Hmmm? A Foamie Galileo ...???

[GPW]

Well, what can I say ? Giving up thinking about Foamie trailers is harder than I'd imagined.

Take today for instance , when I was surfing through You Tube , I saw this video about the "Galileo" . The Star Trek TV prop , which set off the old imagination about how cool the shape of it was , and if how much simplified , it would make a great Foamie trailer. ( Here we go again )
Now if you're a trekkie you'll enjoy the whole video . But if you're a trailer fan , you can go to about 25:00 and see lots of framework pictures ... ( gut shots for trailer building consideration ) . The framing looks simple , all the panels are flat , perfect for foam , the "basic" shape pretty nice looking , without any need for rounded bits, nacelles , wings/fins , it should be pretty easy to build... And if you look at the pictures of the back , a big fold out galley comes immediately to mind ...

Just a thought about more Foamie trailer design ... and with all the advanced Foamie design and building knowledge accumulated here over the years , one could be built to easily last a lot longer than the TV prop did eh ?
And if you're a trekkie, how cool would be to have a mini Galileo as a land shuttle , you could even make some foam nacelles ( 'ish) to hide the trailer tires ... maybe even a little more streamlining as a benefit ?

Just more crumbs for thoughts about Foamie trailers on a mild summer Sunday morning ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX4s-6tHqFw

[Pmullen503]

I drew one up a few years ago with Sonotubes for the warp engines.

Great minds think alike!

[JasenC]

22x8' it would scale down pretty well.

[Greg M]

Hah! I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist for long
Turn the nacelles into water tanks…

[GPW]

Water tanks ... Or maybe fishing rod storage , tent poles , rolled up tarps ...

[Pmullen503]

I was thinking of using the nacelles for storage. A deck plate for access and a put stuff in a long bag on a rope to get stuff in and out.

[JasenC]

I was thinking of using the nacelles for storage. A deck plate for access and a put stuff in a long bag on a rope to get stuff in and out.

Polarized deck plate or just a standard deck plate?

[GPW]

What would you use for nacelles ? PVC ?

[KCStudly]

Use sonotubes.

[GPW]

Sonotubes ... up to 12' long ... Hmmm?

sonotube.com/UserFiles/sonotube/Documents/Sonotube®%20Round%20Concrete%20Forms%20product%20brochure.pdf

[Pmullen503]

I was thinking of using the nacelles for storage. A deck plate for access and a put stuff in a long bag on a rope to get stuff in and out.

Polarized deck plate or just a standard deck plate?

Actually, I was thinking the screw tops for 5 gal pails on a 12" sonotubes on the back end with a shaped foam/fiberglass nose cone.

[GPW]

PM, For simplicity , how about a plastic 12" ball cut in half ...

[JasenC]

What would you use for nacelles ? PVC ?

A tad bit expensive. I needed two 5" pieces of 12" PVC pipe to reach through the walls from the outside of a houseboat to the port hole's I had installed. 20' 12" PVC $380, two 12" port holes $400, about a days wages at $90 hr. you do the math. lol

[GPW]

As our fearless leader has said ... " The quality is remembered , long after the price is forgotten " ...

And remember the original idea was to utilize the shape of the craft , nacelles , wings , impulse engines are all Optional ...

[KCStudly]

Could be done with painted graphics, only, on flat side of cabin, but would lose much of the dramatic effect. Be more aero, tho.