What projects are we all working on?

[Greninji88]

So I've been busy with school unfortunately, so I haven't had a lot of time to work on anything. However! Share what you've been up to, software development, hardware upgrades, making something, destroying something, gaming, designing, etc.

 

[Greninji88]

For electronics we're making an electric guitar! I've got the body all done, and going to make a Fleetwood Mac album collage! Here's the body so far.

 

[Veho]

Something I just completed (much humbler in scope than an electric guitar, not sure if it can be called a project):

(Don't laugh.)

It was supposed to be USS Voyager, but it ended up as "USS Voyager after a particularly nasty warp accident".

Mistakes are how we learn, and oh boy, I've learned so much on this one. So, so much.

First off, the paper I picked was too thin, didn't hold its shape and warped too easily. But the model has too many small parts and fiddly bits to use the thicc card stock.

The template itself is by Ninjatoes and it's hand-drawn instead of taken from a 3D model, and while it's playful and whimsical it's not exactly precise, and the instructions are spotty in places (as in "I forgot to take a picture of this step but you'll figure it out" and "I've made some changes to the template since I made these instructions but it's close enough"), and what is more, they are from 20 years ago and 300x200 pixels in size. I kid you not, here's a step for reference:

All this means you have to plan things ahead and foresee tricky bits and not just work one step at a time, but did I do that? I did not.

Because it's been a while since I did any papercraft, all my tools except for the nice scissors were improvised. Even the glue. Especially the glue. You're supposed to use tacky glue, the kind that you don't have to press and hold for 24 hours for it to work. You apply it to the surfaces you want to glue together, and the you just touch them and it grabs and holds while it dries. Unlike, say, a random stick of school glue I stole from my kid's school supplies, and then solve the problem of pressing the tabs inside the model from the outside. How did I solve it? I did not. Holes galore.

Did I mention I used the wrong paper?

So basically it was going well for a while until it didn't, but by that time it was too late to stop and now we're here

"Hull integrity at 15%"

The Borg took one look at this one and said "you know what, never mind."

"Stay strong, Clarence... stay strong for the Captain..."
​

More like "warped nacelles" amirite?


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Anyway, lessons learned: get the right tools, get the right paper for each kind of parts: thin for the fiddly bits, thicc for the load bearing ones; make the support structure out of foamboard, double the support structure just to make sure, don't trust Ninjatoes he's way too optimistic, and most of all, remember to have fun.

 

[Greninji88]

Something I just completed (much humbler in scope than an electric guitar, not sure if it can be called a project):


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(Don't laugh.)

It was supposed to be USS Voyager, but it ended up as "USS Voyager after a particularly nasty warp accident".

Mistakes are how we learn, and oh boy, I've learned so much on this one. So, so much.

First off, the paper I picked was too thin, didn't hold its shape and warped too easily. But the model has too many small parts and fiddly bits to use the thicc card stock.

The template itself is by Ninjatoes and it's hand-drawn instead of taken from a 3D model, and while it's playful and whimsical it's not exactly precise, and the instructions are spotty in places (as in "I forgot to take a picture of this step but you'll figure it out" and "I've made some changes to the template since I made these instructions but it's close enough"), and what is more, they are from 20 years ago and 300x200 pixels in size. I kid you not, here's a step for reference:

View attachment 575244​

All this means you have to plan things ahead and foresee tricky bits and not just work one step at a time, but did I do that? I did not.

Because it's been a while since I did any papercraft, all my tools except for the nice scissors were improvised. Even the glue. Especially the glue. You're supposed to use tacky glue, the kind that you don't have to press and hold for 24 hours for it to work. You apply it to the surfaces you want to glue together, and the you just touch them and it grabs and holds while it dries. Unlike, say, a random stick of school glue I stole from my kid's school supplies, and then solve the problem of pressing the tabs inside the model from the outside. How did I solve it? I did not. Holes galore.

Did I mention I used the wrong paper?

So basically it was going well for a while until it didn't, but by that time it was too late to stop and now we're here

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View attachment 575245
"Hull integrity at 15%"

View attachment 575246
The Borg took one look at this one and said "you know what, never mind."

View attachment 575247
"Stay strong, Clarence... stay strong for the Captain..."
​

View attachment 575248

More like "warped nacelles" amirite?


​

Anyway, lessons learned: get the right tools, get the right paper for each kind of parts: thin for the fiddly bits, thicc for the load bearing ones; make the support structure out of foamboard, double the support structure just to make sure, don't trust Ninjatoes he's way too optimistic, and most of all, remember to have fun.

Nice!!! Looks good, I love doing paper crafts too. They do get tedious sometimes but if it all works out the end result is amazing