Disruptor XL WIP 95: Center Covers Completed
Well it took longer than it should've thanks to the usual array of problems from building a ship this big but the first bit of coverings are completed.
The quarter panels were most problematic. When installing the center wedges, I hit one of the quarter panels and broke off a small technic bush 1/2 internally and fell down to the adjacent lower quarter panel. While fishing it out and reinstalling it I managed to break the same technic bush on the lower quarter panel. That one fell into one of the lights down there. I couldn't fish that out without damaging the lights so I had to deconstruct the lower quarter panel just to fish it out and reinstall it. Thats when I noticed that I had done all the lights wrong on the upper quarter panels. So all of those had to be taken apart and reconstructed with the lights in the correct spots.
On to the big wedges forward and aft. The front wedges are going through a redesign that won't match the lower ones. This is to accommodate the lights for the upper windows, as it would be impossible to place them in the same place as the lower ones. This new design should be superior lighting the upper windows, and should help the lower ones too. The lower wedges will not be modified accordingly, as it would be too time consuming, and risky. If I can get those 4 wedges installed before the end of August, I will enter it into this year's GTW LUG Shrine display at Christmas. After that it's just the engines and the center crown to go. I pray that there are no more failures anywhere because WE ARE SO CLOSE TO FINISHING THIS!
Disruptor XL WIP 95: Center Covers Completed
Well it took longer than it should've thanks to the usual array of problems from building a ship this big but the first bit of coverings are completed.
The quarter panels were most problematic. When installing the center wedges, I hit one of the quarter panels and broke off a small technic bush 1/2 internally and fell down to the adjacent lower quarter panel. While fishing it out and reinstalling it I managed to break the same technic bush on the lower quarter panel. That one fell into one of the lights down there. I couldn't fish that out without damaging the lights so I had to deconstruct the lower quarter panel just to fish it out and reinstall it. Thats when I noticed that I had done all the lights wrong on the upper quarter panels. So all of those had to be taken apart and reconstructed with the lights in the correct spots.
On to the big wedges forward and aft. The front wedges are going through a redesign that won't match the lower ones. This is to accommodate the lights for the upper windows, as it would be impossible to place them in the same place as the lower ones. This new design should be superior lighting the upper windows, and should help the lower ones too. The lower wedges will not be modified accordingly, as it would be too time consuming, and risky. If I can get those 4 wedges installed before the end of August, I will enter it into this year's GTW LUG Shrine display at Christmas. After that it's just the engines and the center crown to go. I pray that there are no more failures anywhere because WE ARE SO CLOSE TO FINISHING THIS!