Set 3 - Test Fit Interior
[ My Pod Home | Batch 1 | Batch 2 | Batch 3 | 4: A  New Interior Begins 5: Interior w/ Overlays | 6: Revised Interior ]
[ 7: Cutting Plastic [ 8: Real Progress | 9: Ceiling Taking Shape | 10: More Ceiling & Walls | 11: Padding the Walls ]
[ 12: Real Ceiling Work | 13: AC Vent Beginnings | 14: More Interior | 15: Misc | 16: Ceiling & Walls ]
[  17: Joysticks | 18: Handles & Base | 19: Decals | 20: Primer! | 21: Colo(u)red Paint ]
[ 22: Joysticks Redux ]
e-bolt_control.jpg (17457 bytes) Through Window - Explosive Bolt Control Panel toward_door1.jpg (20885 bytes) Through Window - Toward Door through_rear_1.jpg (27038 bytes) Through Door
through_port1.jpg (30868 bytes) Through Port Side 1   through_port2.jpg (29784 bytes) Through Port Side 2   through_port3.jpg (33069 bytes) Through Port Side 3
through_starboard1.jpg (31503 bytes) Through Starboard Side 1   through_starboard2.jpg (34361 bytes) Through Starboard Side 2   through_starboard3.jpg (33045 bytes) Through Starboard Side 3
   
 
NOTE: The following text is from before the tons of research done at the One Man Space Pod Working Group and elsewhere on this site. IGNORE IT if you want a totally accurate Pod!!!

This is another test fitting done with Scotch tape. You can see that the interior fits quite well. I have noticed a few inaccuracies, but they are either A) minor or B) un-noticeable. There is a small set of C) type inaccuracies which will be fixed - thus far, these are:

  • There is a little equipment locker under the control panel on the starboard side. This is where Dave puts the e-bolt control cover after he takes it off. This will be scratched in with sheet plastic.
  • The interior walls are non-existent except for the front wall (not shown as I haven't cut it from the included sheet plastic yet). Luckily, the two side walls are flat (so far as I can tell) and merely have a single control panel on them. As I mentioned, I will be purchasing backlight film to do my own, updated control panel tranparencies. The curved portions of the wall between the front and two sides will be made of sheet plastic bent into a 1/4 tube shape - the small, round control panels and lighting rectangles will be added to them.
  • The floor in the entry-way should be flush with the bottom of the door frame. This will be scratched in with sheet plastic, which will continue forward to become the seat (which is never seen - and for good reason since the actors just sat on a box placed in the middle of the set).
  • The ceiling is not included. This will be scratched from sheet plastic and a small control panel included in the center.

The riser for the main control panel was cut from 1/16" sheet plastic (included with the kit!) from templates in the instructions. Rather than rip the instructions apart, I scanned in the template and duplicated the couple of bits where it said "make 2". I then printed this out and used a glue-stick to mount the sheet to the plastic. Cutting was very easy AND all pieces fit perfectly without any adjustment.

There should be ample room to route all of the optic fibers necessary to light the various control panels. To keep the light rectangles from being too bright, I'll likely back them up with 50% gray gels (assuming I've got some in that demo kit I got a while back).

On the exterior, all handles will be replaced with Evergreen sheet plastic that's got grooves in it. This will do three things: 1) allow me to open up all of the areas behind the handles, 2) fix the minor shape problem in the molded-in handles, 3) give them the proper grooved appearance.