ElectricLightAndy Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Hello Chaps, This is my first post in this section, not technically space or Sci Fi but at the same time it is... As you can probably tell from my name, I really like ELO, the first album I bought was a little known masterpiece called 'ZOOM' when released in 2001, I think it is one of the best relatively unknown albums ever produced. What I was drawn too was the fantastic album cover as a 12 year old it was great and I've been hooked ever since. I am going to attempt to model this particular beautifully grungy version as a display, modelled in Fusion 360 and printed on the elegoo mars resin printer, I have spent around 2 hours fiddling and I have the basic shape set, still a lot of surface details and greebles to add but it's a good start, as you can see I am having to add a little bit of artistic licence to the engine area. I will attempt to print the blue glass in blue resin and ad some illumination. I am printing one of at 1/4 of the intended size as a test. Lets see how this goes Cheers, Andy. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Timmy Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I always wanted to do the spaceship From the " Out Of The Blue" album cover, with a complete interior no less! I will be following along . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Definitely following along with this - I've loved ELO since Face the Music, and am a fan of the spaceship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, Little Timmy said: with a complete interior no less! There will be an interior on this, I plan on the final ship being 200mm in diameter for extra texture. 6 minutes ago, John Laidlaw said: I've loved ELO since Face the Music Your lucky you were there in their heyday, that album was the acorn at the start of very big things to come. Andy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, ElectricLightAndy said: Your lucky you were there in their heyday, that album was the acorn at the start of very big things to come. Very much so! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 Slight hiccup, my printer screen has failed, so no physical version for at least a week, oh well at least o can fiddle with the CAD. Cheers, Andy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Zoom’s not my favourite album, that belongs to Time, but I’ll certainly tag along with this. Looking good so far. 👍👍👍 Graham 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Well, with the recent weather… the sun is shining in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight… seriously though, what a cracking idea for a model! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roma847 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Hi Andy, cool idea for your project! BTW, this is also a great album by Jeff Lynne's ELO - In line with this topic. All the best and lots of fun! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) On 7/24/2022 at 6:28 AM, GrahamS said: Zoom’s not my favourite album, that belongs to Time No argument here, Time is absolutely excellent, I love em' all... except the first album with Roy Wood, it's crap, best thing he ever did was form wizard and leave Jeff to it. On 7/25/2022 at 1:09 PM, roma847 said: BTW, this is also a great album by Jeff Lynne's ELO - In line with this topic. Indeed, I got to see a private first ever live performance of when I was a boy and also living thing for TFI Friday (trade secret... it's not all live at the same time) I was stood about 6ft from him and Richard playing 😎 was the closest you could get to seeing them play a small club. As I'm enjoying doing this, I may well do a few of the different versions, maybe even the ELO2 album cover. Cheers, Andy. Edited July 27, 2022 by ElectricLightAndy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Oh, haven't noticed for a while, but if I may follow? Funny, that I re-discovered ELO only some years ago, being a huge ELO fan in my youth in the seventies and eighties. And we ALL dreamed of the Out of the Blue Starship, so will follow. To celebrate this I will listen to, well, what could fit; I think TIME. Todays a good fit for remembering the good old 1980ies, where things where so uncomplicated.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I haven't listened to any ELO for the last few months, must spin some up on Spottify... Cheers, Alan. P.S. I think the first ELO single I bought was "Roll over Beethoven", about 1972/3? (Where do the years go?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Slow progress due to work chaps! I now have a new 3D printer and have tentatively begun work again. just re-calibrating where I got to with it! updates soon hopefully. Cheers, Andy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 First test print 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 First test prints for the upper Hull. This is half the size it'll end up, it'll make it easier to route the electronics, I'm very happy with this, slight tweak needed on the tolerances. I will make all the greeblies separately once the main ship is done. I'm looking forward to trying the clear blue resin 😁 Cheers 🍻 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Monty Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Wow, you got me at ELO. What a cool project. I shall pull up a deckchair and watch with interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 The test print looks good. The TV was showing ELO live at Wembley yesterday. Fabulous stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 Thanks chaps, I was at the Wembley gig, amaaaaaazing! I might do a few versions if this comes out OK, I actually think this could be the trickier one to do, as it'll be paint work dependent on how good it looks, the other colourful ones would be easier to disguise the shoddy work 😅 I'm going to do some cut outs for the electronics in CAD, maybe a bit more surface work and some assembly location points, then I think I can make a start on building the proper one 🤔 Cheers, Andy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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