PK and Merzo build MIR!

[merzo]

Good afternoon, everyone.

I wrote a long time ago, but I had many things to do, new work coming holiday.The Quant-1 construction stopped.
The Core Module details


The antennas while creating your thinking. But what a waste led bulb!





The direction modifier engines




Solar panels Raimondo plans are based on the Zvezda size adjusted to the size of the QMS.
First, the plan is made.Solar panel core modul.pdf

Print on glossy photo paper



Bracket construction put 80gr paper





The finished product



Now here I am.

* We welcome
Merzo

[Paper Kosmonaut]

At my side progress also goes slowly. The tiniest details sometimes take long to get right. Or at least right enough to look good. To me, that is. Keep in mind that all you see here still is under four centimetres and macro pictures show stuff you wouldn't see in reality.

I did some work on the docking node, which in my build is kind of solid, with rolled up paper inside for sturdiness. I carefully drilled holes on two opposite sides and when I shoved it on to the brass tube, the little brass rod I intend to use for aligning Kvant-2 and Spektr went right through. Great. Now some docking collars and greeblies.

For the detailing I am leaning heavily on what I see on Merzo's build and research. I added another few railings on the base block, and what merzo did with a LED bulb, I did with the head of a pin (and a dab of yellow paint). Kvant still had just one solar panel at this stage (during STS-71) which came from the Kristall module. The second one came much later. The empty PVA- arm had some small grapple hooks on its extremities which I made from minuscule bits of paper.

In some of the photos of Mir I saw parts of each of the solar panels could be moved to face slightly in a different direction. I tried this in a test construction (the official ones will be printed on glossy paper) whether this would work. It did. So that's another detail adding to the kind of messy look the station had with its bustle of solar panels, wires, antenna, and other protrusions.
Here's ten pics for you to look at to prove I actually did what I just wrote.

[merzo]

Good afternoon.

Hi, Jasper. A great step forward. The solar panel angles klülömböző very good idea, looks great!
This aspect ratio is really very difficult to work. The antenna yellow pigment excellent


I finally holidays. Core modules to create a solar panel center
It is sad that the morning after yesterday's post I noticed the bonded panels hanging off after drying. The structure does not hold its own weight. Therefore megerőssítettem they lead, but the haste fekl glued around the panels. Now on the ground, facing the blue pages of this situation. The CA glue no mercy!



I began to plan the center panel. Consider the size of:






After this design. The result is:
középpanel és rács.pdf



Bonding of the two layers of the middle strip, gluing and folding the wire rack





Mos has so far

Merzo

[Paper Kosmonaut]

Very nice, Zoli!
I like those Hungarian words that were missed by the translation. It gives the whole build something magic. (-;
Nice work on the dorsal solar panel. I presume it is orange at the other side?

[merzo]

Oh ... Sorry.
I was not listening!

Yes, the blue box on the other side.

Üdvözlet (greeting)

Zoli

[Retired_for_now]

Stunning work - orbital construction continues one launch at a time!
Yogi

[Paper Kosmonaut]

Well put, Yogi.
Hope you all had a very nice couple of days with your loved ones. I did. And today I found some time to fiddle and tinker with Mir again. I did some solar panel work. The dorsal solar panel on the base block is a harmonica-shaped array, for which I used a tiny round aluminium tube which I sanded into a square tube. I used CA to glue both parts of the array on to the tube. It still is able to turn around. The port panel is made from one layer of photo paper for the PVA side and 100 gram plain paper for the underside. In the meantime I also started out on the Spektr module and figured out it's going to be a lot of scratch building.

[merzo]

Good afternoon

I hope everyone spent the holidays!
I took advantage of some free time and I have built.
I finished the Quant module 1 details of the (already, as far as I could)




The Solar Panel racks do not really true, but I hope to Deploy sufficient mechanical maintenance!

Now comes the big challenge.

Soyuz 1/100!


More than once I have built Soyuz, the LOK modifications, but the aspect ratio was increased.
I tried: Raimondo plans, design your own, then I gave up ...





Finally, I chose the capsule shape the balsa wood.
I'm sorry for him, I know that it is not on paper, but the scale of this gluing cones at each other, did not lead to perceivable form!





The return unit is already paper







The glue impregnated with liquid CA glue, then sanded them.







Docking the Quant 1


Only the painting is missing.



Details after the construction, prepare two plans Quant.


welcome
Merzo

[Paper Kosmonaut]

Hey, that looks good, Zoltan. I also see some more details I can try and add to my Kvant-1 module. I like how the Soyuz came out. Those magnets work like a charm, don't they?

[merzo]

Hi Jasper

I saw your progress! It is very nice. This supersedes all sizes. The Soyuz is only 1/100
but I little. Congratulations to the implementation. Learn more about the construction of Spectr. Quant 2 is the sequel to my path.

Best regards
Zoli