spaceman Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Hi Vince, what you're building here is modelling madness, excellent and outstanding work on this build. B) That all looks great and very accurate. I admire your brilliant talent and your perseverance and I'm simply only enthusiastic. I think your build will become an artwork, keep up your great work in such a way. Amazing!!!! Congratulation!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevenichols Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) Vince, are you sure those are not pictures of the real hardware, simply beautiful. Edited April 9, 2012 by stevenichols Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Hoffmann Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 The tilt table gets a little more work. With the addition of the copper mylar, the instrument boxes are glued on and holes for the various wires are drilled out. I could not replicate the number of wires connecting each box, so I made a general assessment and "made it look good". The wires were made from waxed thread and were taped together to form a bundle that runs around the front of the tilt table, feeding the various boxes along the way. The wires were glued to the bunch then trimmed to size, and the whole mess was tightly wrapped with a long strip of copper mylar. Afterward, the whole thing was given a coat of clear lacquer and a light grey was applied to the wires and edges of the instrument boxes. I had to go back and re-wrap part of the cable (you can see a loose piece in the last photo) but overall, I'm satisfied with the progress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spaceman Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hi Vince, I'm waiting already longingly on your next update, unbelievably, but truely, you are one of the the scratch champions, keep cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VA-115EFR Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 All I can say is WOW!!! :worship: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Hoffmann Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Ok, the tilt table is about 90 percent complete with the addition of the mechanism that rotates the assembly and completion of the trunion pin arms. The actuators were just plastic rod and tube wrapped in copper mylar. The rotating parts are half circles with lightening holes drilled and a few extra details added. Nothing special, but it accurately replicates the devices on the tilt table. There are various boxes installed on the electrical raceway that will have wires running up to the rotating actuator and a couple of other receptacles, but that will be put in much later. The assembly is not glued in place yet, I dry fitted the parts to be sure everything will work. Once the shuttle exterior is complete, the tilt table will be permanently installed, the wires run from the raceway to the various parts, and Gallileo put in his place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spaceman Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Great job, Vince, your details look fantastically. Make further in such a way, your detail love please me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Loookeen go-o-o-ood Vince! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
x3mperformance Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hi Vince. This is a real work of art, and it is obvious that you did some serious investigation before arming the exactor-knife... The build is great, and i'm about to build a Shuttle stack myself now... I can only dream about your eye for details. Might pick them up as yo.. ehhhhm, i go on with my own business. ;) Cheers Rene' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Hoffmann Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Thanks for your compliments Rene' The key I find is to really look and examine photos for details that are specific to the area that you are interested in. Even two pictures of the same subject can reveal details that cannot be discerned from just a single photo. I'm just trying to replicate basic shapes and make the mechanisms believable... its not impossible to recreate every detail, but you've got to draw the line somewhere! I see all of the work the other folks on this board put into their models, and it gives me inspiration for my own work. Keep us up to date with your shuttle build, we would all love to watch your progress! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidar_710 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Beautiful project! The scratch building components are incredible! As a point of modelers choice, I would have used varying shades of gray washes for the bay instead of just one dark one. Some areas would have a more subtle shading than others. That would have made the bay really pop to the eye. Just my 2 cents worth. Can't wait to see her done. Tracy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crowe-t Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) Vince, The tilt table is a work of art! I know what you mean about examining photos of specific areas. It seems that when I feel I've got an area nailed down I find something different in another picture. I must have about 3500 pictures I've collected of various shuttle missions and I've looked at them many times and still find more details every time I open one up. Mike. Edited April 15, 2012 by crowe-t Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spaceman Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 That I can fully agree, only with good detail photos one comes further step by step to success in scratch-building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
x3mperformance Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) That I can fully agree, only with good detail photos one comes further step by step to success in scratch-building. I have only 410 High Resolution pictures to the project of my OV-102, but the data-base are growing, more comming to every day. By the way Manfred, have you checked this link out. http://www.apollosaturn.com/ml.htm I know it's about the Saturn V era, but the Mobile Launch ML in Saturn terms, and MLP in Shuttle terms, the Mobile Launch Pad is basically the same. There's some drawings of the inside of it too. Just stumbled upon it yesterday. Edited April 15, 2012 by x3mperformance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Hoffmann Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Beautiful project! The scratch building components are incredible! As a point of modelers choice, I would have used varying shades of gray washes for the bay instead of just one dark one. Some areas would have a more subtle shading than others. That would have made the bay really pop to the eye. Just my 2 cents worth. You're exactly right, and that was an error I made early on, but I'm just going to live with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spaceman Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I have only 410 High Resolution pictures to the project of my OV-102, but the data-base are growing, more comming to every day. By the way Manfred, have you checked this link out. http://www.apollosaturn.com/ml.htm I know it's about the Saturn V era, but the Mobile Launch ML in Saturn terms, and MLP in Shuttle terms, the Mobile Launch Pad is basically the same. There's some drawings of the inside of it too. Just stumbled upon it yesterday. Hi Rene', thanks for your comments and for the link. Sorry, I would not like to disturb Vince's great thread, and it's surely better, if you write me in my LC-39A-STS-6 thread. Therefore only briefly so much: I have checked this link and I know ML drawings from the LUT plans too. But I did not find e.g. diameters of the LOX/LH2 pipes there, which I can use for scratch-building my Shuttle MLP. The outside form of the ML's and MLP's nearly is alike, but the fuel pipe systems between ML and MLP differ totally. Do you have possibly outside diameters of the MLP pipes or High-Res. photos for me, from which I could measure them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Hoffmann Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 The next step in filling out the cargo bay is the SSBUV experiment canisters, which is acronym for Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment. The instruments were carried in two "get away special" canisters on the starboard side. The canisters started out as (approximately) 1/2" diameter plastic tube, with one end filled with epoxy putty. The lid of the experiment is a disk of .020 plastic with "C" channel plastic for the actuator box on the back. The second canister has a ring of bolts around the top which were replicated by tiny cuttings of plastic rod glued in place, then sanded down to the same height. The canisters are attached to a different type of bridge structure, but shaped exactly like the type that hold the heavy cargo in place. This bridge does not have the motorized capture device for bridge pins. The whole mess is painted white, sealed with gloss lacquer, and given a light grey wash to bring out the shadows. The emblems on the front are reduced prints of the logos found on the flight experiment canisters glued on with white glue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Very nice work on the canisters. Sure is a nice touch to the bay, but I am in an awe of the Galileo part you did. Totally super!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Duncan Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 The details on these parts makes me dizzy. Great work Vince! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spaceman Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 The canisters are nice details and look good, a further step toward a perfect and outstanding Shuttle. Great job, Vince! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Ok, it been a while since I received a notice from this WIP. What's the big idea? I liked having all those update notices in my email. So, commmmeeee on buddy give us an update!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Hoffmann Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Ahh, yeah. Sorry about that :D I had started on the bottom decals and they took a long time to produce, then I ended up printing out the wrong version and got frustrated with the whole thing. The model is still sitting on my desk staring at me and I came >this< close to getting back to the decals today. I promise more activity within the next couple of months, sometimes you just have to take a break Ok, it been a while since I received a notice from this WIP. What's the big idea? I liked having all those update notices in my email. So, commmmeeee on buddy give us an update!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Hoffmann Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) I've taken a break from this model and now its back to work! The tile decals are coming along very nicely, but there a little bit of catching up to do with you guys, so here we go with the last bit of cargo bay equipment, a storage box. I could not find any information what the box contained. I started off with a 5 sided box made from styrene sheet then glued a rod to the inside to hold it without damaging the putty. Epoxy putty is rolled into a thin sheet between two pieces of plastic then applied to the box. A little bit of alcohol thinner makes the putty stick to the plastic quite well. The edges are cleaned up and the insulation buttons are made by poking little holes with a toothpick. Sprayed white with a dark grey wash, the plastic tube is broken off and the box glued to the inside of the bay. Edited October 27, 2012 by Vince Hoffmann Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crowe-t Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Vince, It's great to see you are back to working on this one again. :) The insulation you applied to the storage box looks exactly the same as the insulation in the payload bay. Well done!! Mike. Edited October 27, 2012 by crowe-t Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spaceman Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Hi Vince, wow, it is incredible what you are conjuring here always again, Impressive work!!! :worship: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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