Khetanna - Jabba's Sailbarge - Scratchbuilt Custom
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UPDATE!!!
guys...it freaking works...I am so damn happy.....
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/#07july2014
Time to get one of the features done. I started to built the landing gear mechanism. First up was a rough design of the landing gear. I tried to build them a bit like the ones from Kenner's Tatooine Skiff.
I thought long about how to build the mechanism to get it work. I studied the landing gear mechnaism of Kenner's Tatooine Skiff and B-Wing Fighter (thanks for the help on TIG btw). All have three feet and the front foot ist retracted the other way. I was near quitting the whole mechanism thing but then I remembered playing with Lego-Technik as a child and I was able to find a box with parts in my parents house. I came to a simple solution where one move retracts the front and the back feet oppositional.
I finally got the hull of the undersurface finsihed. Some filling and sanding still left but I couldn't wait to see if the mechanism works. So the construction was glued to the ship. Then it was cut into three pieces so that the hull is still detachable (pics will follow). Two pieces as cover were build, also detachable.
So this is it: The ship has its final shape and form, the mechanism works and it carries the weight.
Next up will be the mechanism of the wings and the electronic parts. Then on with the deatils to the landing gear and the undersurface.
UPDATE!!!
guys...it freaking works...I am so damn happy.....
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/#07july2014
Time to get one of the features done. I started to built the landing gear mechanism. First up was a rough design of the landing gear. I tried to build them a bit like the ones from Kenner's Tatooine Skiff.
I thought long about how to build the mechanism to get it work. I studied the landing gear mechnaism of Kenner's Tatooine Skiff and B-Wing Fighter (thanks for the help on TIG btw). All have three feet and the front foot ist retracted the other way. I was near quitting the whole mechanism thing but then I remembered playing with Lego-Technik as a child and I was able to find a box with parts in my parents house. I came to a simple solution where one move retracts the front and the back feet oppositional.
I finally got the hull of the undersurface finsihed. Some filling and sanding still left but I couldn't wait to see if the mechanism works. So the construction was glued to the ship. Then it was cut into three pieces so that the hull is still detachable (pics will follow). Two pieces as cover were build, also detachable.
So this is it: The ship has its final shape and form, the mechanism works and it carries the weight.
Next up will be the mechanism of the wings and the electronic parts. Then on with the deatils to the landing gear and the undersurface.
Bollux
Grand Master
That is infuckincredible! :shock:
Ingenious :!:
Fantastic work, congrats on pulling a plan through ...superb work!
Fantastic work, congrats on pulling a plan through ...superb work!
wbobafett
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WOHOOOO...I always love your comments :shock: . Thanks guys!!!
UPDATE:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/#20july2014
I am now trying to give the undersurface some details. Here is some pictures of the progress:
I also installed the electronics. The switch and the battery box were built in:
I also finally made the wings work. Complicated (maybe too complicated??) mechanism, but hey it works!
The mechanism itself was built out of brass tubes: sawed, drilled, crumbed and sanded.
The back of the wings was built after the look of the ILM model, whereas the front was built more like the full size movie set. Simply because the front is designed more complicated and I got the detail pictures of the model too late. It was then just more easy to go with the ILM model on the backside....safes a lot of time and nobody will ever see it anyway....
I hope you like it!
Comments/criticism are welcome...
Regards
Wolff
UPDATE:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/#20july2014
I am now trying to give the undersurface some details. Here is some pictures of the progress:
I also installed the electronics. The switch and the battery box were built in:
I also finally made the wings work. Complicated (maybe too complicated??) mechanism, but hey it works!
The mechanism itself was built out of brass tubes: sawed, drilled, crumbed and sanded.
The back of the wings was built after the look of the ILM model, whereas the front was built more like the full size movie set. Simply because the front is designed more complicated and I got the detail pictures of the model too late. It was then just more easy to go with the ILM model on the backside....safes a lot of time and nobody will ever see it anyway....
I hope you like it!
Comments/criticism are welcome...
Regards
Wolff
Amazing
The detail that you are putting into this project is incredible, and it's a privilege for us to watch this progress.
Fantastic work 8) 8)
The detail that you are putting into this project is incredible, and it's a privilege for us to watch this progress.
Fantastic work 8) 8)
poncho
Grand Master
great updates. loving the use of technic lego genius
how many hours you clocking at so far do you reckon?
how many hours you clocking at so far do you reckon?
wbobafett
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ponchobelt said:
ufffff....I have no clue. It is already hundreds of hours planing....I always think about solutions and the next steps.....even in my dreams :lol:
This project had a bigger break but still it is going since more then two years...though....
And there is still so much stuff still left. :roll:
mumbo
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Stunning 8) your attention to detail and ability to source suitable materials and parts is legendary. Are these parts and pieces just lying around your house (or in your workshop) or do you spend hours scouring the hardware shops for that perfect piece ?
It's been fantastic watching this evolve 8)
It's been fantastic watching this evolve 8)
OMG!
wbobafett
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mumbo said:
Thank you!!
Well for the most parts everything is handmade from PS-sheets, wood and cardboard as well as from brass rods. These are materials I have here....or that I order in huge amounts :lol: :lol:
But I am guessing you mean the tiny little pieces that now are used for the undersurface:
- Lego was from my childhood
- The LED chain with batterie box was bought for that use.
- I bought some guitar strings and other stuff as well.....you will love the use I guess
I studied the undersurface very well....and noticed 10 month ago what I will need....i.e. a tank chain....so I bought a reduced tank modell kit....and other parts....that I collected over 10 month now. I just checked what you can find in your household before throwing it away....and collected a box full of stuff. time consuming..... :lol: :lol:
The grills for the side...oh well...it took me month to find sth perfect. And the round grills on the bottom...arent movie accurate...but hey...I bought them once and now they will fit in!!!
:lol: Still most of the parts need to be modified...though....nothing is perfect I guess??
Wolff
mumbo
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wbobafett said:mumbo said:
Thank you!!
Well for the most parts everything is handmade from PS-sheets, wood and cardboard as well as from brass rods. These are materials I have here....or that I order in huge amounts :lol: :lol:
But I am guessing you mean the tiny little pieces that now are used for the undersurface:
- Lego was from my childhood
- The LED chain with batterie box was bought for that use.
- I bought some guitar strings and other stuff as well.....you will love the use I guess
I studied the undersurface very well....and noticed 10 month ago what I will need....i.e. a tank chain....so I bought a reduced tank modell kit....and other parts....that I collected over 10 month now. I just checked what you can find in your household before throwing it away....and collected a box full of stuff. time consuming..... :lol: :lol:
The grills for the side...oh well...it took me month to find sth perfect. And the round grills on the bottom...arent movie accurate...but hey...I bought them once and now they will fit in!!!
Still most of the parts need to be modified...though....nothing is perfect I guess??
Wolff
Yes I was mainly referring to the smaller parts which add the finer detail, without these parts you'd be left with a stunning replica as oppose to a truly stunning one 8)
Would love to see a list of all the parts and materials that were used once complete, would be very interesting indeed.
So will you be putting modern or vintage figures on board?
wbobafett
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UPDATE:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/#21july2014
Before I can go on with the details to the undersurface I will need to finish the landing gear. The three landing feet must be finished to get the slots done in their final shape. I have collected stuff for month and now its time to get them all together. Remember it was only a wooden landing feet before:
I cannot remeber to whom I talked, but I did. Some standard cables get tacky when primed...it never stops, probably because of the flexibilzers in the plastic hull. So why not simply dismantle them???...finer structure and better look anyway. But I needed very small cable straps to make it look more real:
Finally I could test the guitar strings I bought nearly a year ago. They work perfectly:
I cannot wait to get them all done and get them primed.
I hope you like it!
Comments/criticism are welcome...
Regards
Wolff
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/#21july2014
Before I can go on with the details to the undersurface I will need to finish the landing gear. The three landing feet must be finished to get the slots done in their final shape. I have collected stuff for month and now its time to get them all together. Remember it was only a wooden landing feet before:
I cannot remeber to whom I talked, but I did. Some standard cables get tacky when primed...it never stops, probably because of the flexibilzers in the plastic hull. So why not simply dismantle them???...finer structure and better look anyway. But I needed very small cable straps to make it look more real:
Finally I could test the guitar strings I bought nearly a year ago. They work perfectly:
I cannot wait to get them all done and get them primed.
I hope you like it!
Comments/criticism are welcome...
Regards
Wolff
