O.D. and O.S. made headway today. Perhaps most importantly, they have decided on their division of labor. He will build it. She will detail it out. They also actually collaborated on design ideas at dinner! Whoa…
O.S. has decided on a double ended, Garrett-inspired contraption (I didn’t know he know what a Garrett was!). Today, he used rubber bands to clamp craft sticks (It is still a MUELLER project! Craft sticks are a must!).
Then, he lathered the lot in TiteBond III. To my surprised, and to the surprise of the 1:24 gang, he later pulled the can cores!
We discussed this tonight at dinner, as I hold that this will leave the boilers too fragile. He assured me that there was this, that, and the other thing, all important to a “steam punk aesthetic,” that will support the craft stick boilers. At that point, O.D. weighed in. She agreed on the “aesthetic,” but she also agreed he needed to keep the cans for strength.
The looping discussion on “steam punk aesthetic” continued, and I am no closer to either understanding their version of the aesthetic or envisioning the end state here.
Updates as required!
Eric