3.6.38 and 3.6.39: What are those?!
Jan. 9th, 2022 09:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jae_buildsStages 38 and 39 were mirror images of each other, so I only took detailed photos of 38. It's not too difficult to figure out what they are, but I'll leave it a mystery for now. Here's the mise-en-place for both stages.
For each stage, I started by building a platform.
I added some of the black sloped pieces.
Then I flipped the whole thing over and added some reinforcement and scaffolding to the bottom.
Then I set that whole sub-assembly aside, and started on another component.
It kept growing.
And growing.
Then I joined the two sub-assemblies together.
I reinforced the place where they joined with some more sloped black pieces.
I added a panel along the bottom.
I added the pieces that would clip it into place on the main build, and clipped it into place.
That was 38. Then I did the same thing, mirrored, on the other side of the ship, for stage 39.
I love the way the hull fits around the propeller shafts that were already in place, and I really enjoyed building these bulky, awkward-looking , top-heavy sub-assemblies; pieces that looked bizarre laid down but then fit perfectly, and felt perfectly secure, once they were clipped into place. Tthese hull panels are much heavier and bulkier than the hull on the rest of the build (I'm not even sure it's valid to call them "panels"), so once I'd placed stage 38 onto the build, the whole thing was... not quite listing; it was sitting flat on the table. But it was definitely and noticeably resting more on the walled side than the un-walled side while I was building stage 39.
That's it for stages 38 and 39. Thanks as always for reading!
Discussion prompt: What's the most unwieldy object you've ever had to deal with?
For each stage, I started by building a platform.
I added some of the black sloped pieces.
Then I flipped the whole thing over and added some reinforcement and scaffolding to the bottom.
I covered the piece in red tiles.
Then I set that whole sub-assembly aside, and started on another component.
It kept growing.
And growing.
Then I joined the two sub-assemblies together.
I reinforced the place where they joined with some more sloped black pieces.
I added a panel along the bottom.
I added the pieces that would clip it into place on the main build, and clipped it into place.
That was 38. Then I did the same thing, mirrored, on the other side of the ship, for stage 39.
I love the way the hull fits around the propeller shafts that were already in place, and I really enjoyed building these bulky, awkward-looking , top-heavy sub-assemblies; pieces that looked bizarre laid down but then fit perfectly, and felt perfectly secure, once they were clipped into place. Tthese hull panels are much heavier and bulkier than the hull on the rest of the build (I'm not even sure it's valid to call them "panels"), so once I'd placed stage 38 onto the build, the whole thing was... not quite listing; it was sitting flat on the table. But it was definitely and noticeably resting more on the walled side than the un-walled side while I was building stage 39.
That's it for stages 38 and 39. Thanks as always for reading!
Discussion prompt: What's the most unwieldy object you've ever had to deal with?