Drink Tray WIP

I haven't blogged in so long I almost forgot how to blog!  It's been a long time since I've made any progress on AL, but decided to finish his drink tray for Galaxyfest in February.  It started with a big box of plastic PVC parts that I had to sort through and seperate.  I'm using Alex King's and Jerry Green's blog WIP's to put this thing together.

Glue I'm using for PVC, a little goes a long way.  Don't get it on your fingers (I speak from experience):

Lay out the squarish drink parts and label them from left to right (I used 1UP, 2D, 3UP, 4D, etc).  There will be two layers you'll have to glue together.  Make sure to line up the holes and edges before gluing.  You'll have seven of these when done.


I tested some primer and paint on the back of one of them.  I figured since it will be hidden from view it didn't matter.  There just isn't much scrap in the box to test on.  Mark the back side in fourths and try a few primers, let dry, and try some paints.


Here are the paints I settled on.  A very white Rust-oleum plastic primer, Rust-oleum hammered brown (didn't quite get the texture on the plastic, but I adore the color), and Krylon metallics gold (shiny!).  I really didn't like the copper or other browns/golds I tried.  Pick what you like, though.


Next, you'll have another squarish part with frilly doohickies on it.  The whole part looks like this, unfortunately I took it apart and painted it before taking these pics.  DO NOT take off the tape from the back yet (you might have to peel a little away from the ring to seperate it, though).


Seperate the outer "ring", prime and paint that ring with your chosen color, prime and paint the frilly section.  Make sure you paint the inside edges of the ring before gluing it to the main section.


Now you can take the tape off.  The circles and "stuff" will fall away easily along with the outer frilly edge.


Completed frilly section.  You'll have to prime and paint the edges before gluing into place.


Lay the outer ring onto your main section that you've already glued together.  Glue that down.  Don't glue the frilly section down yet, I'm just showing you what it will look like when done.


At this point you'll have three layers (without the frilly section).  Sand, prime, and paint the edges (I would suggest the same as your main section, but you can be creative).  I haven't done this step yet (still waiting for inner edges of rings to dry).  This pic is just to show you what it looks like.


So, what do you do with all the frilly section "stuff"?  I've put it all in a bowl and will get creative later.  I've been reading Foundation again, and thought the big circles would be the great beginnings of a Spaceship-and-Sun badge.



















I'll post later the next steps, which is basically gluing down the frilly sections and bolting them all together.  Legs will come later. Tip: Don't glue ontop of the holes, you might have to fudge a little.

Until next time,
Jawa Jaka (very happy on glue and paint fumes.  LOL)