Monday, August 8, 2011

Instrument panel construction



Here are photos of the instrument panel installed. I took the original, ground off the original detail and created a lightbox to install the LEDs in. The holes are for sending light to some fiber optics I have not yet installed. I also extended the small side panels to go all the way to the cockpit walls, giving more room for dials and a screen. 

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Engine Lights

Engine lights.

Cockpit lighting

 
 
 
Here are some pix of the cockpit dash and interior lights lit. I have more fiber optics to install and one more panel on the righ wall to finish.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Quad Mini-Gun


I have replaced the MK54 mini-gun with a larger bore version (5cm). I have added some detail on the main assembly that doesn't show here as these were take some time ago. I will post more on the mini-gun when I have taken more pix.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Stabilizer mods

Here I have seperated the stabilizer from its mount and made it so it can flip up. My idea is that the ship is in the shop getting some work done on the right forward grav engine. So I wanted to be able to flip the stabilizer to a standing position while it was in the shop.

Engine closeup

Here is a vent I originally added to the bottom but it was a little to small to vent the airflow from the fan. So I added a vent to the top of the engine (seen in the First Photos entry).

Cockpit detail

Ok... I spent a fair amount of time on the cockpit. The fire extinguisher is scratch from 9 peices. I still have a few things to do (like adding some fiber optics) before finishing the weathering and dull coating it. Also still working on the side walls.