Well, I have been working with the initial draft artwork for the workbee spine. And it is as I imagined. Insanely small and pushing the envelope of being able to be cut, folded and built.
Category Archives: Projects
New Airbrush Compressor
I finally broke down and purchased a new airbrush compressor. I bought a 1/2 HP Pro Silent Air Compressor with integrated 2 liter tank.
Wraps and Fiber Optics
Tonight I had some success building the upper half of a workbee, this time running three of the fiber optic filaments, and then attaching the newest set of yellow printed PVC vinyl tape panels.
Fiber Optic Threading
Tonight I assembled a decent transparency layer, and tested out threading six 0.25mm fiber optic filaments into the workbee. It was on the whole successful, though one of the side running light filaments moved while I was curing the UV adhesive, and it snapped inside the upper shell.
Another Small Step Forward
Well after some sweat equity this evening (and early morning) I managed to assemble the first workbee with the new vinyl wraps on the roof with the fiber optic filament threaded through it.
Klingon D7 Cruiser Filming Model
While on a trip to Seattle, October 1, 2016 I went on a pilgrimage to the Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds, 50th Anniversary exhibition at the Sci-fi Museum which is part of the Experience Music Project Museum (EMP). While there I took a series of photos of the Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser.
Vinyl Tape Success
A quick update on this evenings progress with the workbees. Continue reading
A Week or Two of Working the Problems
It has been nearly 2 weeks since posting about my recent pilgrimage to Seattle for the Star Trek 50th Anniversary exhibit. While I have not posted since then, I have actually been working a lot in trying to solve many of the various build issues with the workbees.
Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds at the EMP
This past weekend, my better half and I made a weekend getaway to Seattle and went to the Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds, 50th Anniversary exhibition at the Sci-fi Museum which is part of the Experience Music Project Museum (EMP).
Paul Olsen – Project Enterprise
movie Just finished reading Paul Olsen’s eBook “Creating the Enterprise” which is an interesting read, though far more biography than anything else. It uses that as a larger framing story and run-up to how Mr. Olsen came to work at Magicam, Douglas Trumbull’s effects studio (who built the and filmed the Enterprise, and most of the other spaceship effects shots for the movie) as well as working on the V’ger cloud effects.
Third Wave Design 