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Thanks for the kind words, Les. I dare say you've done some great and inspirational work yourself.
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I remember master model maker Phil "Astrazoic" Smith's 1/72 Monogram orbiter from about a decade ago. he used surgical tape. Inspiring stuff. |
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Ok, NOW it's done. Cobbled together enough railings for the MLP deck.
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It's a beauty David. Very well done.
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You know how you'll finish a model but then there'll be something about it that nags at you, that keeps you up at night and you think, "I gotta change/add/remove/redo that"?? Then you start to obsess over it and you know you'll get no rest until it is dealt with.
On the MLP, there's a temporary orange fence around the SSME hole. You can see it in pad photos. It is removed before launch. But I figured since my STS-1 is on the Crawler-Transporter, launch isn't imminent so I needed to add the railing. I used AvantCard laser-cut railing, painted and cut to match photos. So here are what I hope are the photos of STS-1 in its final form. Unless, of course, something else decides to keep me up at night.... |
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That really puts the finishing touch on it. Looking great. Compared to my crude hand-cut railings in 1/400 these railings are so immensely subtle...
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Hi David,
I really dislike doing it, but unfortunately I have to disappoint you. During the STS-1, the SSWS pipe system was not yet available, only the six Rainbirds. Source: NASA In view of the damages that occurred during the STS-1 launch these pipes were retrofitted not until for STS-2, even with Water bags, as one can see in this photo. Source: capcomespace.net But if you call it STS-2 instead of STS-1, then it's true again.
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Well, phooey. It's always something. STS-2 it is, then.
And no need to apologize, Manfred. We have an unstated obligation here to help make each other better modelers. And one moral of this story is: You can never do too much research. I appreciate your help. I also note the railing around the SSME hole (and SRB holes) is gray, not the later orange. Hmmm. I may look into ripping out the SSWS plumbing. I really want it to be STS-1, given its historic nature. Time to load up the X-acto knife with a fresh No. 11 blade.... A question, Manfred: does that mean my plumbing around part of the SSME hole has to go, too? Last edited by dhanners; 06-07-2018 at 01:01 PM. |
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Hi David,
keep cool, I know what it's like when someone suddenly comes and turns everything around ... But these are the detail problems when you commit yourself to a specific mission that I know well enough. Regarding your last question: The plumbing around part of the SSME hole are hardly to see on your MLP-1, but I think I know which ones you mean, namely those yellow pipes, right? These are the Firex Lines, which you can also see in the Hi-Res. photo of the STS-1 MLP, which can stay. Here you can see the whole Firex Plumbing on my MLP-2. The thicker 12'' pipes with the nozzles are connected to the SSWS Pipe System, which did not exist during STS-1. Source: NASA Source: NASA I hope that I could help a little bit.
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Thanks. That helps. Yeah, that's the pluming I was talking about. I'm going to sleep on it and decide tomorrow morning. I think the surgery can be done without too much destruction, but it's still surgery.
I like the historic aspect of STS-1, but then again, STS-2 was historic in its own way since it was the first time a space vehicle had been re-launched..... |
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