ATHENA - Steampunk Airship (55)

So with yesterdays discussion in mind, I took the gatling back apart.
Fortunately I was able to do so without breaking anything and now the twin mount is still available for a potential future project :)

With the Mauser BK-27 in mind I drew a breakout sketch of the pieces and started measurements from the existing barrel.

From this I built the gun body that will hold the gatling barrels

Based on this I calculated the size of the side walls,

as well as the central section.

Then I mounted the outer walls - with 3mm spacers to give the walls a total width of 5mm.

Then I used .25mm plasticard to cover the gap.

And a quick assembly (without glue),

to see how it looks :)
With the finished Techpriest for scale.

Eventhough the mount is bigger than initially planned or yesterdays build, I think it fits pretty well.

So tonight I will build the ammo drum and feed, as well as the sights and sensors.

Cheers

Klaus

ATHENA - Steampunk Airship (52)

The build for the forward gallery of the command island continues.
Last night I completed the central array of speaking tubes (6ea)

as well as the tube and screen for the FDO station,

which will be positioned like this....most likely.

Then my techpriest received the first pieces of his servo arms.

It's a slow build, and the first time in a while, where I wish I could work with 3-ups, instead of this very small size.

But I'm getting there.

Those very small hydraulics are a pain in the butt, I can tell you :)

Actually I'm quite satisfied...

...once all items are cured and properly bonded I will add rivets and cables.

Then I also build two servo skulls. The first one is equipped with a light.

While the second is more a camera thingy :P

Cheers

klaus

ATHENA - Steampunk Airship (51)

Last night I continued with the Techpriest and he received his hood out of ProCreate.

It was the first try, and I think it worked out quite well (sorry, this image is a bit blurry). With the remaining PC I also built the mount for the backpack.

While the PC cured, I looked into the issue with the shrine door and the FDO again.

As you can see, the opened door blocks exactly his position.

So I removed the right wing of the door (left on the image) from its hinges.

and I will add a central hinge, so the door becomes a folding-door.

Maybe you remember the disaster I had with the folding door for the rear structure.

Luckily I kept all the pre-cut pieces.

So I could rather quickly assemble the central hinge.

This is the inside.

The outside, closed.

The door opened and the right wing partially folded.

And the whole door in the final open position.

A first fitting shot on the command island,

with functuality test.

:)

But since the central hinge adds some depth to the door, I had to remove the LED's to make the stained glass window fit - not a great loss, as the LED's didn't work out all that well anyway.

So here is the door now with rivets,

and window mounted.

Now the FDO position is working :)

Then I started to assemble some more speaking tubes for the gallery (6 each) and one for the FDO position.

That's as far as I got lost night.

Cheers

Klaus

ATHENA - Steampunk Airship (50)

Todays update is rather short, as the first thing I did last night was cuting into my thumb....yeah, good job.

It's not really a deep cut, but it was bleeding pretty good, and the bandage I put around it was quite clumpsy (a tissue and some tape around it :)

So not much done.

I pondered some more on the FDO position, as well as the position of the shrine. But with the size of the window, I don't really see any other spot where I could put it. And that gallery corner seems to be the only sensible spot for the FDO postition too.
So the only item that I could potentially change would be the door....

Any ideas form you?

Nevertheless, I did work on the ATHENA, at least a little. I googeled several images of Techpriests and most had an old book straped to them. So I began cutting some pages and a book cover (the cover is .5mm and the pages .25mm plasticard)

Glued together and a latch added.

and then I mounted on the techpriest.
Speaking of Techpriest, I checked both 4th and 5th Ed Codicies and both state that a Engineseer/Techpriest is armed with a Laspistol and an Energy Weapon (plus the Servo Arm). 4th Ed states "usually an Axe", so to me the sword is just as good :)

Then I began filling some gaps with ProCreate, as well as I started on the mask.

Most of this will be covered by the hood and there's still some cleanup to do, but I'm satisfied with the progress.

Since I had some mixed PC left, I continued working on my Medic for the Inquisitor Retinue. She's a real piece-meal progress, as she only receives left-overs :)

So last night I sculpted the first snake head for her Aesculapian staff.
Hopefully I'll have more progress to report tomorrow.

Cheers

Klaus