I wanna push those buttons 20,000 times in 5 minutes! You really need a hobby Cliff!
I wanna see the hinges !
Get a job!
( are you including the torx wrench (20mm?) if they need to access the underlay and you could go tamper proof torx just in case I show up)
oh, oh!
i hope, that Cliff doesn’t obey. having in mind, that an imperial inch equals 25.4mm …
but i agree with you, that Cliff needs a hobby.
I WAS going to use tamper-proof torx, haha! But after weighing the likelihood of you or some equally-prepared vandal showing up, against the likelihood of the special driver getting mislaid (it IS a desert area), I went half-way… just plain torx, and yeah it can be defeated with a hex key… So I’ll chalk it up to a cheap souvenir and leave a half box of spare screws.
I’ve been working on final assembly of everything, and got thru screwing all the console parts together and assembling the main 3 walls of the cover. I’m VERY relieved to have all that polycarb fitted and up.
Lots to do tomorrow, and I’ll post pics. Includes ceiling install, removable rear panel assembly & install, and inserting the model and hooking it up.
I lost a bunch of sleep over all this last night, so I decided that as I’m assembling and adjusting things this weekend, let’s make this a dress-rehearsal (Hawaiian shirt and all!) for the final-final assembly in NV. Writing down tools & supplies needed, sequence and other notes, etc. And I feel a LOT better now!!
Them are Rooster’s corner clips, he blasted the chrome off em and I had them powder coated. There’s nowhere you get get these on planet Earth!
The polycarb panels are notched to let these fittings insert a bit, so that the sheets come flush (to reduce dust on the model).
Cheers,
Cliff
Cliff,
You got serious issues man “BECAUSE” that is badass !!!..what more can you say other than what “Hollywood Macaroni” said 100 posts ago??
Post 5 of 424 ?
Noting the pulleys with ropes on the garage ceiling and wondering if they were already there and what will they be used for after the model is gone?
Simply asking that’s all ?
I noticed too, and filed away for future reference. I’m always trying to deal with large stuff by myself at work. Might come in handy some day.
Looking completely awesome Cliff. That cover is much larger than I imagined.
Same here John I was picturing a cover just over the model. maybe Cliff was thinking of the residents and leaving room for kite flying on windy days 
You bet I remember your saying those foreseeing words, haha! Hence the irony of the new beer out there, the Karma Sutro! 
This work is being done in my basement shop/office, and the drop ceiling frame comes in handy sometimes. The hooks are cheap clips that slide along the T-rail, holding pulleys leftover from some failed project or other. After this is done and the clothesline is removed I’ll leave them there for future use.
Thanks Jon! It’ll all drop down when placed on the custom table being build, which allows viewing by children or someone in a wheelchair. I made it tall for viewing by a 6’ person without stooping. The design also eliminates the sort of obstructive bend-line shown in the first pic in the thread.
Well, Cliff, I am overwhelmed with my impressions. You have outdone yourself. I want to echo all of the positive comments in this thread.
Not bad for a poor boy born in a log cabin! You are indeed a master of your craft.
If no one else mentions it, your patience is extremely laudable.
Ya dun gud, Cliffy-boy.
Lou, that’s so great of you to say. Thanks so much for your generous comments, I don’t deserve all that but thanks anyway!!
And thanks for saying I’'ve been patient. I gotta say though that if patience requires fuel, surely it’s been the encouragement from you and all the gang here at LSC. It’s safe to say I couldn’t have done this project without you guys.
Today’s been a continuation of the final assembly push, with all the morning consumed with hanging, marking, trimming, re-hanging and installing of the ceiling assembly.
Then started on the removable rear panel, which I hope to finish up tomorrow evening.
So I didn’t complete the cover installation, but got close.
Thru the week, hopefully, installation of the model itself. It might bleed into the weekend but that’s fine.
I’m knocking of early today, to go see an early movie with my wife, first time in forever it seems. Oppenheimer!
Thanks guys for all your kind comments.
Cheers,
Cliff
are you going to paint that? or are you leaving that interesting woodstructure visible?
I wasn’t going to paint it, but if the model isn’t against a wall than I probably should. I’m still on the fence…
electric? 10…15…20…
Korm, ok, full confession, I’d already been feeling cringy about that, and you pushed me off the fence / over the edge / out of the frying pan.
So after work, and after installing vertical stiffeners, I got more satin black and sprayed 2 coats on the rear panel and the joist supporting it.
Looks MUCH better.
Until I moved on to remaining check list things (it took forever to get the holes for the deadbolts right), and now I’ll need to repaint tomorrow.
And it’ll look far better. Thanks Korm.
The back panel was bowed vertically and horizontally. Not an easy thing to for a piece of plywood to do, but my HD plywood pulled it off.
I decided that vertical stiffening was the first course of action, and cast about for something that might work. And lo and behold, I found these beautiful pieces of aluminum angle, and pre-drilled even!
What makes this even better is that these pieces came from Ken Brunt. I was given them last year (seems like two years ago, was it only last year??) at the last memorial KOPS, as Bev (with Ric’s help) was trying to clear out the garage.
So these bits of aluminum will have started their fabrication by Ken, stored in his garage rafters, cut and installed by me, and be made part of a model in Nevada.
How cool is that?
Pics coming in a couple days, I’m still finalizing this rear panel thing.
The punch list is finally getting shorter. Up till now it seems like the list only grows! But today I finished the rear cover, and its paint is drying.
In the meantime I installed the model and hooked it up. With all the loose tolerances of my woodworking skills, the nominal gap between the model and consoles+cover became zero. So I was very relieved it finally fit in!!
Cheers,
Cliff
If you wanna take the 10 minutes and watch this I would highly recommend it! As it reminds me of Cliffs build. The U2 build …ahhh never mind as I wasn’t born yet but she’s still flying.
I personally feel we have run out of hearts, thumbs ups, smile’s along with Ho Lee Fuks and Atta Boys .
So really there is no more to say other than “Get a hobby Cliff” as I have numerous times!
I would like to be the button tester though!
