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Oh they look absolutely perfect together, Max!
On a side note, since you are planning to replace it anyways, you could try the liquid cement trick to remove the silvering from those decals. That's perfect practice material for getting a feel for that technique.
You may end up saving it. ;)
- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"
Hey thanks Mike. Yikes, I just looked up the 1/72 X-15 Revell kit that I paid $10 at HL and it's over $100 now. Maybe I can find some decals or try your method. The seams need work anyway. I'd really like to replace it with a 1/48 version since it would display better in the Museum. But then again it's the same scale as the shuttle. Nothing's easy! lol. I'll work on it!
Max
Hey Steve, thanks for your comments as always. Funny, I was just going to build a quick OOB kit for a display piece. How do these things get out of control? LOL! We always see our mistakes and how we would do it differently but all and all it was a fun kit and turned out well despite my and the kits limitations.
How do these things get out of control? Good question. One thing always leads to another lol.
Maybe my suggestion to use the LC on your X-15 isnt well advised if you can't as easily replace it. Have you any other cheap and easily replaceable 1/72 a/c?
I highly suggest a practice vehicle before you use LC on any decals you want to save. :/
Yeah Max, I know all about builds getting out of control. I have the same malady. It never fails. This is why my builds take months and months, if not years. And I totally agree that it turned out well despite the kits limitations. Way to go. It was fun watching it come together.
Here it is. Ready for Launch. The photoshoot was also fun! 1/72 and still big. My kind of model. It was a good project. Fun, entertaining, and quite educational. One forgets what an achievement the real Space Shuttle project was. It glides and lands like an airplane but it's really an extremely complicated serious space ship. It's hard to do it justice in a model. All you can do is the best you can and I'm somewhat pleased with the final result. The kit had some design discrepencies and so did I, lol. Never perfect but a good rewarding challenge. My wife says that I'm now a wealth of useless information about space shuttles with all my research. She's just kidding and approved of the project as these things are good for attitude and well being she says. Thanks for watching and your comments!
Max, it looks so awesome. Your really made a stinker of kit shine. Way to persevere. Again, nice job, and nicely photographed too.
What's the next WIP? LOL.
Hey thanks Steve! The next W.I.P. will probably be the Academy 1/48 Phantom F-4C. An expensive and intimidating kit with zillions of pieces and an equal number of decals. There's a couple of easier kits in the stash like a Hasegawa 1/48 F-104G that I'd like to make a NASA craft (imagine that) and I'm still looking for decals. There's no 1/48 Me-109 in the museum but a Hasegawa $5 bargain is hiding in the stash. There's still that 1/1 Vintage Hodaka motorcycle racer restoration to do but you'll have to visit the Hodaka Forum on that one. it's in the de-crud stage and not much fun yet. Good question, still thinkin'.
Those all sound like great options. I will keep an eye out for the next WIP.
Omg Max. I really want to build my little shuttle now lol!
My favorite picture is the one where the little guy is standing next to the landing gear. That is an awesome perspective shot that gives it some scale. Fabulous shot my friend. :)
The 104 sounds like a good contender for the next museum slot.
Before I put away all the photographic stuff last night I thought I should shoot something for size comparison. I rarely build any 1/72 things except bombers that are too big for the museum/office. This shot with a B-25 shows that shuttles are airliner size. Now to figure out how and where to display this thing!
Whoa. Now that really puts it in perspective.
M. Brindos Whoa. Now that really puts it in perspective.
Yikes, you aren't kidding. That really brings home how immense that thing is
I've already posted this in Aircraft but I did squeeze it into the Museum. I was beginning to worry what I was going to do with this thing when finished. All is well, a bit of juggling of aircraft and shelf and it all went together well. The little Astronouts now don't seem so lonely and it turned out to be a good display and addition to the Museum. The X-15 even fit well. Now to work on the X-15's decals. One step at a time!
I didn't realize you had a little one on the boosters too.
I like how you have your displays set up with the framed pictures. That really gives it all a nostalgic feel I think. Gives it all more of a connection.
Man, i wanna build mine.
M. Brindos I like how you have your displays set up with the framed pictures. That really gives it all a nostalgic feel I think. Gives it all more of a connection.
Hey thanks Mike. Being a model builder and a photographer, wall space and shelf space is about full in the entire house and office. I've even used up the ceilings in some areas. Even my wife's office has a Blackbird and Saturn five horizontal stack adorning the wall and ceiling. Her office used to be my office and she still has the cool P-40 ceiling fan. The entrance hall has my Guillows stick P-40 that I've been dragging around most of my life hanging above the entrance to greet visitors. Lots of big tall ceiling space in the living room for one of my 1/1 vintage mototcycles to hang. Hmmm, I guess I live in a gallery/museum/home. What could be better!
Speaking of Space Shuttles, I see that Hasegawa has a new 1/200 Orbiter w/Hubble and resin astronouts.
That is REALLY COOL. I may look at buying that.
Very cool! Beautiful model there Max!
Funny I picked up a few real space models after visiting the space center in Huntsville, Alabama but after the intial rush died down went back to Second World War subjects...
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Hey, it's class reunion weekend and people are asking what I've been doing for the last decade and what are my hobbies. For those wha give a hoot I'll tell them about this great site and all the fun we have on it! To the top for them to find easily.
Be advised that those yellow decals on the SRBs below the frustrums are representative of ground covers used only pre-flight, and are neither flown or attached once the segments were stacked. They were strictly GSE - ground support equipment.
...at least during my 15 years as a shuttle engineer.
BP
Thanks! Live and learn! Max
Max, I'm so sad to have missed this WIP of yours. I just can't imagine how I managed.
What a great model! I'm still in awe of the size next to the same scale B-25. I almost asked "Are you sure?".
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