Activity 6: Cutting Styrene Questions

Good morning!

I am not here today and a sub will be covering for me. Please be respectful and follow any directions you are given even if they are a little different that how I would ask. Being a sub is hard work and we need to appreciate their help.

Today, you are going to work respond to these questions based on the Eric Strebel video in the Part 3 section of Project 10. Respond to these questions in a Word file and upload that file to teams when you are done.

1. In what shapes can you purchase styrene?
2. Where can you purchase styrene?
3. What is interesting and useful about most styrene tubing?
4. What is one suppler of styrene stock?
5. What are hobby models made from?
6. What glues work well for styrene?
7. How can you bond PVC to styrene?
8. What technique for glue application does Strebel use?
9. What type of cutting tools does Strebel use?
10. How does styrene solvent weld work?
11. What is the trade-off of using a kicker for CA (super) glue?

Project 4: Florence Cathedral

Rising 376 feet above the streets of Florence, the amazing red brick dome designed by Flilipo Brunelleschi is as much an architectural marvel when it was finished in 1436 as it is today. The ribbed octagonal dome and strong graphical use of marble makes this building stand out in the Florence skyline. Our paper model is not nearly as large, but still as beautiful. For this activity, build this paper model of Florence's cathedral. You will find the sheet and all the necessary supplies in your SMM kit. Also, enjoy these videos about the cathedral the importance of working with easy and inexpensive materials for model making. Paper Modeling Skills About the Dome

Activity 3: Making Models Life-Size

Often in model-making we take something large and make it smaller. If we use a scale like we did on the pervious TinkerCad project, we are reducing an object with a 1:12 scale. In this video, special effects artist Frank Ippolito (IG: @frankippolito) is taking a character from a video game and making it 1:1 scale. Capcom, a video game company, hired him to make this dragon and he and his team need to figure out how to create this monster. As you watch the video, pay attention to some of the things we have discussed in class. Even at this early stage, you will start to recognize terms and techniques. After you watch the the video above, answer the questions below: 1. What scale does Ippolito make the background he is using to plan this project? 2. What is the little statue of the dragon called? 3. Why did Ippolito have it made? 4. What is photogrammetry? 5. What kind of farm is inside the dragon? Why did they pick that particular foam? 6. How many weeks did Ippolito have to ...

Project 10: Scratch Built Spaceship

For Project 10, we will be scratch-building a spaceship. This is an exciting process with a lot of steps. To make this easier, I will be splitting this into a number of steps. We'll finish each step before moving on to the next one. Step 1: Spacecraft Model Making The model makers who make spacecraft for film and television are responsible for creating details that bring to life these futuristic vessels. It's a challenge and there are some examples in the history of film and TV that stand out. These videos are all about the special effects and techniques of making model space ships. Step 2: Scratch-Building How To We are going to mostly follow Adam Savage's techniques for making model spaceships. He did two builds exploring the techniques in a lot of detail. Watch both of these videos to gather a more complete understanding of the process we will be using. Step 3: Working with Styrene Working with styrene is different than working with any other material we've enc...

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