1.1.2: Nothing But Substructure
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jae_buildsAs the title states, this was a very utilitarian stage. I'm fairly certain that in the finished ship, literally nothing I built in this stage will be visible. I'm not sure there was anything that stood out to me as particularly interesting to photograph; there were some clever bits, but I think this was mostly setup and the payoff will come in later stages. (There's one element in particular that I'm very curious to see how it will be used.) I did take some photos, because I wanted to have something to post, but I fear this might not be an especially interesting post.
The build instructions seem to have little facts about the real ship scattered throughout, which is neat.
Here's my mise-en-place:
This was one of the more interesting parts of this stage. the tabs connecting these two pieces are on hinged bits, which allows for a small amount of pivot once they're assembled (at least until I attached it to the main build).
Here's the sub-assembly that I'm curious to see how it's used in some future stage. It kind of looks like a Pixar robot.
And that's kind of it. Here are a few more incremental photos of the rest of the stage, but from here on out it was, as I said, very utilitarian. You'll see the Pixar robot sticking out the middle of the build. It's about where I think the front funnel is going to live, unless I'm wildly mis-estimating the proportion of the finished build, so I'm guessing it's got something to do with that, but I'm not sure exactly what.
That's that. The brick near the front, right in front of the blue u-shape, is a translucent black block, which was an interesting choice for something that I'm fairly certain is going to get covered up in the finished build, but I guess it had to be some color, and why not translucent. This was absolutely a fun stage, but I'm sorry it wasn't particularly interesting to document. (If there is a part of it that you're curious about, feel free to pipe up in the comments!) Next build (and post) probably won't be for a few days; I've got plans the next few evenings and won't have time to build. (Good news, the table should arrive before the next build session, so no more staring at my shabby Ikea desk and humidifier.)
Here's one more prompt, if folks want it. If more people don't start using these, I'll probably stop including them. What's a project that you worked on where you sacrificed style in favor of utilitarian functionality (or the other way around)? Was that the right choice, or do you wish you could have done it differently?
The build instructions seem to have little facts about the real ship scattered throughout, which is neat.
Here's my mise-en-place:
This was one of the more interesting parts of this stage. the tabs connecting these two pieces are on hinged bits, which allows for a small amount of pivot once they're assembled (at least until I attached it to the main build).
Here's the sub-assembly that I'm curious to see how it's used in some future stage. It kind of looks like a Pixar robot.
And that's kind of it. Here are a few more incremental photos of the rest of the stage, but from here on out it was, as I said, very utilitarian. You'll see the Pixar robot sticking out the middle of the build. It's about where I think the front funnel is going to live, unless I'm wildly mis-estimating the proportion of the finished build, so I'm guessing it's got something to do with that, but I'm not sure exactly what.
That's that. The brick near the front, right in front of the blue u-shape, is a translucent black block, which was an interesting choice for something that I'm fairly certain is going to get covered up in the finished build, but I guess it had to be some color, and why not translucent. This was absolutely a fun stage, but I'm sorry it wasn't particularly interesting to document. (If there is a part of it that you're curious about, feel free to pipe up in the comments!) Next build (and post) probably won't be for a few days; I've got plans the next few evenings and won't have time to build. (Good news, the table should arrive before the next build session, so no more staring at my shabby Ikea desk and humidifier.)
Here's one more prompt, if folks want it. If more people don't start using these, I'll probably stop including them. What's a project that you worked on where you sacrificed style in favor of utilitarian functionality (or the other way around)? Was that the right choice, or do you wish you could have done it differently?
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