The plan is to get the first few bodies and thrusters over to Pete for test painting on 28th as long as I can finish my roto-caster, then cast all of the other large parts.
Once set up this will be a fairly rapid process as casting should only take 20 - 30mins each so should be able to get 3 or 4 done each night
Once these are with Pete I'll work on the smaller details individually, this way I can focus on ensuring the quality of each part is at a high enough level to ship.
We have decided that the cockpit will need to be individually handmade as painting would be difficult if cast in one, plus some details was being lost in the casting process.
There's also something special planning for the dash and just waiting for them to be delivered, this is also why I am changing the cockpit slightly to accommodate
Side grilles need reworking to allow for the deeper front nose
Bonnet & rear circuitry details will be resin printed
The damaged engine we'll use real wire, and a few other resin parts to make it look as close to the movie prop as possible
I've not finalised the right shaped screen yet and will be one of the last things I do along with the base / stand
I think that's it, doesn't sound much when reading it back but there is an insane amount of work involved in recreating something so iconic and of this quality.
Didn't get back home until later last night, so was unable to make any progress on the roto-caster or other builds
Jas