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Hi there, so, here I am again and would like report to you from the place of the horrible event, and inevitably come back to me the former pictures of my first emergency surgery in my mind. But alarmism is not good, and so let's go straight to the point. First I tried to carefully peel off the lining of the hole, and at first also somewhat worked. And then the Dremel with the circular saw blade was in action in order to perform short and painless the two longitudinal sections through the 2 mm thick hardboard on top. And then, but it went right to the point. In these slots I worked

Thank you Mike for your response, I've been thinking too long, but to leave it like that would not be the solution for me. Surely that's a lot of work, but I am optimistic that the second emergency surgery will succeed too. And I very much hope that this will be the last major compromise ...

Hello folks, first of all I had to cope this second low blow somehow, but still I'm not knockout, but only slightly chipped ... After my first emergency surgery on the SRB holes I was worried that it would probably run out on it, but I had supplanted these thoughts in the meantime again and again. But latest with the decision for the 1:144er TSMs that was really clear, but then I have first built the tricky TSMs and ROFIs and was therefore initially too distracted. But now the vexing dilemma of scale of the Revell kits with the following compromises has ultimately caught me up again. How

yep, I fully agree with you, but wait and see ...

Or LVM do not want to shock the interested guys too much.

Hi there, but before I start fully in the SSWS chapter again, I wanted to see how a new test with the stack and the 1:144 TSM's will look like in order to check their location next to the SSME exhaust hole. After my first emergency surgery to widen the SRB exhaust holes to 1:144, I had thought of not having to change the SSME hole. But then I made my decision, to build the TSM's 1:144 too and have started the tricky job with the PE ladders and ROFIs what had distracted me from the scale problems a little bit. Now I have made a new test with the stack and the larger TSMs (1:144) and see

But about the likely prices you probably know nothing, right?

Hi Guys, now I've got an official response from LVM. The kits will be the Mobile Launcher Apollo Saturn, this includes the MLP and LUT. The Crawler and the Saturn V are not included. Source: LVM Now we know what's going on, for sure, except for the prices ...

Hi Guys, now I've got an official response from LVM. The kits will be the Mobile Launcher Apollo Saturn, this includes the MLP and LUT. The Crawler is not included. Source: NASA Now we know what's going on, for sure, except for the prices.

Geno, by whom do you know it so exactly?

Chris, more than the posted picture of the prototyp of the LUT tower does not yet exist, therefore, everything else is just speculation. And as you can see on the pic, the first three levels of the tower are made of PE parts and styrene profiles. Source: LVM Studios So we have to wait until the LVM expresses it.

Hi Chris, this is a good question, but should be answered most by Leon van Munster (LVM), because it is not entirely clear. In their Newsletter is announced, to present a fully finished Mobile Launcher on display with a Saturn V in 1/72 scale (total height more than 160 cm) at the Scale Model World 2015 in Telford UK. A Mobile Launcher means for me the launch platform with the LUT (surely without Saturn V). But a display is not the launch platform.

Hi there, after conclusion of the protracted TSM Chapter I can now again turn to the topic Sound Suppression Water System (SSWS), I had to interrupt at that time because of the necessary restructuring of the SRB exhaust holes unfortunately. Therefore, again a short review to set the mood, because I now have to completely rethink again too. First there is the piping system around the SRB-Holes, of which six branchings extend into the holes, as well as the six Rainbirds. Source: NASA This main pipe system is connected to a subsystem, which is located around the SSME exhaust hole, whereb

Thank you Mike for your kind words. Yep, I'm also already curious about the Tower with the many PE parts of LVM, while at the same time I need to install on each floor the wires and LED lamps for the lighting.

And then I wanted to finally show the ROFIs again in more detail, and had surprised to find that the LOX TSM just been missing these small handles for the service boxes flaps also. Since I had before my longer break actually fabricated not eight, but apparently only six handles. Well, this one has gotten for his close-ups, which bring it to light. Since everything search did not help, I had to scratch a few new handles. But now these handles are also still there, and so is now finally rest. And that's it for today, thanks for looking.

Hi folks, as time goes by, and sometimes it comes differently than you think. If you do not constantly stay tuned, one can here and there ever be a bit out of sight. And so I was quite surprised when I finally wanted to glue the last missing ladder on the front of the LH2 TSM that there still lacked the transition rung to the top four single rungs. The must somehow have gone astray, and therefore had yet to be bent and painted a new rung. And on that occasion, I immediately painted again with the ladder. After the single rung was glued, the ladder was glued on, which was a delicate matt

Thank you Mike for looking and stay tuned, the pipe fitters just knocking on the door.

Thank you Pete for your flattering words, such compliments from you mean a lot and give me encouragement to keep pushing on. The amazing quality of work and outstanding skills you and the other guys have demonstrated with your models have been always an inspiration to me. About curse or a blessing of this attention to detail and the related effort one can certainly argue, but I do not regret time and effort, even if I was often very close to despair. Then one has to overcome his inner temptation somehow and just bite through, although this is often easier said than done ... BTW, th

Thanks Samuran and Mike for your nice compliments. Next, the pipe fitters will come for mounting the SSWS and then the electrician for installation the LED lighting. Hi there, and here are the next steps. For the ROFI on the front of the LH2 TSM I needed even this small basic plate of about 1.5 mm diameter. And that was a good opportunity, to test my recently ordered Punch & Die Set of UMM-USA, which was still arrived in time for Christmas. The set includes 12 punch stamps with these diameters: 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 mm. And I've tried it with

Hi there, here are some news from the latest LVM Newsletter: "Mobile Launcher Apollo Saturn project: As you may have seen on Telford or on the internet we made a prototype for this project to test the assembly, parts layout and several new techniques. In the mean time we have been busy with the main design, setting up a marketing plan, securing budget, etc. We decided to use Kickstarter as a marketing tool and as funding for the project. The Kickstarter campaign has a limited number of full kits available (1/144: 10 pieces, 1/96: 4 pieces and 1/72: 1 piece). T

And since a long time except TSMs and ROFIs nothing left be seen of the MLP, here a few pictures to remember. Although the whole procedure with the PE ladders and ROFIs was overall pretty tedious and stressful, but I can be very happy with the result. And as you can see in the front view, missing at the LH2 TSM now only the front ROFI and the ladder, which will then make the final tomorrow. And then we'll see.

Hi all together, I hope you all had a relaxing holidays and a good start into the new year. I have charged my battery again and will also restart. So continue with the installation of the supply lines of the ROFI on the back of LH2 TSM. The difficulty was in the line with the bow that it had to be threaded through under the ladder and between the supports and positioned behind the ROFI tube. And in this state it had to be glued at the support points without slipping. Then only had to be glued the little support under the bow, so I was glad finally, when it was done. The instal

Hello Manfred, my friend, It's never too late, so also all the best for the new year to you. I hope, it will soon go on here with the next steps.

Hello folks, for those who do not have nearly as much skill as crackerjazz, here's a LLRV kit in 1:72 (Three Stoges Productions) at Andromeda24.de This is a great kit from resin and photo-etched parts (69,95 €).

Hey crackerjazz, as I read in Yahoo Groups, I think Mike Mackowski would have his contact address. There I found an answer from Mike about Ben Guenther's LLRV, maybe he can help you.