Project Dropship 1:24 / Aliens

[SJPONeill]

Originally Posted by alien99

real lenght of the hangar is 85meters.:..that´s mean 3.54 meters in 1:24 scale......who is such a lunatic to build (have a space for) this thing.
Better way is smaller (bigger number) of the scale this time..........1:48...1:100..will be fine

Hmmm...good point...the Sulaco was long but not too bad in other dimensions...I was thinking to do the drop ship in 1/32 but 1/48 is starting to look good for your diorama...whatever the scale it will be a classic!!!!

[NYC Irishman]

I have to admit that I would still love a 1/24 Dropship with a hanger to suit a smaller scaled one too?

Beautiful work Jan!

John

[alien99]

I will try to do it for 1:24 scale (border lines, textures...). Then the whole thing can be easily scale down to appropriate scales (1:32, 1:48,1:50, 1:72, 1:87, 1:100)...and less paper sheets

[alien99]

I jumped back into the ready room

Weapons rack



from the outside



inner view



perspective view

[elliott]

Looks good Jan. Keep up the good work!

[Ponytail]

Is this all gonna be represented in one model...? ;-))
Do I have to be searching for a empty factory-hall?
:-))

[Vermin_King]

I was skimming through the channels while I was at my folks' house this weekend, and what should I find? Aliens marathon. I really hadn't remembered much of this bay in the movie, until I saw it again. You are doing a spectacular job of capturing it.

[alien99]

Sulaco Bay - Case 1/3 - measurements

Today is the first day of the miniseries about sulaco bay.
I must put the bay into right light and explain my steps and I will need a little feedback from you
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I´m trying to oscilate in the middle of the four views in this project (that´s why all things go really slow).

First view - of the creators of the movie set in 1:1 scale.
Second view - of the sfx modellers of the 1:12!? miniature
Third view - of the papermodellers and their building procedures and limitations of the paper

Fourth (most important)view - of how the things could work in the far future or Virtually make the real life USS sulaco
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Case No.1 - measurements, position of second dropship.

First of all we have here the movie prop 1:1, but it is not completed. Then the sfx miniature exist...according to it the Bay has about 85 meters in lenght.
..but there is a problem...this kind of bay has not fit into the sulaco.

I´ve erased one space between curved pillars and obtained optimal lenght ~75 metres...like in my old 2009 measurements of the sulaco.



Then I´ve noticed another thing...the position of second dropship is not in the axis with first one and the whole bay area.



Just remember Bishop remotely put the sequence into the sulaco...The portal crane with dropship 02 moved to the right first ,
then ahead, above the pressure chamber door.



Another notice: All doors marked as CARGO LOCK look s like doors to the one room...like store room...for powerloader or other bay staff.
.. It is nice that all the rooms can fit into the sulaco....





it is nice tat the bay fits in there perfectly...
I´ve done those two videos for your better imagination





and question of the day: How they transport the dropship parts into the bay in case of damaged wing...for example..trough which door?
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next time: case 2/3 back bay wall

[silveroxide]

There you go again with more wondrous projects to build. I built your smaller version of the dropship, and then I had to build the APC, and then I had to build the landing pad, And then the antenna array, and just for the heck of it, I built Handleys Hope and believe me, it was time time consuming, which is the reason I did not tackle the SULACO. So here you are making another trap in which not only do you have to build the Dropship in a bigger scale, but the APC and the launch bay. I guess I better stock up on ink and card stock because I see another monster build in the making. Thanks for everything Jan and for your sharing in your works.

[alien99]

It is a trap for me too..belive me. The perfection is killing me

Thanks god for the vacation i´ve had last month