Lord Valkyrie

I have heard in the past of model builders, especially scratch builders, contacting the National Archives or the Smithsonian, or other museums for material on the prototypes they are recreating. Certainly, there must be a way to contact the studio and see if interest can be generated in producing actual blueprints to the Daedalus. Who was the designer? Kawamori???? Its just a thought. Any thoughts? Anyone?

MT, Thanks, for the welcome. Its great to finally be an active member. Have you ever visited the warship models underway website? Your project fits right in over there. They have many different projects similar to yours, yet not as complex. I have seen a 1/72nd scale escort carrier with a high degree of detail and in Austrailia there is a 1/72 scale USS Enterprise CVAN-65 that is about 12 feet long. Its quite impressive. I have even seen a manned 1/20 scale Graf Spee, driven by an outboard motor with the builder driving it from within the superstructer. It is even registered as a watercraft! What makes your project so special is that there is no prototype to refer to. There are no eye witnesses, former crew members, actual photos, builder's plans, etc to assist. All you have is animated footage (which is sometimes inconsistant) and that Perfect Memory Book (I have the same book, by the way). It truly is a "scratch build" project. From what I recall, aircraft elevators are lifted via a pully system. Large cables on either side lift and lower it. It is a rather simple affair. One that, with your expertise and experience on this project would have no trouble duplicating. I think that you merely need to make similar mechanisms to the Bow hatch for the elevators, as the ship is "air tight". I don't recall any footage of their operation, though. Hmmm.... Thank you, for continuing to inspire all of us with this grand project. I am looking forward to seeing more pictures and video of this fine UN Spacy ship.

I just stumbled onto your build thread. Fantastic! It is very inspiring. I have often thought of doing this project or the Prometheus, but in 1/72nd scale. Your enginuity is commendable. In regards to this particular post, however, the images do not come up. I am curious to see how you are doing things. Is there something you can do? Repost them, or something?