A while back I pitched in on the Bug Hunt Corridors Kickstarter, and have been eagerly awaiting its arrival. Yesterday, my patience was rewarded and a big ol' box showed up! Spent a little time laying things out and put a couple example pieces together and snapped some pics:
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I sprung for the level 3 corridor bundle which is a huge whack of laser cut plywood. I was astonished to see just how well organized the various sections were - each in their own bag, and completely separated and cleaned up. No punching anything out, just unbag and go!
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The instructions are phenomenal as well, fully exploded diagrams with detailed build order and suggested ideas for making it surprisingly simple! I decided to build one each of the various pieces to get a feel for the process, as we'll see below:
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The ubiquitous straight section. There's eighteen of 'em, that's gonna take a while to build!
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Included are the option to add a bulkhead door in the middle of the straight sections, though it's a permanent addition. I plan on doing 4 or 5 of these and leave the majority plain straights.
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The set included a trio of corners...
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Three "T" intersections...
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...And three 4-way intersections. I find the small 'internal' corners to be rather fiddly, and the 4-ways have four of 'em each. This is probably the hardest section to assemble in my opinion.
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There's also a wide corridor section, with two connector sections and three wide internal sections which will make a nice big open area.
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In addition to hallways, there are also a number of rooms. A trio of 'em that attach to the end of hallways and help close off the open ends.
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There are also three sections with a room attached to the side of a corridor...
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...and a trio with rooms to either side of the hallway.
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There are also a pair of larger cargo bays, which were one of the add-on room options. I quite like this one!
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And lastly are a pair of Airlocks which provide access to the exterior of the corridor layouts. Quite looking forward to trying out some Zone Mortalis at some point in the future, though I still have a whole bunch more corridors to build before that!
The sections are significantly easier to assemble than I'd feared, but still rather challenging - you really do have to build them in a a particular order and way. All in all I'm really quite pleased with the results, and I definitely consider this a Kickstarter that did things right!
I sprung for the level 3 corridor bundle which is a huge whack of laser cut plywood. I was astonished to see just how well organized the various sections were - each in their own bag, and completely separated and cleaned up. No punching anything out, just unbag and go!
The instructions are phenomenal as well, fully exploded diagrams with detailed build order and suggested ideas for making it surprisingly simple! I decided to build one each of the various pieces to get a feel for the process, as we'll see below:
The ubiquitous straight section. There's eighteen of 'em, that's gonna take a while to build!
Included are the option to add a bulkhead door in the middle of the straight sections, though it's a permanent addition. I plan on doing 4 or 5 of these and leave the majority plain straights.
The set included a trio of corners...
Three "T" intersections...
...And three 4-way intersections. I find the small 'internal' corners to be rather fiddly, and the 4-ways have four of 'em each. This is probably the hardest section to assemble in my opinion.
There's also a wide corridor section, with two connector sections and three wide internal sections which will make a nice big open area.
In addition to hallways, there are also a number of rooms. A trio of 'em that attach to the end of hallways and help close off the open ends.
There are also three sections with a room attached to the side of a corridor...
...and a trio with rooms to either side of the hallway.
There are also a pair of larger cargo bays, which were one of the add-on room options. I quite like this one!
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And lastly are a pair of Airlocks which provide access to the exterior of the corridor layouts. Quite looking forward to trying out some Zone Mortalis at some point in the future, though I still have a whole bunch more corridors to build before that!
The sections are significantly easier to assemble than I'd feared, but still rather challenging - you really do have to build them in a a particular order and way. All in all I'm really quite pleased with the results, and I definitely consider this a Kickstarter that did things right!