Alb
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Hi guys,
I've just found this forum and I'd like to contribute with the project that is on my workbench now.
During the summer holidays I started a new scratch built project: the Valkyrie flying disk from the Iron Sky movie.
This is the original design I saw a long time before the movie.
And here you can see some other pictures I used for reference:
As you can see there are various differences in the designs in these images, so I have had to give my own interpretation.
It was difficult to work out the size of the real beast and, with the help of the movie, I guessed it should have a diameter of about 60 meters. With a 1:350 scale we have a diameter of about 185mm for the model. But in the last few weeks I've been able to see the director's cut version of the movie with original English audio where a reporter talks about "60 feets across" ! So we are talking of a 1:100 scale, not 1:350 !
For this model I decided to use polystyrene sheets for the main body. Since I have a CNC router I cut the sheets with it.
I made a fast 3D sketch:
From the 3D sketch I derived the outline that I cut on the sheets :
Then I started to build the skeleton and the main body of the flying disk:
Finally some boring sanding after applying the putty on the seams.
Here we go with some more interesting shapes and with the housing of the main thruster.
Other photos in the next message !
I hope you like the subject! ;D
I've just found this forum and I'd like to contribute with the project that is on my workbench now.
During the summer holidays I started a new scratch built project: the Valkyrie flying disk from the Iron Sky movie.
This is the original design I saw a long time before the movie.
And here you can see some other pictures I used for reference:
As you can see there are various differences in the designs in these images, so I have had to give my own interpretation.
It was difficult to work out the size of the real beast and, with the help of the movie, I guessed it should have a diameter of about 60 meters. With a 1:350 scale we have a diameter of about 185mm for the model. But in the last few weeks I've been able to see the director's cut version of the movie with original English audio where a reporter talks about "60 feets across" ! So we are talking of a 1:100 scale, not 1:350 !
For this model I decided to use polystyrene sheets for the main body. Since I have a CNC router I cut the sheets with it.
I made a fast 3D sketch:
From the 3D sketch I derived the outline that I cut on the sheets :
Then I started to build the skeleton and the main body of the flying disk:
Finally some boring sanding after applying the putty on the seams.
Here we go with some more interesting shapes and with the housing of the main thruster.
Other photos in the next message !
I hope you like the subject! ;D
