KL Tower- Completed
Yay. I have finished constructing my second structure (First being The Eiffel Tower). It’s almost exactly one year ago I completed my first masterpiece. How things can be so coincident. Anyway, this structure is relatively easy to construct as mentioned in the previous post. Just the hard part is cutting circle out of balsa plank. The time spent for me to build the Kuala Lumpur Tower is approximately 10 hours. Too long? Of course. The 10 hours include 5 episodes of Princess Hours (a new korean drama which I’m watching now) and waiting time for the wood glue to dry. It’s really enjoyable and fulfilling to see my complete structure. How do I go about in the whole process?
In constructing structures, it’s important to search for images of the intended structure. I googled the images and found a few angles and parts of KL Tower. Next, draw out the layout plan- both side view and top view. This is relatively easy. Now, what is more challenging will be scaling the intended structure. I estimated based on the images and the amount of wood that I have (Wood is scarce). Just do some ratio calculations based on the images that you use. The tools and materials that I use in the whole process are pen knife (it has to be real sharp), wood glue (a normal one that can stick hard should be fine) and finally, balsa wood (a type of very light wood which you can destroy easily). My friend recommended bass wood but I find it a bit hard to cut through using pen knife. Balsa wood should be fine, of course, the thickness should take into consideration. In this structure, it’s wood thickness is 3/32 inches.
After that, start constructing. I will usually divide my structure into a few parts and combine them together later. For instance, in this structure, the parts are the base (with all the roofs), the middle long pillar, the small curvature between the pillar and the top st part, and finally the upper portion with the antenna. You can choose any portion you like, as long as you can put them together at the end without much trouble. Few hours of hardwork later, there you go, a fine home-made masterpiece. Yeap, Satisfaction is in the air. =p Anyway, below is the picture of my structure.
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