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Topic: 1:7 scale Apollo MESA stowage assembly
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dsenechal
Member Posts: 539
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-01-2010 03:30 PM
   
Here are a few pictures of a just-completed 1/7 scale Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA). This model depicts the MESA as it would appear at the completion of EVA-2. A (partially completed) 1/7 scale Apollo astronaut is standing nearby to illustrate the scale. Click on images to enlarge. 
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dfox
Member Posts: 208
From: Scarsdale, NY, United States
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 08-01-2010 05:45 PM
Cool. Nice work. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 08-02-2010 09:11 AM
Very nice work Dave, do you go make also some tools, such as a hammer and scoop? |
Jake
Member Posts: 464
From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 08-02-2010 09:36 AM
Very nice...------------------
Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) |
Jerry Brouillette
Member Posts: 147
From: Louviers, CO
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-02-2010 03:07 PM
Wow! Fantastic job! Is there a 1:7 scale LEM in the future? |
dsenechal
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-02-2010 08:10 PM
Thank you very much for the kind words. In response to the questions above: Actually, there is a 1/7 scale LM in the past. This MESA model will be installed on a previously-built 1/7 scale Lunar Module within the next week or two. And, since the model depicts the MESA at the end of the EVAs, hammers and scoops would have been removed, so there are no plans for any tools. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-03-2010 02:53 AM
Which make of astronaut figurine is that? |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 08-03-2010 09:39 AM
What process did you use to make the tool labels? Thank you. |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 08-03-2010 05:23 PM
Museum quality indeed. |
Jerry Brouillette
Member Posts: 147
From: Louviers, CO
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-03-2010 09:09 PM
That LEM has GOT to be a big model at 1:7 scale! Certainly not a weekend project, super work. Is this thing in, or bound for, a museum? Good stuff. |
dsenechal
Member Posts: 539
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-04-2010 06:59 PM
quote:
Originally posted by garymilgrom:
What process did you use to make the tool labels? Thank you.
Artwork of a workable size was done on a computer, then reduced to the proper size and made into little, bitty waterslide decals. |
dsenechal
Member Posts: 539
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-04-2010 07:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Philip:
Which make of astronaut figurine is that?
These are exquisite, artistically rendered astronaut models, but unfortunately are not commercially available. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-05-2010 06:29 PM
Dave, I'll add my compliments to the others on the model (though I secretly believe you are an evil genius with a shrink ray and have been raiding museums... or perhaps I just have "Despicable Me" on the brain) and I look forward to seeing what this miniature in turn ultimately models for and inspires... |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-21-2011 05:35 AM
Dave's superbly crafted 1:7 scale Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) was recently installed on a similarly scaled lunar module (LM), as he's kindly shared in the following photos (as always, click on each to enlarge). Making this work even more impressive is that he was significantly time-constrained to get it done, though you wouldn't know it from the final results. The first photo in this series shows the lunar module "pre-surgery," with a Franklin Mint LM include for scale, followed by the installation process and in place MESA.  
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history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 03-21-2011 07:09 AM
Wow, Dave beautiful work, a true inspiration. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-21-2011 08:15 AM
That is so COOL!!! You have got to love the LM a real spacecraft through and through. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-21-2011 08:37 AM
Yep, very great!!!!! |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 03-21-2011 09:22 AM
I echo Fred's words - the LM is one of the most beautiful machines ever made. It exemplifies function over form. Gorgeous model, is this for a museum? |
alexbaja
Member Posts: 448
From: Naxxar, Malta
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 03-21-2011 10:05 AM
Speechless I'd say! |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-21-2011 12:20 PM
What a great model! Excellent! Where is this LM headed? |
dsenechal
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 03-21-2011 02:45 PM
Thank you for the kind responses - always nice to have one's efforts appreciated by "those who know". I finished the "pre-surgery" LM model a number of years ago; the MESA modification was completed in early March of this year. The model has enjoyed its existence in the possession of a somewhat illustrious private owner, who has been able to use it to great benefit as he pursues his endeavors. |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 03-21-2011 04:55 PM
Dave, that's a bit larger than the LM from FSM's September 1989 cover that you built! |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-21-2011 07:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by dsenechal:
The model has enjoyed its existence in the possession of a somewhat illustrious private owner, who has been able to use it to great benefit as he pursues his endeavors.
Thought that looked familiar, we look forward to seeing the results of those endeavours! |
jvertrees
Member Posts: 108
From: Crestwood, MO
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 04-12-2011 01:48 PM
Always amazing work Dave. Your models look like they are flight ready. I particular like the photo of the Apollo suited moon walker using one of Capt. Al’s paintbrushes as a fashionable walking stick. Excellent work, I can’t wait to see how Al Bean uses this new model. I also give your novel “Footprints on a Secret Moon” a solid A as well!
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