Very cool Gemini build by David Hanners

[michaelwlf3]

This is the same Delta 7 Gemini kit I have been trying to build. Very cool.

Gemini VII by David Hanners (Delta Studios 1/24) (http://hsfeatures.com/features04/geminiviidh_1.htm)

[willygoat]

Sweet find! Thanks for the heads up :D

[michaelwlf3]

Sweet find! Thanks for the heads up :D

Are there many space guys here? I have seen the Gemini and Apollo threads. NASA has a bunch of paper models (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/scalemodels/)on their site, too.

[lancer525]

I'm a space guy...

I'm starting work on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo CSM at 1/12 if I can ever figure out how to print them all out at the same scale!

[michaelwlf3]

Let me know how you make out on that - I have been wondering about that very same thing. Glad to see you here, BTW.

[Mechanic]

Are there many space guys here? I have seen the Gemini and Apollo threads. NASA has a bunch of paper models (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/scalemodels/)on their site, too.


One right here!

Now that I've finished with school, I'm planning to get a bit more modeling done. I want to re-tackle Surfduke's Apollo CSM. This was my last attempt (I gave up on the interior):

[Mechanic]

OK, I thought I'd try something again and it didn't work. Can anyone tell me why my avatar doesn't show up?

[michaelwlf3]

Nice looking ship. I have a plastic one I want to get into this winter. (Am I allowed to say that?)

[Mechanic]

Nice looking ship. I have a plastic one I want to get into this winter. (Am I allowed to say that?)


I hope not, I've got a closet full of plastic. Truthfully though, I don't see putting any of them together any time soon, I just love the paper so much more. I think it's a better analogy to the original mediums.

[lancer525]

Mechanic:

How in the heck did you get that gloriously beautiful brushed aluminum finish on the spacecraft skin? I am absolutely STUNNED at how gorgeous that is, and now you have me SO wanting to try that!!

What on earth did you do?

Oh, and Michael: I'm trying to find someone with a large-scale plotter to print the plan and parts out on to poster paper. I think that's the only way that one can be totally sure that the thing is printed at the proper scale, and that all the parts are the same size, and on a single sheet.

If you know of anyone in the engineering world who has access to a large-scale plotter, that's the way to go, and I sure as heck want to hear about it!! LOL

[Mechanic]

It's a foil covered paper I bought at Epedex. I doesn't take ink at all so any details you have just improvise. And, if you aren't super careful glue tabs will show through. I already have some foil that I plan on using on my next model, but I'm thinking of trying some of the foil paper that [email protected] used on his Hubble model (talk about an awsome looking model!) that paper is supposed to take pigment based(?) inks.

[michaelwlf3]

Oh, and Michael: I'm trying to find someone with a large-scale plotter to print the plan and parts out on to poster paper. I think that's the only way that one can be totally sure that the thing is printed at the proper scale, and that all the parts are the same size, and on a single sheet.

If you know of anyone in the engineering world who has access to a large-scale plotter, that's the way to go, and I sure as heck want to hear about it!! LOL

Actually, I think I talked to Staples about that at one time, and they can do it but it costs a fortune in color and they can't do it on card stock.

[lancer525]

I called both Staples and Office Depot, and neither of the people I talked to in their "copy shop" even knew what card stock or a plotter was. I had to explain it to them. Disappointing, really. It would have to be a place that does real printing or engineering blueprints, with a plotter that can handle card stock. I wonder if a Kinko's could do it? I know of an engineering graphics place back in my old hometown in Georgia, so next time I'm home visiting the family, I think I'll drop by and ask them.

[SAustin16]

Mechanic,

That is hands down the best model of Surfduke's CSM I've EVER seen (Professionally developed display models included). It looks so solid that it should weigh 5 pounds. Just outstanding.

When Carl first talked about designing this model, he was playing with various exterior textures. I told him not to worry, that all you guys in the Real Space card modeling community would use their imaginations to really make the model special anyway...and you have. I never thought it could look so good.

[Armchair]

I don't know if he can do just what you need, but my son, Tim Wasson, operates hobbypod.net , a gamers print on demand site located in Houston, TX . He does color laser and large plotter printing and I know he goes at least 65# card. I am sure he would consider your projects. Tell him Pa sent you.


Armchair aka Glen Wasson