![]() ![]() When my son is playing with his buddies, he'll turn it to the lights to the 'flashing' mode and pretend they are under attack or in a meteor storm or just make loud booming noises. I took the LED lights and taped them to the interior roof lines and put the on/off box by the cockpit upper panel (see photos). I glued labels all around the inside and outside. I also added a couple at the top of the interior. Then hot glued the top and bottom of each panel I put in. When the glue was hot, I held a panel to the inside at the bottom of the main window(see photos). This was only the second time I'd ever used on of these - the glue WILL burn the hell out of you if it gets on your fingers. Spray adhesive on one the part of each of the panels and put on the control panel stuff you printed (see photos). I told him he can always look up and find home. I glued a printout of earth right above the main control panel. I found a United States flag and South Korean flag on Wikipedia. I found a website that would replace the NASA wording with any text you want. I found other Star Trek stuff I liked, too. So, I did print a mock-up of an Enterprise D control panel. I Googled for 'rocket control panel' and looked for images that I liked, colored them up some in. I thought it would look cool and and add more strength to the vessel. I also added tape on each panel intersection and bottom of the roof line. I put tape on the vertical panel opening, inside and out. Tape the 'floor' overlaps on the inside and outside. Prepare for final assembly.ĭUCT TAPE TIME! I put tape on each tab inside the roof. I mean, you ARE working outside.īring the contraption inside. Take the box cutter and cut out the window holes and outline of the door. Rub your hand over the foil to ensure adhesion. This personnel transporter has made it to the mock-up stage and awaits further approval before being built. It may carry a payload to accomplish a mission with or without people and return to Earth. Then, roll out the foil to cover the panel and triangle. A spaceship is designed to travel in space and may be launched from Earth by a launch vehicle. Now they begin to look like buttons or knobs panels.Ĭover one panel at a time, including the roof triangle, with spray adhesive. Paint the egg cartons with several layers of paint. Paint all the cockpit panel pieces silver or metallic black or both. That 'preformed box corner' fold was made on a machine and is aligned straight - a lot better than I could do bending the cardboard by hand. Interior I cut "cockpit panels" from the corners of some other boxes, keeping the preformed box corner intact. Put the 1" x 2"s over the saw horses and lay out the cardboard on top of all that. Set up the saw horses with space enough to cover the length of the cardboard. AA Battery Power Operated Fairy LED Lights String (Cool White).aluminum foil (I got it at Dollar General.long straightedge (I used a 1x2x8 I had in the garage).hot glue gun and a couple of extra bags of glue sticks.other thick cardboard boxes for interior panels.unbent cardboard is best, as in the panels of the box haven't been abused. On the fourth day, I got lucky and a lady found me a large fridge box! You have to be there at the right moment if they do because they break down the boxes almost immediately. I went to Home Depot over the course of a week asking if they received any fridge deliveries. ![]()
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