Beautifull ,and very educational to a guy who has been modelling for seventy years..Just dont think I could do all of the cutting......Again,great stuff....Ernie
In the past l have done some building and designing of my own card models. One design was based on the External Tank of the Shuttle with a different nose mounted orbiter in 1/72. Both the ET and the orbiter where over 105mm in diameter. This required some very stiff internal structure. Another large model is the 1/48th scale Saturn V from the Lower Hudson Valley Gift Shop. A free download the model is not cheap to build though. Comes in at around 8.5 ft tall. As designed the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages have no internal framing. You are left on your own. One trick l found was to use a long piece of card or artists paper and cut a piece just slightly longer than the internal radius of the skin. The skins on the 1st and 2nd stage are four seperate pieces. I used strips of tracing paper to join the skins together. Thin and quite tough. The long piece of card or artists paper was then slipped inside and the ends set against each other. Being just slightly longer than the inside radius this put the skin under tension and it naturally assumed a very circular shape. The same trick could probably be used for smaller tube shaped sections.
@@simmo2sim Neither do l. In truth the Interstage section between the 1st and 2nd stages defeated me. External and inner skins with very thin ring segments around the inside diameter. If you watch video of a Saturn V launch when the 1st stage seperates the Interstage seperates next and can be seen spinning away. In 1/48th that's around 210mm in diameter. And about 80mm tall. With the outer and inner skins being made up of four seperate pieces. I never could get the degree of circularity l wanted. And to think the real thing had to support the weight of Vehicle above that point. At full thrust during launch.
Beautifull ,and very educational to a guy who has been modelling for seventy years..Just dont think I could do all of the cutting......Again,great stuff....Ernie
Thanks Ernie.
With the size of the parts, I guess you need a slow drying glue. Great job.
It depends on the situation.. PVA normally but I also use Hi-Tack and sometimes superglue if it warrants it. Thanks for your comment.
Simmo.
In the past l have done some building and designing of my own card models. One design was based on the External Tank of the Shuttle with a different nose mounted orbiter in 1/72. Both the ET and the orbiter where over 105mm in diameter. This required some very stiff internal structure. Another large model is the 1/48th scale Saturn V from the Lower Hudson Valley Gift Shop. A free download the model is not cheap to build though. Comes in at around 8.5 ft tall. As designed the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages have no internal framing. You are left on your own. One trick l found was to use a long piece of card or artists paper and cut a piece just slightly longer than the internal radius of the skin. The skins on the 1st and 2nd stage are four seperate pieces. I used strips of tracing paper to join the skins together. Thin and quite tough. The long piece of card or artists paper was then slipped inside and the ends set against each other. Being just slightly longer than the inside radius this put the skin under tension and it naturally assumed a very circular shape. The same trick could probably be used for smaller tube shaped sections.
Thanks for your informative comment. 8.5 ft tall? I don't have ceilings in my house high enough to display such a monster.😯
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Neither do l. In truth the Interstage section between the 1st and 2nd stages defeated me. External and inner skins with very thin ring segments around the inside diameter. If you watch video of a Saturn V launch when the 1st stage seperates the Interstage seperates next and can be seen spinning away. In 1/48th that's around 210mm in diameter. And about 80mm tall. With the outer and inner skins being made up of four seperate pieces. I never could get the degree of circularity l wanted. And to think the real thing had to support the weight of Vehicle above that point. At full thrust during launch.