Now that i am coming to the point where i need to start adding stuff that cannot be canged anymore I needed to lightproof the hull and superstructure.
Good oldfashioned aluminum duct tape works best imo. It also helps keep the heat of the leds away from the 3dprinted stuff even though the specific abs type used is chosen for its high heat deformation point.
The Yazi - Venator build was made with fiber to led couplings exclusively. But that is just such a big work and keeping the fibers in place a real pain in the butt. So i went for a led strip inside a reflective chamber for the Kraken.
By using the aluminum tape the only way out for the light is through the fibers adding to their brightness. Another way of thinking is that i can lower the power draw of the leds (and thus their generated heat) to make them a little less bright.
This test block of the greebles is now a 2 part piece. They will be joined into 1 unit to allow for less drilling of the holes for the fibers. By letting them stick out a little at the back they get more light and do not move anymore when aligning the greeble block to the ships hulls (a major pain with the yazi)
The superstructure will be done with seperate led and fiber couplings as there is less room to play with.
A lot of light bleeds above and below the greebles block but thats because the 2nd part is not in these pictures. Look closely and you will see 1.5 mm and 2mm fibers uses. Also many variations in heigth giving it another dimension. I have ordered blue and red micro smd's to be mounted inside thrusters and other area's to make the whole less uniform. Many hours will be spent before getting to this stage though ...
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ISD KRAKEN – First Light!
SONY DSC Now that i am coming to the point where i need to start adding stuff that cannot be canged anymore I needed to lightproof the hull and superstructure. Good oldfashioned aluminum duct tape works best imo. It also helps keep the heat of the leds away from the 3dprinted stuff even though the specific abs […]
Read moreISD KRAKEN – 2Servo Turbo Laser Turrets – Mechanical
SONY DSC Time to show you the work on the turrets so far. I made several designs , some more compact, some more battleship style but all still pretty basic as i needed to figure out first how to make it all move! The ship will have a grand total of 24 Laser turrets meaning 48 servo’s […]
Read moreISD KRAKEN – The Stand metal work
Now to start the work on the stand. The idea was to be able to picth and jaw the ship. Or dip to the left and to the fron and then to the right. While this was a awesome idea it posed a lot of problems. How to create a mechanism to allow that motion. […]
Read moreISD KRAKEN – The Superstructure part 1
As always its starts with the 3d design. I needed a structure to be able to move around blocks of greebles and the side decks of the superstructure. After several revisions i came to this design that also allows me to easily route fiberoptic cable (well pmma actually) for the lighting plan. I can use […]
Read moreISD KRAKEN – Aluminum work update 2
Aluminum work update 2 – Superstructure Finally the last parts of the aluminum work for the hull came in and I could put my trusted bender bench to work. This structure will provide a good seperation between the plastics of the detailing and the PC cabin. I added bend holes to the laser design […]
Read moreISD KRAKEN – Aluminum Work Update
ISD KRAKEN – Aluminum Work Update 1 After several iterations of the design, with the size of the ship growing by the year, it was finally time to send it to the laser cutter and bender. I would have loved to do the work myself but I do not have access to any laser […]
Read moreISD KRAKEN – The Trench IDEA and Designs
ISD Kraken – The Trench IDEA and Designs IDEA: – Light the horizontal trench with fiber optic strands – Make the greeble plates interchangable so we can swap them out for battle damage or just updated versions. – Use a led strip instead of seperate leds with fiber coupling For all the greebles and […]
Read moreISD Kraken – Ship layout
ISD Kraken – Ship Layout design In designing the ship Spacec and I went all out. We actually analysed navel and aircraft carriers to get a better feel for how one would lay out the 3d printed greebles in a way that makes sense. Had numerous design and discussion sessions on what we want […]
Read moreSCIFI OCD – Modding Achievements
SONY DSC Sander van der Velden aka ASPHIAX Modding Achievements USS EURISKO – Intrepid Mark II Class – 2011 Awards : Bit-Tech.Net: Mod-Of-The-Month February 2011Bit-Tech.Net: Mod-Of-The-Year Nominee 2011Coolermaster Casemodding World Championship – Honorary 2nd place Coverage : Bit-Tech.net Custom PC magazineTechnabobModelMagic websiteStarTrek.nlMaximum PCGizmodo Starting with a wooden mockup to see how big it needed to become to […]
Read moreISD Kraken : 01.mm Design Update 005
Now we have the proper locations of the turrets I went back to the hardware layout to optimise that within the limitations set by the turrets. For the turrets to be able to move a decent space beneath the hull must be reserved for the servo’s. Also the hardware layout should look the best! The […]
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