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| Zebidee:
Nice work so far! --- Quote from: yamatetsu on September 11, 2022, 07:26:31 am ---Finished painting and glueing. Glueing the small parts again was a major PITA. That plywood sucks glue in like a sponge. By the time I position the piece perfectly, the glue is already gone. Then of course I overcompensate and the glue doesn't set. Anyway, I got it done eventually. --- End quote --- What glue are you using? PVA wood glues would work well here. They should give you plenty of time to get the positioning right, soak into and bind with the wood, good adhesion when dry, non-toxic and the cleanup is easy as water based. There are many brands. Titebond II is a good general purpose example. Selley's Aquadhere is an Australian brand I've used a lot. --- Quote ---I then cut out the side wall and used the fretsaw to cut out the rounded corners. After sanding the three pieces, I must say that for a piece of wood that I found in the trash, it looks quite good. Treating it to a coat of linseed oil would make it look really good. Sadly, that 'natural wood look' clashes with Snoopy's and Woodstock's paint, and also with the latticework. It saddens me a bit to have to paint it, but it has to be done. --- End quote --- Yeah... woodgrain is nice, but doesn't really scream "Death Star space port" at you ??? |
| yamatetsu:
I'm using superglue. Some of these pieces have such a tiny footprint that using wood glue just isn't feasible. We're talking about something like 3mm x 1mm, 6mm high. These can't even stand on their own. I need glue that dries fast, and that means superglue. |
| Zebidee:
Understood! Art is a tough and uncompromising mistress. To satisfy her demands, sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. |
| yamatetsu:
Sooo, I've been procrastinating a bit, because I somehow dreaded building the room. Painting the boards went without a hitch, screwing them together, however, left me with some nice gaps between them. As I have neither tools to make a perfect straight cut nor tools to correct the cut (like a planer or something), I'll have to live with it. I cut out the window frame and glued it to the board, then painted the inside of the window dark grey. You can't see it that well in the pic, the "window sill" is about an inch deep, so you get the impression that the wall is really massive (as it should be, thin walls don't mix well with outer space). So that's where I'm at now. |
| Zebidee:
I do believe you have painted the walls according to the 1997 Special Edition remaster, rather than the original. That is, with a slight magenta tone. Many, many edits and changes were made to the original Star Wars movies. Many things were good, some not so good, depending on which street corner you stand. In general the colours are more saturated in the revision, and most notably the 1997 version has a distinct magenta "wash" or tone. I think Lucas felt this gave the movies more of a Sci-Fi/Space feel. I think it *does* change the feel of the movies somehow. Anyway, not everyone likes it and some fans have put in great efforts to "de-Lucas" their remastered versions and remove the magenta tone. I have no personal stake in it myself, I just find it interesting. I have both versions, so I took some quick screenshots for you to compare. BEFORE (1977) and AFTER (1997) |
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