Clever's Klingon BoP

[thokamous]

i was thinking about that but it will take me a while to get to do that

[Paragon]

Psh, real modelers don't make a wings down and wings up version, they make a version with hinged wings.

[cMags]

Hah, but I think that crosses the line into paper engineering... :p

[Vortex_4200]

I gotta know.... where did you find that BOP??
That is a really cool looking!

[Sidewinder81777]

Clever - Windows Live

[rickstef]

Actually, if I am correct in my thinking, it should be pretty easy to do

take piece of parchment paper or a piece of plastic , and sandwich it between the wing sections, and use that as your hinge surface for the wings to move

(this is using what CharlieC does with his tank tracks)

Rick

[cMags]

I think the hard part about making the wings poseable (or even a different static position) is that the large dark colored humps on the hull form a sort of piston for the wings' movement. So in order to have the wings pivot, you'd need to have a collapsible structure within that section so the lower section could slide in and out of the upper. Far from impossible, but I haven't seen the guts in there yet.

[rickstef]

Chris,

I understand, but you can always mod those pieces, might have to put my money where my big mouth is

[Paragon]

I could probably do it on a pretty large scale, with regular hinges. I might have to now, just to prove it...

[rbeach84]

Check out this site:
Bird of Prey Hinge
These fellas have come up with an aftermarket hinge set to the AMT plastic kit - the engineering of which is displayed on the site - should help in doing it to the paper kit...