Jay Chladek Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Just don't rush it if you don't have to. Remember a GB is to provide impetus to finish something or inspire others to start something. You don't necessarily have to finish and if you feel it might compromise the work you are doing, then don't wreck it for the sake of us. You are building something very special here and it is looking dang good. I want to see you finish it right rather then trying to do it fast and potentially mess it up. We can't all be K2Pete's afterall. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GVoakes Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I second what Jay has said. Much as I'm looking forward to seeing the finished work, don't rush for the sake of an artificial deadline. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 good point guys, thanks for the encouragement. i won't rush to get it done, but i do want to try to finish for the deadline otherwise it may be doomed to "The Pile Of Halfbuilt Kits" where there are waayyy too many occupants as it is. thanks again for everything. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 hey ... hey ... HEY-Y-Y!! I didn't know ... to make the deadline I put in a hundre-, ... I mean five hundre-, ... no ... a THOUsand hours ... yeah, that's it, a thousand hours, and I read that the grand prize was gonna be 5 million Quat-loos ... so I spent many an all-nighter trying to git 'er done! Now I think I'll hafta try to sell it to the Canadian Space Agen- ... I mean NAS- ... I mean ... Morgan Fairchild ... yeah, that's it Morgan Fairchild ... ( ... does anybody remember THAT routine?? ... ) So-o-o ... ree-e-e-e! All kidding aside, Bill, I've read that the RealSpace interior requires a lot of sanding and filling to make it fit. Did it? (The 1/32 Apollo CSM will be my next project.) I hope to see your finished project at some point. ... I'll be watching for it! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) yes it does actually require quite a bit of sanding. in my first pic in that last post, you can see where i basically had to grind away the row of boxes at the base of bottom errr back err...front piece. i also should have thinned all of the parts before glueing them to the kit parts faces. i still need to file down the starboard to back joint to get that to fit correctly. in my case, most of the seams around the top and bottom won't be seen, so i'm not too worried, but if i were doing it with the clear parts, it would take alot of sanding to get it nice and smooth. i did have to scratch all the stuff on the port side as that's not in the kit. i believe they made it that way to make it possible to see thru to the interior. overall, i'm happy with the R.S. interior, but if it weren't for the instrument panel, i would have just scratch all the rest, it's not real complicated. the instrument panel on the other hand...that's a pain in the buttocks. can't wait to see how your apollo kit comes out. Bill Edited March 24, 2008 by niart17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Have you done any more work on it Bill? I hope you haven't given up yet as I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. Thanx lad Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 no, i haven't given up, just have a lot of other things going (selling home, daughter's first birthday...yada yada yada.... i hope to get back to it pretty soon. i have started putting the foil covering on and i think it's coming out decently. i'll have to post pics in the space/sci-fi thread. you going to start yours soon? i look forward to it. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I started the Apollo CSM as Apollo 8, did the interior up, got a new hatch from RealSpace (the other one was just a horrid casting) and when I saw how little could be seen from the open hatch ... I lost interest. However, during that lull, I scratchbuilt a Gemini ATDA, the 'Angry Alligator'. http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x178/rpmala/ATDALHS.jpg So, I'm a little pooped from all this building ... I'm sure I'll get back to the CSM fairly soon. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spaceflightengineer Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yikes! Great ADTA! Thanks for showing! BP I started the Apollo CSM as Apollo 8, did the interior up, got a new hatch from RealSpace (the other one was just a horrid casting) and when I saw how little could be seen from the open hatch ... I lost interest.However, during that lull, I scratchbuilt a Gemini ATDA, the 'Angry Alligator'. http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x178/rpmala/ATDALHS.jpg So, I'm a little pooped from all this building ... I'm sure I'll get back to the CSM fairly soon. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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