petero Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I'm just starting the Vostok with interior, and I'd like to show Gagarin in the capsule. Shapeways has a 1/35 Gagarin with ejection seat: Yuri Gagarin Vostok Ejection Seat Has anyone used this seat in the Red Iron Vostok? I'd hate to buy it and find out it doesn't fit properly. I tried contacting the designer via Shapeways several months ago to see if he makes just the Gagarin figure, but he did not respond. Thanks! Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 It looks like you're gonna be the first to try this! It you're willing to cut the seat off, I know it's a waste of dollars, but that's the solution. Or you may be very pleasantly surprised, and the entire assembly fits with just a little sanding ... Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petero Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Yes, I thought about cutting the seat off, but I just can't bring myself to spend $38 plus shipping for just the figure. I can always add him later if I change my mind. There's one other guy from the (former Yahoo) groups.io Space Modelers Group who is building it also. I've only started removing pieces from their pour stubs and test fitting, but so far I'm very pleased with the fit of the sharik quadrants and the fit of the interior shell into the sharik. The interior needed some thinning on the foot end to fit properly, but nothing out of the ordinary. The quality of the casting and level of detail are excellent also. I've decided I need to add the New Ware Vostok launcher to my 1/144 rocket garden, so I'll start on that once I get it from New Ware. (That's why I can't afford the figure!) Now if only Red Iron would release a Voskhod 2... Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerWilco Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 How can I get 1/96 scale: crawler LUT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petero Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 9 hours ago, RogerWilco said: How can I get 1/96 scale: crawler LUT Roger, you need to post this in the Buy and Sell forum. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerWilco Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I'm sorry...I also meant to write in plastic...not paper....thanks....any leads? Wilco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 You're obviously new here so I'll try to be polite: Please start a new thread in the appropriate forum for your query, please don't post irrelevant queries in an existing thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikephilippens Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just go and ask them on Facebook. They have a presence there, and they might like the idea. It's a great idea, and I'd love to find out so I can give it a go myself. But if both are at the correct scale and dimensions, it should fit basically. You may have to make some room inside the capsule. Go for it, be our ginea pig! 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petero Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) I went ahead and ordered the Shapeways ejection seat, but unfortunately it's a fail. The entire seat is a much larger diameter than the kit's seat. It's so large that it won't fit through the hatch opening. Looking at it, it's apparent that the designer used Reheat Models' 120mm kit as a reference, which was made before there were reliable Vostok references, so it only bears a passing resemblance to the real seat. (I wanted to attach photos, but I'm only allowed a total of 100kb of photos per post, so that's useless.) The Shapeways seat is offered in 1/24 scale also, which probably fits the Revell Vostok. Now I'll try removing Gagarin from the seat and see if he fits the kit's seat. It looks like he will. However, much of his helmet is combined with the headrest, so I'll have to fill that in. I've never worked with 3D parts before, so it will be interesting. It's a very expensive lesson learned ☹️ Peter Edited February 10, 2020 by petero Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikephilippens Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 So, it's the chair or the Vostok that's not accurate scale? Which one? I'm not familiar with Reheat, so I'm not sure to what model you're referring to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petero Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Here are comparison images of the white resin kit seat and the translucent Shapeways seat. Kit seat side view: Shapeways seat side view: Kit seat top view: Shapeways seat top view: It does appear that the Shapeways seat is supposed to be 1/35, since the length fits into the cabin, and the cosmonaut looks like he'll fit into the kit's seat. I think it's just a case of the Shapeways designer using outdated information for the size and details of the seat. Peter Edited February 12, 2020 by petero Finally got the photos to display properly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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