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01-03-2023, 04:47 PM | #1 |
Overlord of Evil
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Day one of scratch building an in-scale G.I. Joe Classified Terror Drome. The goal is to have a 4 section unit that is easy to pull apart and store. Also the first goal I have is a painted outer shell that functions as a back drop with built in loading bays (like the original) with doors. The rest of the fine details can be added as I go.
Any and all help from the Custom community is more than welcome. I still need to work out measurements and base material with a completion date of August 2023! COBRA!!!!!
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01-03-2023, 05:04 PM | #2 |
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01-03-2023, 06:00 PM | #3 |
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I supposed you mean the toy Terror Drome, because if you're looking to make one that's cartoon/comic size, you might as well just put up round walls around your house. Ha ha.
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01-03-2023, 07:52 PM | #4 |
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Day one of scratch building an in-scale G.I. Joe Classified Terror Drome. The goal is to have a 4 section unit that is easy to pull apart and store. Also the first goal I have is a painted outer shell that functions as a back drop with built in loading bays (like the original) with doors. The rest of the fine details can be added as I go.
Any and all help from the Custom community is more than welcome. I still need to work out measurements and base material with a completion date of August 2023! COBRA!!!!! You could also go wood, if you're used to power tools.
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01-04-2023, 08:12 AM | #5 |
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I am looking for something light weight that can be transported. So the Styrene sheets over xps foam board could work. Wood is way to heavy.
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01-04-2023, 09:12 AM | #6 |
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If you need some big pieces of thin plastic for the build check out the placemat section of the Dollar tree.
They now have 1/2mm sheets of colored polystyrene with a placemat image on one side and solid color on the other. They also have some 1mm polypropylene sheets and some more flexible sheets that feel like a 1mm thick plastic vinyl. They are all $1.25 and measure 11.25 inches by 17.25 inches. I've been using it to craft with a lot lately. You can grab the big sheets of foam board there cheap too. For Terrordrome walls and other big panels you could cut the panels from Dollar tree foam board and glue the plastic dollar tree placemats to the outside of the walls to complete the effect. Edit: They also sell extremely thin cutting mats that work for frosted and clear panels. Last edited by sisco; 01-04-2023 at 09:20 AM.. |
01-04-2023, 12:39 PM | #7 |
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Yeah, styrene's definitely the way to go if you're looking to transport it. I'd planned to make mine as a personal prototype model for a kit I eventually intend to sell and ship, so weight x durability was pretty much my first consideration. W/O digging out my plans, I think it was in the ballpark of 10-15 pounds, and the parts I did make were practically bomb-proof. Styrene's also great because you can basically make all of your own greebles, you really only need a razor knife, and it takes paint very well.
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01-04-2023, 02:14 PM | #8 |
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How big are you going to go with it? You could use a round 48" table as the top deck, and build around it. Something like this: https://www.target.com/p/plastic-dev...51c4efdaf3409e
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01-04-2023, 02:21 PM | #9 |
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I would want some weight in the bottom since it is going to be in four sections. That way when you add the turrets and figures to the top section hopefully it won't tip. Also during transport it should help it want to not tip as much and durability.
I would do some hardboard or plywood depending on the dimensions you need for thickness for that bottom section. If you are really worried about weight you could do hardboard base with xps to add height and skin it with styrene or another layer of hardboard to make the edge banding even easier and the hardboard top will be very durable. I am assuming you are going to do 4 equal sized wedges out of the circle and those materials should be easier to cut and sand into a perfect arc as opposed to XPS IMO. For the panels to get the thickness and look I agree with other comments around doing styrene. You can either use rectangular styrene tubes as studs and face them with styrene sheet or you could do xps foam as inner wall material but i think that might be to be too thick since half inch is the smallest thickness I can find in XPS. You could cut the thickness down, but because you are using it for walls it is going to be hard to keep it perfectly level/square and might require a decent amount of tinkering. You could also look at hardboard again for the walls maybe two 1/16 sheets glued together, again depending on what thickness you need or a 3/16 sheet. I would be nervous using just foam core (comes in smaller thicknesses but not as rigid as XPS) and styrene for the walls (I wouldn't trust it to support the weight of the top unless you put some styrene studs in). My biggest piece of advice so far from the limited building I have done is when creating structural stuff like this more you can keep everything level/same dimensions the better. That sounds obvious, but I have found that the principals around building things at 1:1 scale pretty much apply at 1/12 scale. If you are off by 1/16 of an inch on one section when you go to join it up over a decent size span you are going to notice it isn't level and have to spend time trying to fix or adjust. Since this project will be done in sections that I believe need to match up that will be especially important. So long story short: The more the foundation and frame are consistent dimensions the easier your life will be by far. So when I think about exact dimensions and relatively light weight you are talking rigid plastics and things like hardboard. Exciting project!!! Last edited by AndJusticeForAll; 01-04-2023 at 02:56 PM.. |
01-04-2023, 05:31 PM | #10 |
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Thanks for all the information, I have lots of choices to make and experiments to conduct.
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