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Well-l-l ... this took some time to resurrect this build ... something like page 32 on this forum. But let's get this one off the Shelf of Doom ... ;- D This is the Aft area as it has sat for 10 years ... sheesh, TEN YEARS?? Let me extend my apologies to this model ... ! ;^ D My homemade decal has faded and I'll see if I can salvage it In order for the Gemini to fit inside the Agena, I had to file down the nose diameter Alright, that'll do

I was looking through my Virtual Apollo CSM book and while there are no dimensions, I realized that the Sextant diameter is quite close to the circular window on the hatch. Look at another head-on photo of the CSM and measure the diameters ... that'll give you a great starting point. Pete

Here's another Eyeball clue ... this is Adam Savage's visit to the Apollo CM ... at 4:47 you can see the Sextant and Adam's hand for scale ... In this short video, if you also know the sizes of some of the access panels, the Sextant's diameter should be easy to guesstimate. Pete

You may hafta eyeball those dimensions ... but here's the Apollo CM Operations Manual. I got it from the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal's website https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/SM2A-03-BK-II-%281%29.pdf Look in the Guidance and Navigation Chapters for your info. The PDF is almost illegible for me, but here's a screenshot of a Page ... Hope this helps ya! Pete

The details that Dragon has cast is really good to see! And your small improvements, via New Ware PE, looks great! ( Tom does nice work, doesn't he ! ) So far, so good Randy! Pete

My gawsh CJ, Manfred's correct! The effort you and your printer are putting into these details is re-e-e-markable! Tis genuine eye-candy! Pete

These eensy-weensy parts and your skill at building them so-o-o precisely is wonderful to watch Manfred! The precise angles of the struts on the tiny platforms and the other fine details ... constantly amazes me! I'm also curious though ... the canister is covered in a paper template and yet you're gluing all these details directly to it. Is the paper surface the final surface and will it take paint without buckling or any other damage? Keep up the lovely work ... in between matches of course! Pete

Nicely done Shaw and glad to see you posting here! Now, I'd love to know how you built these ... between the ribs, is the material Bondo or Sheet Insulation or Wood and then lotsa sanding? And it certainly is fun to do a little research, build something to visualize your mental images and then ... flesh it out to a relatively finished model. I think we all understand the evolution of your models. And we'd love to see more, in whatever stage of completeness you wanna post. ;- D If you've done the research and one of us needs a little advice, we'll know w

This visual treat, this Eye-Candy, is difficult to believe CJ. The investment in time that these parts represent amazes me. Learning the ins and outs of the software to achieve these highly detailed, highly accurate and stunning, I mean, STUNNING parts. Then there's the acquired skill of the process of the 'after-print' removal of supports and curing. Not to mention the care of realizing the turbine blades need to be corrected. I'm blown away CJ ... then there's the prints themselves. The details that this tech provides ... all I can say is "WOW"! Thanx for sharing all t

I think this is the first completed one I've seen ... this turned out really nicely! When this was released, I noticed some big proportion inaccuracies, but with paint and foil on it, it looks darn nice! Some WIP pix would be good to see too ... :- D

By george, I think it's gonna get finished! I agree with Capt Kirk and Manfred ... 100% I'm also curious about the 'waste' of material for the supports. Is it calculated by you as 'waste'? And is this something YOU have to figure out or is this something the software creates automatically? And how many are you gonna print and how much $$$ will you charge? ... just ... you know ... out of curiosity ... ! Pete

Nicely DONE Randy! I was a little surprised to see you applying each stripe individually ... I thought you might have designed 'em in a radiused pattern whereby you could apply 10 or 15 at a time. But, this turned out wonderfully ... and yeah, no-one's gonna count 'em! This little kit looks GREAT! The tiny details, the Radar, the Corrugations even the Sun Shield's folds and ripples on the aft section are cast really well! I think the Gemini is my favourite Spacecraft ... there's something about its proportions that just, aesthetically, I find appealing! And you did

Gee whiz Randy, thank for the 1 cent comparison ... this little kit is smaller than I imagined! Your repairs to the Adapter Section looks per-r-rfect! Nicely Done! Tell me, when you paint really fine details, do you use a fine brush or toothpick or what? For instance the bundling straps on the nose and the RED ring around the nose. ... And I went to a review of this kit and saw that the decals, the UNITED STATES, were not centred, so I'm glad to read you're redoing them. Looks like you're close to completed! Pete

Randy, for scale, there's a guy on these pages that uses a 6" coin and tells us it's a lot smaller ... you should put something near this kit ... just to show us how small this thing is ... ;- D ... or maybe just in the palm of your hand ... nah, you might have tiny, or oversized, hands ... nevermind! ;- D)) And nice work on those shingle replacements ... they look better than my results in 1/24!! Your Horizon Scanners and the Strap cover ( I always thought is was an Umbilical connection ) looks Terrific! And the reworked Astronaut looks good too! Glad to read it wasn't that v

This is such a little guy ... and it's great to see you filling up those grooves on the aft sections. Yup, it's tedious, but it's gonna look a whole lot better! The Gemini spacecraft is still my fave! ... so I'll be watchin'! Pete

Thanx CJ! Here's a screen shot from a Grumman movie circa 1989, with the Designer, Tom Kelly, and both LEM models ... which was prolly my inspiration!

I thought I had taken pix of the masking and the first result ... which I kind of expected. The Tamiya tape, which had been on for over 2 years, with just regular Masking Tape over it as a guide for cutting ... This build-up on the edges was not acceptable so I sanded down these raised edges ... carefully. After sanding down those edges, Black lines showed up which was where the Primer and Paint had lifted off when I removed the Tamiya tape ... but I touched those edges up and re-masked the windows

Well ... it's been over 2 years of having this unfinished project staring at me ... so, I finally had the attitude adjustment I needed to git 'er dunn. For these 2 years I wondered how on earth I was going to get the windows done. I though decals would be the obvious answer but ... I wondered how much the decals would distort when putting them on ... and that was my roadblock. Masking off and Spraying the windows on, would be too time consuming. Now, what you see here is Tamiya tape which has been on the model for over 2 years, and another mental roadblock was 'what if there'

Glad to see you back on this Randy! It's looking Great! Did you say, in an earlier thread, that you used a Laser printer for your decals? If not, and you use an Inkjet, what Decal paper/film do you use? Keep it up young fella! Pete

For the past few posts of yours Manfred, the thought that crosses my mind is "the majority of us modellers have ONE definition of 'Attention to Detail', and Manfred has quite a different, much more precise, definition" Your 'Stick-to-it-ive-ness', your ability to focus on a given task, even in a heat wave, is just remarkable! Thanx for your very explanatory photos and for finally showing us ... your assistant! ;^ D)) Pete

Hot Dang CJ, this looks OUTSTANDING! And the addition of the glue bottle really brings home the tiny scale of this piece of hardware. All those fine details make it look like it's larger than it is. Two questions, how long did the BIG piece, the square with all the pockmarks in it, take to print? and 2, how much would Karl sell this for? I mean, just taking into consideration the time and material you've used, not counting the amount of research you've done, Karl would have to put an enormous price on this, or sell hundreds of 'em ... So, now, all those little prisms go i

This is looking ... pretty, pretty Goo-o-o-od! ;^ D I know Karl has a trove of reference material ( and I've used some of it for my 1/12 Cernan figure ) but I'm blown away by all this detail you're portraying Joe ... unless of course, you've making it all up! ;^ D))) So, are you 3 going to offer this as a kit? or assembled for a 1/32 LM and ... what else are you guys planning to offer through this venture of yours? The detail on this is stunning ... but unless it'll be kitted for a 1:1 scale kit, I hope all this attention to detail isn't wasted. And a lot of the sub

The amount of research you do, Manfred, is amazing! And I'm glad you found the NASA Image and Video Library and provided a link for us. I just went there, plugged in Apollo 10, and while not a LOT of photos, there were some I hadn't seen before. I'll do a little more exploring of the site. And all these little details you're adding to the canister ... I shake my head in disbelief! I get the sense that the Engineers, Designers, Draftsmen, didn't put as much effort into these elements as you are! If we hadn't seen the build process, I'm sure none of us woul

Posting these images here is a terrific idea CJ! I'm NOT on FaceBook, so I'm not aware of any groups there, but I did check to see if you all had a website and there it is ... on Shapeways. Very Interesting! And I'll assume your association with Karl is a freelance one? Or are you Full-Time, part owner, major shareholder? Your images are lovely! Your 3D skills are Outstanding! But if you have to work to a deadline ... hm-m-m-m ... ! :^ D Plus these images are good promotion for Space Cadet Models too! Good on ya! Thanx CJ Pete

I'm disappointed to read that NASA's wonderful archive won't be accessible ... I too relied on that archive when researching my Apollo and Shuttle builds. But Manfred, I know you'll overcome this small hiccup and your research skills will turn up another resource! I echo Slartibartfast's comment, "Still as entertaining as ever!" ... keep up the wonderful work Spaceman! Pete