Proteus by Moebius Models

[BOATMAN]

HI STEVE im enjoyin your build of the sub from F/V but lookin at the eletrics why have you fitted a resistor on the negative an not the posative that feeds the leds ? as thats how i wire mine up by fittin the resistor in the postive wire so it cuts power to the leds so not to fuse them ?
chrisb

 

[Belugawrx]

Great p/e and lighting work Steve ! I watched this movie when a kid, loved it

 

[BarleyBop]

Sometimes I find it easier to build something if I can draw it first

Yup! If you understand it you can draw it, and if you can draw it, you can build it. Not many folks appreciate that drawing is more about really seeing than pushing a pencil around!
Love your process, and I agree, the results speak for themselves!

 

[trekriffic]

HI STEVE im enjoyin your build of the sub from F/V but lookin at the eletrics why have you fitted a resistor on the negative an not the posative that feeds the leds ? as thats how i wire mine up by fittin the resistor in the postive wire so it cuts power to the leds so not to fuse them ?
chrisb

It's funny. The flea sized LEDs I used came prewired with the resistor on the positive leg. I have always used the negative leg when I solder my own resistors and it always works for me. I tried soldering using the positive leg before and it doesn't work for me. Go figure.

 

[trekriffic]

Yup! If you understand it you can draw it, and if you can draw it, you can build it. Not many folks appreciate that drawing is more about really seeing than pushing a pencil around!
Love your process, and I agree, the results speak for themselves!

Yes. One needs to grok the part or the relationship between parts.

 

[trekriffic]

Enamel paint mixed for floor and countertops using three colors...


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Sorting out the folding doors...


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Communicator/Radio...


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Wiring up the chart cabinet consoles and keypads...


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Thanks for following along...

 

[trekriffic]

Hey there... We just rollin' along...

I think this is a handheld mic. It can be seen hung up on the top right corner of the chart tube housing with a long cord running up into an empty chart tube...

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More wiring...


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Light test...


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Light blocking...


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Control panel ...looked better after a little cleanup and the lights on...


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Subassemblies... The sidewalls especially mneed to be masked off (control panels) and painted light grey...


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I added these knobs. Will paint them black...


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Another wee keypad. forget where it goes at the moment...


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Using liquid mask prior to brushing the knobs with black enamel...


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Masked off and puttied around the base of the comms station with Vallejo white plastic putty. Once dry I would use a thin brush to paint the putty black for light blocking...


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Almost caught up! More to come!

 

[trekriffic]

Time for an update before the hour is up...

Communicator. Still needs more fine tuning. Need to find a decal that looks like a silverish speaker cover...


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Light blocking with Mister Surfacer and black paint...


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Almost there...


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Some reshaping of the chair backs. Glued the arms on...


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Removing section of lefthand cabinet in lab. This section should be open...


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The now shortened cabinet got a new door of photo-etch brass...


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The finished lab cabinets ready for priming...


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Subassemblies ready for installation...


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[trekriffic]

Quick video…more to follow….



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[trekriffic]

Long time no update so here goes...

The ParaGrafix photo etch included a folded brass faucet for the lab's sink.
The model kit did not include a faucet for the single sink but the etch instructions said if the modeler chose to make their
own faucet from scratch they could use the photo etch faucet as a template.
In the image you can see where I have bent some piano wire to the shape and size of the brass.
A test with the the lab sink; however, revealed that the PE was oversized.
So I decided to ignore the PE and just use the screen grabs of the faucet from the movie to make my own measurements:


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I drilled and augered out a hole for the second sink seen in the movie:


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I framed around the opening underneath the countertop to make the sides of the sink which were then filed and sanded to their slightly curved shape. then I glued a rectangular piece of some old .020 black and white paint dappled styrene sheet for the sink bottom:


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Tiny SMD LED and framing plus light blocking for lighting this brass control panel on the rear wall:


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Subassemblies primed with Krylon grey primer. - starboard wall and control panels, lab sink, and lab counters and cabinet:


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Clear (?) Gorilla tape used to hold LED in place.
Later on I learned there is a purplish tape layer that is hard to get under the edge of so I gave up trying in this instance but now I know better, The LED is laid atop facing away from the tape so the color has no effect on the white glow of the gauges and buttons on the control panel:


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Lab sinks and countertops sprayed with Krylon satin black. The sinks will be white and steel:


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Rear wall PE control panel brushed with medium grey enamel before gluing to framing:


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Making the faucet... drilling a hole for inserting the U-shaped thin piano wire piece into the plastic tubing and piano wire valves:


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Finished lab faucet and valve assembly made using piano wire and three sizes of plastic rod and tubing:


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The next post will have some interesting stuff.

 

[BarleyBop]

That worked out great! And I bet it was fun, too!

 

[trekriffic]

That worked out great! And I bet it was fun, too!

Hello sir! As far as fun goes... It started out as fun but then I got to futzing with different clearcoats until I had a mess and had to sand off some clear acrliyc lacquer layers down to the paint layer before again airbrushing a flat black enamel countertop. After letting it cure a few days, I applied a Krylon satin clearcaot from the spray can.
It looks beeeeautiful now!

Anyway, here are some more images of my progress... slow.... and steady......... progress... :thinking:

I opened a hole in the front of the monitor and inserted a ring of brass tubing for the lit screen.
Then I glued the more detailed PE buttons and lights to the face:


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The set prop had a narrow frame around the face so I made one out of plastic:


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The rear wall control panel edges got masked and light blocked. Then I painted medium gray over black paint:


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Control panel lit up. This is one tiny SMD LED:


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I filled some gaps in the sides of the control panel with AVES Apoxy Sculpt putty.
Then I will apply another coat of black to block the light leaks for sure:


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Light test of the unmasked chart table rear lit screen for reading the scrolls. Plenty of bright, even light. My diffusion method worked great!


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Light test of chart cabinet starboard control panel:


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Inserted a round piece of thin transparent red styrene sheet inside the brass tube I'd made for the scope. Test fitting with LED inside:


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Taking a sharp turn I started work on the pilot's face which basically involved giving him a rounder face with correct profile and less pronounced eyebrow ridge. Pilot after makeover with AVES:


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I replaced the kit headset tube from the kit ith a piece of bent brass tubing.
I then fashioned my own headset from scratch to match the images I have from the movie.
Still have to add the tiny black earphones and wiring:


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Lots more in the pipe, or should I say... in VEIN?

 

[BarleyBop]

pilot's face

Impressive you can sculpt that small!
Love all the LED work.

 

[tron1988]

Amazing work and attention to detail. Btw I found these to be very useful for LED lighting to replicate small screens and can be powered by just one light and cut to small sizes.
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