Atlas V / New Horizons

**mk310149** · #1 01-01-2015, 04:00 AM

There is a new year with many new events...f.e. the New Horizons mission to the planet "Pluto".

So I have built this wonderful model from Yogi.
Was not easy for me to extract the right parts from his multi-kit, but I think, it's alright....

**mk310149** · #2 01-01-2015, 04:16 AM

Now I want to build the stand..., but the stand from Yogi is not so impressive..

and also the dimensions are not right...

So I will design my own...the MLP is in work and I will report on progress..

**dhanners** · #3 01-01-2015, 04:17 AM

Great work!

**mk310149** · #4 01-02-2015, 05:19 AM

Thank you!

So it's going on...
in the meantime I have started the tower. And then, when I maked the side board, I finally realized, that the rocket not stands ON, but IN the MLP...
So I opened the top again, and maked the inner opening.
Here I take the formers from Yogi for positioning the rocket.
Than I constructed the different parts on the MLP and glued this parts and the bottom of the tower on the MLP.

**mk310149** · #5 01-02-2015, 05:24 AM

And at last at this time I finished the reelings and pipes at the front side.

**OhioMike** · #6 01-02-2015, 08:42 AM

Incredible model Michael...i learn something every time you build! Thank you.
Mike

**Konstantine00** · #7 01-02-2015, 09:43 AM

The pad looks great! Keep up the good work.

**Kevin WS** · #8 01-02-2015, 10:05 AM

Not just alright - very good. Nice and clean and good work on the base!

**mk310149** · #9 01-03-2015, 03:40 PM

Also to you many thanks!

It goes on with some details of the MLP and the tower.

**mk310149** · #10 01-03-2015, 03:50 PM

And the show goes on....

When I looked to some youtube-videos where I could see the roll-out aof the Atlas V (Curiosity-mission), I saw the Pad from the backside with many details and also my wrong building.. so I repaired the backside aand think, now it's okay.
The last to do is building all the pipes and cables which connect the tower with the rocket.