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Topic: Accurate Models' 1:32 Apollo Lunar Module
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history in miniature Member Posts: 600 From: Slatington, PA Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 11-18-2011 08:10 PM
Here is possible 1:32 scale Apollo lunar module due out. Accurate Models 1/32 LEMOur first precision attempt to create a miniature solely from computer generated 2D and 3D files. The net result was to have an Apollo era LEM (Lunar Module) worthy of a collector’s dream come true, and capable to mating up with the Monogram 1/32 scale Command/Service Module. As such, all fine details like the many descent stage legs and ascent stage antennas were grown in wax then cast in metal to create vulcanized molds from, by which to spin cast white metal accessory parts from, assuring durability. The precision riveting and skin wrinkles are all incorporated into the master patterns of the Ascent stage, to be duplicated in the resin castings. All flown versions were initially planned, but as of date, the Eagle (LM-5) is the most like contender for a probably finish. This project is still on hiatus and is a possible candidate for plastic injection kit creation within the next couple of years. |
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2474 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-18-2011 08:11 PM
Okay Steve, can I get my place myself in line now for you to build it once it releases? I hope they complete both of the Gemini and the LM. Their kits are fantastic.
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arjuna unregistered
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posted 11-20-2011 01:25 AM
Unless I'm mistaken, the "hiatus" status of this project hasn't changed in the last year. On the other hand, their F-1 engine model is superb, so I have no doubt the LM would be fantastic if they ever get around to it. And if they ever do, the question would be how to accurately represent the "billowy-ness" of the mylar as it actually looked on the LM. Foil just doesn't look right. |
apolloprojeckt Member Posts: 1447 From: Arnhem, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 11-20-2011 07:03 AM
I hope they come soon with 1/12 Gemini spacecraft, it must almost be ready. |
PeterO Member Posts: 399 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-20-2011 07:33 AM
Jim Key of Accurate Models posts on the Yahoo! Space Modelers Group. On September 28 he wrote "Don't think I will be offering this [the 1/12 Gemini] or the LM for years." |
apolloprojeckt Member Posts: 1447 From: Arnhem, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 11-20-2011 08:40 AM
Oh, I do understand only the LM, not the Gemini. |
Klaatu Member Posts: 60 From: England Registered: Sep 2007
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posted 11-21-2011 08:53 AM
I'd love to get my hands on a kit of that... I bet it's really expensive though. Maybe the plastic kit would be a better option if they ever get around to doing it. |
PeterO Member Posts: 399 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-21-2011 10:34 AM
A plastic version isn't impossible. After all, that's what happened to the Atomic City Mercury. It started as a resin kit, and morphed into an injection molded kit.Gemini is my favorite program, so I'd love to have a 1/12 Gemini alongside my Mercury.
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Klaatu Member Posts: 60 From: England Registered: Sep 2007
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posted 11-23-2011 11:16 AM
Any more news about this? |
apolloprojeckt Member Posts: 1447 From: Arnhem, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 11-23-2011 12:03 PM
About the Gemini 1/12? |
PeterO Member Posts: 399 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-23-2011 02:10 PM
Please see my posting above from Nov. 20. As Jim Key of Accurate Models wrote about two months ago, "Don't think I will be offering the 1/12 Gemini or the LM for years." He has hinted that there could be a mass-produced 1/12 injection molded plastic Gemini (as opposed to the resin version), but there's no definite news.
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MikeSpace unregistered
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posted 11-23-2011 11:23 PM
Those photos of the LM and Gemini prototypes [?] and drawings sure leave me wanting. I really like what Dragon is doing but why make 1/72 M-G-A capsules, when 1/32 and other scales has been really sorely neglected. |
Retro Rocket Member Posts: 445 From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 11-24-2011 07:33 PM
Cost. I was taliking with one of the owners of a model business about possibly doing the X-15 as a 1/18th. He has lots of stuff built in China and he says the production cost in China is going up. I heard the cost for the 1/12 Mercury was about $60k, now it would be double that. |
alexbaja Member Posts: 448 From: Naxxar, Malta Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 11-25-2011 01:40 AM
Bad news for us modelers but could be good news for the global economy, maybe factories will start considering reopening back in Europe and America. |
arjuna unregistered
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posted 11-25-2011 04:12 AM
It will all change when 3D printing starts to become easier to use - which it already is compared to a year or two ago. Soon you'll be able to download a CAD file of whatever you want, and have it "printed" for you. |
PeterO Member Posts: 399 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-26-2011 08:34 AM
quote: Originally posted by PeterO: Jim Key of Accurate Models wrote about two months ago, "Don't think I will be offering the 1/12 Gemini or the LM for years."
Jim has updated his thoughts about the 1/12 Gemini: Hopefully 2012 will be the year that we complete the Gemini kit. To do so will involve a lot of investment and consequently a rather higher than anticipated kit cost. |