HMCS Flagg project
 

This is the Flagg I am working on.
I have made sketches and mockups, but no actual building as of yet, that wont be for a few months more.

It will have a large play area within it, and also be used for Dio purposes, but that won't be for a while, I first have to build this thing (which may take up to a year).

Link:

http://www.joecustoms.com/board/sho...id=34824&page=1

Page 1 of the link has the sketches
Page 2 has the pics of the cardboard mockup
Page 3 has Paintshop drawings of the completed Flagg

I can't believe you are building a FLAGG! AWESOME! I suppose trying to do it to scale (w/ let's say, a Thunderwing), it'd be too big... But it's amazing what you are doing.

well this thing will be 8 feet in length, 3 feet wide, 4 feet in height, so it will be able to have more plains on the deck than Hasbro's Flagg.

thanks for the kind words

Custom Flagg
 

IT LOOKS AWESOME!!!

The plans you drew up would make for an amazing dio.

Might I suggest using plastic and epoxy instead of cardboard-(I posted this on joecustoms but will reiterate here).

I find that cardboard and tape lose their connection over time and might lose it's integrity.
Matt

I wasn't going to say anything about cardboard cuz I'm the type of idiot would who try and use wood. Well, regular wood, basswood, balsa, whatever I could get my hands onto. I'm learning about the wonders of foamcore too... 8 feet long. THAT'S cool. 4 feet in height... I hope you have dio plans for it.

yeah, I definitely have dio plans for it, thats why im building it with accessibility in mind. its going to come in pieces for easy storage and for camera use, but I dont want to get ahead of myself just yet, I havent even built it yet!

also, I explained the cardboard thing on other forums, but basically that tower I built out of cardboard is ONLY for reference purposes (measurements and stuff) and the final version will be made of wood for the hull and perhaps foam board or styrene for the inside rooms and walls.

Although Chaosdjinn brought up using plastic and epoxy on another board, and that really sounds like a good idea as well. it will be lighter than wood for sure, and slightly felxible which is good.

So im still in the phase where im deciding what to use in building the Flagg.

thanks for the suggestions

what do you guys think? wood or plastic?

Whichever is cheaper. It'll be pricy no matter what...

Wood or plastic?
 

I'd probably go with wood for the skeleton, foam board for the main floors and plastic for the vertical structures/hull/doors/tables/consoles/etc. Of course use screws and epoxy to hold it all together along with a dremel and hacksaw to cut the plastic.

If you check out my warehouse in the pictures archive, you'll see that it's very heavy just from looking at it because it's all wood. That building is relatively small compared to what you're planning and I'm not a big fan of moving it as it is.

I would estimate about 30-40(ferring strips are relatively inexpensive and lightweight) for the wood, 30-50 for the foam board, 40-50 for the plastic and 20 for the paint...
all in all less than 200 at most retail depots.

or you can scour local dumpsters, dumps, etc. and find resources and piecemeal it all together.
(not highly recommended though)

Then add any additional chairs, consoles, etc to make it look l337.

wow, thanks chaosdjinn for your estimates, thats actually not a bad price point, considering how much a Flagg in good condition can run you on ebay.

I was scared about how much this project would cost me, but I read your posts and checked out my local Home Depot, and they have large sheets of wood (6 feet by 4 feet, even larger sheets) for about 20 to 30 dollars each, which is not bad at all.