posted 02-24-2019 10:05 AM            

Classic Revell shuttle kit. Tried using pencil for the panel lines on this one. Mostly kit decals with a few custom cut from color decal film. The dummy SSME bells were filed and sanded smooth to match original. Window masks were made using the AXM Paper Models as a template that was white glued in place. Pitot tube made from 0.040 plastic rod.

posted 05-16-2019 09:38 AM            

Overall paint was Tamiya bare metal from a rattle can. The combustion chamber is Tamiya metallic gray. The expansion bell collar was painted Modelmaster enamel chrome silver. The bell heat stains were simulated with airbrushed Tamiya clear yellow, clear blue, clear red and smoke.

The data plates are decals printed by Michael Key applied to 0.005 sheet styrene painted with plastickote rattle can chrome.

posted 06-06-2019 05:43 AM            

The extendable airlock is styrene and paper. The tanks at the base of the airlock are Gemini leftovers covered with tissue. The crew sphere had new portholes made and covered with hexagons of Bare Metal Foil. Antennas are from brass wire and paper clips.

The figure is the New Ware Leonov spacewalker.

posted 07-30-2019 07:51 AM            

I used salt chipping over clear overcoats to simulate the take off damage to the upper deck and simulated the pealed away thermal blankets. Added missing details like the fuel tank bump, landing radar, corrected the EASEP housing, added the MESA and replaced the plume deflectors with foil. Corrected the egress platform and ladder, added the flag holder.

On the base, corrected the TV camera, fashioned a new flag to represent it being knocked down by the Ascent Stage takeoff and bleaching of the fabric. I also added sample tools, jet bag, sample bags and discarded overboots. The kit PLSSs were modified and placed at the ladder base.

I filled in the engraved shadows and used simple shading on the base. The white painted equipment was aged with Garagekit Colors transparent chestnut, which was also used to age the flag and United Dates decals on quads I and IV.

The patch I picked up at the KSCVC gift shop.

posted 08-02-2019 10:30 AM            

Mostly out of box, omitting the weapons. Modified the headlights to match, added the speaker on the back and those odd boxes to the front glacis.

Tamiya rattle can yellow over light grey primer with white decal film for the stripe. Other decals printed on white film using a laser printer. The badge is from a closeup photo on #1 cleaned up and trimmed.

posted 10-20-2019 09:24 AM            

Corrected the umbilical connections with nylon nuts and washers for the suit connections, tissue wrapped electrical wire for the hoses. Reshaped the LEVA fisor with Apoxie Sculpt, added the chest chinch strap and pouch from wine bottle foil. Added velcro strips around the umbilical connectors and top of the OPS.

The Hasselblad camera is a 3D test print from Glenn Johnson of RealSpace Models. The cuff checklist was built up from scaled images of the ALSEP pages printed on regular paper and trimmed to shape. The Omega watch was made from acrylic rod with a small print of a watch face on the underside to show through.

On the base, I covered the landing pad area with a scratchbuilt Passive Seismic Experiment. The decals I printed with a color laser printer onto clear film, except the large Apollo 12 patch on the base which was from a set of Apollo patches I had previously done on white film.

The visor refection is a mirror image decal of one of the ALSEP pan photos. Got a few wrinkles that I had to flatten out and had a kind of happy accident with a bit of color shift that I think hints at the color distortion caused by the gold on the visor.

posted 12-06-2019 09:20 AM            

I used the Lake County Spaceport wallpaper decals for tiles and blankets and the RealSpace Models markings decals. The barely visible crew members are from Max Grueter's Shapeways store. Yes, I hate it when I see glitched decals after I seal them. Oh well.

posted 01-23-2020 07:47 AM            

Stripped the surface detail from the service module and replaced with plastic stock and paper. Built up the aft heat shield with styrene sheet and Apoxie Sculpt. Reshaped the SPS engine bell. Added the navigation optics and +z panels to the command module, plus the lift ring housing.

The mylar finish half of CM done with Bare Metal Foil while the gray side is Tamiya Haze Gray. The SM is Tamiya flat white and flat aluminum. The SPS engine bell was a custom mix of black and metallic gray for one half and metallic gray/copper on the other.

posted 05-04-2020 09:39 AM            

Wheels for the lunar rover from Shapeways. Dave Scott figure from Max Grueter's Shapeways with repositioned arms and a 3D printed Hasselblad printed by Glenn Johnson as a test article. Kit base was reworked with Apoxie Sculpt to remove molded shadows and give new texture.

posted 10-04-2020 12:00 PM            

I used the Realspace Models 1/72 scale resin CSM kit. I modified the SM surface details to match the Skylab configuration and removed the steerable high gain antenna. The Space Model Systems decals were used. I bought it secondhand with some of the RCS nozzles missing, which I replaced with shaped plastic rod.

The Multiple Docking Adapter was made from 1.5" ID PVC pipe as the core shape. The forward cone is sheet styrene. The docking collar is 9/16" brass tubing that runs the full height of the unit. A half-inch of the end was filled with Aves putty and a 1/8" brass rod run through that was long enough to go 1/2" into a base and 3/8" into the CSM as a support.

The remaining details were built up from plastic stock. The Space Model Decals set included LM markings, so I used two of the docking targets as templates to cut sheet and strip styrene and then attached the decals. The base is basswood with a simple stain and a patch from AB Emblem.

posted 10-04-2020 12:01 PM            

I replaced the flexible insulation blankets with cloth medical tape using the method at Lake County Spaceport. Each was given a smudge of gray pencil to replicate the ID stencil. Paint damage was cleaned up. A mix of RealSpace Models and home printed decals were used to replace the damaged items.

The SSME and OMS nozzles were replaced with the new 3D printed versions from RealSpace Models. The base is a panel from a scrapped cabinet with 1/8" brass rod for supports. The mission patch is from AB Emblem and the Magellan payload patch is one I picked up at KSC when I watched the launch.