2.4.28: The Joining, Part Two

You all know what's coming, so I'll not make you wait too long.

Here's the mise-en-place:


Clearly we're going to build some more faux-wood feet. First, though, we need to fix a few things from last stage. Here's a photo of how we left things; note the gaps in the hull, the missing strip of windows, and the hole in the deck (all of which are mirrored on the other side as well).


I built little sub-assemblies to clip into place to patch the deck. (I forgot to get a picture before putting them in place, and I don't think I can remove them without disassembling a bunch of the ship; sorry. They clip into place in the same way as the tiny bench sub-assemblies.)


Then I patched the hull, and added the missing windows.


Then it was time for a trivia break.


I built and attached the feet.



Then I built this pin.


You may have noticed the cross-sections of the ship have these semi-circular protrusions with holes on each level running down the center of the ship. If you've been paying careful attention, you may even have noticed that the protrusions from the Box One cross-section are aligned to fit together with the protrusions from Box Two.


When the two pieces are put together, the pin slides nicely into those holes, locking the ship together.




And that was box two! Here's a full-length shot of the build so far. I knew this was a large set, but seeing it in person it's impressive just how big it is, and this is still only two thirds of the ship.


Thanks as always for reading!

Discussion prompt: What's your favorite bit of hidden engineering or design?