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05-31-2018, 03:49 AM
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Preview of coming attractions, Part 3....
The recording project I was supposed to do this week got postponed, so I decided to dive into the final part of my STS-1 undertaking, the Crawler-Transporter. Here is Week 1's progress.
As with the Shuttle Stack and MLP, I'm using Alfonso's 1/144th kit, resized to 1/288th. I'm building it pretty much as it comes. In this scale, it sometimes helps to cut off some of the glue tabs; they just get in the way. Except for that and a few other bits and pieces, it is pretty much built as Alfonso intended. Next week, I'll start on the walkways and railings and final touch-ups. I was going to put off the railings in hopes of finding something usable while I'm back in the U.S. this summer, but I was digging through a stack of my stuff and found some laser-cut ship railings from Avant-Card that I think can be modified and used. In fact, if I have enough, I may go back and use them on the MLP's Side 1 decks. We'll see. 
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05-31-2018, 04:29 AM
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It looks fabulous, although it is not my subject I like to see this type of models. Your work looks great
Sergio
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05-31-2018, 05:04 AM
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Amazing.
I've always loved the crawler and shuttle combination. Will keep an eye on this already impressive build.
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I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. In progress: Canon Alice in Wonderland Tunnel House, Canon A340, Learning Blender
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05-31-2018, 09:45 AM
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Small but very nice!
 
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Greetings from Germany Manfred Under construction: Launch Pad 39A with Challenger STS-6 (1:144)
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05-31-2018, 05:25 PM
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Jeez that's tiny!
 Well done!
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06-03-2018, 02:56 AM
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Wow!
Regards Kevin
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06-03-2018, 05:10 AM
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Thank goodness for laser-cut ship railings. I had some left over from some ships I had built and when I dug through my pile of them, I discovered I had enough to add railings to my Crawler-Transporter AND MLP. (That meant ripping off the scratch-built railings I had already installed on the MLP. Always fun cutting off stuff you glued on....)
The railings come from a company called AvantCard (AvantCard - Ship Railings and they worked just fine. I had to cut them down a bit to match 1/288th, but they worked, or at least you look at them and think, "Railings!" In modeling, sometimes the illusion is enough. I still have a couple of minor bits to add, and I may add railings that you see in photos surrounding the SRB and SSME holes on the MLP. When all that is done, there'll be a bit of clean-up and touch-up and the C-T and MLP will be mated. The finish line is only a day or so away....
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06-04-2018, 01:09 AM
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I'm going to let it sit for a day or two and figure out where touch-ups are needed -- and I'll take some "beauty" shots then -- but I'm thinking this one is done. Thanks again to Alfonso for designing and offering a great range of models. All three (Shuttle Stack, MLP and Crawler-Transporter) were fun builds, even in 1/288th.
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