ApolloMan Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Wow, this is going to be good. I have several builds to do this year. Horizons Rockets, Mercury Redstone and Mercury Atlas I'll build in my other thread. To do: 1/48 Lunar Module (Challenger) 1/16 Astronaut (Ed Mitchell with scratch built Tool cattier) 1/144 Seaking with CM. (Similar to my Apollo 13 dio) 1/12 Astronaut (Charlie Duke, to add with my Apollo 16 LRV with John Young) I'll add pics this arvo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Alright! Welcome to the GB. Looking forward to seeing your works. I'm planning on maybe touching up and re-sculpting some of my astronaut figure so I'll definitely be paying attention to yours! Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) Thanks Bill, I'll do my best. So the Horizon Redstone and Atlas will be over in my other thread. I've had the LM for 3 years, it's changed from Apollo 12 to 14 to 15 to now 17. The SeaKing will be hovering over the Apollo 11 capsule on the ocean scene. That CM I cast from the Apollo 11 Dicast Saturn V re-entry CM. ED Mitchell here, will be pulling along the two wheeled tool carrier. John Young will soon have Charlie Duke sitting next to him. Edited February 12, 2019 by ApolloMan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) Nice to see you here Mick! So the CM will be with the SeaKing, is the LM gonna be a separate diorama? And you've got till the end of August to get all these done ... I'm gonna enjoy watching 'em all come together! Pete Edited February 12, 2019 by K2Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Well Pete, the SeaKing is 1/144, small n should be a quick build. I know it says no aircraft, but with the CM in the water, hehe, it should pass. The LM, I may just have it stand alone atm. Just until I can complete the others, it will be last to start. I have the 1/16 ED nearly complete and the 1/12 Charlie, should only need painting as its 3D printed. Hopefully these will come one after the other and get as many done as possible. With all the Sea time I have this year. My big Apollo project is on the back burner, more on that later. You guys are all going well in the Group. I've been looking over all of them since being back. I have allot of catch up to do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 So I made a start on the Apollo 11 dio. These little SeaKings are gems, such detail in such a small scale. Undicided if I'll have the "64" support aircraft with "OLD 66". Quite frustrating as this one has only the Apollo 13 decals, and I need to make it into Apollo 11, where as the 1/48 Apollo 11 Seaking model, I bought years ago, I had to buy after market Apollo 13 decals. This CM is cast from my Bandai kit, I'll add putty float collar and float balls, along with 2 rafts. I also bought these small figures to add as divers and crew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 So far ... so good. The 'water' looks pretty good already! And are those tiny figures flat in profile? They actually look like they're fully formed figures ... Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Yar fully formed, do need some small details added, like life jackets, dive tanks. The water, I may need to fix still. It was a rough sea state on the day of recovery. I have the second Helo done and will spray them soon. They are fairly straight forward builds. The rafts n collars I'm dreading, so small. I'll get there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Ok, got the trim lines down on the helo's. Painted the Insignia White AS-20 first, followed by the Light Grey AS-16. I'm not going to attempt masking the wind screens. I'll just mix some dull white. Meanwhile the actual space part of this build, hehe. The lil CM has its Milliputty float collar, and life rafts. Float balls are to the right. Anitially I just intended to have Old 66 swoop in an drop off the lead swimmer to open the hatch. With the collar and divers in the water and raft. Now I think I'll have the space trio in there raft also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 The rafts look pretty good! It's hard to tell that you've got the Grey painted on ... should it be a darker shade? As a sailor, would you consider those sea conditions choppy? I forgot it was a little rough, I thought the conditions were calm for Apollo 11. Keep up the itsy-bitsy work on this Mick! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 NICE! this is going to be an awesome diorama. I did a 1/32 scale splashdown dio many many moons ago and to me the hardest part to get right was the getting righting balloons to look right. Not only the seam pattern but making them look like they are inflated objects and not solid. Keep up the great work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Yar thanks Pete, I thought the same, but it's the same grey I used for my 1/48 OLD 66, I think it's the scale and lighting. I did paint the grey again with a slightly darker grey. That sea state is around 1 to 2. I tried to get the resin to look choppy, still needs white wash added. It's 3mm crackled perspex glued to 6mm perspex. I gave the top a couple of coats of resin mixed with a few drops of clear blue. Once dry, a light coat of metallic blue. Same on bottom, but with bursts of light blue, green, silver then black layer. Niart17, I had that problem on my 1/48 Apollo 13 recovery dio. I used 1/24 Gemini tanks for the floats, and recal painting them several times to get that hexagonal and pentagon pattern down. Still lots to do. Enjoy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 The water looks ex-cell-ent! And the wash from the helicopters is too! The way you've got the 'copters mounted is almost invisible, at this angle anyway ... and they look great! Um, have you thought of maybe contacting a local museum or Library to show your models there? They may be having a talk or some kind of acknowledgment of Apollo 11's accomplishment. And you've got a superb collection Mick! ... and they could just be on display for July ...... I'm just thinking out loud, don't mind me ... ;- ) This dio is really coming along quickly and you're doing a heckuva job on it! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Really cool! Are you going to add some white for the spray on top of the waves? HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Pete, thanks for the nice coments. I called 3 museum's several years ago about displaying my Apollo 12 LUT and MLP, no interest, Oh well. I have the SeaKing's suspended by ordinary pins, just took the ball off the top. Rotors painted and glued in place. Hajo L, a little wash added with white, may add and fix more. Did more work on the CM Columbia, with Bare metal gold foil and small details. Next will be decals on the Old 66 and 64 I need to remake my rafts, turned out to small for figures. Happy with it at the moment, still need to get all the figures sorted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 That´s a great looking diorama! HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Hajo L. said: That´s a great looking diorama! ... I agree completely ... even at this unfinished stage, it's looking great! The subtle highlights on the waves is perfect! Even your tiny CM, with its inflation devices, looks great! Really nice job! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Thanks guys, still lots of little details to add, and lots of figures that do not like to play the game. Replacement rafts made, with Astronauts and divers sorted. Will need to manipulate the pilots now, to have them seated. Painting everyone will be next. The moon germ garments are greyish. Divers will be black, with helo crews green with white helmets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Oh-h-h .... My-y-y-y ... Gawsh ... I thought that 1st image was a photo of the real recovery! The weathering on the CM is excellent, the subtle water highlights, the position of the figures, the Rafts and their colouration ... dang, ALL excellent! Really well done!! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Haha, thanks Pete, I really need to sit down n work on every figure. There are 15. How's black and white 😏 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
as205 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 ApolloMan, That's fantastic! At any scale the work is great. Your water effects are spot on, and I love the detail weathering on the CM. Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Nicely done! -co Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thanks Randy and CO, I'm enjoying this build. I'm basing the model off a few still pics from the day of recovery. Some iconic pics they are, as we all know. Just getting the detail down at the moment. Still need to add, little life preserves under the arms of the Astronauts. Plus I'm going to tackle the inflation balls pattern, I was going to leave them be, it's niggling at me now when I look at reference pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloMan Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Well, putting the Apollo 11 dio on pause till I get the decals sorted for Old 66 and 64. I'll get back to that on the weekend. At present I'm hooking into my 1/48 Challenger. Added some extra details with Pete's help. And opened up the front quad bays. As the LRV had no top cover on LEM, I'll need to scratch build a few wheels and fenders to hide in there. I already have the LRV bottom chassie sorted. The ALSEP bay, I'll just add a thin plastic triangle top. So glad most of this will be covered by foil. Also the large bump on rear of LM descent stage, was that a fuel tank? I'll need to add that also. Edited March 19, 2019 by ApolloMan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 WOW ... that LM got built up right-quick! You don't waste any time do you? And it looks Great! The Large bump on the Descent Stage's aft is the LRV equipment pallets. And you're correct about the LRV bay not having a top, but it is covered by foil and just makes it easier to foil over. So, while I did remove it in one LM build, I've left the styrene in place on the others. The MESA bay, you might want to affix a piece of styrene to the upper vertical opening so the plume deflector frames have some place to glue in to. Lovely work Mick! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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