AXM Russian Soyuz model in 1/48 scale - Page 3

**joyfavret** · #21 03-03-2016, 08:44 AM

Hi,
My son needs to build a model of the Apollo-Soyuz test project. Can you please tell me how you built your model? And how large are the two crafts (approximately)?
Thanks in advance! I would appreciate any advice you can offer,
Joy Favret

**Deriachai** · #22 03-03-2016, 05:41 PM

How big would the model need to be? this model is fairly large.

Here is the source of the model in the original 1/100 though. It is about 3 inches long. Soyuz

**Paper Kosmonaut** · #23 03-05-2016, 12:44 PM

At Jon Leslie's Lower Hudson paper model site you can find Apollo spacecraft. (Index of /ton_sm0810) It's in 1/48 and quite easy to do.
The docking and transfer adapter between the two spaceships can be made like a simple tube between the two with three oblong boxes alongside it.
For the whole stack in 1/48 like the Apollo, enlarge the Soyuz parts to 208%.
For the whole stack in 1/100, like the Soyuz, reduce the Apollo parts to 48%.

Print at least at 160 gram per m2 thick paper/card. Don't make it too thick, otherwise it will be hard to cut and will have a bad fit.

**mhvink** · #24 03-06-2016, 02:54 AM

Here, in the downloads section, you will find Surfduke's complete ASTP package. Apollo CSM, Soyuz and the docking module for free.

Mike

**Paper Kosmonaut** · #25 03-06-2016, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by mhvink

Here, in the downloads section, you will find Surfduke's complete ASTP package. Apollo CSM, Soyuz and the docking module for free.

Mike

... which might be a bit hard to do for 'just' a school project. I assume it's for a young person, say, under 15, otherwise his mother wouldn't ask for him. Surfduke's models are great but are also mainly without any instructions and not for the beginners in this field of modeling...

I guess Yogi's models are what comes in handy at this point because they are reasonable easy to make and give a very nice end result. His Soyuz model is also good, albeit in a different scale. Maybe it's also handy to add a link to a scale conversion chart here for obvious reasons:

Scale Conversion Chart

Joy, will you let us see the result of your son's work? I for one am curious.

**PhantomCruiser** · #26 03-06-2016, 03:40 AM

Same here! Love seeing pictures from different builders.

**mhvink** · #27 03-06-2016, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paper Kosmonaut

... which might be a bit hard to do for 'just' a school project. I assume it's for a young person, say, under 15, otherwise his mother wouldn't ask for him. Surfduke's models are great but are also mainly without any instructions and not for the beginners in this field of modeling...

That is very true, PK. I missed that part in the conversation.

Mike