1/48 Hasegawa Voyager 1 Space Probe

That's very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent job!

I did one of these also, sweet to assemble. If I get the itch to do this again, I'm going to pickup the PE set for this.

Thanks!

The PE really adds a lot. Especially with the magnetometer rig and the rig structure that holds the cameras.

Fantastic job.any idea what the symbols on the golden record mean?

Thanks raualduke. It's filled with images, scenes and sounds from earth. Take a look here:

voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/.../goldenrec.html

Saw a build from that kit take top place in a show in the real space category. I can indeed be made into a great model.

Thank you for the link señor modeler.anyone remember  the craft with chuck berry music on board?

Hmm. Not sure about that one. I just hope that the video of him doing weird things to his girlfriend wasn't included.

Nice!

Mike

My dad worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when I was growing up.

Really? I'm looking for someone to help me work out the mathmatical formula that would be the basis for the Voyager odometer base that I want to build. Do you think he would be able to help with that?

You will need a lot of digits if you want to use miles or kilometers.  The distance of Voyager 1 from the sun is 128.748 astronomical units or 1.03997984 × 10^10 nautical miles or 1.19678743 × 10^10 International miles, or 1.92604267 × 10^10 kilometers. Its velocity relative to the sun is 38,072.6557 miles per hour. That's a little faster than your car.

This is the math your looking for.

Link

Yes! How did I not check wikipedia? Now I just need to find someone who can wire up the base. I need a "maker".

You can make a second one of Voyager returning to Earth as V'ger.