Yes, I'm the fat one on the left (feel free to shoop), but I've lost a lot of weight since then, so don't judge.
Anyways.
For my brother's Christmas, birthday, and "congrats on getting a new job" present this year I am making a model of that ship from scratch with the help of my father. I thought I'd make a "build thread" of sorts. My Dad is doing the majority of the early work because shaping the hull correctly will be the most difficult part, and he's the woodworking master.
On to the pictures:
I spent two hours making these blueprints. I sent them over to Staples to be printed. The next day I picked them up along with a piece of lumber to make the ship from. Sorry for the large picture.
Cut the wood down to size (36 inches long), and glued two pieces together to get the desired height.
The next day I cut out the overview and placed it on top of the wood and traced around it to get the basic look of the ship.
Cut the shape out.
You may have noticed on the picture of the ship that the belt armor slopes inwards, so my Dad is seen here using a router to get that effect.
Glued another thin piece of wood on top of that.
Glued it all together and clamped it (my Dad's motto is "you can never have enough clamps")
That brings us up to date, we are probably going to work on it every day so I will keep you guys posted.
