The cockpit light boxes were a bit more difficult than the pod bay.  They had to fit around some complicated shapes.   This time I made some patterns out of index cards.  I then trimmed the patterns until they fix nicely around the cockpit.  I then used this as a pattern to cut out the shape … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 7

I have complete installing the pod bay doors.  They required some filling and sanding as they are just slightly smaller than the opening in the command sphere.  I cemented the doors in and made the frames flush with the bottom of the opening.  The kept the gap at the top of the opening.  I inserted … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 6

This update will show the completion of the pods, the painted pod platforms and some work on the rest of the command sphere.  The pod platforms were painted flat black.  I glued a pod base to the right hand pod platform to place the unlit pod.  I also glued the pod base in place for … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 5

Time for another update.  I have been making slow but steady progress.  As I mentioned last time, I moved on to the pod platforms.  One of them will have to have a hole drilled in the middle to pass the LED wires through to light the pod.  I put a bit in my pin vise … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 4