Knowing you, there is a detailed 3D plan for how to get this from your shop to the museum.
Yes?
Awesome project!
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lol, God bless you Jim. And here I thought Eric made the comment to brighten my day and then you throw that one out there.
We love you Cliff and while that was a funny poke it is only because you are so meticulous.
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You bet Jim, getting it there has been a big driver. About 2/5ths of the project cost is crating and shipping, so I’ve had to have a handle on the approach, and the costs.
Unfortunately, the plan is only half way there, because the division of who does what now has me handling the lexan cover around the thing. So the crate needs resizing for those (longer) panels.
But the basic idea is to make throw-away 1x4 shelves, screw the model & console sections to them, and screw everything into a commercially-available crate. Here’s the new larger one I’m planning on from Uline.
And then insure it for 10x what it cost, haha!
Thanks for asking Jim, and I’m glad you like it so far.
Cliff
Looking Good.
I killed a brand new one of those last summer sanding my porch floor. Seems I allowed bondo dust to collect in the motor and burned it out. At only 4 days old, Home Depot was happy to exchange it for another one. Never even asked to see the receipt!
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Wow, good to know, thanks Jon!
I am totally shocked that you have detailed shipping plans. Just shocked!
I am going to guess that the shipping will cost more than the materials. Your time and expertise are, of course, priceless.
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I suppose my reputation recedes me, haha!
Close; I’ve estimated 1.5k for shipping and 2.5k for everything else, we’ll see. And thanks!!
Cheaper option?
If it fits it ships. . . Some assembly required
You bet! But my chain saw broke, so…
Lotsa filling and sanding the last 3 days. The “box” parts are done, today I tackled the terrain. This is after the main sanding event.
“Final” filler on now, and tomorrow “final” sanding.
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this just keeps getting better all the time.
Amen to THAT! 
Thanks Devon and Bruce, that means a lot!
Here and there, I’m fitting in more filling and sanding, and got the main thing done I think.
Now come the terrain interfaces with a lot of things that touch it… Starting with the pond. The surface will be lasered ripple acrylic, which the terrain has to meet. So I lasered a plug, greased its edges, and added the filler around its gaps with the terrain.
More filling and sanding to come, after the plug is pulled. And that’ll be the story as I add more terrain-interactive bits. Which is great, it now feels like I’m working on a model.
Here’s a view from the other end. If there’s some stuff that looks weird to you, yeah, they probably look weird to me too. 
But if you have a question, I’d love to hear it.
Cheers, and thanks for watching,
Cliff
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Cliff,
This is really amazing!
BUT, why does it need any sanding? What would it look like if you didn’t sand it(wouldn’t it just look like TERRAIN?)
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Amazing … enough said 
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Thanks Bruce!
It’s not very smooth, still somewhat rough up close. For instance .03 divot, at this scale, is a foot deep hole, and a .06 bump is 2 feet high… so I’ve tried to smooth things to near the scale of the roughness there. If that makes sense…
That makes a lot of sense - I guess one really needs to see it in person! 