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This kit is ate up with flash from the molds being old and rusted. Took me a day to do the clean up. I had read an article in a FSM in which the author used wire instead of stringing the spoke. I was wondering if anybody knows which issue (i believe from 80's or 90's) it was or can tell me what dia. wire was used.
Thanks,
Don't remember which issue it was, but I used plastic rods from Evergreen
sonny1964 This kit is ate up with flash from the molds being old and rusted. Took me a day to do the clean up.
This kit is ate up with flash from the molds being old and rusted. Took me a day to do the clean up.
I’ll say! I’ve been warning folks about this kit since the mid/late-90s. I scraped the silly thing bald with a reverse-curved scalpel blade.
sonny1964 I had read an article in a FSM in which the author used wire instead of stringing the spoke. I was wondering if anybody knows which issue (i believe from 80's or 90's) it was or can tell me what dia. wire was used.
I had read an article in a FSM in which the author used wire instead of stringing the spoke. I was wondering if anybody knows which issue (i believe from 80's or 90's) it was or can tell me what dia. wire was used.
The article was Mat Irvine’s “Building Glencoe’s Nuclear Powered Space Station”, FSM May 1998. He wrote, “I replaced the pipes with thin brass rod,” but he didn’t specify a diameter. I’ve seen three versions of this: monofilament leader (which strained my diplomacy — it really didn’t look very good), stainless steel bicycle spoke wire (which looked like a shiny version of Irvine’s work and had the advantage of being free), and simply omitting the 60 “condenser pipes”.
sonny1964 Thanks,
You’re welcome.
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WOW, what a coincidence. I completed assembly last week and I'm currently putting the decals on this very model.
I used 22GA floral wire (straight not coiled) and painted the wire black. It fit snug enough into the openings that no glue was required.
I cut the wire into "2 7/8 in" length. This will give a little extra length but it projects into the cavities of the space station so its not noticeable as being to long.
Hobby Lobby has floral wire at $2.50 for a package of 120 18in wires. Enough for everyone in this forum!!!
They did have a smaller and a larger gauge. The only reason I picked the 22GA is because it looked about right to me.
The molds for this kit is old and flash is overwhelming. But being simple the clean up is not that hard to do. Since stringing it as per instructions would leave gaps, I opted to fill in the outer ring gaps. I used .020 music wire K&S #499 instead of stringing. I regret that I did not drill a small hole for the wires instead of gluing them to the surface. I blacken the edge of the inside of the outer ring before gluing to help give me a center line guide. http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/3691396/aview/NSS2.jpgI still have to decide how I am going to resolve panel lines on the outer ring, sand them off, scribe or replicate with fine wire? Also the base is warped and I am clueless on how to make it set flat.I welcome comments and help. I would love to see what a master modeler could do with the kit.
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