1/32 Kepler telescope

[umtutsut]

What better way to wait for a blizzard? Finish a model!

Here's my build of NASA's Kepler telescope. I upscaled the Paper Replika card model from 1/48 to 1/32, and added lots of scratchbuilt stuff to the lower section. The gold foil came from a craft shop; the silver foil is the ordinary kitchen variety.

Launched in 2009, so far Kepler has found 1,039 cofirmed exoplanets -- worlds around other stars -- with more undoubtedly to come.

Les (The Voice of Authority -- VoiceofAuthority.net - The Voice Stylings of Les Dorr, Jr.)

[MacSongLi]

Great build Les, I love all of the added details.

Gary

[Tom Lapinski]

Good looking build and great display.

[spacecraftcreator]

Nicely done...looks great !!! Enjoy your blizzard as it is 50 here on the pacific northwest coast.

[Wad Cutter]

From your beautiful photos it is easy to see all the time you put into this very detailed model. Great job. Can I ask for a link to the store where you bought the gold foil? The wooden stand also really helps to show of this model. Thank you for sharing. Very nice work. wc

[umtutsut]

Originally Posted by Wad Cutter

Can I ask for a link to the store where you bought the gold foil? The wooden stand also really helps to show of this model. Thank you for sharing. Very nice work. wc

I suspect the foil came from A.C. Moore or Michael's, but I'm not really sure.

The wooden base was something like $1.29 at A.C. Moore. I stained it using Minwax Wood Finishing Cloths. I was skeptical how well the cloths would work at first, but I've used them on several bases with excellent results.

Les (The Voice of Authority -- VoiceofAuthority.net - The Voice Stylings of Les Dorr, Jr.)

[Wad Cutter]

Thank you for your help. Out here on the west coast I've heard of A.C. Moore but Michael's yes. I have one of these stores very close by but they don't keep up on there stock very well and the employees are of a not caring bunch so I have to travel about 30 miles away to another and it's like Disneyland to a modeler. I spent more time just wondering around and looking and ran out of money. What a different. I'll give that store a try. Thank you very much to the help. wc

[dhanners]

Beautiful model!

[Paper Kosmonaut]

As always, a very eye catching and pleasingly well-made model. I also do love the stand. And Kepler of course is an awesome telescope. Well done, Les, another beauty for the collection!

[Deriachai]

Very nice job.