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Exhausted from being up most of the night worrying about losing power and therefore my sump pump. Thankfully, power stayed on here, despite much tree and electrical damage nearby. I had my scanner on, and heard how busy emergency crews were all night. My hat's off to them! Meanwhile, once the...

Steve, if I do build one of the Buffalo structures, what I had in mind was to dock one of my lakers (in 1/700, 1/350, or 1/250th scales) next to it, so I'd be building smaller than Z in that case. There's a handful of smaller ones similar to yours closer to me that I'd make in N or HO. I'll...

I like this so much, I saved the entire page! N-scale? I can't make steps that look that good in any scale! I have an interest in the grain elevators, or whays left of them, on the Buffalo NY waterfront, and have considered building models of them. This will definitely be a good reference and...

Thanks. I still remember the news reports myself. Since my other active projects have pretty much fizzled out for the moment, it's probably about time I got back to this one. I just found a missing parts sheet, too, so that helps. Scott K.

No, not presumptuous at all. I agree completely, I just haven't figured a way to do that yet. Well, I do have an idea, I'm just not sure how to do it "cleanly". Can you open .dwg files? I can send you the original patterns to experiment with, if you'd like. I'm open to any improvements you can...

Thanks, Steve. I'll be taking another shot at this thing soon. If only it had fewer petals, and not so many holes to punch, and, and....:rolleyes: Scott K.

A few more pictures. Somewhat better lighting. Both sides, open and closed. You can see the points where I had to cut the actuating ring, as well as the one tab I put on that wasn't strong enough to operate the iris on it's own. If I ever get to mounting one in a gate, the actuator will be...

Thanks, Zathros. Hope you still think it's beautiful after seeing these! Here's a few more shots, taken outside on my picnic table. Now you can see the building errors, like the mistake I made with the starboard wing spar. The abuse the tip of the nose has taken shows too. I set the removeable...

I'd try Ennder's idea for the petals, but that will make more edges for the other petals to bind on. I also need to cover the petal pivots somehow, since that's another spot they catch on. Laminating the parts was what I had in mind for the next try. I don't have the clear laquer on hand to...

"Close the Iris!" Another design I've been struggling with. I once read somewhere that the Iris as shown in Stargate wouldn't work, that is, the pattern the points make on the closed side. Then I saw some models others were working on, and decided to try it myself. It does work, but it needs...

Thanks, Steve. I "finished" the first build last night, and took my usual poor pictures. I'll try to take some better ones outside later, if anyone wants to see them. Hopefully the next build will come out better, once I tweak the design a bit, and try to avoid making the same build mistakes...

!!! I see detail on your model I didn't know the original even had! You have created the Definitive Omega-class destroyer model! Model of the Month! No, Model of the Year! Scott K.

Thanks, Zathros. I'd seen some of the individual pages on my searches, but was too lazy to backtrack to the main page yet. The "back" button didn't point to the index, just back to my last location, Google Images in this case. Looks like lots of interesting reading ahead! Here's 2 pictures...

It's been a while since I've had the luxury of a dedicated work space. I used to use a card table with everything I needed set up on it. My cats put a stop to that, or, rather, I did, after finding one of them asleep on the squashed remains of one of my in-progress models. Now I just set my...

The Barnes Wallis Swallow, an SST design from 1955! Swing wings, and swinging engine pods, too. Started this one 2 nights ago, and finished most of the main design the first night. Yesterday I just added some detail and refinements, and started the first test build last night. Sure wish I hadn't...

Estes had the Star Trek license when they made this one, and used modified Enterprise decals for it. So, in a word, yes. Just another way to boost sales. It must have worked, because I know I wanted all 3! (Big E, Klingon, and Atlantis). Scott K.

In case anyone else would like to build one, I went looking for the site I got the patterns from. I was wrong, this version wasn't from JimZ (although you can find info on the original here; http://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/est1283.htm). This one came from this page...

Just a quick build I threw together as a break from the Fitzgerald. The USS Atlantis, originally an Estes flying model rocket kit. It's built "straight out of the box", from plans I believe I originally got from JimZ Rocket Plans site. Sometime I on redoing it, with proper nacelle domes and end...

A little of everything. I got tired of re-printing and re-building the messed-up support sections, so when I found that I hadn't eliminated the last error with it, I just cut and modified as needed. It's a 2d AutoCad design that I've been working on, on and off, for years. Most of the problems...

Progress (Sort of) Finally a few pictures. Sorry for the poor quality. I printed the deck on the wrong thickness of card stock, so the support structure shows through too much. Hopefully that won't be as obvious once the rest of the hatches are in place. I could continue building at this point...