in the corridor.

[OSHIROmodels]

Shazaam!!! Ask and you shall receive 

Great stuff Andy, love it   

cheers

James

[Westfalia Chris]

"Cribs: Captain Nemo". Wonderful. 

[gamer Mac]

Very nice
But sorry I don't get why there is a bench in the corridor, geriatric crewmen perhaps

[OSHIROmodels]

Because all the best establishments have them   

cheers

James

[Hammers]

The top one is the ackward one. Make too big a circle or apply too much pressure and it goes ski-wiff!!

Yes, that's how that cookie crumbles...

I got myself a variable size hole maker like those pliers thinggummybobs, but with a rotating wheel on which the punches are mounted (get it?).

[Hammers]

Very nice
But sorry I don't get why there is a bench in the corridor, geriatric crewmen perhaps

Have you not read that one BPRD issue where Abe goes to Indonesia? Talk about geriatric crew men...

[Andym]

Hammers-those wheels cutters are extremely ackward. Colin got one and we could barely make it cut through any decent thickness of material. That small silver punch seems to give more leverage.

Colin-it's Victorian times everything stops for tea and a smoking break. I'm going to hang up some smoking jackets on hooks beside the benches. Though going by modern laws, I should probably build a smoking shelter outside the underwater base!

[Ray Rivers]

Don't forget a spittoon!

Or is that just an American thing... 

[SirAlban]

I think this creature is perfect for your work:

The Sphere wars moray:

[Dr. The Viking]

What a brilliant idea for a meet up project!

I'll gladly join and contribute.

Did you settle on the rules?