India's on the line, calling for Alfonso....

[axm61]

Now the tail fins for the Shuttle.

[axm61]

More pictures of the Shuttle. This model is a prototype version. The final product varies in details.

[dhanners]

Wow. That is strange. Just last night, I Googled "India space shuttle" to see what was happening with the program, and today, THIS. I've gotten to know quite a few Indians (they make up a big chunk of Kuwait's population) so I was thinking I should build something Indian. This model will definitely go to the top of the queue, behind my Crawler/Transporter. I'm a day or two away from finishing the MLP.

[axm61]

Details of the prototype nose.

[axm61]

India’s RLV TD Shuttle is now finished.

[axm61]

Yes, David. Not only that. So strange that I finished this model on the exact day you started the thread two years ago!

Here is more. The final model displayed in launch configuration.
As I mentioned before, a friend of mine is modifying this model to make it fly. There will be a video of this launch, let’s hope it will succeed.
I will keep you guys posted.
The model will be released soon at my website.

[dhanners]

Excellent work! It looks like it'll be a fun build.

[axm61]

An update: It did fly!

[beckychestney]

Cool!

[aadil]

Originally Posted by axm61

The booster lacks the Hindu characters that go on the other side. Unfortunately there no hi-res photo that shows all the lettering. Hopefully someone who knows the language can assist here. I'm pretty sure is the word INDIA in hindi. The other word might be RLV TD. Not sure.

The word INDIA is written in Hindi as BHARAT. So type BHARAT in a language translation application to get it in Hindi.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Aadil.