Skylab, 1/100, Scratchbuild

[Bandsaw Steve]

3 hours ago, scautomoton said:

This is a great subject, and I love the fact it's being made from whatever happens to be at hand. How did you make the etched brass panels without buckling the metal?

Thanks, I’m pleased you are enjoying the thread.

 

The brass is not photo-etched, it’s just 0.4mm brass sheet cut and folded to the correct shape. The brass gets scribed with a sharp tool such as a needle or razor blade and then held in a vice while I ‘work’ the fold over and over till it breaks on the scribed line.

The zig-zags are done in a similar way. Scribe where you want the fold to be then hold one side in a clamp and gently fold the structure until the ‘zig’ has the correct angle of ‘zag’. Repeat until all are done. 
 

It turned out to be a remarkably simple exercise, which is something I was not expecting! 👍

[JJ2016]

Hi mate, sorry only just picked up on this one - really cool build !! We oved over to WA in 79 and this was all the craze !!

 

Cheers

 

JJ

[Bandsaw Steve]

Thanks for the interest! 
FYI this is still definitely a live project and has not been abandoned, but it has fallen to the bottom of my current project priorities. 
At this stage my target for completion is ‘no later than the 50th anniversary of re-entry and hopefully long before. 

👍