Brick Days 2024- Setup

 

Unloading boxes from the cart.  The clock starts, how long will it take.

All the boxes are in the hall.  Also they are stacked in groups of three.  The front module, the cliff module and the platform module behind the cliff.  Then they are arranged in the order that they will be assembled into the larger display.  This made setup go faster.

The first module.

The first slice of front module, cliff and platform.

Another view.

Cleaning up any damage from the trip.  With two days on the road and few unplanned quick stops, there is going to be some pieces that need some rebuilding.

The Starfleet Voyager waiting for a landing place.

More slices in place.

I connect power from the very beginning so that I know if there is a problem.  Assembling the whole display and then finding out there is an issue, would not be fun.  This time the very first cliff has a short in it somewhere.  There are only 4 LEDs, so there was limited trouble shooting I could do. 

Almost done.

Part of the terraforming was an exercise field.

Adding the detail to the floating platform.

 

 

And we are done with assembly.

 

Here is the detail.

 

 

Another Curved Cliff - Part 5

 

Small aside here.  Power distribution on the other side of the display was improved as described in this post.  I needed to do this here also.  This is 20 gauge wire that runs another neither the bottom of each platform.  

This picture was taken before the change of where the angular sides would be as described in the previous post. 

Another view.

Here you can see the wiring in the final configuration.

A change from the previous implementation is shown here.  Previously the connection wire was soldered into the distribution PCB.  Now there is a connector.  I was worried after Brick Palooza that the connector end (not the soldered end) would break.  This way I can bring extra wires and if one breaks, just remove it  and put in a new one.

Another Curved Cliff - Part 4

 

With the angles decided, I could work on verifying that the wedge plates are in the correct place.  To extend the angle line, the plates have to in certain places.  Otherwise the edge line will parallel, but not contiguous.  I learned this the hard way.

The cliff module on the left is a standard rectangular module.  The one on the right has the angle on the left side and a detachable module to form the angle on the right side.  This detachable module is needed to maintain the ability to fit in the standard container.

Now I working on the backing hanger space.  At first I thought the two modules would each a straight side and angular side.

Here you can see the left module and its angular side and the straight side on the adjoining module.

These two pictures show the left module finished and the beginnings of the right adjoining module.

But that idea did not last.  It became obvious that assembly of the display would be easier if the right module had both angular sides.  This was especially true when having to build the second floor and the top of the backing hanger space. And the right module, was a standard rectangular module.  This picture shows the prototyping of this concept.

Here is the two modules in the process of determining where the wedge plates will go.

These pictures show the final determination of the wedge plate placement.

Here the left module is basically finished and the right module is almost complete.  This is the final fit check.

Here is the left module base is finished.