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ESCAPE POD FULL SIZE INTERIOR I convinced James that I was the man to construct the full size escape pod, as I had made the miniature and was more than capable of making this full size.
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Still unfinished, this is the best shot I have to date. James and possibly aided by myself, this will be dressed a lot more. two sheets of clear PET-G are missing in this shot.
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Google SKETCHUP to the rescue in calculating the radii of the ribs that will form the hemisphere |
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Importing an image of the pod miniature into Sketchup, I can calculate the dimentions of the porthole in the full size set. |  |
Using the tape-measure in Sketchup I can see how many pieces I will get out of an 8' x 4' sheet of plywood and calculate the size of the sphere relative to a character in a chair. |
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I used Trammel bars and the dimensions provided by SKETCHUP to cut one piece, then used that as a template to cut out any pieces that repeated (all the verticles) |  |
SKETCHUP delivered.The basic skeleton. Only half was budgetted for and a carefully placed camera and the right lens, will create the illusion of a full sphere. |
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Tying te ring for the porthole to the frame to check its the right size, before anything permanent is done. |  |
The blue film that comes with FOAMEX is left on, where possible, to protect the surface from dings as it picks them up quite easily. |
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The porthole position is established and foamex cladding on one surface only, has been done. |  |
To match the miniature, I fabricated the ring of holes that sits between the two sheets of glass in the porthole. |
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Bigger than a VOSTOK pod, but then thats what James wanted, more than an escape pod, but also a survival pod. |  |
Not being a complete idiot, I made the sphere in 4 pieces, so it would fit through doors and into the van I was going to hire to deliver it. |
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With a strip over-hanging each split line, when screwed together, would appear as a complete piece |
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Brackets for wires and tubes. Wish I could have done more. |
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Nice little unit dressed in. Could be a CO2 filter, could be anything you want it to be.
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One recess to give the wall a thickness. Wish I could have done more. |
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A flat piece in the ceiling echoed the exterior abd can be dressed with something funky at a later date. |  |
A strange front room indeed. |