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Old 03-22-2014, 06:17 PM
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1/30 Magellan

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Hot off the workbench! My build of the SCIkits 1/30 Magellan spacecraft that sent back radar images of Venus' cloud-shrouded surface from 1990 to 1994.

The model is a patchwork of materials. The main body and solar panels (card) and high gain antenna (styrofoam) are kit parts. The rectangular altimeter shroud is a cardstock part enlarged from Yogi's 1/48 Magellan. The thruster supports and HGA antenna details are plastic rod. The thrusters themselves are extras from a resin 1/48 LM detail set. I used plastic sheet, resin, thread and wire for other bits.

Comments welcome. On to the DC-X!

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Old 03-22-2014, 09:26 PM
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Nice work, sir!
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How did you like the SCIKit? I've looked at them before, but haven't ordered any yet.
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Old 03-23-2014, 02:29 PM
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How did you like the SCIKit? I've looked at them before, but haven't ordered any yet.
Magellan was a bit simplistic. All the thruster supports, thruster cones and the altimeter antenna were basically just 2-D pieces.

I also have a half-built Mars Global Surveyor. That kit is a bit better detailed, but it doesn't have the Mylar covering for the tanks and instruments represented. The propellants tanks, if you want to show them, are 2-D pieces that fit together in a cross pattern.

I see these kits as a canvas on which to "paint" much more detail.

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Nice build. I built a Voyager several years ago from SCIKit. The basic ideas where there, but it was pretty simplified.

But Les it right, if you treat it like a canvas to improve upon, you'll end up with a very nice model.
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Beautiful build! I have always wondered about the SCIKits. Very nice!

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