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I've been following this thread from the beginning and your discussion on doing a re-entry illustration brought back memories of an illustration I did for Fiddlers green many year ago of the Space Shuttle re-entry. The model is one of Dan Reno's Delta One kits. The Earth is a dropped in Gemini photo and the glow is Photoshopped in......I don't know if this is the kind of thing you had in mind? Click to enlarge Good luck on your illustration, I always enjoy seeing what you come up with. Swampfox |
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Mechanic is pointing out a design flaw (mine, not in the real hardware design) That is, the large bay (the one underneath the couches) is too close to the centerline of the CM. This is duly noted and will be fixed in the final version. As he points out, this will fix alot of issues. Thanks again Mechanic! Your critical eye is important as I don't always see the forest... For now, here is the main control panel. Someone earlier had pointed out that the panel looked too wide. Pulling the side wall inboard has fixed this. A little adjustment will be made in the final version, but for now, this is where I am to date. Expect more flaws - not alot of good dimensional data is available; just pictures, so this project is about as much artistic interpretation as it is anything else. But with your help, we will get really close! Ken
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Merry Christmas, all!
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1. The panel display image appears to include some very good dimensions - although the dimensions are not stated, I assume they are inches? I realise you are already working very hard at getting the interior correct, with several iterations, but perhaps if you can get the panel spot-on, some of the other dimensions may be easier to finesse? 2. The panel numbering image, although not containing any dimensions, provides a view that may help with tuning the relative dimensions/proportions of the troublesome equipment bays. Where you get your patience, Sir, I do not know, but we thank you for persevering! |
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Ken,
I had a little bit more of a general question. You've mentioned several times that you are incorporating many of the changes on the final release version to minimize the rebuilds. When I commented previously about errors to the interior from the Virtual Apollo book; the errors stand out to me because there are comparative visual references for the various pieces and components, but I have no idea if the exterior is dimensionally correct. I don't know if you were using Virtual Apollo for the outside when you started, but if you did, and it also is incorrect, I would think it would be exceeding difficult to match a correct inside with a flawed 'foundation'. I realize you aren't going to be able to fix every issue that's brought up, but then, even your first version blows every other Apollo model out of the water!
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That's just what i needed, I can work with that.. |
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That background was what I had in mind indeed... |
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I found this amazing source looking for pictures, but they are all there
Apollo Flight Journal - Index Page and http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html They have the photo's categorized by the films coming out of the Hasselblad camera's Last edited by billy.leliveld; 12-26-2011 at 05:39 PM. |
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Here is where I am as of today: Picture 1 - The old footprint of the lower equipment bay. Pictures 2 - The new footprint... Picture 3 - Navigation station Pictures 4 thru 7 - Buildup of the panels I took these pictures with the light glancing across the panels to show how they are shingled. The final version will have the lower equipment bay lowered approximately .25 inches to correct the geometry problems discussed earlier. Ken
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She's really comming together, I've been silently watching this project chomping at the bit. You've already taken this above and beyond Scott's 1/4 Merc. Looking forward to building this with great anticipation. Beautiful work!
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Stunning, simply stunning....
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