Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A with Challenger STS-6 (1:144)

[mk310149]

Hallo Manfred,
after we are back at home from Crete and seeing your progress, I'm really full of admiration!
What a stamina and enthusiasm!

[spacerunner]

Hello Michael,

thanks for your nice words.
I hope you both had a good time, warm and clear water and everytime cold beer.

BTW, even if it's coming along slowly, the show must go on!

[spacerunner]

Hello guys,

and so despite the heat it continues with the supports for the TSM ladders that are known to be different, as can be seen here again. The ladders on the sides (red arrow) have the same length feet but on the service-flap boxes (green arrow) are of different lengths.


Source: NASA

For the ladders on the sides with the center strip, I had already some supports bent, of which I need 9 pieces each, for a total of 18.



For the 4 ladders on the service-flap boxes I need each of 6 support brackets, a total of 24 pieces which need a longer foot because the boxes sideways overlap about 3 mm. That's why I at first have cut supports from brass wire (0.2 mm) to length (10 respectively 13 mm),



and then started bending, and this time I have immediately resorted to the flat nose pliers, because it is easier and faster.



After that I wanted to try with a support for the ladders on the service flap boxes such as this could work with the installation. For this purpose, again the photo where you can see the exact arrangement of the ladder.


Source: NASA

One side is standing with the supports on the laterally protruding box while the supports on the other side are on the TSM housing and therefore must be slightly longer.

And so then is the fitting of the support, on the left he overlaps 1 mm and 4 mm on the right, which would thus fit quite well.



So then continue by bending the rest of the support brackets.

[RichO]

Super detailing at it's very best. Great job Manfred!!!!!!

[Revell-Fan]

Don't sneeze while assembling the small parts! ;-)

[spacerunner]

Rich,

thanks for your laudatory nice words.

Revell-Fan,
for God's sake! Don't meet trouble halfway, that would be terrible.

[Konstantine00]

Manfred, I have some pictures that I took of the FSS, RSS, and MLP at pad 39A which might be useful to you:

[spacerunner]

Hello Konstantine,

thanks for the nice photos, only pity that they are not from the time of the STS-6.

When have you photographed them?

[Konstantine00]

I took them just this past February.

[spacerunner]

Thanks again for the nice pics, one can discover new details again and again, so as to the TSM's or the Intertank access arm, I've found.

BTW, that was probably one of the last closeup tours on Pad 39A, but now all is closed there, as far as I know, right?