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I'd call your "building jig" quite well thought out. The progress so far is masterful. A Cat's dream!!
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The Eiffel Project
- Thread starter Tonino
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Thanks God no animals in my house...
What's the fun in that?Thanks God no animals in my house...
well I'm awake now... ... let's go back to work ...
The main base structure is now almost complete. I should give her shoes now lo let her stand up on her legs.
But there are two problems:
1) the contact points between the base and the "leg" are too little and discontinuous
2) the curve beam doesn't reach the base block where it is supposed to be joined
To front the first problem I realized four squares with the same texture of the base and the exact dimension of the aperture inside the "leg". Those can be joined with the structure much easily putting the glue along the edges and creating a solid base.
Once glued to the base the new added pieces are barely visible.
For the second issue I was forced to create little sections of beam to prolonge the short ones. This is a detail not very realistic but I wasn't able to think anything better
And so this is the point I reached so far. I'm satisfied with the result: I was afraid the thing to be too fragile, the pieces are so delicate... but once joined in this complex structure they form a very light and strong base, just like the real counterpart I think.
The main base structure is now almost complete. I should give her shoes now lo let her stand up on her legs.
But there are two problems:
1) the contact points between the base and the "leg" are too little and discontinuous
2) the curve beam doesn't reach the base block where it is supposed to be joined
To front the first problem I realized four squares with the same texture of the base and the exact dimension of the aperture inside the "leg". Those can be joined with the structure much easily putting the glue along the edges and creating a solid base.
Once glued to the base the new added pieces are barely visible.
For the second issue I was forced to create little sections of beam to prolonge the short ones. This is a detail not very realistic but I wasn't able to think anything better
And so this is the point I reached so far. I'm satisfied with the result: I was afraid the thing to be too fragile, the pieces are so delicate... but once joined in this complex structure they form a very light and strong base, just like the real counterpart I think.
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This is looking realy great I like the way how you fixed the junction with the base block. It still looks realistic.
You are making GREAT PROGRESS on this project! That is a GREAT FIX to the problem.
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I think (know) we're looking at a future M.O.M. here.
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I concur!I think (know) we're looking at a future M.O.M. here.
Love the fix!
I'm sure that Mr. Eiffel is grinning somewhere in heaven!