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Topic: Vincent Meens 1:32 Apollo CSM model
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-26-2018 04:42 AM
   
After a few months redesigning the interior of the Monogram 1/32 Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM), I finally started the build. I should be ready by July 2019. Further information is available on my website. 
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-26-2018 04:45 AM
Superb astronaut figurine! |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-26-2018 09:07 PM
Outstanding! Thank you for your work on this, and making it available. Will you be adding a main console as well? |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-27-2018 07:48 AM
Yes the main display will be added later in the construction process. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-06-2018 07:09 AM
Carrying on with the 1/32 Monogram CM by adding the astronaut couches (see: here). 
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mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-06-2018 02:16 PM
Wow! |
dsenechal
Member Posts: 539
From:
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 03-06-2018 07:52 PM
Absolutely unbelievable. I wish I had your skill and patience! |
Panther494
Member Posts: 402
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 03-07-2018 09:29 AM
Stunning stuff. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-12-2018 01:19 PM
The back wall, intermediate bays, equipment bays, the forward cabinets, panels 4, 5 and 6, astronaut couches and stowage compartments are now fixed to the bottom part of the pressurized section of my 1/32 CSM. WIP here. 
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-13-2018 05:09 AM
Nice process!! |
moonguyron
Member Posts: 191
From: Trinity, FL USA
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 03-18-2018 01:21 PM
Wow. That is amazing. I don't know how you do your research but your work always includes details that I was not aware of. The pictures of the couches are an example. As a fan that has studied Apollo for five decades I can say you always manage to include authentic detail that brings the model to life and educates even an informed fan like me.
Can't wait for the finished product. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-22-2018 10:19 AM
Photos of the CM main display, the display width is 6.5 mm which is quite smaller than on the picture (16 cm on my 19" 4/3 screen) which explains defaults you can see but are barely visible in reality.Mike Collins is now in the Command Module.  
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Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-22-2018 11:45 AM
This gets better and better with every photo you post! |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-22-2018 11:53 AM
Holy moly! |
Chuckster01
Member Posts: 873
From: Orlando, FL
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 03-22-2018 06:32 PM
Museum quality is an understatement. |
David C
Member Posts: 1014
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 03-24-2018 05:06 PM
Incredible detail. To my eyes though Mike seems a bit over scale. Perhaps it's just an optical illusion. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-30-2018 07:43 AM
I added the parachute compartment and the main display to the rest of the model and finished by adding the struts sustaining the couches. 
All explanations can be found here. |
dsenechal
Member Posts: 539
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 03-30-2018 09:21 AM
Amazing!! I'm envious of your skill and talent. |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-30-2018 05:16 PM
Absolutely amazing work.Vincent, have you thought of possibly putting a small LED (or LED-to-fiber optic light) inside the cabin so that all that detail would be easier to see once it's all closed up? |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 05-08-2018 04:10 AM
The pressurized compartment of the command module is now fixed onto the heat shield. The aft compartment in the Monogram model was a very vague representation of the real thing so I decided to recreate it in 3D and print it on Shapeways. My main concern was to make sure the support frame would fit with the lower cone ribs, which it did (many thanks to my caliper).Construction of the Command Module:  
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 05-08-2018 04:56 AM
 
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alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 05-08-2018 03:43 PM
That is some impressive work. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-09-2018 03:36 AM
Superb details!!! |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-09-2018 04:45 AM
Your model is amazing. It also gives me even more respect for the men who flew in them. The amount of room for three people even accounting for being weightless was tiny. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-09-2018 06:24 AM
Superbe! |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-09-2018 10:18 AM
Is the Apollo astronaut figurine available as a separate item? |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 05-11-2018 06:46 AM
Yes, if you go to my web page about this model built there is a link to the astronaut that was designed and is sold on Shapeways by Max Grueter from Switzerland. |
moonguyron
Member Posts: 191
From: Trinity, FL USA
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 05-22-2018 02:07 PM
Vincent, you must have access to original blueprints to so faithfully recreate such amazing detail. I can't imagine what you are working from but just seeing your modeling is itself an education on how the original was constructed. A beauty to behold and historically accurate. |
David C
Member Posts: 1014
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 05-22-2018 05:03 PM
It'll be a shame to cover up that detail. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 06-12-2018 07:09 AM
Progress for the Command Module, the interior is now complete and I finished applying the mylar-like material before closing the capsule. 
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 06-12-2018 07:30 AM
 
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 06-28-2018 08:02 AM
I just completed my 1/32 Apollo command module and will start soon the service module. I think I should be ready for July 2019. More information on the built is available on my website. 
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 06-28-2018 08:02 AM
 
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Panther494
Member Posts: 402
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 06-28-2018 10:41 AM
Amazing, beautiful work. Very impressed. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-28-2018 11:39 AM
Awesome! |
moonguyron
Member Posts: 191
From: Trinity, FL USA
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 07-04-2018 11:15 AM
This is simply the most elaborate, most accurately detailed, and authentically reproduced model of the CSM I have ever seen anywhere. It is so detailed it could have been used to teach CSM systems to NASA flight directors and astronauts. Very imaginative presentation and done with the highest quality. Vincent sets a new and unbeatable standard with this one. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 04-06-2019 10:57 AM
My CSM is now complete and reunited with my 1/32 LM. Check the final pictures here. |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 04-06-2019 01:21 PM
Absolutely beautiful! |
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