model design and building merit badge: part four

SCOUTS BSA: TROOP 1028/1029 1

Model Design and Building Merit Badge:PART FOUREric Cutright, SM Troop 1028/9, March 2021

SCOUTS BSA: TROOP 1028/1029

Model Design and Building Merit Badge March 2021

Day 1 – Overview of Requirements, Introduction to Modeling (3), Tool Safety (1), Choosing a Model Scale (3), Model Process

– Homework 1: Rule It, Scale It !! (part of 3)

Day 2 – Different Model Types (2), Build your own House Model (4), Model Process Demos: PWD Cars

– Homework Review: Rule It, Scale It !!– Homework 2: Hey Wait, That’s MY House !! (3, 4a)

Day 3 – Build a Model of a Fantasy Spacecraft (5), Model Process Demos: Star Wars ships

– Showcase: Scout project homework pictures– Homework 3: Yo – That’s my Epic Interstellar Ride !! (5)

Day 4 – Careers in Model Building (6), Model Process Demos: Other Stuff– Showcase: Scout project homework pictures– Homework 4: Whoa, What a Cool / Fun Career !! (6)

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The Plan for TodayPart Four – Careers !

• Careers in Model Design and Building (Requirement 6)

• Bonus – Mr. Eric’s Neckerchief Slide Technique

• Model Process Demos: Recent Slides and Other Stuff

• Review of Submitted Scout Projects

• Day 4 Homework Assignment:Whoa, What a Cool / Fun Career !! (6)

– Just fill out the workbook for this one, easy peasy

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Modeling Process Demos

• About 1/4 of our class time (end of each day) will be spent with me showing you models I have made in the past and walking you through the (admittedly crazy and over-engineered) process I used– If this gets too boring, I can “scale” it back and end earlier each day

• To become a master modeler like me, you need to learn: – Concept of scale – get it right at the very beginning– Concepts for 3D visualization of what you want to model– Converting a 3D visualization into a buildable plan on paper– Project planning and design techniques– Know your building materials (wood, clay, LEGOs, cardboard, etc.) !!– Keeping it fun - how not to get overwhelmed & stressed out

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Requirement 6: Careers in Model

Design and Building

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Careers in Model Making

• Movies – special effects models• Engineering – models of products like aircraft / cars • Architecture – models of buildings being designed• Energy / Chemical Industry – process models• Medicine / Science – biological systems models,

molecular structures• Many others !• All of these use traditional “physical” models as well

as “virtual” models with computer modeling and animation

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Model Process Demos – Day 3:

Other Stuff (if we have time)

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Mr. Eric’s Crazy Model Process Demos – Jefferson Book Stand

• Model / Replica 1: Jefferson Book Stand– Full size reproduction of Thomas

Jefferson’s rotating book stand fromMonticello (Cabinet room)

– I made this for a pastor friend tohold up to five books at a time for his sermon preparation

– It plays a role in my bookseries, so the cartoucheis just a photoshop formy books and NOTon the real model

– I used power toolsbut tried to match theoriginal design as closely as I could –it was challenging !!

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Mr. Eric’s Crazy Model Demos-T1029 Neckerchief Slides

• Model 2/3: T1029 Patrol Neckerchief slides– The T1029 White Tigers

and Platypus Patrols wanted slides to match their Patrol patches (we haven’t painted these yet)

– For these, I used layersinstead of carving from a solid piece of wood

– To mass-produce these,I use double-sided tapeto cut a stack of three to four parts on the scroll saw in one pass

– Scouts are still decidingon paint colors / finish

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Mr. Eric’s Crazy Model Demos-Stranger Things Neckerchief Slide

• Model 4: Stranger Things Neckerchief slide– Amelia, a T1029 Scout, asked me to make a

Stranger Things neckerchief slide, so this is what I came up with – Elle’s favorite - an Eggo waffle and her 011 tattoo

– For these, I used layers instead of carving from a solid piece of wood: back, waffle cutouts,and tattoo numbers

– The tattoo numbers were HARD to attach and align,so I used pegs made from staples

– I had to angle carve the waffle cutout edges by hand with an Xacto knife, did not look right without the edges

– I spray painted the whole thing yellow, hand painted the numbers, and then used a gloss spray coat to finish it off and make it shiny

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Mr. Eric’s Crazy Model Demos-“The Child” Neckerchief Slide

• Model 5: The Child Neckerchief slide– I helped Emily, a T1029 Scout, to

make a The Child (a.k.a. incorrectly as Baby Yoda) neckerchief slide for her custom Woodwork Merit Badge project

– She sent me her design drawing and I converted it to layers to make it into a slide

– Emily spray painted the whole slide brown, hand painted the details, and then used a gloss spray coat to finish it off and make it shiny

– Emily made three – one for herself, one forher ASM mom, and one for me !! Yay!! Note: Her poor dad and Eagle Scout brother were both left out !

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Bonus: Mr. Eric’s Neckerchief Slide

Construction Technique

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Mr. Eric’s Neckerchief Slide Construction Technique – 1/2

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Mr. Eric’s Neckerchief Slide Construction Technique – 2/2

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Day 3 Homework Highlights

(insert pictures received)

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Spacecraft Example: Marc C

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Day 4 Homework #2: Careers in Model

Building (Requirement 6)

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Day 4 Homework: Whoa, What a Cool / Fun Career !!

• Your homework is to research careers in model design and building per Requirement 6

6. List at least six occupations in which modelmaking is used and discuss with your counselor some career opportunities in this field.

• You can either just fill out the workbook (easiest) or use the sheet I provide for the homework (for extra kicks for those who like extra work)

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Day 4 Homework: Whoa, What a Cool / Fun Career !!

• The instructions and sheet to record your homework can be found in two ways:– Navigate from our home page, via “Earning Merit Badges”

drop down: www.troop1028.org

– or go directly there: www.troop1028.org/model-design-merit-badge.html

• File (just an extract from the workbook!): – Modeling Design Careers Requirement 6 Homework Day 4.pdf

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The End !!

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