1/19/04 - Test fit of secondary hull to armature and engine nacelle struts.

1/19/04 - Side view of secondary hull testing window lighting before filling in windows with Dental Acrylic.

1/19/04 - Inside of secondary hull halves, one with black primer, other with white primer painted over black for reflectivity of lighting.

1/19/04 - Inside of secondary hull half, showing how well the lighting will reflect on the inside.

1/19/04 - Interior glow lighting test before adding acrylic windows.

1/19/04 - Same as above with room light on.

1/19/04 - Looking into fitted halves of the secondary hull with lighting on.

Side view of secondary hull pieces with all the windows cut out of the port side.

Fuzzy closeup of the cut out windows agains the ceiling light to give an idea of lit windows.

Engine Nacelle cover on the right shows how the LEDs are "diffused".

The new Antenna array.

And another.

Side view of Armature with final Secondary Hull wiring. Added the incandescent lamps and the LEDs in the neck.

Close up of the additional lighting

Looking straight down the neck with the lighting plates and LEDs on both sides.

These are the engine nacelle lights. they blink randomly, and will appear to rotate when the engine domes are installed.

The engine nacelle on the right is covered with a plastic bag to give the illusion the lighting that will be seen once the engine domes are installed.

The basic armature with some wiring started.

The rear and starboard light boards wiring is complete

Starboard side with lights on.

Straight on rear-view.

Rear S.B. with lights on.

Same view, but with lights on and room lights off.

Front Port view.

All secondary light boards mounted.

Most of the parts on the Ping Pong table!

Foreground: Engine parts.  

The main armature parts.

UPDATE: 01/19/2004 - FINALLY, I've had time to get back to work on this thing. All Secondary hull work is now mostly done. All the windows are now cut and cleaned. Put a coat of black, then white paint on the interior. Lined up the lighting to the windows. I did a rough finish sanding on the Secondary hull, and did a test fit with them together, as well as a test fit of the engine nacelle struts.

UPDATE: 07/15/2003 - Well, it's been a while. Haven't had time to do much, but rework has begun. Received the final parts which included the Antenna Array and the Engine Nacell covers. I have completed cutting out all the windows on the Port side of the secondary hull, and work has begun on the Starboard side. Once this is done, the two halves will be primed and painted, and joined together. After that, work on the engine struts and engines will commence.

UPDATE: 06/02/2003 - Added some more pictures of wiring and lighting on the armature. Added the Incandescent lamps and the LEDs in the neck on both sides. This completes all the primary wiring for the secondary hull. I also added the wire leads for the Primary Saucer and the wire leads for the engines. Next I'll begin cutting out the windows of the secondary hull. That's gonna take some time!

UPDATE: 05/27/2003 - Added pictures of initial wiring onto armature. I have not added the 6.3v lamps yet that will provide additional, softer interior lighting. This is the basic LED lighting. Next I'll be adding the LED's to the neck and the lamps to the boards. The lighting at the rear includes the rarely seen green-red-green on the back in front of the hanger bay dome light. The other rear LED's not mounted are for the hanger bay overhead light, and the rectangular lights at the botton of the hangar. There are also two "Strobes", one for each side of the secondary hull near the hangar deck on the side. Stay Tuned!

UPDATE: 05/12/2003 - Added pictures of parts. There are still some more coming, but this will give you an idea. Yes, that is a standard size Ping Pong table all the parts are on!

UPDATE: 04/26/2003 - Added first picture of the bottom saucer section and secondary hull.