Author Topic: The NASA model building thread (Read 1083618 times)

RedSky · « **Reply #40 on:** 03/09/2006 01:56 pm »

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SimonShuttle - 9/3/2006 5:32 AM

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FransonUK - 9/3/2006 5:09 AM

Come on, admit to it, do you all sometimes hold the models in the air and do pretend launches with pretend launch sounds?

Typical comment made by a woman. You just don't understand it's a must!

Hey, pretend launches with pretend launch sounds is just the start of it. Nothing beats the thrill of taking your newly finished Lunar Module and making a whooshing sound of the descent engine as you slowly bring it in for a landing. (Of course, you wouldn't hear that from outside, but the astronauts inside certainly do). Then, of course, there's docking the LM and CSM... or Shuttle and ISS... or whatever with whatever... and making little "pfssst" noises for the RCS jets firing! Come on, you guys know what I mean; 'fess up.

nethegauner · « **Reply #41 on:** 03/09/2006 02:11 pm »

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RedSky - 9/3/2006 3:56 PM
Then, of course, there's docking the LM and CSM... or Shuttle and ISS... or whatever with whatever... and making little "pfssst" noises for the RCS jets firing!

Pfssst...? I don't think so, RedSky.

Hmm... it's more like b-dumpf, b-dumpf, b-dumpf... -- at least for the shuttle's RCS, I think.

mong' · « **Reply #42 on:** 03/09/2006 02:15 pm »

I used to make airplanes model rather than rockets but I agree, the 'whooshhh" sounds and playing is the best (and even necessary) part of it !

seriously though this is really good work. I wish I had your skills guys.

RedSky · « **Reply #43 on:** 03/09/2006 02:55 pm »

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nethegauner - 9/3/2006 9:11 AM

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RedSky - 9/3/2006 3:56 PM
Then, of course, there's docking the LM and CSM... or Shuttle and ISS... or whatever with whatever... and making little "pfssst" noises for the RCS jets firing!
Pfssst...? I don't think so, RedSky.

Hmm... it's more like b-dumpf, b-dumpf, b-dumpf... -- at least for the shuttle's RCS, I think.

Of course, when I was starting to build space models, there was no shuttle, nor video/audio from inside one. I was imprinted by hokey cartoon-like animations, that always seemed to apply a hissing sound to RCS jets... sort of like short bursts from an aerosol spray can. And movies like Marooned only reinforced that RCS sound. Besides, "b-dumpf" just isn't poetic enough, and seems hard to do to represent a 5-second RCS firing... whereas Pfssssssssssst seemed intuitive... at least for a kid.

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #44 on:** 03/09/2006 03:45 pm »

Nethe, you should consider getting a pack or two of these:

http://realspacemodels.com/html/decals.htm

kraisee · « **Reply #45 on:** 03/09/2006 06:59 pm »

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Ben - 8/3/2006 6:51 PM

And Ross' group of course. I can't wait until someone finishes your LUT model, I want to see a finished one!

Photos coming...I've got a bunch.

I can't wait to see a finished one either! All I have here are a variety of partly assembled sections, not a completed full launch tower! I just haven't had time to assemble the full thing - just test fit it all!

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I'm also not very good at painting the models myself, so I'm not sure when I'll get a display item for myself even!

There's one customer who's already received his kit who is planning to get their LUT model built for them by "the famous" Nick Proach over at spacemodel.com - I've asked them to make sure a TON of hi-res photo's are taken whenever its completed.

Ross.

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #46 on:** 03/09/2006 08:02 pm »

Wow. Just spray it red and then detail the pipes silver, and the white room white. There wasn't all that much color, unless you *really* plan to detail it.

The detail on your set is incredible.

What do you plan on next, larger LUT or another pad or crawler?

Andy L · « **Reply #47 on:** 03/09/2006 10:21 pm »

How big are some of these models? I get the impression they could be bigger than they appear in the photos? Maybe something alongside some of them for scale?

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #48 on:** 03/09/2006 10:41 pm »

Ross' current LUT is 1/144 sale, so I believe that would be just over three feet tall including the MLP.

kraisee · « **Reply #49 on:** 03/10/2006 12:51 am »

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Ben - 9/3/2006 6:41 PM

Ross' current LUT is 1/144 sale, so I believe that would be just over three feet tall including the MLP.

Good guess Ben. In 1:144 scale, the Apollo "Mobile Launcher" (as it was actually termed at the time) stands 41" tall, plus an extra inch for the wooden display base which is included in with the kit.

I'm planning to clear all my backorders for that scale, then do 1:96 and 1:70 scale versions (61.5" & 84.5" tall respectively). After that, a matching Crawler is next, then LC-14 Mercury Atlas Pad and Service Tower kits. The list as it appears on the home page of my website is the correct order I'm working towards.

I'm trying to get a pinted example ready for the Titusville IPMS semi's in April. If not, the Kansas City MI IPMS Nationals might be where I show it off in public first.

'Corse, if you're interested Ben, I still live locally in the Canaveral area too, so we could try to meet up and I could show off some samples

Just e-mail me.

Ross.

kraisee · « **Reply #50 on:** 03/10/2006 12:54 am »

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Andy L - 9/3/2006 6:21 PM

How big are some of these models? I get the impression they could be bigger than they appear in the photos? Maybe something alongside some of them for scale?

Here...

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http://65.33.118.71/Pics/ServiceArm1_003.jpg">

The LUT consisted of 18 levels, and 9 Service Arms like that, plus a host of other bits too.

Ross.

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #51 on:** 03/10/2006 12:59 am »

That is just unbelievable.

The pad 14 is going to be nice. Too bad Revell's kit was designed off the ICBM congifuration.

nethegauner · « **Reply #52 on:** 03/10/2006 07:29 am »

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Ben - 9/3/2006 5:45 PM

Nethe, you should consider getting a pack or two of these:

http://realspacemodels.com/html/decals.htm

Ben, that was a very helpful hint. "LOADED" decals -- and accurate US flags. I'm impressed. An there seems to be more.

The interesting thing is that Revell provided decals that Real Space has not -- and vice versa. So I will be getting more out of my model using decals from both suppliers. I'm just checking their international shipping rates.

Thanks again...

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #53 on:** 03/10/2006 12:36 pm »

Realspace Models should be in every space modeler's favorites.

His decal set (the first one) was designed before the meatball so that's probably what is 'missing.' Which ones are in the Revell kit that are not on there?

nethegauner · « **Reply #54 on:** 03/10/2006 01:17 pm »

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Ben - 10/3/2006 2:36 PM
His decal set (the first one) was designed before the meatball so that's probably what is 'missing.' Which ones are in the Revell kit that are not on there?

Well, I could be wrong, because I just have that low-res image from their homepage as a reference, but here is what I think may be missing -- but is included in the Revell kit:

rudder markings

upper forward RCS jets

exhaust ports at the base of the rudder

markings on the SRB cones

panels below the OMS pods

I guess, that's it. Revell, on the other hand, has no "LOADED" labels, no Challenger and Columbia names, just one version of the hatch...

...and two of three US flags are inverted!

I can't decipher the small items on the Real Space sheet. What do they represent? I think I will order the decals from Real Space, as well -- although int'l shipping is five cents more than the actual decal sheet itself!

Someone should create a decal sheet with all the decals offered by Revell and Real Space!

Speaking of Revell: still no reply to my flag complaint. Maybe that was too awkward a flaw for them to comment on...

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #55 on:** 03/10/2006 04:01 pm »

No, you are correct, those are not on there. RCS thrusters, panels and SRB markings he assumed people would paint on. But yes, you could combine the decal sets to get everything. I don't know how realistic the RCS nose thrusters or the rear panels look on the Revell sheet though.

Some of the tiny markings say "rescue ->" and similar things. The red stripes are for the SRBs.

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #56 on:** 03/11/2006 01:52 am »

It was nice that this thread spun up just as I had restarted work on Voyager after some down time. I finished tonight! Now I have to figure out how to display it...

I also need to think of a decent way to photograph them for my website. The black background is hard to do on models.

kraisee · « **Reply #57 on:** 03/11/2006 11:01 pm »

Beautiful work there! I'm most impressed with the quality of that long trusswork!

I'm guessing that's RealSpace Models' PE part there, right? Bending that stuff tends to be a real pain to get right, and you've done a fantastic job there!

Ross.

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Ben - 10/3/2006 9:52 PM

It was nice that this thread spun up just as I had restarted work on Voyager after some down time. I finished tonight! Now I have to figure out how to display it...

I also need to think of a decent way to photograph them for my website. The black background is hard to do on models.

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #58 on:** 03/11/2006 11:17 pm »

Yea...it's the RSM kit. The PE on his kits is usually fine, but I have gotten at least one kit where it was very thick and hard to deal with. I had the strange suspicion that two sheets of PE were fused together on that particular kit.

I'll be doing Pioneer 10/11 and Magellan in the coming months, not sure which first.

nethegauner · « **Reply #59 on:** 03/13/2006 09:48 am »

Hey, Ben -- admit it: You got into Your car, drove all the way along the Voyger trajectory, took some shots of the probe, returned to Earth and now present those shots as model kit imagery...

Seriously, it looks great. Even that message plate is there, right?

Here are some shots of my 1:144 ISS from Revell. The kit was released in late 2000 and I assembled it when it first came out. So this model is a little more than five years old.

I really loved putting together this kit. There are so many details, like the pins used to fasten the modules in the orbiter's cargo bay. Then there's the ATV, the also very detailed exposed platform attached to Kibo, the cupola and much more.

The docked shuttle is, uhm... a fake. The orbiter kit did not include an ODS, so I just put it in place for the shooting -- but it looks OK, I think...