StarGate - July 2 2007
This is a 2/3 Scale StarGate project
Each section was originally joined only at the joints with the plates and bolts but this proved too flimsy so I added the 1x2s. They are also bolts in the middle of the Styrofoam so in theory all the load is taken by the wood.
Close up of the joint A plate with bolts sticking out of it is hot glued to the Styrofoam.
I had to make a small vac form machine for some of the detail bits. I have a Matel vac form machine that I used to make some small detail pieces
The detail pieces I am making with the vac form machine I made
Who would have thought that I would need 3 cordless drills at the same time, which I happen to have. This helped speed up the frame construction phase.
These are the resin female masters for the vac form machine. I made one male master then created a female master from that to make a mould to cast multiple female masters. Make sense?
More detail pieces cast from a mould after masters were made
Close up of the vac form machine
A pull from the vac form machine
The other side which is the side that I want
Oops double photo
Other detail piece after vac forming
The side I want
The work table with 2 piles of vac formed shapes, a pile of raw styrene ready to be vac formed. Above is the toaster oven used as a heat source
Frame parts
The Styrofoam Bodies stacked up. You can see the plates with bolts sticking out
The two bottom pieces
the template I have been using to judge the size of the parts I am making
The chevron pieces. There are 6 more of these also finished
Another view. This is made from 0.020 Styrene and is a bit flimsy but it is filled with foam to give it strength
Close up of vac formed parts. To the left are parts from the larger vac form machine
These detail pieces were made in my Matel Vac form machine. I estimate i need about 144 of rhese
And a close up of the other pieces that have been trimmed from the styrene sheet. I need about 240 of these