Shuttle colours

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

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.

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.

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.

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