Cliff Wall Interior Update 1

 

Here is a rendering of the interior of the Cliff Wall for the first floor.  There is still a smaller section above that is located on the same level as the gantry on the hangers.  Here is a closeup of the area around the minifigs.

What do you do with the smooth wall behind the Minifigs and along the sides.  Across the center I placed some brackets.  To those brackets I attached a 6x12 plate.  The upper four rows are covered in black tile.  On the black tile will be a sticker of a radar/computer screen.  The bottom two rows have a 1x6 tile of BLUE and LIME to match this color accent scheme of the entire MOC. That still leaves two 6 x 5 blank panels of wall space on each end.  More brackets with clips and hooks for tools is probably the answer.

One thing that is of concern, is that the Transparent Light Blue windows are locked in place.  There is no way to get behind them and reposition minifigs or other items that might fail.  This wall of glass has to be movable without taking the entire module apart.  Especially these with cliff wall structures on the other side.

I worked on this and here is what I hope is the solution.

 

The first two pictures show the concept from a long view.  Disregard the Brick pile surrounding the MOC, just some excess Bricks from building, tear down, building, tear down, etc. etc etc. The left side uses a 1x4 hinge plate at the top and the bottom.  I then built a pillar that secured the hinge plate in place.

 

This picture shows the large screen area in the back.  The pillar on the right is the latching mechanism.  

These two pictures show a closeup of the latching mechanism.  Positioning the clips was time consuming.  Plus I have never liked stacking 1x1 plates or bricks.  Keeping them straight is difficult.  The pillar required some work to get it stable.   

Using this as a base, I went back into Studio and updated the design without part restrictions.

This shows the two pillars for the moving window.

This shows the latching mechanism.  By using part 30241b

instead of 

we get a less of the 1x1 plate issue not lining up correctly.

Is this final?  Cannot answer that question right now.  What I do like is that this arrangement gives depth to the front of the model, which is always good. But at some point I need to start building out, the end of April if fast approaching.