When you plug in the guitar jack and spin the station you should hear Johnny B Good! Just saved this build series for future reference. I have to admit it’s definitely a bucket list build. Bravo!

We've wanted one for decades and there it is. Truly we are living in the golden age of modeling.

Another great build to watch, warts and all. 🤣 Thanks for taking the plunge early to give the rest of us mere mortals help with our builds.

Don't worry about it Lou, it happens to all of us. Life would be boring without the bumps. And I do believe partial fault should be on the instructions. Still came out looking great!

1/4 jack GENIUS! My 1st job was @ RadioShack lol as an old musician / live audio guy such a simple solution to an otherwise perplexing conundrum. You ROCK Lou!! Great project. Thanks!

@Yves95128

2 күн бұрын

I miss Radio shack as well as Fry's electronics, all the cool places are disappearing, and let's not even start with hobby stores😭

Scraping the paint off with the knife was setting my teeth on edge, I when a teacher would scrape their nails down a blackboard!

Hi Lou, it looks stunning and the Jack spinning connector is very clever👍🏻. I know that feeling when I realize that I screwed-up, the rush of heat coming to my head, at the end it doesn't show at all, it's perfect🤩. I looked-up the price for the kit, it's actually quite reasonable, I was expecting hundreds, that's the price of a good 1/32 fighter jet, about $ 130.

Despite the "inside jokes", another wonderful outcome, Lou. 😁👍

I had never thought of using a guitar plug in as an electrical connector. And it can rotate. 👍👍

That 1/4 inch jack is genius. How about some pin wash on all that detail. Great build!

You should have warning sign ... Beware of Flying Clamps ... The 1/4" headphone jack is a good choice. I did something similar on my AMT Klingon Bird of Prey. Slip rings are another choice, but might be a bit more limiting on space and torque requirements ... Can't wait to see it rotating!

Beautifully done Lou! I hope your back feels better soon. Happy 4th 🖖🖖🖖🖖

Great build! Just looking at those tiny, delicate pieces makes me shudder!

Lou, you can get those 1/4 stereo jacks in a 90 degree version, keeping the load on the jack vertical.

This is one of those models that was totally meant for you to build Lou.

That looks freaking awesome Lou! I have to get this kit now. Thanks for making me spend more money Lou. 🤣

It wasn't a mistake. It was a happy little accident. I bet it looks better with the knobs on the outside mimicking rivets or screws? So you did mention a motor. Are you planning to spin it? Just looking at it I'm wondering if just a simple rubber roller at the bottom of a stand is enough to turn it.?

Hi Lou. Really lovely result 👍 👏. I have used the 1/4" jack technique on a few of my builds in the past and it generally works a treat. I am interested as to how you plan to support the model using the jack as I suspect that there will be quite a bit of stress on it. As for motorising it, that will be a feat!

Since I know a magician, or did, really, I know of the tiny strong thread that's used to magical hold objects in the air. The Magic Makers Invisible Thread. Might be an interesting way to display something like this..Just up above with no visual signs of support. I guess this really needs that single point of light to help make the surface as detailed as possible, cause as it looks to me, it needs a thin black wash.

Oh I know what this kit needs lou....a Weeee 3D printed space clipper shuttle. Enjoy your July 4th holiday lou, we in the UK will be voting for the lesser of two evils lol.

Don't be so hard on yourself, Lou! Everyone makes mistakes or yields to prejudice when you *know* what thing's are supposed to look like... We've all done it. Well, most of us anyway. But right now, you lead the way. Oh, right-- we can help you verbally drub you, no need for you to try any harder. Still, old comrade-- still bravura model-making and your scheme to bring power plus rotation is pretty good. I am not skeptical of this part but do wonder what your plan is for the actual rotating. A rubber wheel on the bottom? Why not. My plan is industrial slip rings, bearing mounts on a central rod and a worm gear motor in a rather large enclosure. We'll see! Cue the Blue Danube, indeed. I also would seek out a whiter white. The paint color used back in the day was called out as "anti-blast white." We may call it photographer's white nowadays. A high white with a hint of cool grey. There is also a warm photographer's grey which I prefer (especially when I had my own apartment, to paint the walls with!). What may be called "linen white" or, bless us and Duplicolor, "refrigerator white." It is wonderful to know and give credit to the designer and renderer of the instructions-- it is a bonus for us out here to have him celebrated as there is no credit given. Which is shameful. My only crit of the instructions is the use of a constant line weight. If only the huge amount of detail were mitigated with say, half that line weight. It would look cleaner and be easier to read. I think. Seeing it spin while all lit up is transforming! Good work! Very much looking forward to the finale of this beauty and of course, Bruce!

@aztekdummy

Күн бұрын

The line width on the instructions was the very first thing I brought up to Jeffrey. Also the lack of assembly order ( do part 63 before 57, that sort of thing )

@MrChief101

Күн бұрын

@@aztekdummy I should have known what with your background. He still did a magnificent job.

Sorry about your mistake but it helps others that may try this kit.

Will the stand be playing the proper docking approach music? 😜

Lou did you consider adding a slip ring power supply/motor combination to allow for power to the space station as well as the motor to spin it at the same time?

Looking good so far Lou so much so I may invest in one, can't wait to see it mounted and turning. will you be including masks for the parts you thought were unlit but are in the mask kit ?

@aztekdummy

Күн бұрын

yes

Lou, where did you get the masks for the windows. Did you make them or purchased them

@aztekdummy

2 күн бұрын

i made them. you can buy them here www.culttvmanshop.com/NEW-Space-Station-paint-masks-12600-scale-from-Aztek-Dummy_p_7903.html

Hey Lou what kind of adhesive are you using?

@aztekdummy

2 күн бұрын

MEK = Methyl Ethyl Ketone

@captpuke01

2 күн бұрын

@@aztekdummy MEK can mix with water and a variety of other solvents without issue. This versatility not only makes it incredibly useful in diverse applications but also allows for customized formulations based on specific needs.

@richardstiers9010

Күн бұрын

AND causes extreme nerve damage...use carefully.

If you don't konw about the 'bumps'/ 'rivets' and most of us would not, at the end of the day does it matter? They are a rather small detail, rather then mucking up something that's "in your face" so to speak...