jparenti
02-24-2010, 06:04 AM
I decided to undertake Ton Noteboom's Voyager for the second time, hopefully with a few improvements. I am running another thread concurrently at Zealot, as I started the build during the outage. I'm still trying to plan the build out, but a few things are certain so far. I'm attempting to make the science boom and RTG boom movable, if only to combat the effects of gravity on them over a long period.
I started with the basic bus, which I covered in matte black cardstock, in order to better represent the thermal blanketing on the spacecraft. I also added more structure inside the bus with 1 mm card, to keep the bus from warping (a problem I noticed on my first build of this model).
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0127.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0130.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0131.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0133.jpg
The markings covering the top and bottom indicating instrument placing are covered up by this. I made a mask from another copy of the page and used it to mark the bus where the instruments will go.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0150.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0131.jpg
The next project was the thermal control louvers, which are represented in the kit with flat printed parts. I wanted a more three-dimensional look, so I built the louver's base box from aluminum foil laminated to 1 mm card and regular stock colored with a metallic Sharpie.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0136.jpg
And add the fins, also colored card:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0139.jpg
The finished louver, not as crooked as it looks in the picture BTW:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0143.jpg
Rinse and repeat, three more times:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0149.jpg
The tank was next. To appear even more deeply colored (and hide edges), I printed the parts on black card.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/DSCF0151.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/DSCF0152.jpg
And mounted in the bus with its framing elements:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/DSCF0154.jpg
I started with the basic bus, which I covered in matte black cardstock, in order to better represent the thermal blanketing on the spacecraft. I also added more structure inside the bus with 1 mm card, to keep the bus from warping (a problem I noticed on my first build of this model).
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0127.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0130.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0131.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0133.jpg
The markings covering the top and bottom indicating instrument placing are covered up by this. I made a mask from another copy of the page and used it to mark the bus where the instruments will go.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0150.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0131.jpg
The next project was the thermal control louvers, which are represented in the kit with flat printed parts. I wanted a more three-dimensional look, so I built the louver's base box from aluminum foil laminated to 1 mm card and regular stock colored with a metallic Sharpie.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0136.jpg
And add the fins, also colored card:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0139.jpg
The finished louver, not as crooked as it looks in the picture BTW:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0143.jpg
Rinse and repeat, three more times:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/Voyager%20Build/DSCF0149.jpg
The tank was next. To appear even more deeply colored (and hide edges), I printed the parts on black card.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/DSCF0151.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/DSCF0152.jpg
And mounted in the bus with its framing elements:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/jparenti/DSCF0154.jpg