Hubble 30th Anniversary Modelling

[saturnapollo]

To mark the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble (to be honest, it nearly passed me by until I noticed an excellent BBC2 documentary), decided to clean and upgrade/fix damage to my 26 year old Endeavour and HST. Photographed in film, pre Photoshop/digital originally, the new technology offered better ways to capture the models. Left in the open for that length of time the shuttle needed a deep clean and using my now tried and tested method for producing artwork for solar arrays, upgraded the HST.

More here;

https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemodelsphotography/albums/72157667646196676

Keith

[Hobbes-22]

Very nice!

How did you create the solar arrays?

[Bob Shaw]

Pah! Those aren’t model photos! Admit it, Keith, you’ve had your own secret rocket factory buried beneath an extinct volcano and you’ve been up there, taking photos!

[saturnapollo]

Thanks guys.

How did you create the solar arrays?

Took photos of the real things and manipulated them to fit the arrays and Photoshopped them to scale to 1/72.

Bob

Made sure I took my favourite white cat with me though!

Keith