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Topic: Pascal Hecker's space models (2010-2021)
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 01-27-2012 10:59 AM
   
Number two this year, I received this week from their new Fantastic Plastic model kit, the concept model The FDL-5. I think some people know this concept model.The model kit of parts were of excellent quality and very easy for a novice modeller.
A nice wooden base under it and we have a nice new 18-inch long desktop model. Building time for me 48 hours.  
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alexbaja
Member Posts: 448
From: Naxxar, Malta
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 01-27-2012 11:25 AM
Another beauty Pascal, well done, you are producing them nearly as fast as Dragon does.  |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 454
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 01-27-2012 11:33 AM
You surely do have skills! Nicely done! |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 02-25-2012 02:26 PM
This week I was busy with a very tiny, micro Alan Shepard diorama, scale 1/32. The figure is 60 mm. Very fun to do this little one, and a 1/24 Apollo 15 moon diorama with a Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE) in the lunar surface.In the coming week, a special 1/16 diorama and then I go on with something else of real space, no astronauts for a while.  
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 02-25-2012 02:32 PM
 
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 02-29-2012 04:23 PM
I'm busy with the last 1/16 diorama for a time, the self-made component for the diorama is ready, the diorama can now be finished. |
Norman.King
Member Posts: 403
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 03-01-2012 12:41 AM
Pascal you have been busy and that last photo has me very intrigued? |
Cunumdrum61
Member Posts: 38
From: Australia
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 03-01-2012 01:21 AM
Outstanding work and I love the Skylab model. Congrats on finishing it. |
alexbaja
Member Posts: 448
From: Naxxar, Malta
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 03-01-2012 01:59 AM
Pascal I know I might be dense but what is this diorama going to represent? |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-01-2012 03:25 AM
No idea? Maybe a tip? The first and only ?? worn on the moon. |
alexbaja
Member Posts: 448
From: Naxxar, Malta
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 03-01-2012 03:32 AM
Ah, then I will give you my Omega Moon Watch to hang on it! |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-01-2012 04:31 AM
Yep, nice idea but something else... |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-06-2012 01:23 PM
As promised, last for a while... a watch holder diorama related to Apollo 11 mission with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.This one is the most expensive one, visor has double layer 24 karat gold layer. Astronaut Neil Armstrong has a moon rock in his hand. And then the watch holder with and an Omega Speedmaster watch. A nice combination of a piece of history!  
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-06-2012 01:26 PM
  
...and now to the next project.  |
Norman.King
Member Posts: 403
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 03-06-2012 01:27 PM
Very nice Pascal but I shudder to think what that lot cost. |
alexbaja
Member Posts: 448
From: Naxxar, Malta
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 03-06-2012 02:31 PM
Ah Pascal, then I did guess correctly. Now that was a fantastic idea. You are an amazing man, the ideas you have are just out of this world actually on the moon.  Is that the Snoopy watch? I can not see it properly on my screen. What's next Pascal? Any hints? |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 5342
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-06-2012 02:51 PM
Congrats on another amazing work of art Pascal.Those J-2 rocket engine nozzles supporting the base are also a nice touch |
tetrox
Member Posts: 142
From: London England
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 03-06-2012 02:54 PM
Fantastic models. I'm curious how you obtain the Reheat and EVA figures as I thought that they had stopped manufacturing a few years ago. Is there a new supplier? |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-06-2012 03:44 PM
Thanks people! Some are real Reheat/EVA or a copy of that original. I don't know of this is the type Snoopy watch, i got it from a friend. It's 100% fake but very real. I'm busy with some other projects: Gemini Agena (1/24), MOL (1/24) and LUT tower (1/144). So I say enough to keep busy. |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 644
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 03-06-2012 05:52 PM
I love the presentation, great work Pascal. |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1429
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 03-06-2012 06:28 PM
I love the Omega watch diorama. It looks beautiful. I want it! I can supply either the Snoopy or Apollo 11 Omega watches for the display. There is only one small detail that would need to be corrected. Omega was the first watch on the Moon, but Bulova landed a chronometer wrist watch and a stopwatch on the Moon during the Apollo 15 flight, so Omega is not the only watch or time implement to land on the lunar surface. All your work is wonderful. ------------------
Larry McGlynn
A Tribute to Apollo |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1514
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-07-2012 07:04 AM
The Omega watch display is one of the coolest things I've ever seen on this website. Fantastic! |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 03-08-2012 03:48 AM
I am always amazed by your level of artistic expression Pascal. It is one thing to do just a great model. But your presentation is what put these pieces over the top.By the way, get that Omega diorama insured as it is likely priceless now. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3047
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-08-2012 04:35 AM
Amazing! What a vision you must have to think up these displays. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-22-2012 08:32 AM
The 1/24 Gemini short MOL version I have ready, the Gemini Agena is almost ready, then I make one version the also a concept, the concept Blue Gemini ship and an armed OSP (Orbital Supply Platform). 
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alexbaja
Member Posts: 448
From: Naxxar, Malta
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 03-22-2012 09:16 AM
Another superb project Psacal, well done. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-24-2012 12:48 PM
As promised, the Gemini-Agena project is done.  
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history in miniature
Member Posts: 644
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 03-24-2012 02:17 PM
Very nice Pascal. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3047
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-24-2012 04:44 PM
Super, what a fine detailed model! |
moonguyron
Member Posts: 191
From: Trinity, FL USA
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 03-28-2012 05:30 PM
Pascal, great work. Can you tell me the secret to getting a really authentic "gold" visor finish? I have six dioramas all in 1/6 scale depicting each of the lunar landings. The only thing I am not happy with are the visors. It's been an unsolved problem for years. I have enough extra visors if plating is an option. Thanks. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1514
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-29-2012 07:24 AM
Moonguyron, post photos of your six dioramas, please. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-29-2012 08:27 AM
Thanks moonguyron. There is a copper layer on the visor, done by electroplating. I find the red copper the most realistic color for an Apollo helmet, gold is too yellow. |
alexbaja
Member Posts: 448
From: Naxxar, Malta
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 03-30-2012 04:28 AM
Pascal, now with the hopeful recovery of the Apollo 11 F-1 engines do you plan to make a diorama of it's recovery? I am sure it would be a very challenging diorama as I think that the state of these engines will be very poor. The impact with the sea would have been very severe and also as spending over 40 years at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean I think it would have deteriorated quite a bit. I think that even if there were any pressurized parts that would have survived the impact the pressure of the dept of the ocean would have squashed them too. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-30-2012 06:19 AM
Interesting! But there are also photos of this operation, it will also be at least rusted, like the Liberty Bell 7.Anyone know if there is photographic material of this is? |
Norman.King
Member Posts: 403
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 03-30-2012 07:39 AM
I'm not sure there is yet Pascal. I think they've just located their position on the seabed using sonar and not yet sent anything down to investigate. The next phase is to plan their recovery.By the way, that's a lovely Gemini/Agena above. |
moonguyron
Member Posts: 191
From: Trinity, FL USA
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 03-30-2012 08:35 PM
Pascal, I have extra clear plastic visors. I need to know how or who does the electroplating.And I will post pics of the six dioramas as soon as I figure out how to send pictures via internet. Sorry I am old and computer illiterate. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3734
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-31-2012 06:36 AM
Yesterday I received a wonderful surprise, made by Pascal Hecker. It is an astronaut figure depicting myself on the moon. As you can see I am writing my trademark EH in the lunar soil. The details are amazing. Even the name on the PLSS reads 'Hengeveld'. A very original idea.Bravo and thank you very much, Pascal! Ed Hengeveld  
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-31-2012 06:55 AM
This time I have ready a Soviet Krechet lunar space suit. This kit resin is also from Reheat, scale 1/16.The figure holding in one hand and a lunar drill in the other hand a pile of sand lunar sample which scatters to the bottom. The name of this diorama is: Sergei P. Korolev's Dream
(1906-1966)
 
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-31-2012 06:58 AM
  
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1552
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-31-2012 07:00 AM
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Originally posted by heng44:
Bravo and thank you very much, Pascal!
Thanks Ed!!! |
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