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  • Member since
    May 2010
  • From: Mount Airy, MD
Shuttle colours
Posted by estein9077 on Thursday, June 3, 2010 10:49 PM

I am building the Revell 1/144 Space Shuttle and tried to follow the painting guidelines that are in the instructions.  The colour for the SRB looks wrong (too brown).  Does anyone have a good list or chart of what the colours should be?

By the way, I am not impressed by the kit so far.  There is a buttload (technical term) of flash and the pieces are not consistent.  The opening for the windshield is at least 1/32" bigger on one side.

 

Eric

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Thursday, June 3, 2010 11:21 PM

I'm not a space shuttle  expert, but here's some excellent photos posted on FSM:

Rarely Seen Space Shuttle Photos......... HEAVY, Heavy PICS !

/forums/p/115597/1254878.aspx#1254878

 

 

 

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Friday, June 4, 2010 12:15 AM

estein9077
By the way, I am not impressed by the kit so far.  There is a buttload (technical term) of flash and the pieces are not consistent.  The opening for the windshield is at least 1/32" bigger on one side.

Remember that this kit first saw the light of day in the late 70's. No doubt the state of the moulds reflects this. I am going to stick my neck out here and say it probably still comes with the ESA Spacelab which was rendered from design/concept drawings. The cargo bay doors don't even open correctly, though this would have been difficult to replicate reliably in scale.

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    March 2008
  • From: East TX
Posted by modelchasm on Monday, June 7, 2010 12:45 PM

Sprue-ce Goose

I'm not a space shuttle  expert, but here's some excellent photos posted on FSM:

Rarely Seen Space Shuttle Photos......... HEAVY, Heavy PICS !

 /forums/p/115597/1254878.aspx#1254878

  

 

I can't get this link to open up .... has it been delet .... er ... nevermind. It's on page 2.

"If you're not scratching, you're not trying!"  -Scott

  • Member since
    February 2007
Posted by mitsdude on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 5:13 PM

Look around on here.

I do remember someone postings pics of their super detailed shuttle. The bottom and leading edge tiles were even done in different shades of grey (gray). Mighty impressive.

 

  • Member since
    July 2007
  • From: Ontario, Canada
Posted by mallagoodee on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:51 AM

Start here ... it's the NASA site and has thousands of photos of various shuttles and it's various components. As an example, the ET, External Tank, if you type it in the 'keywords' field, you'll get a few hundred photos of various views.

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm

 

Plus heres my 1/144 Shuttle. I've only been back in this hobby for a couple years and this was one of my first models.

 

Hope this helps!

Pete

St Catharines

 

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