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Been spending the winter working on non Sci-fi projects. When I caught a rerun of Silent Running.
I have always been
intrigued by this freighter and wanted to build it. To my amazement there is a wealth of information on the web for the Valley Forge, including some drawings and a model on Starship Modeler.
I
started by inventorying my parts box and building the "wing" section using plastic, balsa, metal and lots of odds and ends. I found that plastic pipetes(eye droppers) make excellent tanks and
domes.
The framework structure I made from various diameters of wooden and plastic pipes.
The forest domes were the most difficult. The base is made from petrii dishes with wood supports,
glass beads and pipette tips as tanks. The domes I bought from, Michael's craft store. They had to be cut to fit the petrii dishes, this was a problem. The plastic is brittle acrylic and each cracked to
some degree. I am looking for other ideas.
The forest and grass are standard HO railroad materials. I used hairspray to glue them down.
Mike Aucutt
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