Reading Firefly Blueprints
POSTED BY: Lance
UPDATED: Thursday, April 12, 2007 05:16
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I'm very interested in this subject
How-some-ever, while these are a really nice product, they aren't worth 99 bucks to me.
I was hoping for genuine blue on white line drawings, REAL blueprints, with dimensions, honest construction drawings.
If I was to make any use of them, other than just to look at, it would be to build my own set- model type models. So I'd want dimension callouts and detailed floor plans.
That might be worth $100, to me, but I'd probably the only customer.
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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
I was hoping for genuine blue on white line drawings, REAL blueprints, with
dimensions, honest construction drawings.
If I was to make any use of them, other than just to look at, it would be to build
my own set- model type models. So I'd want dimension callouts and detailed
floor plans.
There are scales on each print, but I can't read the text under them to tell if they used
a common scale, such as 1/8 inch = 1 foot. That would make it easy to take
measurements off the drawings with an architect's or engineer's scale (ruler). If that's
possible then someone with a lot of motivation and drafting skill could make real
blueprints out of them the way you say.
There are floor plans in the set but they are not huge. Someone would have to
fix that. Then they could build a Firefly in the backyard. I've been thinking about
how that could be done. It would probably have to be inside a 4 1/2 story metal
building, like a film stage. Just like the real set but all in one piece. The building
would not have to be too wide though to just accommodate the fuselage, not the
wings and engines. It would have to be for the inside experience, not the outside,
that's too complicated. Still, if I had a spare million laying around I would try it.
I'll take a stab at figuring the square footage inside it then multiply that by
about $300 (which is probably on the low side) and see how it comes out.
It's over 200 feet long you know.
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Just on first glance, to build a Firefly to full scale it would take an enclosing metal
building with a footprint about 200 x 65 feet or 13,000 square feet, and four
to six stories tall. Wow!
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I was thinking of scene designer set-model scale model type stuff. I learned to do that back in the Flintstone times at 1/2" = 1'-0" scale, 1/24th size. Thing would still be , what, like 8 feet long? Too big even to fit inside a station wagon.
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I was thinking of scene designer set-model scale model type stuff. I learned to do that back in the Flintstone times at 1/2" = 1'-0" scale, 1/24th size. Thing would still be , what, like 8 feet long? Too big even to fit inside a station wagon.
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I got that, but I was was just thinking about the full size version and what that would
take. Maybe it could be done in modules or just certain sections. But it just wouldn't be
right if not all in one piece.
This is another item to add to the list of "Things I would do if I won the lottery."
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The same drawings in blueprint style. I also added the slight background blue
texture found on the real thing.
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I like how the blueprint version came out so much that I think I will try to redraw that
whole cross-section in a drafting style, possibly even including some measurements.
I would only fix one thing, that is showing the section of the passenger cabins
on the lower deck instead of fuel tanks. This may not be extremely detailed but is
mostly to get the blueprint look. I'll try to combine the two halves also.
If anyone has printed the above, tell me how it came out.
Any other suggestions?
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Originally posted by Lance:
I like how the blueprint version came out so much that I think I will try to redraw that
whole cross-section in a drafting style, possibly even including some measurements.
I would only fix one thing, that is showing the section of the passenger cabins
on the lower deck instead of fuel tanks. This may not be extremely detailed but is
mostly to get the blueprint look. I'll try to combine the two halves also.
If anyone has printed the above, tell me how it came out.
Any other suggestions?
It printed OK. I have a color laser printer on A-size paper. (I'd love to get your finished blueprints on C-size paper.) It does look quite a bit like a diazo-blue print.
(We both use "blueprint" incorrectly, as a blueprint is a blue page with white lines. This is considered a "blue line". But oh well.)
To make this more your own, perhaps you should use a font that looks like hand-lettered upper case for the call-outs.
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(We both use "blueprint" incorrectly, as a blueprint is a blue page with
white lines. This is considered a "blue line". But oh well.)
To make this more your own, perhaps you should use a font that looks like
hand-lettered upper case for the call-outs.
I knew that but forgot about the blue lines name. I used to have blue lines,
black lines and in the process vellums made, since that was the cheapest way
to get a big copy made twenty something years ago.
I had thought about making it the real blueprint color with blue background and
white lines, that might look best. I was also going to try the a drafting font for
labeling and move the labels down onto the drawing rather as callouts. I'll also
add a data block with ship builder, etc... I have a few old aircraft blueprints from
a Constellation, I'll have to dig those out and use them as a guide to style.
I'm not a draftsman, but I've done drawings for a few airlines and a lot of
typesetting in the past. I should be able to get it done.
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