Hooray! The Steampunk protostar build series has finally returned. Many of these posts have been completed for a long time, but have sat idle in 'draft' status up until now.
Today I have begun finishing up the final detail steps on the model, so things should all meet up within the next few weeks.
The most time consuming part of this build is finally complete. A total of 32 individual adhesive backed label stock panels, all with rows of hand-punched 'rivets', make up the ship's main body surface.
Rivet spacing is 1/10" apart, and there are 16 rows of them running the full length of the model's 16" body tube.
I haven't counted them, but that's a ton of rivets!
The photo shows that there are some gaps between the ends of some of the applied panels.
These will be covered up by some wider riveted bands around the tube at each panel section that will be applied in a future step.
