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My copies.
"Meters Mr. Towns, meters."
A photo of one of the air damns that go on either side of each fin shroud.
Vent holes have been drilled, putty applied where necessary and using a rat tail file. Both sides received these vent holes.
And the rest. These go down at the bottom of the S-C1.
One of the S-1C fill and drain vents.
The beginning of the SM details.
The original two piece aft interstage had a 1/2" gap. So they were chucked and 0.30 sheet styrene was substituted. After application, I used a straighter cut on the joint.
Grain pretty much filled in.
Second coat of primer.
After second sanding.
Spot putty appled to the CM.
After several coats of primer and an initial sanding.
The CM with a coupler glued in it.
Business end.
Three piece LES from Shapeways. These are 3D printed parts from them.
The CM on the left is from Shapeways. Lightweight and hollow. Better definition in details as well.
This is the original solid resin CM. The shoulder was too large to fit properly into the SM tube and I have no lathe to turn it down.
Now the screw on half capturing the engine and preventing it from moving in either direction.
One part epoxied to the cardboard tube.
This is the two piece retainer.
I've sanded the end of the engine tube to receive the engine retainer using JB Weld.
I used epoxy clay to encapsulate the end of the eyebolt. A shock cord will be attached to this.
It's a BIG bird - must be about 7'6" tall when complete? That's some serious work, for sure.
Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?
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BTW, this is designed to fly.
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