A new project for my fantasy city.

[snitcythedog]

Generally, I start a project thinking about a single item and then working up from there.  In this case, it is a telescope.  The easy part was the telescope body.  It is built up from multiple plastic tubes.  The bottom end is a plastic glue applicator with a bit of wire for the eye piece.  A half a resin cast gear was added to the bottom for the mechanical gubbins.  I wanted to add two filter lenses so these were made by bending wire and using UV resin to weld the pieces together.  The lenses are more UV resin.  The whole build will be painted before the lenses are added.  Still a bit more work to do on the telescope itself to clean it up and add more details. 

Next step is to build up the support structure and figure out how the mechanical gubbins work. 



Hope you like.

[Pattus Magnus]

That is very cool already! I’m looking forward to seeing what this turns into when you’re done.

[mikedemana]

Wow -- that's looking great...!

Mike Demana

[fred]

Great work - I wouldn't even have known how to start on the bits you describe as easy. The lenses from UV resin sound like magic!

[Daeothar]

Nice! 

That's one behemoth of a telescope. I once made one too, in an observatory, but at much more modest proportions. This is going to look quite epic. Will you be doing an observatory as well?

[Spinal Tap]

Awesome

[anevilgiraffe]

outstanding...

[snitcythedog]

Thanks all for the nice words. 

Will you be doing an observatory as well?

Not at the moment. 

After dropping small parts, tools, knives, open plastic cement, open superglue and putty multiple times, I have decided to finish up here tonight.  When gravity works against me, it usually does not stop working against me so it is better to quit before I get injured or damage what I am working on. 

The telescope itself is done bar some minor gap filling.  Added some metal rings at each point where the segments meet to create a bit of a seam, and puttied where the tubing connects on the cross support to create a better seam.   Added a lens to the front, and dolled it up with some runes.  All that is left is to putty the bottom of the front by the lens to clean that up. I also added some mounting points for the adjustable lenses.  It is here that I discovered that my first bottle of plastic cement, and the supoerglue refused to work as advertised.  I opened the Plastiweld as that will melt anything and managed to spill it all over one of my cutting mats and it melted the painted grid off the surface.  It worked so well that a lighter that was sat on the mat started leaking out butane.  After a quick cleanup, I have some photos.   



Hope you like.

[anevilgiraffe]

where did the runes come from?

[Chairface]

Absolutely stunning

[Burgundavia]

Lovely stuff. And yes, where are the runes from? Did you cut them from gold leaf?

[snitcythedog]

where did the runes come from?

Lovely stuff. And yes, where are the runes from? Did you cut them from gold leaf?

Green stuff world.  https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/search?controller=search&s=ruins  It is one of their products that looks completely indigenous, as I can't find a similar manufacture anywhere else online and I have had a real thorough look.  They are either photo etched or laser cut brass (probably the latter) similar to some nail manicuring details. 
The embossed panel is a metal stamp used for either brass or leather.  Found it on etsy. 

[anevilgiraffe]

I did wonder if they were leather working tools… can’t get gasworks to load for some reason.