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R7/Vostok in 1/144 scale designed by Lars Folmann
Hey, gang!
I've been pretty busy lately at work so I've been pretty much out of touch with my paper modeling family, for which I sincerely apologize. I've tried to spend a few free moments where possible to work on something I've been planning on building for a while. It's the R7/Vostok model brilliantly designed by Lars Folmann and available as a free download from his webpage: http://hjem.get2net.dk/ClassicPaperSpaceModels/ I wanted to reduce it to a scale I prefer for space models, 1/144 scale, but as I did some background research on this launcher I found an interesting controversy regarding the actual color scheme. I happened upon a webpage where modelers discussed how the old photos showed the launcher to be a dark, almost olive, color...but it was apparently the result of the film used in that day, lighting considerations, the conclusion being she was actually grey rather than green! I thought that pretty interesting, and even found some photographs showing the actual grey color. Being me, I decided to try to recolor the model to match what I felt was the actual colors based on those webpages...and here is how it came out. I personally find this launcher to be a very interesting and historically significant subject, and Lars has graciously provided us with a superbly designed model, one that I don't hesitate to recommend to anyone interested in this genre of space craft. It might be a cool project to adapt this launcher and add a scaled down version of the highly detailed Vostok designed by Leo, so you could end up with a break away payload area in which the little Vostok gem created by Leo could be found a top Lars great R7...ah, but that's something to consider for another day.... Any criticism, corrections and comments are, as always, welcome! Cheers! Jim |
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Very cool, Jim! I really like seeing the real space stuff, but for some reason I have never considered building one.... Still, like the coloring and great looking build! Thanks!
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Very Sweet Jim! As usual. I find it refreshing to see someone
who models a little of everything. Shows a great skill set! Ray
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Nice clean build!
My only criticism would be the use of imageshack and their stupid popups (argggh!) - but that's a different discussion
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Hello Jim! Absolute great one! I decided for myself (and the place to store the ready models) to build ships, but I love the "real" spaceships!
@Dan: I am not getting tired to recommend firefox with the Adblock Plus for all actions in the internet. I can rather promise you that you will not see any pop-ups (only a small sign at the end of the taskbar, that again something was blocked - and this sign will only appear, when you wish to see it). Frank |
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Beautiful work Jim. I bet it made Texman smile...hehehe
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Wotcher Jim (guess what Windows flags this as a spelling mistake)
Nearly missed another little wonder just beautiful can I borrow your hands for an hour or so. Just jealous of your standards old mate. regards bazzer |
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Wow, thanks so much, gang! I really appreciate the very generous words of encouragment, I truly do.
Sorry about the pop-ups, Dan; that's one reason I don't like using the thumbnail photos because the link you get gives you ads...I try to post a photo link where possible, but I'm still trying to figure out the correct sizing as those links tend to produce a photo a bit too big, for my taste...for example, check out the photos that pop up in my SS United States Micromodel post: http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=477 Some day I'll figure this stuff out! Thanks, bazzer, but you are much too kind, me ol' mate. Funny you should mention standards since I always look to you, Texman and many others for inspiration in cutting, gluing and building my models. (It's also funny that it's a spell check flag but that just goes to prove Windows doesn't know everything!) Thanks again for stopping by, Mates! Cheers! Jim |
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All missiles P7 were gray. White often appear after filling with liquid oxygen. It's snowing.
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