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Paul Adams · « **Reply #1360 on:** 08/04/2011 10:30 am »

Quote from: Paper Kosmonaut on 08/04/2011 10:14 am

This is my 1/400 rendition of Columbia on the MLP and carried by the Crawler to LC39 for the first time. Made in paper, while the base is on a picture frame.
I named it "the 5º slope to the stars"

Very nice work!!

Paper Kosmonaut · « **Reply #1361 on:** 08/04/2011 07:30 pm »

Thanks! Here's some more of my models:
My 1/400th ISS with Endeavour, a work still in progress while not all components are yet available, My diorama of Sagan and Sojourner in 1/33 and a Super Guppy unloading an SIVb in 1/400th. Hope you like them, too.
There's a lot of great models in this thread, I am glad I can add mine to it.

One of the reasons I joined NSF was to gain more detailed information on flight articles, sometimes pictures that are available via the regular channels aren't all that specific. But I already did some long time lurking here and really enjoy the thorough discussions about a lot of subjects here. I wanted to join for that reason, too. To try and take part in those talks. Well, here's my models. That's what this thread is about.

K466 · « **Reply #1362 on:** 08/04/2011 07:43 pm »

Quote from: Paper Kosmonaut on 08/04/2011 10:14 am

This is my 1/400 rendition of Columbia on the MLP and carried by the Crawler to LC39 for the first time. Made in paper, while the base is on a picture frame.
I named it "the 5º slope to the stars"

Very impressive!

Bubbinski · « **Reply #1363 on:** 08/05/2011 03:18 am »

Nice work on that shuttle/crawler, ISS, Pathfinder, and Guppy Paper Kosmonaut! Where did you get those patterns from?

Also like Dyna Soar's Curiosity rover. After I'm done with my shuttle building I may want to build a Juno or Curiosity. And I really do need to get cracking on an ISS model of some sort.

Paper Kosmonaut · « **Reply #1364 on:** 08/05/2011 06:50 am »

Quote from: Bubbinski on 08/05/2011 03:18 am

Nice work on that shuttle/crawler, ISS, Pathfinder, and Guppy Paper Kosmonaut! Where did you get those patterns from?

Also like Dyna Soar's Curiosity rover. After I'm done with my shuttle building I may want to build a Juno or Curiosity. And I really do need to get cracking on an ISS model of some sort.

The parts for my STS-1 diorama can be found on Alfonso Moreno's site, http://www.axmpaperspacescalemodels.com/index.html. The ISS is a combination of parts from that aforementioned site, parts that came from a site that's gone now and from the ISS found on Jon Leslie's site, http://jleslie48.com/gallery_models_postapollo.html, who also hosts a huge load of other very interesting models, like Voyager, a multitude of launch vehicles, MER, HST and lots more. Free! Most of what you see at AXM's site is also free, but you have to buy the payloads. ($5)

Juno is also found on Jon Leslie's site but at the moment I am working on a detail kit for the probe, improving the PVA's and adding an engine. They'll be up for download in a few weeks, I guess, at Jon Leslie's site.

zerm · « **Reply #1365 on:** 08/09/2011 07:40 pm »

The Dr. Zooch Rockets kit of the flying version of the SLS is now in beta build. As soon as the beta builder is done and the kit is tweeked, the instructions will go to the printers and there after the kit will go into productioin. We expect the kit to be released late this month (Aug. 2011). Attached is a photo of the production kit. This is NOT a paper model, this is a flying model rocket that operates on 18 mm engines such as B or a C. The model stands just over 17 inches tall (without the FlameFins ((TM)) and is an "average" skill level build.

GaryE · « **Reply #1366 on:** 08/11/2011 01:51 am »

I want one of those and one of the shuttle stacks. Those are just outright cool!

zerm · « **Reply #1367 on:** 08/11/2011 09:45 pm »

Quote from: GaryE on 08/11/2011 01:51 am

I want one of those and one of the shuttle stacks. Those are just outright cool!

Wait'll you get a load of what's next on my bench... How about an Orion OFT-1 kit?

Just got the quote on the nosecones for the strap-ons for the OFT-1 kit- everything else is in stock. I'll start building the prototype and illustrating/writing the instructions tomorrow (Gotta make fracking parachutes tonight... ugh!)

The beta builder has the kit and is really going to town on it! Good beta builders are like good editors- they make me look good.

Dyna-Soar · « **Reply #1368 on:** 08/11/2011 10:50 pm »

Looking forward to it Wes!

zerm · « **Reply #1369 on:** 08/12/2011 01:54 am »

Just purchased the cones for the first run of the Orion OFT-1. Odds are that this will come together and the aerodynamic test flight will take place at MDRA in the middle of Sept. Of course I can also see if my beta builder can shoot it when he does the build and that may speed things up a bit. I like to move the sched. to the left if I can (Too bad NASA's politically appointed management doesn't have the same outlook eh?)

Anyhow, this one is going to spare the builder from trying to paint the orange tankage. Instead I've developed a wrap that will simply go on each body tube. Thus all you'll have to paint will be white stuff, black engine bells and FlameFins (TM)

I'll post photos here when the Aero-test vehicle is done.

luke strawwalker · « **Reply #1370 on:** 08/16/2011 09:47 pm »

Here's a link to the Dr. Zooch (Zerm) SLS rocket build thread, including tons of pics and kit description...

http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=25443

It's coming together nicely and the SRB's are going on the core vehicle as I type, with some other parts in the paint booth (outside roasting in the 100 degree heat plagueing the Houston area)...

Enjoy!

OL JR

zerm · « **Reply #1371 on:** 08/19/2011 04:49 pm »

This one will likely come out in Sept. It is the Dr. Zooch Orion OFT-1

Photo is of the prototype. As of today, all components are in-house and what needs to be done is the illustration/writing of the instructions and the beta build and flight tests

Bubbinski · « **Reply #1372 on:** 08/22/2011 03:07 am »

I've been working on that 1/72 shuttle for about a month now and am just about ready to get the final white coat on then start getting the black tile and gray RCC areas painted.

The cockpit lid is taped on but will be loose so I can show off the cockpit when the bird is done. Then I'm wanting to surround it with other US (and world) 1/72 manned spacecraft that have already flown.

GaryE · « **Reply #1373 on:** 08/22/2011 10:55 pm »

Well... Here is my Columbia stack. It's not perfect, and I didn't modify the ET, but it's close enough for someone who hasn't built a model in 20 years. I hope you guys like her. I changed out the decals on the forward skirt to the yellow panels. After I took the picture I realized I put the wrong ones on.

Bubbinski · « **Reply #1374 on:** 08/23/2011 05:37 am »

Thanks for showing....good job on the paint work and orbiter markings. Very nice to see.

GaryE · « **Reply #1375 on:** 08/24/2011 12:54 am »

Quote from: Bubbinski on 08/23/2011 05:37 am

Thanks for showing....good job on the paint work and orbiter markings. Very nice to see.

Thanks! I used Real Space decals to mark the orbiter and stack. Some of them were so small at this scale, I had to use a magnifying glass to apply them. I did my best to replicate STS-107.

Next up is a 1/72 Orbiter of Atlantis STS-135. I really like the work you do on your models Bubbinski. Very inspiring!

Paper Kosmonaut · « **Reply #1376 on:** 08/25/2011 08:15 am »

For a 1/400 model diorama of the ISS I am making at the moment, does anyone know more about the attitude of Soyuz TMA-20 when Paolo Nespoli was clicking away to take all these spectacular shots of Endeavour docked to the station? ('nose" pointed at the station, sideways with porthole window facing ISS, nose pointed at zenith or nadir...)
I want to get the diorama as good as possible and that includes the right position of the spacecraft, of course.

Thanks in advance. (I promise to post some pictures of it later.)

JayP · « **Reply #1377 on:** 08/25/2011 01:16 pm »

Quote from: Paper Kosmonaut on 08/25/2011 08:15 am

For a 1/400 model diorama of the ISS I am making at the moment, does anyone know more about the attitude of Soyuz TMA-20 when Paolo Nespoli was clicking away to take all these spectacular shots of Endeavour docked to the station? ('nose" pointed at the station, sideways with porthole window facing ISS, nose pointed at zenith or nadir...)
I want to get the diorama as good as possible and that includes the right position of the spacecraft, of course.

Thanks in advance. (I promise to post some pictures of it later.)

He was taking the photos out of the forward facing port on the orbital module. The axis of the soyuz was always pointed at the ISS.

K466 · « **Reply #1378 on:** 08/25/2011 01:54 pm »

Here's a unique shuttle model I built a couple of weeks ago:

It's made entirely from business cards and index cards, without any adhesives or other modifications to the cards. The dimensions are 68 inches long, 44 inches wide, and 26.5 inches tall.

If you click on the photos it will take you to larger versions. Learn more about card stacking here.

Paper Kosmonaut · « **Reply #1379 on:** 08/25/2011 04:42 pm »

Quote from: JayP on 08/25/2011 01:16 pm

Quote from: Paper Kosmonaut on 08/25/2011 08:15 am
For a 1/400 model diorama of the ISS I am making at the moment, does anyone know more about the attitude of Soyuz TMA-20 when Paolo Nespoli was clicking away to take all these spectacular shots of Endeavour docked to the station? ('nose" pointed at the station, sideways with porthole window facing ISS, nose pointed at zenith or nadir...)
I want to get the diorama as good as possible and that includes the right position of the spacecraft, of course.

Thanks in advance. (I promise to post some pictures of it later.)

He was taking the photos out of the forward facing port on the orbital module. The axis of the soyuz was always pointed at the ISS.

Thanks a lot! That really was a quick response and helped me a lot.
Photos will follow soon.