The NASA model building thread

[Bubbinski]

Nice job on that ISS!  That's one of the things to do on my modeling bucket list - the full ISS with shuttle docked to it.  The one thing I haven't accomplished.  (I built the Revell ISS in the 2001-2002 configuration but it was so unstable it didn't last that long).

[zerm]

Somebody on The Rocketry Forum posted this youtube link to a video of a beautiful flying Soyuz model...I love how the strap-ons are functional!

That is about as cool as a Soyuz model, or any other LP rocket can get!

[clongton]

THAT is SOOO cool!!!

[Beemer]

All of these models are incredibly detailed and very cool 

But I'd like to know where you find enough room to display all of them!!! 

Also where do you find them? I used to build model airplanes when I was a girl. Now I have a nephew who shares my interest in flight and I thought I'd get back into again. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[Ares67]

All of these models are incredibly detailed and very cool 

But I'd like to know where you find enough room to display all of them!!! 

Also where do you find them? I used to build model airplanes when I was a girl. Now I have a nephew who shares my interest in flight and I thought I'd get back into again. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Hi, Beemer.

My plastic models are from Airfix and Revell - and most of them are no longer available I presume. I have bought many of them at this German supplier http://www.andromeda24.de/

But I am sure you will find similar suppliers in the U.S.

For paper models you might want to visit the following sites:

http://jleslie48.com/gallery_models.html

http://www.axmpaperspacescalemodels.com/LOGO.html

[Mark Dave]

Well the 1/72 scale Saturn V by Dragon Models will be out by January 2012. 

I'm still waiting to get one.

[Bubbinski]

Hey Beemer,

Some good places to look would be squadron.com, greatmodels.com, Hobbylinc.com and local hobby shops.  The shuttle models at least should be widely available as should the Revell and Airfix Saturn V's and Apollo spacecraft.  Dragon Models has some new kits of the Apollo spacecraft as well.

[Bubbinski]

Just 90 min before the new year starts, I finished my Dragon 1/72 Apollo CSM kit (part of the CSM/LM model kit offering, not a prefinished product).  After some rework and setbacks I finally got it done and looking the part of an Apollo craft.

When Dragon puts out 1/72 Mercury and Gemini kits (again, not prebuilt) I'll build them.  I have the Trumpeter Shenzhou which I'll build soon, then I'll try to acquire the Soyuz, Vostok/Voskhod so I can have a complete 1/72 orbital crewed spacecraft collection.  And then get to work on the Special Hobby X-15 and Amodel SpaceShipOne.

[Mark Dave]

My STS-51L 1/72 stack kit complete.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/001/1/4/challengerdiscoveryatlantis_by_onigojirakaiju-d4kxdyx.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/001/0/4/challenger_ov099_by_onigojirakaiju-d4kxdwr.jpg

[Dyna-Soar]

[clongton]

Are some of these cardstock models?

[Beemer]

Hey Beemer,

Some good places to look would be squadron.com, greatmodels.com, Hobbylinc.com and local hobby shops.  The shuttle models at least should be widely available as should the Revell and Airfix Saturn V's and Apollo spacecraft.  Dragon Models has some new kits of the Apollo spacecraft as well.

Thanks Bubbinski, I will be sure to check them out!

[Beemer]

That is one of the best Christmas trees I have ever seen.

[Dyna-Soar]

Yep, their all cardstock.

[Lancer525]

Wow, Dyna... Some of them I can easily identify. Some, not so easily...

How about a list of what they are and where you found them?

Great work, dude!!!

[Dyna-Soar]

Certainly
AXM Paper Space Models (With Richard DeVries and Canon Creative Park) :
Space Shuttle Discovery and Boeing 747
Original scratchbuilds/ kitbashes:
WAC Corporal with Tiny Tim Booster
Future Mars Astronaut (with Paper Replika)
Leviathan
SLS and OV-302 “Enterprise” (With Lancer525,AXM, and John D)
Falcon Heavy (With Retired For Now)
Cut and Paste Sci FI:
Martian War Machine
Der Kampflieger/ Asaf Nitsan:
F-86 Sabre “Mig Mad Marine”
Erick’s Paper Models:
Orbital Minotaur IV
Fiddlersgreen:
P-47 (“Tarheel Hal” and “Lorene”)
Joy Cohn:
Black Brant VIII
MarkCable:
Atlas Centaur 10
Mike Vink:
Disney XR-1
Oddball Productions:
F3D Skynight
Paper Hobby:
BV-38 Flying Wing
Paper Replika:
VMS Eve and VSS Enterprise
Philipus Lansbergen:
Jupiter C with Explorer 1
Recklinghausen Observatory:
Mars
R. Lee Anne Ward:
VAB
Retired For Now:
Antares (Formerly Taurus II)
Curiosity Mars Rover
Altas V with CST-100
Cygnus spacecraft
Ton Noteboom:
MPCV Orion
CST-100
Dragon
Mercury

[Lancer525]

Cool...

I thought that was my SLS/Jupter 246 back there.

Thanks for taking the time!

[Bubbinski]

Here are my 1/72 Dragon LEM and Trumpeter Shenzhou spacecraft in work.

[Apollo-phill]

Hi

I am looking for a  model of the F-1 engine - ready built as I have an eye tumuor can no longer put my own together    - that I can use in the space talks,lectures and exhibitions I do here in UK. Big 4 month one later this year coming up - so would like it for that - which will probably be on regional tv/newspapers.

The 1/20th F-1 kit by Custom Replicas ready built would be great but would be interested in other models (Lower Hudson card model also good)

Preferably in UK but willing pay for mailing to UK if good model offered.

If you have one (or F1 cluster model) then send me details to

[email protected], preferably with image/s, size of

model (length/height/width) and what your price looking for it


Phill
[email protected]

[Apollo-phill]

I should have added that the model is to act as the "reference" for real F-1 engine components that I have that will be displayed alongside model.


Phill