Scratch Build USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class

[Xye]

looking good. Keep up the good work.

[ASPHIAX]

Thanks man ! hope to have the detailling finished by the weekend as then the microcontrollers will arrive!

[eFFeX]

Amazing, love the effort you have put in to it looking forward to seeing it completed, as you are

[ASPHIAX]

Originally Posted by eFFeX

Amazing, love the effort you have put in to it looking forward to seeing it completed, as you are

Thanks man !
Yeah it sure is putting some stress on my free time.
But when its done ....

[Waynio]

Originally Posted by ASPHIAX

Thanks man !
Yeah it sure is putting some stress on my free time.
But when its done ....

It'll rock .

[ASPHIAX]

Thanks Waynio !
Just hoping I will get it done in time !

[ASPHIAX]

Here is a short update on the hardware of the EURISKO!
New stuff delivered by


A new Enermax for the Tail-Fan


A very handy little block for testing out leds. I was always fumbling around with the resistances. not any more!



The CPU Waterblock from Koolance. Nice!


And my new Gigabyte P67A-UD7 Motherboard blocks from EK Waterblocks


Almost complete !

[ASPHIAX]

Finally had some time to translate. Be prepared , this is going to be a big post!





Doing the lining is very important or else you can find yourself a fat centimeter higher on the right side as you can see on this picture. Did have to do my best to get this resolved, but success!






Here are some detailed pictures of the Apoxy Clay




Took some pics this morning of the caly work of last night. Even though I have not done anything with Clay since I was like 10 years old, the work is progressing nicely.
The trick is to let the clay harden a bit before putting it on. That way when you apply some pressure it doesnt turn to mush when you're being a bit to forcefull. I am thinking when everything is finished and sanded and painted you wont be able to see the difference between the clay and the depron.





A guy on another forum asked me what the reason was I used clay instead of depron for certain parts. Here is the answer!
Thansk for asking! Took some pics this morning.
here is a plate of depron and a A4 piece of paper. Will be using the paper as I am carefull with my depron ;-) (this depron is 3 mm thick btw)


To bend a cornour is relatively easy. Done this with my wife's hairdryer, a heatgun or paintstripper, although the heatgun and stripper heated the depron to quickly which buckled.


But its not the only bend I need to make. Esspecially the nose is a complex collection of curves and bends. If you would to bend the depron like this it would be possible to cut out the wrinkles and make the pieces to fit but the front would be covered with straight lines and it should be a perfectly smooth curve!


I tried different techniques, from heatguns to hairdryers to little ovens, I even boiled the depron but i just wouldnt work or turn out the way I wanted it. The clay does all that without bruning myself.




Small update on the work yesterday


Here is a good example why the depron work can sometimes take so long and you have to redo certain parts.
Nice and straight line right? I put a line in with paint for clarification.


Guess again !!!! Due to all the different curves I almost have to start to think in 3D!








Well that was it for now,
Laterz
ASPHIAX

[ASPHIAX]

Here is some more info on the Sentry/LCARS fancontroller

[ASPHIAX]

Here is todays line up !
In the left corner we have the Dragon Lord K62 Miditower, weighing at 9,9 Kg's (K62 is heavily modded with 2 windows and a 280 radiator - 1.5Kg - in the top)


And in the right corner we have the newcomer USS EURISKO, surprisingly weighing in at 9,6 Kg's with only the reservoirs fitted in the warp nacelles


Both contestants have been kindly asked to remove the PSU to have the best Aluminum to Glass-Fiber/MDF comparison!

Thansk for watching!

[Waynio]

Glad to see this was a really worthy vote, I'm especially liking the fact you don't want it looking toyish so this is gonna end up looking sooo cool, well it already is but I mean the end piece .

[jrs77]

As a huge Star Trek fan this build is really nice to follow, especially with all the detail you're trying to apply to the hull of the ship.
The fan-controller iin LCARS-design is also very nicely done.

Will be interesting to see the Intrepid in it's final stage

[ASPHIAX]

Originally Posted by Waynio

Glad to see this was a really worthy vote, I'm especially liking the fact you don't want it looking toyish so this is gonna end up looking sooo cool, well it already is but I mean the end piece .

Thanks Waynio! I am trying to keep the design with its feet on the ground. Hard to do with a spaceship though. (I know, bad joke ...)

Originally Posted by jrs77

As a huge Star Trek fan this build is really nice to follow, especially with all the detail you're trying to apply to the hull of the ship.
The fan-controller iin LCARS-design is also very nicely done.

Will be interesting to see the Intrepid in it's final stage

Thanks, the detailing is very important as it brings the ship to life (IMHO)
Will be posting an update on the LCARS fancontroller.

[ASPHIAX]

Here is an update on the LCARS Fancontroller.
After spending several hours cutting out the final pieces from the panel it looks like this. Put the LXE next to it to give an idea of the layout.




I ran this front through the CNC of a friend of mine but the result is not completely there yet. There are little pieces curled up in the corners that i just can remove. Tried a heatgun (almost ruined the whole front with it as the rapid heating caused the thin element to buckle), scalpels and a soldering device. Just isnt the cleanness I was hoping for.


Gonna try lasercutting the front now!
Keep you updated!

[adidan]

Still nice work there mate.

[ASPHIAX]

Thanks, well this is how it works right.
try one thing , if it doesnt do the trick, try something else!

[postmangav]

My god you must have some patience! The build looks incredible man.

[ASPHIAX]

Thanks, about 210 hours of work now and will probably need another 90 or so!

[cchr]

its coming along nicely there mate!
I have a question however, where will the fan controller be placed?

[ASPHIAX]

HI CCHR,
thansk for asking!
I will do a proper design with a guy I know who studies civil engineering but here is the basic idea.