ENGINE NACELLE

Materials for the largest miniature are gathered.

A hole is drilled into the bottom of the plastic bottle and the elbow joint is screwed in. The Slinky is placed around the bottle and separated into four groups, then glued into place.

Five superstructure rings are cut from sheet styrene and glued together with 2" long strip spaces to separate them.

A sheet of .060" styrene is marked and cut to form the outer hull skin.

The bottle is placed within the ring assembly and the outer skin is rolled around the rings and attached.

A small box is made from scrap 1/12 scale Chevy car parts and sheet styrene.

This box is epoxied in place to represent the aft connector for the inboard reactor loop. The cut edges of the superstructure rings are bent and worn.

Small sections of styrene tubing are cut, mangled and glued onto the forward and aft ends, completing assembly.

The model is primered.

Another debris portion is made from parts of the cut away rings from the larger debris model. Sheet styrene is curved and the ring portions are glued to it along with sections of styrene tubing. 1 2 3 4

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