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Old 09-16-2017, 01:04 PM
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More progress. I now have almost all stuff in place and the only things left are the exposed inner shield at the bottom and the top hatch for the crew.
The hull got even more colouring at the burnt bare metal part and the RCS thrusters are made and put in place. The portholes were easy to make, they were made out of several layers of paper on top of each other and a piece of transparent overhead projector sheet as the window. The reason they are deep inside the hull is that the outer window is scorched during re-entry and jettisoned after that. This way the capsule has some light back and perhaps the cosmonauts are able to have a quick peek outside.
The reserve parachute hatch was accentuated by carving its outline into the hull rather than cutting it out (might have had some troubles with realigning all the seams and this was just as good) and reinforcing it all from the inside with a ring behind the carved section. I then made a small upstanding rim for the top. I presume this is for protecting the main entrance hatch from the heat and flames during re-entry (The main chute hatch also has one.).

The thing I found the most scary was saved until last, I glued the main chute canister inside the capsule. I was afraid I'd mess this up, it looked so good and I wanted it to go inside just right. And it did. Thank goodness.
I used four drops of CA glue to set it in place and secured it after it dried with a rich layer of PVA around the outside of the ring inside. Glue doesn't stick well to the shiny surface of the metal coated paper.
So, next up is the top hatch. I still have to design the shield below, though. It has a lot of text, rockets and small hatches on it and I still have to figure out where all the hatchy, rockety and texty stuff has to go..
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