Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A with Challenger STS-6 (1:144)

[dhanners]

Next you're going to tell us the bell actually rings.

Stunning work. This build outpaced the available superlatives a long time ago....

[spacerunner]

Thanks David for your nice compliments,
yeah, now one can hear the bell ringing ...

Wait a minute and listen ...

[spacerunner]

Hello everybody,

and so on with the equipment of the Stair Housing with some accessories, which has now also got a new door with a from red to green foldable warning sign, of which I have unfortunately shot no close-up.

The two locking levers I have bent once more using 0.2 mm brass wire, which are in a brass tube (Ø 0.3 mm), here the longer lower lever,



and here together with the smaller upper lever, both with a small glue ball.



After both levers were painted gray,



they could also be installed, and the red warning bell and the small box underneath are already attached, wherewith the Stair Housing is finished and looks good so far.



And here are some pictures with the housing on the MLP top deck.











Again only a small step, but at least a little progress ...

[beckychestney]

Originally Posted by dhanners

Next you're going to tell us the bell actually rings.

Stunning work. This build outpaced the available superlatives a long time ago....

How about... AYE CHIHUAHUA!!!!

[Tonino]

The more little the detail added, the more great the joy looking at it!
Great work as ever. The bell is wonderful

[spacerunner]

Originally Posted by beckychestney

How about... AYE CHIHUAHUA!!!!

Thanks Becky,
... still hit on an idea, maybe I should combine the beacons on the pad with a shrilling warning bell in my lighting concept ...

[spacerunner]

Originally Posted by Tonino

The more little the detail added, the more great the joy looking at it!
Great work as ever. The bell is wonderful

Hi Tonino,
thanks for your nice compliments.
I fully agree with you, Tiny details - That's what gives it that extra something.

[Richschindler]

I'm at a loss for words. With each additional photo the quality of this build just goes beyond belief.

[spacerunner]

Thanks for your kind words,

I'm glad if you like what I'm doing here.

Step by step it goes forward. Stay tuned!

[spacerunner]

Hello everybody,

since now only are missing the cameras, as well as the railings and gutters, etc., which still can wait, I now want to take a closer look at the side walls, because there are also some nice details that should not be missing.

Let's look at the Side 2, where there are some inconsistencies in David Maier's Paper Kit touching his CAD Design, that contains some details that do not fit to MLP-2 and therefore need to be corrected.

Here first this picture of the Side 2 of my MLP. This side is admittedly numbered in the first and last Bay with Nr. 2 for MLP-2, which, on closer inspection, contradicts some details of the original.




This red-rimmed three-fold kink of the two thin pipes above the LOX lines there is only on the MLP-1, which can be seen in the following picture. Therefore, David M. obviously must have confused the MLP numbers, whyever, because otherwise I can not explain.


Source: NASASpaceFlight.com (NasaPhotographer, STS-116)

This typical route of the two pipes in the middle does not match the MLP-2, as can be seen in the next picture. Both on MLP-2 and MLP-3, these two pipes have only a double kink, which is not in the side center, but further to the left in the Bay 13, whereas the three-fold kink on the MLP-1 is clearly to the right of this interface (Bay 9-11).


Source: NASA (STS-115)

David M. also has some reference photos in his Paper Kit documentation. The curiosity about the thing is that the only reference photo of the Side 2 comes from the MLP-3, whereby the double kink here is unfortunately hidden by the service platform.


Source: NASA

Therefore it would have been better, if the master had used the MLP-3 as a template, especially since his LC39-Paper Kit is based on the STS-135, on which MLP-3 was used. Then his CAD design would have been self-consistent and Launch Pad and MLP would get well together.

But be that as it may, one only needs to know and take into account for the construction, which is why I simply let this false triple kink disappear and will mount these two pipes with the double kink in the right place.

Fortunately, I have made some copies of the side walls, and there are also some sheets with backup parts in the Paper kit, among others also with neutral gray bays, as one can see here, which I have used.



Since some bays on the side because of the slight reddish color anyhow were not to my liking, these parts for the Bay Lifting come just right, since they fit quite well from the color to the remaining side.

Now I have to cut off only suitable parts for the corresponding bays and thereby to redecorate, with which I have already begun here.



And so I'm hopeful that I can give this side with a better outfit.