u/Full_March_476

ᵗʰᶦˢ ᶦˢ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˢᶦᵍⁿ ᵗᵒ ʳᵉᵃᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵒᵒᵏ ᵃⁿᵈ/ᵒʳ ʷᵃᵗᶜʰ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒᵛᶦᵉᵎᵎᵎ

It's been just about a week since I finished the patterns and started making the model. I wanted to wait until I finished it to post my next update, but I ran into a few roadblocks along the way.

Well, it's almost finished, as you can see in the picture! I started building it last Saturday, and was fortunately able to make the "tricky" components just fine! (The cone for the fuselage and the side fuel tanks.)

I was on track to finishing the model that weekend until I started making the habitat on Monday.

At first, I screwed up the measurements. The habitat ended up being too short and was the wrong proportions. At the time, I was really exhausted and school was going to start tomorrow, so I mostly just gave up and decided to save it for the weekend. Well, I got sick today, so that bought me an extra day to work on it, which was what I was doing this morning.

And then I saw this video.

So, it turns out that the art department changed some really significant parts about the Hail Mary from the time they released that official concept art and the time they released the movie! The rear habitat, it turns out, ended up much longer and more segmented than in the concept art.

I knew that there was stuff about the ship that I wasn't skilled enough to attempt, (like the oblique cones and the detailing on the spin drives) but I just couldn't let that slide.

Fortunately, this ended up being a net positive, because the redesign isn't actually that bad, because it's only half of the habitat, not the entire thing. Plus, that video also gave me some good close-up shots, which really helped as a reference for detailing the ship.

So, I'm back on Google Drawings and redoing the habitat. It's not my favorite and math isn't my strongest suit, but I should be back on track later today, if not tomorrow!

Cya!

Thank you so much, mods, for allowing me to post this!

I've linked below the Google Files for the patterns, plus a tutorial doc if you need help here.

I recommend you print this on cardstock, any thickness will do. ^^

Tutorial

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QQ1ux4TGNfuvU8TuMhkMT_F2sA3TNW_r5SYJyZWGOWc/edit?usp=sharing

File 1 - Adapter

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1skeX2iC3h69-3F9DjRnZR-z__PT8QnPjnhkTnBVdUZI/edit?usp=sharing

File 2 - Spin drives (print three times!)

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1qrTtmOSpcNJH79xE0XqG_xvZHCewAwKwWHliq1ly1UM/edit?usp=sharing

File 3 - Habitat + astrophage & taumoeba collectors + info card

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1VlswL19eqrRE7_2JTvcO7jY1vDIZu0GSque14oXtzUM/edit?usp=sharing

Have fun, guys! ^^

ETA: I'm also working on the paper model for the movie version of this ship. Once I finish that and make sure it's ok to be released, I'll ask for permission to post the files for that, as well. ^^

Seven sheets of cardstock!!!!!!!! SEVEN!!!!

This is definitely an experimental model. The part I'm most worried about are the slanted cylinders and the giant truncated cone at the back, because I'm historically bad at making anything but a triangular prism and a tube. 😅

I'm gonna watch the Grace go home scene from the movie on Youtube for goodwill. Wish me luck, gang! 👎👎👎

Update: I may have made a miscalculation or two. Bleh. Back to the drawing board...