Got some nice weather this morning and spray painted the ceiling and some other pieces.
I managed to pick up some LED puck lights awhile back that change color with a remote. They sized perfectly into the 3 holes in the ceiling piece. I mounted those and did a fit test with the ceiling. It's hard to tell in the pictures, but when the red light is selected, it gives off a pretty cool Star Trek-ish red alert effect that makes the whole interior glow red.
Now I need to start measuring the foam board for the walls, spray gluing the Ark panels to the walls, and the walls to the cardboard frame. Then I plan on anchoring the box permanently to the MDF base. Once that is done, there's a whole ton of little details I want to add inside:
1. Stalactites and rock from the ceiling and walls, giving it a beat-up look like this ship crashed and parts caved in.
2. Finishing the blast door to the tunnel.
3. Adding "L" shaped brackets on the inside. Not only will it help support everything, it will add detail to the structure of the interior.
4. Build the connector support pole from the box ceiling to the back of the mountain.
5. Add a few more lights and finish off the area above the tunnel entrance.
6. Finish adding glued details to Teletraan-1.
7. Dry brush weathering details to the ceiling, "L" brackets, Teletraan-1 and modules next to it, and then clear coat it all.
8. Finish adding a few more bushes and greenery to the exterior base.
9. Finish painting the backgrounds on the exterior.
10. Add a removable "top" to the volcano with the last can of spray foam I have and then paint that.
When all of that is done, I can bring this beast outside one last time and finish spray painting the rest of the rock on the mountain.
I feel like I'm finally nearing the home stretch with this project. 25% more left to do.