tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012366757997241962024-03-03T02:46:33.293+01:00Paper Kosmonaut's blogPK blogs mainly about building paper models, papercraft and further interesting space related stuff. Sometimes not.Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.comBlogger494125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-24645424853970889752023-06-17T09:08:00.000+02:002023-06-17T09:08:14.927+02:00End of blog.<p>Google is forcing me to move all of my ten years worth of photos of this blog to another location. Fuck that. As I already have been playing with the idea of taking my blog to say, a Wordpress environment I can manage myself, I call this blog finished. This is the trigger to do it. <br /></p><p>Thanks for all your visits and comments. I will return - with the same name - somewhere else in the future.</p><p>--PK<br /></p><p><br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-86165112523895504802023-06-11T17:16:00.004+02:002023-06-11T20:40:37.334+02:00Nieuport 17<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A little propeller. What plane will it belong to? Well, I guess I ruined it by telling it in the title. Ha.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3GtS9Zg8MXzVmqTbHkLCc8lGfiNsQwgCsPJeByqKvnAvVaWUZ-He5J1rB-OXKmtJt_2WWIn55dbjKRLBeJj378YvOQiLWPJrkpAmtSvlKyJGDqopoTYrC4ng6SSG3fZuxeLwTe_UWORHKx-gUoD6gYX616rV3naKS1jcJQ29Vvn3RX5FDFDFKcmO/s1200/P1160056.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3GtS9Zg8MXzVmqTbHkLCc8lGfiNsQwgCsPJeByqKvnAvVaWUZ-He5J1rB-OXKmtJt_2WWIn55dbjKRLBeJj378YvOQiLWPJrkpAmtSvlKyJGDqopoTYrC4ng6SSG3fZuxeLwTe_UWORHKx-gUoD6gYX616rV3naKS1jcJQ29Vvn3RX5FDFDFKcmO/w640-h428/P1160056.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Here's one picture, the rest is behind the jump. Klick on the orange text saying "Click here to read the rest of this story!" and read the rest of the story. It's not that long and it also isn't really boring. I also tell a little about the plane.<br /><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Nieuport_23_C.1.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="704" height="512" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Nieuport_23_C.1.jpg" width="704" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">source: Wikipedia</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The French Nieuport 17 was one in a long series of quite similar looking planes in the second half of the First World War. This one was a little larger and better than its predecessor, the Nieuport 11. it came into service in 1916 The most interesting thing about this line of Nieuports was that is was a so-called Sesquiplane, a "one-and-a-half-decker. The idea was that it combined the lesser drag, the lightness and agility of a monoplane and the sturdiness of a double decker. The lower wing was half the size of a regular wing. It was a good plane, about 3600 were built.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now for the model. Of course it was designed by Fabrizio Prudenziati. Andf it is always big fun to build a Zio plane. This one's no exception.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, the prop. This photo demonstrates well how I build my props. For the prop itself I used Leif Ohlsson's "simple prop" model, which consists of two parts that make the blade, and two parts that make the front and rear parts of the axle. A rolled-up cylinder is the guide for the needle that will be the actual axle. A couple of beads, also in the holes in the card, takes care of the lining out of the prop shaft.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P19ADwTlANaBvzp9esPTR0HZIthZsVMlfEV8CnobCm37BBc07txsmzVTLILH3murswGNeb82B4KMBWTOoVPNC8CjJKt7iotXAWb-3lPrLxsWCaGJJvVyj1CYIXO0cPlT8JPjPE2oST8lXQRp4zD-S0VdlgBB0VPPMVjIACmlGPXPJd9r0PRXAuJT/s1200/P1160055.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P19ADwTlANaBvzp9esPTR0HZIthZsVMlfEV8CnobCm37BBc07txsmzVTLILH3murswGNeb82B4KMBWTOoVPNC8CjJKt7iotXAWb-3lPrLxsWCaGJJvVyj1CYIXO0cPlT8JPjPE2oST8lXQRp4zD-S0VdlgBB0VPPMVjIACmlGPXPJd9r0PRXAuJT/w640-h428/P1160055.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br />A drop of CA on the bead at the end keeps everything together.<br />And it spins.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDRic1Oy5bOZCY49F7tzbOWqfo1vrZk0y4ek_nxdkTtD7aqHMcR7-G-jSt69rsNoiigKSBkapru28WL1l4bLPwoPSoj6Cx_ti_isJe5tRk3Zx1f9n1EJrcsut9zxl8z_icIyJQorN4xkaz4fzD6mlRIytMDXQlITFbcNb2jhc0MNRB2HMovqB4XCU/s1200/P1160057.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDRic1Oy5bOZCY49F7tzbOWqfo1vrZk0y4ek_nxdkTtD7aqHMcR7-G-jSt69rsNoiigKSBkapru28WL1l4bLPwoPSoj6Cx_ti_isJe5tRk3Zx1f9n1EJrcsut9zxl8z_icIyJQorN4xkaz4fzD6mlRIytMDXQlITFbcNb2jhc0MNRB2HMovqB4XCU/w640-h428/P1160057.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I didn't make photos of the build. It was pretty straightforward except for my own scratcheries that eventually detailed the model.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, the final product:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0Dm-uWXAriyeZPyLxTxhxcWnesf_K0lErYyeeEZFrn4ThNSHwynVeJ4OU3VpsIflLNxYD1LAlwbBkYcWLs34mFz9tdIBhOxAgcH2Qn8jcxisdub0xH3VF24ok-P3cBknaWAkQQw_E0r9ZsNpB9EwZa3DkwMzTy-fvFDHHdnXu1kMISPKqFOwwVMB/s1200/P1160058.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0Dm-uWXAriyeZPyLxTxhxcWnesf_K0lErYyeeEZFrn4ThNSHwynVeJ4OU3VpsIflLNxYD1LAlwbBkYcWLs34mFz9tdIBhOxAgcH2Qn8jcxisdub0xH3VF24ok-P3cBknaWAkQQw_E0r9ZsNpB9EwZa3DkwMzTy-fvFDHHdnXu1kMISPKqFOwwVMB/w640-h428/P1160058.JPG" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wings were slightly and shallowly carved along the lines perpendicular to the leading edge, and rolled up with the printed side inward. When rolled out, it gives the surface a more accentuated feel as if it is a wooden wing skeleton with linen skin. (the shadow you see here is the print, though. But you can feel the ribs.)<br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKc7apR0dYYGfDovX8giaWlRDOksWnGO3LgZCCfnGlc2UCxlWuzu9OXNzFQlwV_LL8ctCwpv_THCjr7n4DFzbc-2fUHvYA6q7J0rDyxF0O0KSu6dIKnEaJWyormDuGt5nK6N-0AeOqsS8VoC79p3lbj-zde9njjHLWiLCC7he0ZDKFgOVqjAZY7be/s1200/P1160059.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKc7apR0dYYGfDovX8giaWlRDOksWnGO3LgZCCfnGlc2UCxlWuzu9OXNzFQlwV_LL8ctCwpv_THCjr7n4DFzbc-2fUHvYA6q7J0rDyxF0O0KSu6dIKnEaJWyormDuGt5nK6N-0AeOqsS8VoC79p3lbj-zde9njjHLWiLCC7he0ZDKFgOVqjAZY7be/w640-h428/P1160059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The cowling is cut from aluminium coloured paper. I used the Zio parts as a template. The three rings are edge glued on top of one another and the 2D engine printed on a circle is inside the largest ring.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XRMIaTw5K7hAzplTDnzBMHtqIdMtnAP8LIFmz1S3h8br-ND5eA8hWzmzkJErtEKZM6Jmuwpd1QJ_Nu8mj4bUf3R6krCRu4yEG9OTvX4edo4NhaQ89dXKfo0RfzZTKzFQ7ipiL6Gwnwhlqyp_P1_3j4-9fwESwfNK0OdnjFzPdfp2Ssq42g2gbB3A/s1200/P1160061.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XRMIaTw5K7hAzplTDnzBMHtqIdMtnAP8LIFmz1S3h8br-ND5eA8hWzmzkJErtEKZM6Jmuwpd1QJ_Nu8mj4bUf3R6krCRu4yEG9OTvX4edo4NhaQ89dXKfo0RfzZTKzFQ7ipiL6Gwnwhlqyp_P1_3j4-9fwESwfNK0OdnjFzPdfp2Ssq42g2gbB3A/w640-h428/P1160061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wheels of the landing gear can actually roll. A discarded guitar string, sturdy and steel, runs through the paper axle shaft. The wheels have little beads inside, guiding the wheels themselves on to the axle.</span><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BhL8-yWGL8Ee_kLBCJUA1xiv04luokeBJRjVlwdPKhhIV4AHi25-LHlcDcfaTFRqMNzBRHJ66gFEgkf_mGeHxIY4pnRPMC6PFqDmfeUeuqcImc4ENNzbNG9_Q1IL-P4inCzXRhChJlXnZ8rlbo9Wbl5kuhthlmkKALBMmfs5eCLN1LMZP5ZkL1O8/s1200/P1160060.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BhL8-yWGL8Ee_kLBCJUA1xiv04luokeBJRjVlwdPKhhIV4AHi25-LHlcDcfaTFRqMNzBRHJ66gFEgkf_mGeHxIY4pnRPMC6PFqDmfeUeuqcImc4ENNzbNG9_Q1IL-P4inCzXRhChJlXnZ8rlbo9Wbl5kuhthlmkKALBMmfs5eCLN1LMZP5ZkL1O8/w640-h428/P1160060.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZOMtESYfhGUcIyURpv19IR5FzFkFyvjo07tzs_--jKHTm-NuJd9qIm_tRhWoK-a7nG5XXaJO6VYJx72trGNhes7KGp9cQ9Flu8JQzd6Jpga4OnNKhUdq27ir6UrB5gL5f2KXEwY4SlnGJCr7J1wtQUOWut1P0nFzzh-lnf3hwsIU3NliDOPEi9CU/s1200/P1160062.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZOMtESYfhGUcIyURpv19IR5FzFkFyvjo07tzs_--jKHTm-NuJd9qIm_tRhWoK-a7nG5XXaJO6VYJx72trGNhes7KGp9cQ9Flu8JQzd6Jpga4OnNKhUdq27ir6UrB5gL5f2KXEwY4SlnGJCr7J1wtQUOWut1P0nFzzh-lnf3hwsIU3NliDOPEi9CU/w640-h428/P1160062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEZoN78LljKhZ9kRdJbHxTKSmiPT3BO5tkNVM7RHZiXXQ2jMWn_nEyegLigpoBWv67gz49QPeky6DW9KTmjy2j6oqYvMBkVteg3Y_6sAiK5r5m0r1oht4eyff9YZlIQYc2Hg6NfvbigOF7lEE8KCr8lIlnlodwQYoI4FeisKoGZF2cq2qnR08GbyP/s1200/P1160064.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEZoN78LljKhZ9kRdJbHxTKSmiPT3BO5tkNVM7RHZiXXQ2jMWn_nEyegLigpoBWv67gz49QPeky6DW9KTmjy2j6oqYvMBkVteg3Y_6sAiK5r5m0r1oht4eyff9YZlIQYc2Hg6NfvbigOF7lEE8KCr8lIlnlodwQYoI4FeisKoGZF2cq2qnR08GbyP/w640-h428/P1160064.JPG" width="640" /><br /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The propeller is, as already said, Leif Ohlsson's design. A very realistic looking prop which takes a little more effort than the simple double-sided 2D prop that comes with Zio's model. It is a little difficult in 1/72 scale, but the result is so good.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T6xK0z9rVo2UCWFzD4-tikqFPzh8-RSUEu2DvVJSVcS10PJ8AB7InIAhvFyp580LSOTCMq4F1iagJ7dxMkF9sAlcs9BxNLt9pHcavMLbrBzR2gAA7iSZfZn7QNWh2-DN6ruSLZQTdFhTzGDtIAZ8ty2iHlOdoJHAqP7E50bm35eXkY78YcLr9Lzt/s1200/P1160065.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T6xK0z9rVo2UCWFzD4-tikqFPzh8-RSUEu2DvVJSVcS10PJ8AB7InIAhvFyp580LSOTCMq4F1iagJ7dxMkF9sAlcs9BxNLt9pHcavMLbrBzR2gAA7iSZfZn7QNWh2-DN6ruSLZQTdFhTzGDtIAZ8ty2iHlOdoJHAqP7E50bm35eXkY78YcLr9Lzt/w640-h428/P1160065.JPG" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYxL0GeShBra2i5mstP2E-ZcMGUcU47avuaPgX3GFAcP_Xcj2KY3LlQGpYESRnJz6jsNwtGg6x6vjRyzILjkx97mpD_bHn3NqMeSirZS3z2j5LzW30lPuRahX5shT2SQz0FUeDsr3Sgc2eodKGY3dc7Kzf1gHUMDzdCiTEDEL5Or1h4gOktrC42hV/s1200/P1160066.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYxL0GeShBra2i5mstP2E-ZcMGUcU47avuaPgX3GFAcP_Xcj2KY3LlQGpYESRnJz6jsNwtGg6x6vjRyzILjkx97mpD_bHn3NqMeSirZS3z2j5LzW30lPuRahX5shT2SQz0FUeDsr3Sgc2eodKGY3dc7Kzf1gHUMDzdCiTEDEL5Or1h4gOktrC42hV/w640-h428/P1160066.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The guns were partially scratch built. The handle and the ammunition drum on top of the upper wing gun are self-made. The barrels of the upper wing gun are made from two pieces of steel wire and the nozzle of the bigger machine gun behind the cowling the wings is from a piece of guitar string.<br />Something that I rearranged, is the placement of the small struts in front of the cockpit. In Zio's drawings they both were on the side of the fuselage pointing outward but all the photos showed the struts as an inverted V, so I changed that in the model.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And that's it. There's some tropical weather going on so i don't know what my plans will be for the coming days (besides work). No big projects soon, anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until next time,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">stay safe, and be kind to one another. Slava Ukraini.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-43356546573178005352023-05-27T18:12:00.004+02:002023-05-27T18:12:34.605+02:00Even more flying stuff - a little Curtiss-Wright CW-21B <p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The aircraft that "our own" Fokker factory made in the late thirties weren't enough to fit the needs of the Dutch armed forces. Especially in the Dutch East Indies they desperately needed more planes to defend the borders of the big colony. Fokker struggled to build enough flying military stuff for the homeland, so the government turned to the US for some help.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Curtiss-Wright company had this little fragile looking plane for sale called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_CW-21" target="_blank">CW-21</a> Demonstrator, or Interceptor or even Demon. It was a Radial-engined fighter plane with a slightly swept back wing and a fuselage that ended in an almost wasp-like narrow point where the empennage began. Small, but nevertheless an elegant plane. The newest version also had retractable landing gear and was quite fast in a climb. But it lacked self-sealing fuel tanks, the planes weren't adequately armoured, and all i all quite fragile. <br />They were no match for the Japanese Imperial air force. So in the end the 24 little planes the Dutch East Indies had contributed close to nothing to the defence of the country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But elegant they were.</span></p><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpQTtXWwz71gGUK2kaDcLR8lXglHIH4B2jVU2FxARIdTG9L7qMxAy7sY7s8ZNSHTZLWyp2pyZdEPm2v1pJS5MIub0m989yNmdvOgFwCN_q3PfpPkG8IJKqskfPt1eJpaJCizbxvi0gnF16BNxQ9Gimt3gmDCMUOBfW84wpaDiBVKCQjNRLmadAwG7/s1200/P1160001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpQTtXWwz71gGUK2kaDcLR8lXglHIH4B2jVU2FxARIdTG9L7qMxAy7sY7s8ZNSHTZLWyp2pyZdEPm2v1pJS5MIub0m989yNmdvOgFwCN_q3PfpPkG8IJKqskfPt1eJpaJCizbxvi0gnF16BNxQ9Gimt3gmDCMUOBfW84wpaDiBVKCQjNRLmadAwG7/w640-h428/P1160001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The model is designed by Der Kampfflieger, Roman Vasiiyev, and is originally in 1/48. <br />I rescaled it to about 1/72. The landing gear wheel wells are articulated and the prop spins.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLG5QXwThugmejB79eKt2PD_iasVOzzO6ju86sVmjShLqwXInk2HbvZcxSLvkhXsa7LUw1gZ6gKfp4nyq66l1Rxc80toBZTfTB96X4eC87qRAncDnRl9xjs1l7DjIcsqLTw1OWZPsaCglJx-1qp_DwgzplgFt6GyA-50R3WME9vI8cCqTZPSuGyJXK/s1200/P1160002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLG5QXwThugmejB79eKt2PD_iasVOzzO6ju86sVmjShLqwXInk2HbvZcxSLvkhXsa7LUw1gZ6gKfp4nyq66l1Rxc80toBZTfTB96X4eC87qRAncDnRl9xjs1l7DjIcsqLTw1OWZPsaCglJx-1qp_DwgzplgFt6GyA-50R3WME9vI8cCqTZPSuGyJXK/w640-h428/P1160002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDEwy68nev4fZgPSoa_faDhJ0AZPFHyD9AzzKHIi8NS4HW_LrymjwCA3jBDQ05s9hSkrG3DzwFyOJsg2-nILUWSAfXmzrHXQ68b1ThMObd9L2MTriQdWJ22oTPMDBPgs-zXFePjNBrYZzD-Q0wbc15JD4KtSCjIp3dYRpugCj6VodDBxPHE-_hZRg/s1200/P1160003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDEwy68nev4fZgPSoa_faDhJ0AZPFHyD9AzzKHIi8NS4HW_LrymjwCA3jBDQ05s9hSkrG3DzwFyOJsg2-nILUWSAfXmzrHXQ68b1ThMObd9L2MTriQdWJ22oTPMDBPgs-zXFePjNBrYZzD-Q0wbc15JD4KtSCjIp3dYRpugCj6VodDBxPHE-_hZRg/w640-h428/P1160003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">More photos after the jump.</span><br /></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAxrJdTs4E_67ZIk_GiTA6TFSTOPjZUZk0n2pXP4OlGBgGFMCloFA5MNVgCm66ijMY5odEKc7PUdgSTklFFiwiVEDSkwadseIM6vDk4YDgyLbKob0znwrJmpkeBLHxw4fh9Xya4h5dEE9pVGdZlkF9EkAEAzGwnESV_jTHorif7uRU35m5DTAEv7z/s1200/P1160029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAxrJdTs4E_67ZIk_GiTA6TFSTOPjZUZk0n2pXP4OlGBgGFMCloFA5MNVgCm66ijMY5odEKc7PUdgSTklFFiwiVEDSkwadseIM6vDk4YDgyLbKob0znwrJmpkeBLHxw4fh9Xya4h5dEE9pVGdZlkF9EkAEAzGwnESV_jTHorif7uRU35m5DTAEv7z/w640-h428/P1160029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-small;">I made a little mistake here, by glueing the original crescent-shaped part over the location where the wing and the engine cowling meet. It was meant to be as a sort of exhaust cowling so I cut out another one. I love the actual wheel wells in spite of it being such a little model.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJqMkHj0TyHdy9sGcfJGmjaskB3q7K9524ntbn7FWLo7WLu6mzApX6KRBWk5pGoSHbm3Eq1icT3stn_RMK1KKPqDIbfbixX6bkXV92wMcVxuAuSQ8IUaW3pQc0sO56Wv1pztjeXzV5lJFHsk98u6E67evV9F0tneVVlLPg1R_bmAd1w24p3_Q2fg5/s1200/P1160032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJqMkHj0TyHdy9sGcfJGmjaskB3q7K9524ntbn7FWLo7WLu6mzApX6KRBWk5pGoSHbm3Eq1icT3stn_RMK1KKPqDIbfbixX6bkXV92wMcVxuAuSQ8IUaW3pQc0sO56Wv1pztjeXzV5lJFHsk98u6E67evV9F0tneVVlLPg1R_bmAd1w24p3_Q2fg5/w640-h428/P1160032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8VhJkm4yYQvddd9Ot0T25UjmY-57rnWS4z2Kujd673C292wffs3iBosgP2qcmDXWDhvFvqGtF2Ivy8jQ0dnjs9IndpzKP0Ty0j-zevtvKgjpvrBYOswss4wZDurM3iloiIscctft4SBgs2gm_8hNpUZqJ1WDv0Oh_75xxicEcWJHl565A36A6-eT/s1200/P1160033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8VhJkm4yYQvddd9Ot0T25UjmY-57rnWS4z2Kujd673C292wffs3iBosgP2qcmDXWDhvFvqGtF2Ivy8jQ0dnjs9IndpzKP0Ty0j-zevtvKgjpvrBYOswss4wZDurM3iloiIscctft4SBgs2gm_8hNpUZqJ1WDv0Oh_75xxicEcWJHl565A36A6-eT/w640-h428/P1160033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBp4Y5fr0TH0t02ljxmZRejRyhaEaDsyc7hJuDeeKXzrkEeiB6_DWZydUDBA_mCCAj80EBPKwAWrerwxz7C93YwyqTHmagl4SsrsylzXOTSK1ah79h8Xi53H8WeJDCLKDzZ5WQezX4KigQrdMzivlnbBPEvrI5wEAAWrUHFF9BqwLteEpqwQTBNjpa/s1200/P1160034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBp4Y5fr0TH0t02ljxmZRejRyhaEaDsyc7hJuDeeKXzrkEeiB6_DWZydUDBA_mCCAj80EBPKwAWrerwxz7C93YwyqTHmagl4SsrsylzXOTSK1ah79h8Xi53H8WeJDCLKDzZ5WQezX4KigQrdMzivlnbBPEvrI5wEAAWrUHFF9BqwLteEpqwQTBNjpa/w640-h428/P1160034.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Especially the little bend in the gear doors. It gives the plane that little bit extra detail.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C_0WDaF8Uxdm35NbtBuj1Fh4L0ziscBXaw48EIKcIfxLmpaNSLfaPBAFHh8aQZ1alRJ-65iz7o55lx7j45kI8bzK5yBnywysZoXEUWatq4yfRRk00iLKu7mjYwpEVeT_1oh5qEokJf49Ktya__g1QNOW6RR1klJIBaawjGRg-mZxIgYyUDLeoWvN/s1200/P1160030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C_0WDaF8Uxdm35NbtBuj1Fh4L0ziscBXaw48EIKcIfxLmpaNSLfaPBAFHh8aQZ1alRJ-65iz7o55lx7j45kI8bzK5yBnywysZoXEUWatq4yfRRk00iLKu7mjYwpEVeT_1oh5qEokJf49Ktya__g1QNOW6RR1klJIBaawjGRg-mZxIgYyUDLeoWvN/w640-h428/P1160030.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Now look at that utterly small wasp tail. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbr6-OpS_7DIYggAOZJxq-T-7cjUx6Ald6QfzO50hSNHzl0pqJfQ8TiVCvY7G6u20biT5K4L2gMmGgjSIqultncBJKaSvcp-F7SE3CAGQx1kylNI3fG7I3Ex377i4z0J_4VhJJxy8YaLOoZb5HBDYCsgh--14SIhJB679lxLNxllVvd2jnIuLOCig/s1200/P1160035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbr6-OpS_7DIYggAOZJxq-T-7cjUx6Ald6QfzO50hSNHzl0pqJfQ8TiVCvY7G6u20biT5K4L2gMmGgjSIqultncBJKaSvcp-F7SE3CAGQx1kylNI3fG7I3Ex377i4z0J_4VhJJxy8YaLOoZb5HBDYCsgh--14SIhJB679lxLNxllVvd2jnIuLOCig/w640-h428/P1160035.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Now it looks a little crooked here but I can assure you it isn't. (-:<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well. That's it for now. Apparently Google has solved its little problems and all is working again. I erased the last post I made about the problems, but it doesn't mean the idea of moving to a place to call my own is from the table. It is more a question of finding the moment to actually do it. And that moment is not now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So there you have it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until the next time,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">stay safe, be kind.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK.<br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-13895715949654575482023-05-27T17:42:00.001+02:002023-05-27T17:42:09.130+02:00More flying stuff - A chequered MiG 21.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the more recent "discoveries" I did was how much fun it is to build the models designed by the members of the TSMC. These Japanese guys create some really well-designed models.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I already made their F-105, the F-16 and their T-38. Now it was time to take on the MiG-21. I chose the Croatian Mig, painted in the design of the red and white chequered weapon shield as seen in their flag. <br />So that is an extra thing on top of the already meticulous design, to get all the lining up of all these blocks right. As all TSMC builds, this one too is a bit of a challenge, it has a couple of parts that are very hard to get right in one go but the end result is marvellous. More build photos after the jump.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDS5K0mUufCm7nj5o5x17xjb2nakTlA-I18WmJw6REP2jLCiTrFM5W8UxF-lJe-xt616WStkShRTlIxKMoMsSHuEoeT9fY-sMVBluV_S2nVacD6YX2VW3xKqjkzBPMCVN8kMk18a3eVaVRBZld0D3rvS7YLXzBalx1LtWuEmV2_01HNAxZuPEM27Y/s1200/P1160036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDS5K0mUufCm7nj5o5x17xjb2nakTlA-I18WmJw6REP2jLCiTrFM5W8UxF-lJe-xt616WStkShRTlIxKMoMsSHuEoeT9fY-sMVBluV_S2nVacD6YX2VW3xKqjkzBPMCVN8kMk18a3eVaVRBZld0D3rvS7YLXzBalx1LtWuEmV2_01HNAxZuPEM27Y/w640-h428/P1160036.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I did make photos of this build but not all the way through. I guess the building was a little fragmented because of my day job. And the spare time I have is divided between being with my girlfriend and building these models and lots of other things. So when I actually are building stuff I tend to forget to make photos all the time. In this case it would have been useful, I guess because there is one thing which is less than perfect with TSMC's models and that is their instructions. They provide the builder with pictures but they are very small and quite underdetailed. You hardly can see any parts or where stuff goes.<br />Luckily, there is the real stuff to refer to. And after some puzzling the complex parts also come together.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3upTiUjrgzt42Opty-KfUNtC1BjOik1SzmTNaWfajH-VdKvAsWwZLo0ilO4gtpZBHEoM44MPiszCLGSrS8Mdqou1SbZxG1w_lWdpO_NtRofIoQ5xEPMZPjYSJDRWA7Mm9DvCSvn8uE6SWvCY0AgO2VvIfkOcXuobhJmEzz114DL0GyACeuy2DAxT/s1200/P1160004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3upTiUjrgzt42Opty-KfUNtC1BjOik1SzmTNaWfajH-VdKvAsWwZLo0ilO4gtpZBHEoM44MPiszCLGSrS8Mdqou1SbZxG1w_lWdpO_NtRofIoQ5xEPMZPjYSJDRWA7Mm9DvCSvn8uE6SWvCY0AgO2VvIfkOcXuobhJmEzz114DL0GyACeuy2DAxT/w640-h428/P1160004.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The part where the canopy will go.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjJig40MFZjTnEsxAHS7e4NopEr9phytO5qWJ8Y5ypGtHP2mZOC96uV3jf5MiO4Jq_NLc252_dL1KChXE7yF-NtxIHjj0zJpwzsDjFRA0_tOA0z3_piLdWxbgLTKvoNXw-hmhMywW4YHdqJwRqC8J-tXOugHK_SED5qk8PbfVXAgmaSaRDokr5dsh/s1200/P1160005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjJig40MFZjTnEsxAHS7e4NopEr9phytO5qWJ8Y5ypGtHP2mZOC96uV3jf5MiO4Jq_NLc252_dL1KChXE7yF-NtxIHjj0zJpwzsDjFRA0_tOA0z3_piLdWxbgLTKvoNXw-hmhMywW4YHdqJwRqC8J-tXOugHK_SED5qk8PbfVXAgmaSaRDokr5dsh/w640-h428/P1160005.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The place where ultimately the wing section will live. The grey part is the tail section.<br />Also clear to see I used my own glue strips to get rid of overlapping seams</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0Bk_ZC1G-ojreww9VYB-shlkgBRnaL4Ynho323BgrLtr03lOfvb2GFLmyjLuyoqJpgMvo1w6Ro7hyzVyhkJTlNFLbsW08K2IhdYZmA2oFa77DRpl0Az4g6a1esNN2E_kQIAEPnaXO3eP44BhLNDVXy8U2HSllu9nS28tWuo3Dee-FQ4w6UNlKzM4/s1200/P1160007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0Bk_ZC1G-ojreww9VYB-shlkgBRnaL4Ynho323BgrLtr03lOfvb2GFLmyjLuyoqJpgMvo1w6Ro7hyzVyhkJTlNFLbsW08K2IhdYZmA2oFa77DRpl0Az4g6a1esNN2E_kQIAEPnaXO3eP44BhLNDVXy8U2HSllu9nS28tWuo3Dee-FQ4w6UNlKzM4/w640-h428/P1160007.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nose gear wheel well. Great detail on such a small free model. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I really enjoy the fine details in the model. TSMC usually have articulated landing gear wells and this one is no exception. The main gear wheel wells are one of those hard parts. The belly of the fuselage needs to be glued over them and it has narrow margins when it comes to fitting. That makes this one a bit challenging, to say the least.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBnw-fVxSRxaI-lNnvl4x-9gG42UtGxHpTGW_q5S6zI0nwoBQjlVvJpKgpf6BkwJVaTod7aJY9PR4ygfzsFc9E8QUUDT8QxZKpCqgZFJbBMiLpf5WX7BbJBRENJ0bCJK5FT4VPacmaF6L1jA8yX-07ttuxpNHaWBaIYv2OPkz990STJxvLJA0ND-2/s1200/P1160009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBnw-fVxSRxaI-lNnvl4x-9gG42UtGxHpTGW_q5S6zI0nwoBQjlVvJpKgpf6BkwJVaTod7aJY9PR4ygfzsFc9E8QUUDT8QxZKpCqgZFJbBMiLpf5WX7BbJBRENJ0bCJK5FT4VPacmaF6L1jA8yX-07ttuxpNHaWBaIYv2OPkz990STJxvLJA0ND-2/w640-h428/P1160009.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nose gear wheel well from the front. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh8uXxe6jyBn4d4uxaI2CKkF29uNQDmBi9T9PQht2KcQ-a_fyt-zFX-7xXEgG3i0E1CiPQiBz1GuEEy8uRaMUWsDLUgPN8T-35y1NuMpF11eD-cn5--J_LhFqVMsvmsNcEgyTDy-jJQyQWTxUUujI3iJmUWWfDQKeSx10F-KJVjQZ4xxjs5h_uory/s1200/P1160010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh8uXxe6jyBn4d4uxaI2CKkF29uNQDmBi9T9PQht2KcQ-a_fyt-zFX-7xXEgG3i0E1CiPQiBz1GuEEy8uRaMUWsDLUgPN8T-35y1NuMpF11eD-cn5--J_LhFqVMsvmsNcEgyTDy-jJQyQWTxUUujI3iJmUWWfDQKeSx10F-KJVjQZ4xxjs5h_uory/w640-h428/P1160010.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">More looks inside the hull.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQMUPNy-TTMjZSEju1WRyo4r3chLjcGL1s35CoSR9Hrl4-Ltd_3UK5T2wULOKwiuHk83XesybNM5_MxOT97J7dc_RZ9qjnht2EAUa7q7HXAlYz04-kfNpGepqf6SRWhUEeelGAZKgn7SEQSHgJg_HgTVWln7WNAyzHu5DWAiAwAc_s1d8y936n1yh/s1200/P1160012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQMUPNy-TTMjZSEju1WRyo4r3chLjcGL1s35CoSR9Hrl4-Ltd_3UK5T2wULOKwiuHk83XesybNM5_MxOT97J7dc_RZ9qjnht2EAUa7q7HXAlYz04-kfNpGepqf6SRWhUEeelGAZKgn7SEQSHgJg_HgTVWln7WNAyzHu5DWAiAwAc_s1d8y936n1yh/w640-h428/P1160012.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The Main gear wheel wells consist of two parts each. The mech is in the wing and the wheel itself is in the fuselage. The fuselage wheel well part is a complex shape which has to connect with the part in the wings. The whole shebang is held together by the fuselage section which will ultimately cover the wing section. All parts on TSMC models that are covered in a later stage are indicated in green.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7f9JIWBblWrWNqonft36Kdd9j3_9qG1O6H1PtSrrE2quclgDuVtmfkGvLRm3QtiVeaHHp8aSgG6ScdibkwCTK0ABAyQmQxedzVo2k3HsUCIb-9XE2qMg872JlRYYU-pdBxAE8aKpcQsLsQqK8So_D0otU5RpvKl1W0NespdW5dsEvb632YUDztiy/s1200/P1160015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7f9JIWBblWrWNqonft36Kdd9j3_9qG1O6H1PtSrrE2quclgDuVtmfkGvLRm3QtiVeaHHp8aSgG6ScdibkwCTK0ABAyQmQxedzVo2k3HsUCIb-9XE2qMg872JlRYYU-pdBxAE8aKpcQsLsQqK8So_D0otU5RpvKl1W0NespdW5dsEvb632YUDztiy/w640-h428/P1160015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />After that, I built further but forgot to make photos. The fuselage part over the wheel wells was relatively easy to do. There were lots of bulges and strakes and protrusions all across the hull. The bulges were created by using an embossing ball on a shammy to round the bits all over. They were edge glued onto the hull.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wheels too were easy to build and by looking at photos easy to apply to the model. The jet engine was designes with some nice inner detailing to improve the overall look. The construction of the nose wheel also went smoothly. Canopy was added to the glue tabs on top as well as the razorback to the tail section.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The empennage was a little tricky, because the parts had to have a little curve at the front and that was where the joinery was. In the end experience and skill got them where I wanted. This model is no beginners model but very very much fun to make! I recently gave the cockpit windows a dab of acrylic clear paint.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's more photos of the MiG.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0gfHJQArkRr6kFs8H-9d7VIVHt3MjbGTmRcNT381hgIRK0h0y04CEd7m4eeMJAyPqRpCXtwUTk4NRpiNJURcZTTdlGJAo_24rQKMkhtvf1MZLJQqKpTpaz8iysdEnvBP9LYOHuproogcgRAr_CR54IAlgP9T3aGSFPTIcfN7zk60juRPbjam03l4/s1200/P1160040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0gfHJQArkRr6kFs8H-9d7VIVHt3MjbGTmRcNT381hgIRK0h0y04CEd7m4eeMJAyPqRpCXtwUTk4NRpiNJURcZTTdlGJAo_24rQKMkhtvf1MZLJQqKpTpaz8iysdEnvBP9LYOHuproogcgRAr_CR54IAlgP9T3aGSFPTIcfN7zk60juRPbjam03l4/w640-h428/P1160040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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More next time!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stay safe, be kind and Slava Ukraini. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK<br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-27215669897259103282023-05-22T19:16:00.001+02:002023-05-22T19:16:06.852+02:00Hawker Sea Fury 1/72<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, I cannot remember for all that is dear to me what kind of fun build I had in mind when I wrote that in my last post, but hey, a Hawker Sea Fury is fun. It is one of the coolest prop fighters ever built and certainly one of the fastest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14H_88Mk6aow0YGQPuRbhRJUonT3Mkp6SrALSI_-oHyGc1e_MHe__uJWHoymz5_bGJc5BhAQG83Df_DbdC8X-hftRBJf3r0rbNWOx0RXjXX4MG7lib9NkJ8BDZtn-7cqzVFiF9ZFvMgh3qH8LDaP5LDCxTPqL3ZJvKp2_btJw4HSLL6KPqsrNn1D9/s1200/P1160018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14H_88Mk6aow0YGQPuRbhRJUonT3Mkp6SrALSI_-oHyGc1e_MHe__uJWHoymz5_bGJc5BhAQG83Df_DbdC8X-hftRBJf3r0rbNWOx0RXjXX4MG7lib9NkJ8BDZtn-7cqzVFiF9ZFvMgh3qH8LDaP5LDCxTPqL3ZJvKp2_btJw4HSLL6KPqsrNn1D9/w640-h428/P1160018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />So I had this model in my stash, made by an unknown designer because all I had was the sheet with the parts, no instructions whatsoever... I hope it wasn't illegal, because then I will buy the model in retrospect.<p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The model was weathered and that is something I see too little on paper models. A nice black streak of soot out of the engine and some dirt on the plane's surface. I decided that with the lack of space in mind i'd build it with the wings folded, since there were some parts indicating that this was one of the possibilities.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really liked the design and the tight fit. It all went together reasonably quick. I didn't have to reprint it. The cockpit was very rudimentary and because the canopy was paper anyway, I decided to leave the tub out of the plane. The canopy was very well designed. It had the right curvature, a nice fit and it looks great on the plane. I gave it a quick dab of transparent acrylic paint to give it a glassy shine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't make any photos of the build, by the way, I wasn't really that inspired to do so. Sorry. (Life is a bit hectic nowadays and I needed my time alone just for myself and I wasn't thinking about making it into a blog build.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">More photos are after the jump. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wings were easy to cut, a little
less easy to fold, because of the complex leading edge. There are two
small inlets in the wing roots and they were a little hard to get into
the good shape. Also the parts (chines?) that make the transition from
the fuselage into the wings were a little difficult to get right. In the
end I got there. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsp1jmOgvwhOX2oci_CCUzx6fOhqKHHQyOuD8jJXwT_bnoOGb4C3JlM6GkSEhjkeCCDdZJnt2xRObTQLEp4uClc3D2S6hh9ssGeYzdGS9NSTA9DhNoaaNENcBl-9OnnKJ2_LyEGtgWxpTMKnrKlVU3Qb_FvGBdPwVTiLxSQdd1QJ2QFR3GaqmK53Y/s1200/P1160026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsp1jmOgvwhOX2oci_CCUzx6fOhqKHHQyOuD8jJXwT_bnoOGb4C3JlM6GkSEhjkeCCDdZJnt2xRObTQLEp4uClc3D2S6hh9ssGeYzdGS9NSTA9DhNoaaNENcBl-9OnnKJ2_LyEGtgWxpTMKnrKlVU3Qb_FvGBdPwVTiLxSQdd1QJ2QFR3GaqmK53Y/w640-h428/P1160026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnejIlgo6RZPlbqBMBmSVqygFlwr5ozTsvX8GZl587b3t7ssp233oTOOm1lcX5JEwxB1Pe7jbjX3sOPJ5dDUC2_3NIr-BNS-MdF3MxMCrZ7qovgj3FuLBkwUQs07oj-u9phd70nfv0Md-Wzo1Eygficoy_Zqj51L59A-oJ8EhFCa6cA0Qyz4mJ1uu/s1200/P1160021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnejIlgo6RZPlbqBMBmSVqygFlwr5ozTsvX8GZl587b3t7ssp233oTOOm1lcX5JEwxB1Pe7jbjX3sOPJ5dDUC2_3NIr-BNS-MdF3MxMCrZ7qovgj3FuLBkwUQs07oj-u9phd70nfv0Md-Wzo1Eygficoy_Zqj51L59A-oJ8EhFCa6cA0Qyz4mJ1uu/w640-h428/P1160021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielVix7FLgr32Kd7n3PKFO-WIXcckpKxlgTlcr_fCgtHMcGkRrbXb217H2dotOmlJcUk_i9g1eHZUzDipo0aqEYHu8y8uLk0dYXIDYXIW7FNfyHFti_5CxpW5br3TdLi_OBE9izzsTlvuw25BgjrPXsbf20C5RlzBvuojR4H_tJtCUaqdF_AkdDe_o/s1200/P1160020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielVix7FLgr32Kd7n3PKFO-WIXcckpKxlgTlcr_fCgtHMcGkRrbXb217H2dotOmlJcUk_i9g1eHZUzDipo0aqEYHu8y8uLk0dYXIDYXIW7FNfyHFti_5CxpW5br3TdLi_OBE9izzsTlvuw25BgjrPXsbf20C5RlzBvuojR4H_tJtCUaqdF_AkdDe_o/w640-h428/P1160020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Well, anyway. The wing base was a little modified by cutting out the black parts of the main gear bay and replacing it with some green textured parts that resemble the main gear bay a bit better. After the attachment of the wing roots I worked on the folding parts and used doubled up green card for the hinges. I cut four L-shaped bits (in a 45-50º angle) and slid them into both sides of the wing. It looked just right immediately.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzH1BzV7LLN07tmTmwL03vOuuifPZXAZiQFdFcy9YDx5inZsYZAgzdQW2JT8HNlJfGFza9opIdW-KXZlLgU0C1FyQpsvaNXteSuyJl1-k24N136zo9ne9n8yGes4KiX8kES0aDDXRxpV9VzTOCFfTWrdW3gxR-d9VG-zSIyWM9ZZwTK1ieSfXzBcn/s1200/P1160024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzH1BzV7LLN07tmTmwL03vOuuifPZXAZiQFdFcy9YDx5inZsYZAgzdQW2JT8HNlJfGFza9opIdW-KXZlLgU0C1FyQpsvaNXteSuyJl1-k24N136zo9ne9n8yGes4KiX8kES0aDDXRxpV9VzTOCFfTWrdW3gxR-d9VG-zSIyWM9ZZwTK1ieSfXzBcn/w640-h428/P1160024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDc9nADVGUgmLBiGq0BOifI5epivKNe5rqe0AAbrUmUcjMPM8vz7Q8GAS0Y_j7cNcAuaYEKKSdKCMQ0bBAfgZGwwMycVbk57GSSAAEFB2l0iqfMPplTYdFXjCQp6LrL2qnyLXkcg3loAUKNItPfPEw8q2ZldbL0gbNIo3pFomz-SaKImdq9DXDNBL/s1200/P1160019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDc9nADVGUgmLBiGq0BOifI5epivKNe5rqe0AAbrUmUcjMPM8vz7Q8GAS0Y_j7cNcAuaYEKKSdKCMQ0bBAfgZGwwMycVbk57GSSAAEFB2l0iqfMPplTYdFXjCQp6LrL2qnyLXkcg3loAUKNItPfPEw8q2ZldbL0gbNIo3pFomz-SaKImdq9DXDNBL/w640-h428/P1160019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />So all that was left were the landing gear and the propeller. The prop was made from a piece of sturdy but very thin wire and some tiny beads to provide free spinning. The axle was put</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in a paper cylinder and </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">secured with CA glue. A cardboard cylinder served as end cap for the engine and the cowling. The spinner needed to be built first and the cowling needed to be put around it because the opening between spinner and cowling is very very narrow. I of course didn't know that but in the end it did work and I got the spinner in the cowling without damage. CA did the trick of keeping the spinner in place. The prop blades needed to be glued one by one on to the spinner and here too I used CA. The</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The landing gear was rolled and the gear bay doors were cut and the wheel parts were joined and voilà there she was.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3PowzadtTuzlYTfNuNTig2m1y1EsxL8tkuog9rlP0gglUgvGQOmsttMCStC5QKQxR8kQ9SFWxyrKvlxY-37Ei-BtNQ0qF-0XlpzxSzc6WCF298-sPb8rTlwjaESqdhJhGZA4ES7hGIeq_wW1Jz2VeMs48xA49jV1aquzmO5UYLefbd2v93ohYr46/s1200/P1160017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3PowzadtTuzlYTfNuNTig2m1y1EsxL8tkuog9rlP0gglUgvGQOmsttMCStC5QKQxR8kQ9SFWxyrKvlxY-37Ei-BtNQ0qF-0XlpzxSzc6WCF298-sPb8rTlwjaESqdhJhGZA4ES7hGIeq_wW1Jz2VeMs48xA49jV1aquzmO5UYLefbd2v93ohYr46/w640-h428/P1160017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also built a mice chequered MiG (TSMC) and a tiny Curtiss Wright CW-21B. More on that later.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is it for now! See you soon!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-11763351427045752512023-03-23T08:53:00.000+01:002023-03-23T08:53:16.715+01:00Aesthetic Brown Panther<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I sometimes like to … well, ...study? -No, <i>focus</i> is a better word. Focus on the aesthetics of an aircraft. I pick a neutrally coloured piece of paper, like grey or brown and assemble a printed model inside out, so you are left with just the shape. The only thing I more or less accentuate is the cockpit. I think you can appreciate the actual shape of the plane better without all the colours, panel lines, roundels and buzz numbers. I did so with the DH.88 Comet racer (without the engine pods) and I also tried it with the Westland Whirlwind fighter (now with the engine pods). I now built the Grumman F9F Panther.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jPGW5hZ1dwmPnAtGuwH-xmQ-Y2tgHc85ZBwnNvrst_gGru969h5fiFl7zxteLM8oQllM1BfFbt0zKL8ogqSqSpdXShI3zYGRSVSmV34sFJ_nLQRz9bclhC6iepoZ5GFc5-3u3r3lsYgJ-LQVcwLDMRw0R0MELKRaKk7MGbATXPGKXr0L3MuYdqgh/s1200/P1150935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jPGW5hZ1dwmPnAtGuwH-xmQ-Y2tgHc85ZBwnNvrst_gGru969h5fiFl7zxteLM8oQllM1BfFbt0zKL8ogqSqSpdXShI3zYGRSVSmV34sFJ_nLQRz9bclhC6iepoZ5GFc5-3u3r3lsYgJ-LQVcwLDMRw0R0MELKRaKk7MGbATXPGKXr0L3MuYdqgh/w640-h428/P1150935.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I first thought the paper would be kind of unforgiving because it really was on the thicker side and quite sturdy but that wasn’t the case. it actually was easy to cut and it glued quite well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHUMvrJVnYg9Iv0PCaiL18UofPzfFaBhc0rS7NyD897kh8LeuYKx_NyepY5Ihm1k3wd-BS_hvcbQ2AjEYOY8lG8bgMebp3BaWq3WQwAkvEFpz0hXBQiztmIavCUEEaATggWZOs8S4WN0X2vDkZHUkmDjKbGQRKRJF27Uj6T8Dqb6sj0IUbH3M73G6/s1200/P1150943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHUMvrJVnYg9Iv0PCaiL18UofPzfFaBhc0rS7NyD897kh8LeuYKx_NyepY5Ihm1k3wd-BS_hvcbQ2AjEYOY8lG8bgMebp3BaWq3WQwAkvEFpz0hXBQiztmIavCUEEaATggWZOs8S4WN0X2vDkZHUkmDjKbGQRKRJF27Uj6T8Dqb6sj0IUbH3M73G6/w640-h428/P1150943.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here you can see the model actually is built inside out.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb7Dulx23yRi73Ez0vM3BQoQQbnYR8WOPrkgyJT7jT4OdvGZ9YTjoy1ALgiriZlfldndZypHbgsuuV8SvqEsVg2ouAvRDiG8xoAVsgbcpHk4afy0J6BNeDkz1UXL9gh1p2skqmg0Qyd-a3bN0gba-u5bmljnQOV_1bE2Lm8wZLRRDWWfwebNo4sD6/s1200/P1150944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb7Dulx23yRi73Ez0vM3BQoQQbnYR8WOPrkgyJT7jT4OdvGZ9YTjoy1ALgiriZlfldndZypHbgsuuV8SvqEsVg2ouAvRDiG8xoAVsgbcpHk4afy0J6BNeDkz1UXL9gh1p2skqmg0Qyd-a3bN0gba-u5bmljnQOV_1bE2Lm8wZLRRDWWfwebNo4sD6/w640-h428/P1150944.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And here the shape of things to come.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFphC5RjpZy7IgNJPL7d1rcHX-1HiFipLcJ_mdvOneyqBi_MWfGdFMs6KijaZFJSB4iUFskngwad6V1ClMAVDz44sgasK2XHk_Eipx8hH-SlLKtWl5ysJ8L5zOPQnSxw7LuALVxiDaEL4jyd9Mb0bxlDd8CcWcDuNuW-7ylaAZP9wf7f9sBzuLli8c/s1200/P1150938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFphC5RjpZy7IgNJPL7d1rcHX-1HiFipLcJ_mdvOneyqBi_MWfGdFMs6KijaZFJSB4iUFskngwad6V1ClMAVDz44sgasK2XHk_Eipx8hH-SlLKtWl5ysJ8L5zOPQnSxw7LuALVxiDaEL4jyd9Mb0bxlDd8CcWcDuNuW-7ylaAZP9wf7f9sBzuLli8c/w640-h428/P1150938.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">For this effect, I printed the model on regular paper @101% and used the canopy part as a<br />template on an unused bit of brown card. Then I just glued it over the original canopy part.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The main problem was the not-so-good fit of this older Fiddler’s green model I had laying around. In the end it turned out nice enough to add to the collection but it isn’t the best I could do. I only built it in a couple of hours, so I don’t really mind. These builds are sketches, studies after all, and I do really like the end result. <br /><br />I certainly like the aesthetics of the Grumman Panther. Way more than its semi-successor with swept wings, the Cougar. The way those straight wings of the Panther blend back into the fuselage looks so right to me. In general, there is something with those early Grumman jets that really looks aesthetically pleasing.<br />Taking away the dark blue and all the signage on the plane just leaves you with the pure shape of the plane and then it is, in my opinion, more about the shape than anything else.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAjdTptlNP5qrt8C0gSN6Q10seUEjQCk-IIHERLy49GqQE3HD2TOlkQfJWeDsXTkwFq_pNz5GQyXkJJkKn6VoL_6aomhWQyYSf2Sw8s6gZdr24FRQ-CloRK2VVYQMg6VOtxKOsqa3VSqwKzcwgvmthx6uGf-opX3zBFAWUIHlavkx-Qjvz1cMx_KL/s1200/P1150948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAjdTptlNP5qrt8C0gSN6Q10seUEjQCk-IIHERLy49GqQE3HD2TOlkQfJWeDsXTkwFq_pNz5GQyXkJJkKn6VoL_6aomhWQyYSf2Sw8s6gZdr24FRQ-CloRK2VVYQMg6VOtxKOsqa3VSqwKzcwgvmthx6uGf-opX3zBFAWUIHlavkx-Qjvz1cMx_KL/w640-h428/P1150948.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I usually use embossing tools to get curves into shape. Nowadays I found a shammy underneath is ideal to get more effect. This brown card however, was sturdy and a little reluctant to become rounded. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I am not really a fan of petaled pointy bits. it is always hard to get them to fit snugly and nicely next to one another. But in this one it looks okay, apparently. Especially the nose. Well, anyway, not much more commentary to add to this one. here’s the result:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qLTfPXexwNLh-4IDVfQxkDv-nvnj9zdm3aM8cd5qdhSEAK9_yk9zZJx-o8SjnyfkdsEXSGZ5Zt85obeQPJziIl6Nd6KLtrZh1b2k08zsAkmnIhH3aLS0jXrPWNWeGhO48pOYgIlNqFbxNA_GkORX3Jxy6hkX4AGpH93MHawUwv2RYwJxq-0TIQX9/s1200/P1150947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qLTfPXexwNLh-4IDVfQxkDv-nvnj9zdm3aM8cd5qdhSEAK9_yk9zZJx-o8SjnyfkdsEXSGZ5Zt85obeQPJziIl6Nd6KLtrZh1b2k08zsAkmnIhH3aLS0jXrPWNWeGhO48pOYgIlNqFbxNA_GkORX3Jxy6hkX4AGpH93MHawUwv2RYwJxq-0TIQX9/w640-h428/P1150947.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RPbyOErQgT0LtfU7csHw88fjKj-a4k-xgm2hCX0e1gqgJxnOfae_peNZaHW3QjCJXOFwOg96YGkeWTOuqDzhdqMyHbQ4bpcOzoPOP86U9tePrSfuaTzk4UbYzVnf5Tqv26y7TgwSBgI3QgOa8V-LfmN55AtCi2IIM2xhAb56pAn9ePCxDURieTVR/s1200/P1150949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RPbyOErQgT0LtfU7csHw88fjKj-a4k-xgm2hCX0e1gqgJxnOfae_peNZaHW3QjCJXOFwOg96YGkeWTOuqDzhdqMyHbQ4bpcOzoPOP86U9tePrSfuaTzk4UbYzVnf5Tqv26y7TgwSBgI3QgOa8V-LfmN55AtCi2IIM2xhAb56pAn9ePCxDURieTVR/w640-h428/P1150949.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> All right, I have another funny one for you soon. <br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Stay tuned. And safe.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-46800789498793662192023-03-16T16:54:00.008+01:002023-03-18T16:35:03.319+01:00Update on PK.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I have a love-hate relationship with printers, I need one for this hobby.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A week ago, my printer, which miraculously survived my last rage attack, acted up again with fake paper jams and it couldn't be convinced of the fact it really didn't have a paper jam. I only have so much patience. And I only have so much respect for machines. And my hatred against printer companies is bigger than the appreciation I could have for the good prints this machine had given me over the last seven years. I actually was surprised I had the machine for that long. It might have been at the end of its life anyway. But apart from the prints still being all right (when the machine was in a good mood) it caused me mre and more trouble. So...<br />This time I actually DID kill the machine. I had a bit of an aggressive approach to the poor bugger and I destroyed the paper tray. And tore the lid off of the machine. It now is dead and it soon will be brought to its last resting place, the scrapyard.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its successor has been ordered today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I asked my friends over at Papermodelers.com for some advice. I can't and I won't recommend any printer myself, except I strongly advise not to buy an HP at any cost at any time and avoid them like the plague. <br />I used to have a Brother all-in-one with a paper feed thing on top I never used, now there will be an Epson all-in-one on the way. Without that paper feeder on top but with built-in ink tanks. No cartridges any more. I really am curious how much money that will save me in the end. And whether this printer will work for seven years. We'll see.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For now, I have something I will show you next week or so, and I started another build which turned out to be a disappointment because the fit was afwul and some part were just not goming together like they should. So I stopped that one.<br />I was thinking about building a big fantasy rocket which was part of my alternative history story of the Netherlands but then I thought about where to put it and what the use was of creating something that big. So, no. for the tim ebeind, those models will only exist in text.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anything else? I am a little occupied with my regular day job. Since the filming business dried up, I took a job as a film archivist at the provincial archives in the neighbouring province. Something I actually really like and something that ticks a lot of boxes in what I like to do anyway. But it takes a lot of time, although I only work for three days and a bit. I do not have all the energy I had before to dedicate my free time to paper stuff. I picked up reading books again, though.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've read Iain Banks' novels The Wasp Factory, Walking on Glass and Canal Dreams. And now I am reading Daisy Jones and the Six. I might fill you in on that one later. I can tell you, I do like the accompanying album to the TV series which was made from the story. I will wait with that until I have finished the book.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ayways, now you know all about what I do and where I am nowadays. I will chime in soon with hopefully some positive news on that printer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until then.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">**UPDATE**</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have connected my new printer. I was surprisingly light compared to its predecessor. Must have been because of not having the paper feeder on top. Filling the reservoirs was easy, just like linking the machine to my network.<br />it is noisier than the Brother. But the prints are good. Nice sharp and crisp colours.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now let's see how long the ink will last.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-89338075029997381692023-02-11T12:14:00.000+01:002023-02-11T12:14:06.209+01:00TSMC YF-16 1/72<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Hi there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Japanese <a href="https://www.ne.jp/asahi/tsmc/net/download.html" target="_blank">Tokio Scale Model Club TSMC</a> regularly puts out new paper models. They usually are in or about 1/72 and the three models I have made are amazingly accurate in their shape. And if they aren't, then the designers have done an amazing job in recreating the flowing curves in fuselages with the minimum of means and parts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This time I made their recently released YF-16. <a href="https://www-ne-jp.translate.goog/asahi/tsmc/net/coffee-Mic-26.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp" target="_blank">Miku-chan, the designer, worried about the difficulty and was not sure whether the complex curves of the model would hold in paper. </a> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(this is a link to the instructions translated to English by the way)</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But they do. I think it is a very good looking model.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiXeJfOocxKzh78owbi1IW18sn83UbMC6mXxTmVUfJhLhRd7GNSTGsjNvb6riUKktwo7MvQ3DYV5mVsAmbmGPBqYbyiQeC1sNoLi15d3J7mb2zgs9RzNua8XEPePOSMD-BA9PnHwIzrkboR-N9-aM14YcTnkMzNDTVDRqJpeLpHNcMqhHCqI0ha0P/s1200/P1150921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiXeJfOocxKzh78owbi1IW18sn83UbMC6mXxTmVUfJhLhRd7GNSTGsjNvb6riUKktwo7MvQ3DYV5mVsAmbmGPBqYbyiQeC1sNoLi15d3J7mb2zgs9RzNua8XEPePOSMD-BA9PnHwIzrkboR-N9-aM14YcTnkMzNDTVDRqJpeLpHNcMqhHCqI0ha0P/w640-h428/P1150921.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">More on the build after the jump.</span></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, the shape is hard. But then, the F-16 has a blended body shape which is kind of hard to reproduce in paper. The fuselage almost seamlessly flows into the wing and the body from the back end to the front kind of splits into the pilot's section and that air sucker below it.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think the designer solved that issue in a wonderful way. Let's start with the fuselage main section. It is just two parts, like a Zio plane.<br />Just by glueing them together, you create the characteristic flowing shape.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifVrXruuhiS9Jti3BdXXfYRH6Owv2867nu98-_uY01JSNTA1wWSoJzHKc72naiuK8XhPgCBVxf-L2JsG7l2Lrevdq0P1yRZLuAMGqLxO8lzIcZ5PshyY_njgD797Nh6kY5Qj_TFUsSZJ7y4teIkbdoiIb-mAh5WbmSzFNndtJ8b9-ErWfqqg1CKgM/s1200/P1150851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifVrXruuhiS9Jti3BdXXfYRH6Owv2867nu98-_uY01JSNTA1wWSoJzHKc72naiuK8XhPgCBVxf-L2JsG7l2Lrevdq0P1yRZLuAMGqLxO8lzIcZ5PshyY_njgD797Nh6kY5Qj_TFUsSZJ7y4teIkbdoiIb-mAh5WbmSzFNndtJ8b9-ErWfqqg1CKgM/w640-h428/P1150851.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4y7BBAuk5XJ4DwZNGX23dDqUMH93j_ejd8au5FCoX6_P6r0XttIQIe5PmZmsRdaeBpPY5V4W01MJswXUPLZD1lt6RTJdQWLlEG2SYRz5wSsKVhp8AshiYF_KuVodTchQALp5VYd9aMj6sUlPsB6Pcqen_RT6apVorqrvcWa_ZjquUB2H3crLsGhC5/s1200/P1150854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4y7BBAuk5XJ4DwZNGX23dDqUMH93j_ejd8au5FCoX6_P6r0XttIQIe5PmZmsRdaeBpPY5V4W01MJswXUPLZD1lt6RTJdQWLlEG2SYRz5wSsKVhp8AshiYF_KuVodTchQALp5VYd9aMj6sUlPsB6Pcqen_RT6apVorqrvcWa_ZjquUB2H3crLsGhC5/w640-h428/P1150854.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OWGvD2PpS6AXVFZT3Jma2iTbkcw6j8wX9QhKfNJn50OiO2tAEu4qK49YE07bED07nXcqJd1qm9TBrk5yPlQtKrixL9U3Rp07EU_gm7kYEKP6_T8t8SEiyueMHgQCDgbsLOgtNTdaZUuaxAU23sqHjzLHE2kijtIm9XcokmZr2czK0IYY4-EGkGyT/s1200/P1150856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OWGvD2PpS6AXVFZT3Jma2iTbkcw6j8wX9QhKfNJn50OiO2tAEu4qK49YE07bED07nXcqJd1qm9TBrk5yPlQtKrixL9U3Rp07EU_gm7kYEKP6_T8t8SEiyueMHgQCDgbsLOgtNTdaZUuaxAU23sqHjzLHE2kijtIm9XcokmZr2czK0IYY4-EGkGyT/w640-h428/P1150856.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The TSMC models all have those typical green glue tabs so you know what to glue. I often cut them off to replace them with inner glue strips to get a more seamless effect. I did the two fuselage halves in that way. I also used little balls to roll the fuselage into a more fluent shape.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Then the wings, one big part that has to be folded and glued, is placed below the red chines. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqWWCq0soYWjeOaIOQmOVnanxdMXD93qOOFUJGvgJSIQUZt1tVv4I85Jyzr3012tRBAOJJpDRSJ7x69GDaVOteBAyTqq9Y8zcV0bc82up5og6YIjIhRYAV0Fify85TmBCNwn4YdvUsyD_8TqNQXrtIx64cpFr7Semex9khBwwUPSWWzWDvDH8iy9W/s1200/P1150857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqWWCq0soYWjeOaIOQmOVnanxdMXD93qOOFUJGvgJSIQUZt1tVv4I85Jyzr3012tRBAOJJpDRSJ7x69GDaVOteBAyTqq9Y8zcV0bc82up5og6YIjIhRYAV0Fify85TmBCNwn4YdvUsyD_8TqNQXrtIx64cpFr7Semex9khBwwUPSWWzWDvDH8iy9W/w640-h428/P1150857.JPG" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlydIpWibfPJrlonhlRybaX1g5j47_EVds0Jk7noLirBLz3guBcUddJdiIZvLAaakvrkeBOlp98U_fATNorsMfoub8ARqlBR9wKh_LhBV5OW3Ze6op5rCZQ6GZqorXUiKfvhi62tYl6xH98MYmdXUJFpTtAm2YvFvUuFvE4uYOb1zMGwQIZtktOdNF/s1200/P1150861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlydIpWibfPJrlonhlRybaX1g5j47_EVds0Jk7noLirBLz3guBcUddJdiIZvLAaakvrkeBOlp98U_fATNorsMfoub8ARqlBR9wKh_LhBV5OW3Ze6op5rCZQ6GZqorXUiKfvhi62tYl6xH98MYmdXUJFpTtAm2YvFvUuFvE4uYOb1zMGwQIZtktOdNF/w640-h428/P1150861.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With an inner glue strip I first attached the forward part of the lower fuselage. <br />When finally in position, the red part aligns with the upper fuselage's red part.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj1RKLQJhOCvb0tLJOSbOXI_pzpOpeBpn91BnRP8iqTAGBq01P7bLi6JrbH4wLTZznJ65Uta3G5_4IYuMbwuOG8XVbl_37_hT8VQ5Bcis0r0tHnar1xr_R-KaqwJZDpDdwA4KA8tGBHvGIr-8gIgw4wMD5iF87kBYNE0abiFi36VFa3arTys5r7h4/s1200/P1150863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj1RKLQJhOCvb0tLJOSbOXI_pzpOpeBpn91BnRP8iqTAGBq01P7bLi6JrbH4wLTZznJ65Uta3G5_4IYuMbwuOG8XVbl_37_hT8VQ5Bcis0r0tHnar1xr_R-KaqwJZDpDdwA4KA8tGBHvGIr-8gIgw4wMD5iF87kBYNE0abiFi36VFa3arTys5r7h4/w640-h428/P1150863.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I rounded the chine with a knitting needle I 'rubbed' along the glue edge after it was drier,<br />but not yet cured. The glue rseidues were removed after the photo. (-:<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp4f4VMx8BuYtggg-Putkqpl_CCTbQtjDQ67p9AdRl03MemZS9JdYKWo2fsmeg3rkzo9i5P_i4qoUvxaWDFFDnDJqvNivxulJXlY4VcA62r8Pqg3ik7h9QVvvn8E65Sov5XkdZJ_n_eHuKMQDn-HAqCNCn7823jWDx5RJJCxzUeapdKHoUWGAzXxM/s1200/P1150867.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp4f4VMx8BuYtggg-Putkqpl_CCTbQtjDQ67p9AdRl03MemZS9JdYKWo2fsmeg3rkzo9i5P_i4qoUvxaWDFFDnDJqvNivxulJXlY4VcA62r8Pqg3ik7h9QVvvn8E65Sov5XkdZJ_n_eHuKMQDn-HAqCNCn7823jWDx5RJJCxzUeapdKHoUWGAzXxM/w640-h428/P1150867.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />The photos right above here, you see the process of
addeing the lower part of the fuselage. Two parts that slightly curve
along the centre line. The foreward part of the chines toward the wings
have to be edge glued. After it was dry to the touch I tried to get a
little more of a rounded edge into the chines to blend them better into
the wing shape.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now there appeared to be a little problem. The belly is a little bulging in the centre line. That looks really good. And according to the glue surfaces it is like it should be. But the rear piece apparently should be flat. It is a little too wide for that (at least in my build) and so I got this problem when I added the main gear wheel well box: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra-CX1JkiYu3QDyzTy0GYaDaxHARaCvPkf1C4JTuRpwezTjVOxpk-ECgLBvECyqP9OpjPis6lV4JvVxRKDsLTnXSX1_EBQlS4MAkZK5s8GPeBHjX_4vE0JaRIbhTTrSAF3gwBFJ-swKRgNdJ0q0xeg2NTbxJzTHA-T7iBch3TyZjoBmlvFPBHlIQJ/s1200/P1150876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra-CX1JkiYu3QDyzTy0GYaDaxHARaCvPkf1C4JTuRpwezTjVOxpk-ECgLBvECyqP9OpjPis6lV4JvVxRKDsLTnXSX1_EBQlS4MAkZK5s8GPeBHjX_4vE0JaRIbhTTrSAF3gwBFJ-swKRgNdJ0q0xeg2NTbxJzTHA-T7iBch3TyZjoBmlvFPBHlIQJ/w640-h428/P1150876.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9645IZ5bu4qne_jLWCRuYg42Kv4boZ3rPsIgx3_FMIMhL9nRAsve4kcPK-YVi1G7635dALQAdrjHQLyjBpe-NXW2AjMOg5N9mGjbJa7w-oG6ZD2ls1MtI1lxh8FR7HtArulvi-82C-AWdhdBoMIyCa2uqvrOUtmbYydLR6iDrswVlgSlhuZUscO2g/s1200/P1150879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9645IZ5bu4qne_jLWCRuYg42Kv4boZ3rPsIgx3_FMIMhL9nRAsve4kcPK-YVi1G7635dALQAdrjHQLyjBpe-NXW2AjMOg5N9mGjbJa7w-oG6ZD2ls1MtI1lxh8FR7HtArulvi-82C-AWdhdBoMIyCa2uqvrOUtmbYydLR6iDrswVlgSlhuZUscO2g/w640-h428/P1150879.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6UuFzxKdKxH5hD3lTS4giYE8rmNhv46TIBwHSGKtIB05f5PNxVJe0KG1uGPrcIeMZqZ8G2_HPSiS3a6sLCu4-_7-_iTRwAw9To7cs9sJL6aFI_-jsbSQgL2L8np7uNm25U-gGd7dGmZc4OWfh-TbNVFaP7re21azNxrUScDKmgXrJnYIhyz5pO5W/s1200/P1150878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6UuFzxKdKxH5hD3lTS4giYE8rmNhv46TIBwHSGKtIB05f5PNxVJe0KG1uGPrcIeMZqZ8G2_HPSiS3a6sLCu4-_7-_iTRwAw9To7cs9sJL6aFI_-jsbSQgL2L8np7uNm25U-gGd7dGmZc4OWfh-TbNVFaP7re21azNxrUScDKmgXrJnYIhyz5pO5W/w640-h428/P1150878.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />I solved it by cutting the green surface in two places so I could add the landing gear box on the flattened part. Then the curved lower belly part went over and was glued in place.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This part needs to be folded and shaped in a special way in the back. I made the mostake to make a sharp fold right next to the chines/air brake surface but that needs to be further in. You will see why in a couple of photos.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqbCy2evBjECFvQKl_5hsk1w3-fFB6Y5lolT8geMMZ8HEfz-SgPAzjVbmg6qi3WZ2iGd6y-LW2pU9qFjTwNDdzUrswQefK4WazRoz1Jnpmeu8jZbW9a3Io7TlLcOMJJCXXQ6M7Pb1OrPMQ9yXMIhfbv306PP1CI_Hth0oulROyEIZlaxuxqA3I6Ic/s1200/P1150881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqbCy2evBjECFvQKl_5hsk1w3-fFB6Y5lolT8geMMZ8HEfz-SgPAzjVbmg6qi3WZ2iGd6y-LW2pU9qFjTwNDdzUrswQefK4WazRoz1Jnpmeu8jZbW9a3Io7TlLcOMJJCXXQ6M7Pb1OrPMQ9yXMIhfbv306PP1CI_Hth0oulROyEIZlaxuxqA3I6Ic/w640-h428/P1150881.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This needs to be fitted with great precision. I was a little messy here. Also, I should have cut open the two little slits on the blue surface further back on the part. The two protruding small strips in front are best left unglued until the forward part (the air inlet) is in place. <br />Then you can get the two strips nice right into their place..<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0ZipMLB-f6FxsKGHaP910yWofE6FqSrAfapEcipdd0aTZak5gWrcs1kHs649D463cUPl4PRKOrnFLbU92IUyJxCHvxZ9CKItuIGXKva3xThg0hC6SIifBvnIViWJ4A7MxjoOAfmgjT1uHVAp5laAs7_3HHwOfy05OqfMTEUt7hZe7nhUbE6yYU7n/s1200/P1150889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0ZipMLB-f6FxsKGHaP910yWofE6FqSrAfapEcipdd0aTZak5gWrcs1kHs649D463cUPl4PRKOrnFLbU92IUyJxCHvxZ9CKItuIGXKva3xThg0hC6SIifBvnIViWJ4A7MxjoOAfmgjT1uHVAp5laAs7_3HHwOfy05OqfMTEUt7hZe7nhUbE6yYU7n/w640-h428/P1150889.JPG" width="640" /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The air inlet.Many parts together. Didn't make more pictures of the construction but it actually is really straightforward. Outer part needs to be curved and shaped rightly, then the inner opart is shoved in from the back. On top goes a triangular shape as a splitter between the fuselage and the inlet. I glued that part against the fuselage before I added this part. Mine was a little hard to see, after the inlet was in place because I needed to keep the outline of the inlet and the rear part of the lower fuselage intact. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(does that make sense?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIscGaqlmTcKSxaiwLekA2iGlbK6Kb0puSJK0oVNU4VxlFCw0UUV5vhhSugb0AgZtgxABXfw5uvm_488z1uoVso_lw8xnF4gNuEfZsQLZxr-951CjKrdpsDUf7vwhdvlXsZvRGNE9xxOYKj7aFeNZ897b9LWMjQ9a43CBQxI5K6V-Agdpyt-nnQ_gO/s1200/P1150890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIscGaqlmTcKSxaiwLekA2iGlbK6Kb0puSJK0oVNU4VxlFCw0UUV5vhhSugb0AgZtgxABXfw5uvm_488z1uoVso_lw8xnF4gNuEfZsQLZxr-951CjKrdpsDUf7vwhdvlXsZvRGNE9xxOYKj7aFeNZ897b9LWMjQ9a43CBQxI5K6V-Agdpyt-nnQ_gO/w640-h428/P1150890.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgayw8rFanBm3_SxbMo1qETGv_k8I-XM0vo7Gozt7iPxeq5Nth2WdWW3e3mxv9w9eH0CXJC2v4u33jjHAoyHHiiq-JM0i8E176aL-W9Z1kUD257hTh--9rFAc2kwZMRvkJtW1Ab8O4VnfSn8adW1TgIMWSSnNGvCQPUJvDVYCSjPo9-DZ9iCDavN5/s1200/P1150891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgayw8rFanBm3_SxbMo1qETGv_k8I-XM0vo7Gozt7iPxeq5Nth2WdWW3e3mxv9w9eH0CXJC2v4u33jjHAoyHHiiq-JM0i8E176aL-W9Z1kUD257hTh--9rFAc2kwZMRvkJtW1Ab8O4VnfSn8adW1TgIMWSSnNGvCQPUJvDVYCSjPo9-DZ9iCDavN5/w640-h428/P1150891.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then: problem. The jet exhaust pipe was far to small for the body. Or rather the other way round: the fusealge was too wide for the pipe. I realised the body didn't have that sharp fold right after the chine into the round body shape but that it needed to be further inward. So I rolled and re-folded the fuselage carefully with tweezers so the fit was better. I didn't use the TSMC ring-part but made my own out of sturdy card:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1mk8PXjSoc2ul5xAvmR6TfnGy9sN3ICKBOeACaYuAmc73nHm2z6SoT5EjGFWdmoXIASd8i1g1Iwlr4ntqVj0P3uwGonlwJDbazM4s_ZpyDCwY-dnS-QwYA73-MpYIam7IK9Ss_ZAmXnl1lbQ1vJ88a9VfAVdJxUr1oco-Uq3CdkzUe2-kNXwDO5C/s1200/P1150892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1mk8PXjSoc2ul5xAvmR6TfnGy9sN3ICKBOeACaYuAmc73nHm2z6SoT5EjGFWdmoXIASd8i1g1Iwlr4ntqVj0P3uwGonlwJDbazM4s_ZpyDCwY-dnS-QwYA73-MpYIam7IK9Ss_ZAmXnl1lbQ1vJ88a9VfAVdJxUr1oco-Uq3CdkzUe2-kNXwDO5C/w640-h428/P1150892.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I fitted the engine parts inside and the tapered part of the jet engine was glued to the edges of the ring. I shoved it into the fuselage and glued the top and bottom part first and rounded the fuselage around the ring next. This is how it looked afterwards:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaL1yfiSj7WqrW8yF3-7ljjRd_PDQ4ubJWc3l0_NbQ1GTPKLTCi0Occa8hUtaRpTEnN4K_9Kn9h_pFhZEkV245T0e4wECkfS7ESR6gySPDeHNJSY2K63w1XAaSSJnjeush_H7i0D5tb4BOWGOPhH460QFbkI2oncl-LdSP4KojWsDCRgq9SOlO1Zot/s1200/P1150893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaL1yfiSj7WqrW8yF3-7ljjRd_PDQ4ubJWc3l0_NbQ1GTPKLTCi0Occa8hUtaRpTEnN4K_9Kn9h_pFhZEkV245T0e4wECkfS7ESR6gySPDeHNJSY2K63w1XAaSSJnjeush_H7i0D5tb4BOWGOPhH460QFbkI2oncl-LdSP4KojWsDCRgq9SOlO1Zot/w640-h428/P1150893.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Neat. Then the canopy. A multi-petaled part with a bit of an odd colour (the original canopy of the YF-16 didn't have that MLU-orange shine but was clear) but because it was hard to get rid of the white edges anyway I decided to paint it later on in a nice gold leaf colour.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbt0yN1AaW2MIhSItyvZb6Nz8MQdoKeD7HEHdQCEV5knoPsdKkHqcFGiLEKbFKWHgEaEhqgbcTl03AlwA5uyM4EAYobEs3W0oV0SBFGBvLHibJgnwXE4c0u6IMa7c7t4PfcaCeO2fH6fOvC7puDMbQtWC9kiHQZhTjOZO-WGqI71IZZw_axmeWfMO/s1200/P1150898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbt0yN1AaW2MIhSItyvZb6Nz8MQdoKeD7HEHdQCEV5knoPsdKkHqcFGiLEKbFKWHgEaEhqgbcTl03AlwA5uyM4EAYobEs3W0oV0SBFGBvLHibJgnwXE4c0u6IMa7c7t4PfcaCeO2fH6fOvC7puDMbQtWC9kiHQZhTjOZO-WGqI71IZZw_axmeWfMO/w640-h428/P1150898.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0VghF7gen-WhGxrC81Pc8XFjtcDCR77iuWm88vByMK7JnGyAmlTl25X5JbXKHULYTQIbtsAM4llaNKAXH9DwGbGV_fKsVIh6NyOvDPpLa9EOemF6BLbG18_y6o4V0rVQt5M6GTgbg0_LPTiwGZpXpwEk34ROF0nQ4oABj0O94Dz0s17lJwLkhTMM/s1200/P1150899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0VghF7gen-WhGxrC81Pc8XFjtcDCR77iuWm88vByMK7JnGyAmlTl25X5JbXKHULYTQIbtsAM4llaNKAXH9DwGbGV_fKsVIh6NyOvDPpLa9EOemF6BLbG18_y6o4V0rVQt5M6GTgbg0_LPTiwGZpXpwEk34ROF0nQ4oABj0O94Dz0s17lJwLkhTMM/w640-h428/P1150899.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The curving was done by using an embossing ball pen and a piece of chamois leather.<br />Works like a treat.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Tf9bySLRcoBuC9PcHRq2PI0Vpi4txCErNswB02AoUJQbLak25zhnw0la-KuubOOBaOu9l_nj1qlDIMb2-X4jx4ft6mAtyrHgU5IU8NEfii-tQplF_i4NAn43jjbdkwi5SVkUbkzShZ-fRn-Cteo1LF-xOWd1-3KOfN13a3G1lwbLopxCyBahoX9S/s1200/P1150902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Tf9bySLRcoBuC9PcHRq2PI0Vpi4txCErNswB02AoUJQbLak25zhnw0la-KuubOOBaOu9l_nj1qlDIMb2-X4jx4ft6mAtyrHgU5IU8NEfii-tQplF_i4NAn43jjbdkwi5SVkUbkzShZ-fRn-Cteo1LF-xOWd1-3KOfN13a3G1lwbLopxCyBahoX9S/w640-h428/P1150902.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, next was getting the wheel struts and the wheels into place. I doubled them up on card to give them some mass and sturdiness. I used pictures of the original plane's wheel wells to get the position right because the TSMC photos on their instructions were kind of small and under-detailed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeH6024-WYTxZL-8i-xVqb7sSu9lwDUXF39i2wyIIEYQSb9nF02IxgNcQjfz2x1JW-YJzhvTghf1F_cYHv2gyIaqIvlCjh3fXLK_Ke-Kfw033pVC1swQZvtC8IAzZVoWiqMQ9jOKwfcMNvdnjwDR9rOFGnz84O9KxD20cm83MXPplllJ3VPyE_UmK/s1200/P1150908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeH6024-WYTxZL-8i-xVqb7sSu9lwDUXF39i2wyIIEYQSb9nF02IxgNcQjfz2x1JW-YJzhvTghf1F_cYHv2gyIaqIvlCjh3fXLK_Ke-Kfw033pVC1swQZvtC8IAzZVoWiqMQ9jOKwfcMNvdnjwDR9rOFGnz84O9KxD20cm83MXPplllJ3VPyE_UmK/w640-h428/P1150908.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The two ventral fins were also edge glued. I needed to adjust the upper part a little to get them positioned in the right way. I also decided to leave off the sidewinders. The launch rails of course must be installed. And there you have it. These models are fun to build! And I love the overall right impression of the plane.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwv8THkuGayQ_aVWIyoA9ilbK89wQP0Mk3mZWVmgXCW94MDcxrOKGUtzeZrYIFaGUn94S02qi1VZjBjMGuSoIH6pgdsRyxBz6VVTf9_yMwbuO3pwxUh6A9W1O2zWgvWXyXwt0PHX1HvElTydVKuAL8Q_fTwzXmkAS3Xg6UwhNDWLjMZsrlINPvgJW9/s1200/P1150919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwv8THkuGayQ_aVWIyoA9ilbK89wQP0Mk3mZWVmgXCW94MDcxrOKGUtzeZrYIFaGUn94S02qi1VZjBjMGuSoIH6pgdsRyxBz6VVTf9_yMwbuO3pwxUh6A9W1O2zWgvWXyXwt0PHX1HvElTydVKuAL8Q_fTwzXmkAS3Xg6UwhNDWLjMZsrlINPvgJW9/w640-h428/P1150919.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Up next? Who knows? Who cares? Just wait and see. You will be as surprised as I am.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><p></p><p></p><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-77188876603792498042023-01-20T15:26:00.005+01:002023-01-20T15:26:51.320+01:00Two planes<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A new year has started. My last post was about what I hope for in this year, so i don’t have to get into that any more.<br />During the first month of 2023 I have made two models and brought back my models from their two and a half month stay in Uithuizen, where they were shown in the local library. I have had positive reactions so I think you could call it a succes. <br /><br />In the meantime I was looking for new models to build. And I decided to keep it familiar territory. So it became a Fokker D.XXI and later on I had fun building a little Zio plane. Here are two pictures of the planes; after the break there is a more detailed report.<br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTD9UtFyIs-kbLXMFnd8we782FpN0giuCctpeV1XD2vNtDGJLEV4f2N7xFlrLPC3T9GLyx6NE5u0-oh5b0PLQyu5Nz3g16Dw4k_JLT6RENOc6rmRNZ2KspHuzfMCpTDqRE1y1PjXdRSowDVHW43gzShxBgBRlYCHOz_Sq2-QnlMcIIS5YrNfAiZlI/s1200/P1150834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTD9UtFyIs-kbLXMFnd8we782FpN0giuCctpeV1XD2vNtDGJLEV4f2N7xFlrLPC3T9GLyx6NE5u0-oh5b0PLQyu5Nz3g16Dw4k_JLT6RENOc6rmRNZ2KspHuzfMCpTDqRE1y1PjXdRSowDVHW43gzShxBgBRlYCHOz_Sq2-QnlMcIIS5YrNfAiZlI/w640-h428/P1150834.JPG" width="640" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zio's Breda BA-65</span> <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxr9QckOSFi7XN3LZhLhkkDauUcklS6ZqnjaCpl3vqHSvcfCgpsuBT0FhmFdF_mb_-VdwyAzheaMJQz8ZgF5o-OsfaZN22OiN1aPAIxkPEG7D6EbcGMM-QZQGADl8UDz1ZIhxBL3Fmv6mrWPfX8NAx5m0LRS7GwT9RLidCutAI4mpu2FActIYFTYn/s1200/P1150847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxr9QckOSFi7XN3LZhLhkkDauUcklS6ZqnjaCpl3vqHSvcfCgpsuBT0FhmFdF_mb_-VdwyAzheaMJQz8ZgF5o-OsfaZN22OiN1aPAIxkPEG7D6EbcGMM-QZQGADl8UDz1ZIhxBL3Fmv6mrWPfX8NAx5m0LRS7GwT9RLidCutAI4mpu2FActIYFTYn/w640-h428/P1150847.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nobi's Fokker D.XXI</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWglEMtB6629OTB009RT74sZQGNVFRuP-SxPpOdHd7_tSLS1YcFLpSPMs-NF6dv1lMgduyuj3qpiObRu3h7N_SDTbRdvyc4ECY8DZBOYfMzEy18JPnpIz5ftVH9ycbBIxNHsPoHmnN5p0giblRTFaTKUXVhlfrKqWLU2YFWQJcHWa-UipgfbOdNFC0/s1200/P1150849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWglEMtB6629OTB009RT74sZQGNVFRuP-SxPpOdHd7_tSLS1YcFLpSPMs-NF6dv1lMgduyuj3qpiObRu3h7N_SDTbRdvyc4ECY8DZBOYfMzEy18JPnpIz5ftVH9ycbBIxNHsPoHmnN5p0giblRTFaTKUXVhlfrKqWLU2YFWQJcHWa-UipgfbOdNFC0/w640-h428/P1150849.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The Fokker D.XXI model I built is designed by Nobi and has a fairly accurate shape. I think it is extremely fun to see a Thai designer creating a Dutch aircraft model. Thanks Nobi, it really was a fun build!<br /> </span><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XsU5jAM1_iFQ2VKEfdx7OAFwsfVCTSMcFs8WtJOLshFMhkdVtTommG7cfJLtdbD-iFQU88Ci3Ezx7mHNkDYl4olXCeLlevH3whrZ3ElyfBgNAP8ma379qWAAQmZu1XzEEBjPW09ycaM0K837zzknEuN5vy8-D9aDho4uIOuL-XeRQXW3I10HMd4l/s1200/P1150845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XsU5jAM1_iFQ2VKEfdx7OAFwsfVCTSMcFs8WtJOLshFMhkdVtTommG7cfJLtdbD-iFQU88Ci3Ezx7mHNkDYl4olXCeLlevH3whrZ3ElyfBgNAP8ma379qWAAQmZu1XzEEBjPW09ycaM0K837zzknEuN5vy8-D9aDho4uIOuL-XeRQXW3I10HMd4l/w640-h428/P1150845.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I added some extra detailing to the engine. </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAFJVZ6-k6uIQ2eORDTrCla-nMyCcwOTiD9NokURTZYqWnd4DXROsx5ndGmzIdZBc-c0K1lf8fMniElEnS3CKhCoVlPh5FYSvqSZGZPidRREhLFL_VNILAQtsjEJJyRP-UEWEhp5ZNK6tHNCnOcvbTo0oUwtyw2MSo0NIXzqXZLRDk0-jLY-9Fsdp/s1200/P1150848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAFJVZ6-k6uIQ2eORDTrCla-nMyCcwOTiD9NokURTZYqWnd4DXROsx5ndGmzIdZBc-c0K1lf8fMniElEnS3CKhCoVlPh5FYSvqSZGZPidRREhLFL_VNILAQtsjEJJyRP-UEWEhp5ZNK6tHNCnOcvbTo0oUwtyw2MSo0NIXzqXZLRDk0-jLY-9Fsdp/w640-h428/P1150848.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The three mice are a nice little detail by Nobi. The outer cowling ring is edge glued.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The cowling is a little crude and I think the model would improve with a redesigned, steeply tapered nose section to the engine, so there would be a notable gap between the engine cowling and the fuselage behind it. The cowling could do with a better inward curvature in the leading edge. But in the end it is a great rendition and in itself the model is very well designed. The fit is good and it is easy to build.<br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCWyUXz0_f5-tgs-zGARdbRfyKCX8klnRzhibBZXwwE_IGrgosVA3wGvOEBS4W0nc9bwxkOV0fJ031dum5A9DQUjw0dv5La0KqTb4qlYU3XQi7an7sA2EHvNlRN0-Gc2L8PszWkZzEOccNDBAHZwFRUybEhOcxP1nGZpKFmLfRUP1ctQfVEGRigoV/s1200/P1150843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCWyUXz0_f5-tgs-zGARdbRfyKCX8klnRzhibBZXwwE_IGrgosVA3wGvOEBS4W0nc9bwxkOV0fJ031dum5A9DQUjw0dv5La0KqTb4qlYU3XQi7an7sA2EHvNlRN0-Gc2L8PszWkZzEOccNDBAHZwFRUybEhOcxP1nGZpKFmLfRUP1ctQfVEGRigoV/w640-h428/P1150843.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The gun sight is an addition of my own. It should have been a little more subtle.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OrkX-3dqSolXjlolPnoD5O6MuZ1Zw1Ja4vNz4NzC5Mw3vT_8QIZvc1GsGjanHCEPl82LkbrG2evdAXilyz7XFIe3nUR9scuMa0jOTy3-k3lhM672n1HUsPohk1fC2wXXw_67zDnDvWbP-SoHWguAz2X9oYFKB4lrQvW42tw7rh7nR3nMIyQUTYBm/s1200/P1150846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OrkX-3dqSolXjlolPnoD5O6MuZ1Zw1Ja4vNz4NzC5Mw3vT_8QIZvc1GsGjanHCEPl82LkbrG2evdAXilyz7XFIe3nUR9scuMa0jOTy3-k3lhM672n1HUsPohk1fC2wXXw_67zDnDvWbP-SoHWguAz2X9oYFKB4lrQvW42tw7rh7nR3nMIyQUTYBm/w640-h428/P1150846.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The ribbing in the non-wooden/metal parts of the plane has been created by using<br />an ever so slight carve with my knife and careful curving with a knitting needle.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1NpmcbJ_oFiUrK8RwWVEPb3TwS6VVKzNZ1MNWuUTW9A02_Eh3oelwy6CLiM6tSr9j5Lz_eDyurLnPonCztMzDiW-aTJjo8zfRPZ5VWwulHA0wH79o0manPF1DkMzbkuRcVm5NpFKZ9qQvF4bJ-fYrhxFVNOnMvx-dkSvxFN0IOflynxiXsIlfvo1/s1200/P1150850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1NpmcbJ_oFiUrK8RwWVEPb3TwS6VVKzNZ1MNWuUTW9A02_Eh3oelwy6CLiM6tSr9j5Lz_eDyurLnPonCztMzDiW-aTJjo8zfRPZ5VWwulHA0wH79o0manPF1DkMzbkuRcVm5NpFKZ9qQvF4bJ-fYrhxFVNOnMvx-dkSvxFN0IOflynxiXsIlfvo1/w640-h428/P1150850.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Fokker's belly. Again, all parts fit great and it looks the part.<br />The wheel cowls are deserving some extra attention when making them.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XqkTZKKCyJ7tiRpri7SaW-rsL3VcK_i93CoeqmuAVDjMXSq46jNvK34y0rB1PPNzikDp9xonoORNe4fdpEJo1inPeaaYcENgvFpf3OoUzO2Gt-fHFy3ovpLUVPseMwbcPgqO7pQpvpNmjG5i_eCvZasFfziiBHwZ58GHlm1v4n9yy2YD7HaEqMyR/s1200/P1150841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XqkTZKKCyJ7tiRpri7SaW-rsL3VcK_i93CoeqmuAVDjMXSq46jNvK34y0rB1PPNzikDp9xonoORNe4fdpEJo1inPeaaYcENgvFpf3OoUzO2Gt-fHFy3ovpLUVPseMwbcPgqO7pQpvpNmjG5i_eCvZasFfziiBHwZ58GHlm1v4n9yy2YD7HaEqMyR/w640-h428/P1150841.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The end result. <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The model by Fabrizio Prudenziati is the ill-fated Breda BA-65. A war plane intended to have a great career but obsolete when it entered service. it is more or less the Italian version of the German Stuka, which also was outdated when WW2 started. The first batch had just the pilot’s seat under a heavily framed canopy and an open hole for the gunner in the seat behind him. Later on the airborne man-hole was changed into a turret. Really great for the overall weight of the plane I guess. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">As with all models made by
Fabrizio Prudenziati, this one too of course was fun to build. It needed
some thoughtful and careful shaping and curving, especially the
transition from fuselage to wings and the fuselage itself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVx0zv0QhzU6-KntRdKjQt-rJk9ayDKAwcYa9dnMIfDHakn7Ve6YObgKQ01aVtAHckpSZ1taqdmc1StIw_w6qdUwarx7HhwUMiBJUdWnCEByLzT7EAO3mtiBzmaHdvdfwgsF-mZvNrz7opSJcYkh2_w9Pcd6LmFaoffV76sCMP8mTCcJ_R94pyK2A/s1200/P1150784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVx0zv0QhzU6-KntRdKjQt-rJk9ayDKAwcYa9dnMIfDHakn7Ve6YObgKQ01aVtAHckpSZ1taqdmc1StIw_w6qdUwarx7HhwUMiBJUdWnCEByLzT7EAO3mtiBzmaHdvdfwgsF-mZvNrz7opSJcYkh2_w9Pcd6LmFaoffV76sCMP8mTCcJ_R94pyK2A/w640-h428/P1150784.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The circular hole is the turret's; the trapezoid shape in front is the actual cockpit</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPYlx_S2fLgI6MwHYLkHExEr9hKSXfPYDMbCFcX4E90-mkHqE5gOP2TcfQQPCmola0_i055xX66i3MHs9edM7sHBckVe-KQVJQFcAR-cz1Fl4OPGYKmIbfcfNFT94Hm4WFNaYkxCjmgmUuMtZ7PmeL3MeI10chziJbZPmYJ9Myn9M8XtypCjgR7JI/s1200/P1150787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPYlx_S2fLgI6MwHYLkHExEr9hKSXfPYDMbCFcX4E90-mkHqE5gOP2TcfQQPCmola0_i055xX66i3MHs9edM7sHBckVe-KQVJQFcAR-cz1Fl4OPGYKmIbfcfNFT94Hm4WFNaYkxCjmgmUuMtZ7PmeL3MeI10chziJbZPmYJ9Myn9M8XtypCjgR7JI/w640-h428/P1150787.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The turret-to-be. Since this model lacks instructions, it was a little puzzle how it had to be built.<br />There's a triangular bit that has to fold one way or another. But ... how?<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeTYZbav3547xL3Wmj0M0stkXXTZwCiCA34EVmZtiF4YZupogP0daT4s7GpiOFLSB71pmBp6jq0DjibiAxj9IkV-uhiqnw4Nz9eJCZmomqRysVGFHt9aj48kzuvUzTxjjCN2zk0a-Hkj0obzUIf8M66_lyd051hfCIsVfZo5udQaUYP1rsWIOGm7C/s1200/P1150792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeTYZbav3547xL3Wmj0M0stkXXTZwCiCA34EVmZtiF4YZupogP0daT4s7GpiOFLSB71pmBp6jq0DjibiAxj9IkV-uhiqnw4Nz9eJCZmomqRysVGFHt9aj48kzuvUzTxjjCN2zk0a-Hkj0obzUIf8M66_lyd051hfCIsVfZo5udQaUYP1rsWIOGm7C/w640-h428/P1150792.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aha! Like this. Inward. And the little half-moon shape will be the part for the gun barrel.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Although Italy is renowned for its sleek design, Breda wasn’t really concerned with the looks of the plane, I assume, because it really is a butt-ugly machine. But I think that is a feat of Breda, since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyra" target="_blank">the train they designed for the Netherlands a couple of years ago</a> (the Fyra, which was supposed to become our High-speed train system), also was ugly as hell. Thankfully that train has not even survived its trials in the Dutch weather and it was sent back to the manufacturer.<br /><br />Apart from its ugly appearance the plane also didn’t do too well for the Italian air force and it was soon degraded to do secondary tasks and was phased out reasonably quick. This model comes without any instructions so it was a little difficult to determine where some of the parts should go. It took a couple of hours looking at photos online to figure out how the landing gear should be put together. <br />In the end i think the main landing gear is designed quite nice, with lots of parts and details. I guess for Breda it was one of their first attempts to make a retractable system. It still is a little big and clumsy, probably not even hydraulic but with a system of sprockets. Because of the lack of instructions, here is a pictorial report of the landing gear.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLeeN5mNoiR8yrF6igF7kUdH_Pfuc095v3BqcMNfWXwDLNbHkhCw-rnh2WGnzl9Gkn9tZJixRgXnHdY6RNREAZ4_GcvaPRuoV2L-pzMjPbMdxzacdB_nrzLY2CiLy0JQhqiuG6nQQF-N7zXONzyssideD9AUtpB0YyT6xqk0QHBKhBxzFMmwXc2wU/s1200/P1150805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLeeN5mNoiR8yrF6igF7kUdH_Pfuc095v3BqcMNfWXwDLNbHkhCw-rnh2WGnzl9Gkn9tZJixRgXnHdY6RNREAZ4_GcvaPRuoV2L-pzMjPbMdxzacdB_nrzLY2CiLy0JQhqiuG6nQQF-N7zXONzyssideD9AUtpB0YyT6xqk0QHBKhBxzFMmwXc2wU/w640-h428/P1150805.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These parts are the mud guards for the main wheels.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7HLlMonaLJE_F6UA8050gnctYVS3-7WtaYraW9PcIVUfxh97kOEPfM1PDjV2l7W0juRew6NKk0wx5lWcEu-TXdSAuLwjvRzU2tsfaRxKAW7sYTY1sWn5YWdAlRjo686bz2PcS4xp_wA7H7qxqjn_3nHLT-eAU7RkZouS9kin7UgzMSeoX5eqZB_n/s1200/P1150806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7HLlMonaLJE_F6UA8050gnctYVS3-7WtaYraW9PcIVUfxh97kOEPfM1PDjV2l7W0juRew6NKk0wx5lWcEu-TXdSAuLwjvRzU2tsfaRxKAW7sYTY1sWn5YWdAlRjo686bz2PcS4xp_wA7H7qxqjn_3nHLT-eAU7RkZouS9kin7UgzMSeoX5eqZB_n/w640-h428/P1150806.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They can be curved and rounded using a piece of tissue and an embossing ball. </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUOEimBuAXoMG_N9mxDKeLTXlQoApKkW4h8rzsC0NTZhTq_yi-dsA7dnOFUjrw-cQkOuSGOkPcGPDsqigwUeBToHFC411uG1MOF8VtEPYK7h4mpkMvyRlT_NHJaKR5FDCYR7rn9P0GOSK9M8eB2tsVimki7tHvzrVZT0-JpDZAfyjr4HZuwi4WVay/s1200/P1150807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUOEimBuAXoMG_N9mxDKeLTXlQoApKkW4h8rzsC0NTZhTq_yi-dsA7dnOFUjrw-cQkOuSGOkPcGPDsqigwUeBToHFC411uG1MOF8VtEPYK7h4mpkMvyRlT_NHJaKR5FDCYR7rn9P0GOSK9M8eB2tsVimki7tHvzrVZT0-JpDZAfyjr4HZuwi4WVay/w640-h428/P1150807.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I guess this is how it should look. They kind of trail a little behind the wheel instead of on top of it.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZhniJ87AUpwOjoVHNi4_CRfK0vGZnpxlm8TFwlMzP5oHxu8zRtuOtxoo7m1UrF1nYzRmi58b6P1ulP6B-3EokRdyZ-HxTQz0oKtSu8U6QCLsN5fjpK_oy0f_Cc_ekwY-kaZons0Jaks71e5dde2D0Q1SlxHy0kHSJNzOhUPfyc3MmauIClgRCAGC/s1200/P1150809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZhniJ87AUpwOjoVHNi4_CRfK0vGZnpxlm8TFwlMzP5oHxu8zRtuOtxoo7m1UrF1nYzRmi58b6P1ulP6B-3EokRdyZ-HxTQz0oKtSu8U6QCLsN5fjpK_oy0f_Cc_ekwY-kaZons0Jaks71e5dde2D0Q1SlxHy0kHSJNzOhUPfyc3MmauIClgRCAGC/w640-h428/P1150809.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEPzcmr_De-ovYQ4l3JL4FwncXfhQdN-Ce6A0SG4Pd9T5OuF0tcJKMnL3XEErZ3eDNbTo5WgeHltCccWjNv1LKynuISbFMNNUXCeOc0M5pEnvKf9aVucRvG58ufBcLapnhNPozNRfFELrbNV0c5li2oL0zqNMssDOF-56VAKSxxnHLBpyrN0Vt4xQ/s1200/P1150810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEPzcmr_De-ovYQ4l3JL4FwncXfhQdN-Ce6A0SG4Pd9T5OuF0tcJKMnL3XEErZ3eDNbTo5WgeHltCccWjNv1LKynuISbFMNNUXCeOc0M5pEnvKf9aVucRvG58ufBcLapnhNPozNRfFELrbNV0c5li2oL0zqNMssDOF-56VAKSxxnHLBpyrN0Vt4xQ/w640-h428/P1150810.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The gear door is a little curved vertically, and the sprocket-based mech part is bent in a zig-zag to follow the contours of the inside leg part of the gear door. It points the same way as the strut.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_smQWzJqJJe5FzP2h3bYLCXwB9tQElVpBwImKe7DKKtByBoYb49l6rgbdjfwqJNJlXkCf9weR93PYGABHETx91eVw4RYwX8l5n8hQsVB2kHFI7FEtaz-YC42XKvzZqffii7eaD8U9gHcDBs-PLMgpp211OKasgVbgCCMx4yQgYxE95DjGI8J4YqUG/s1200/P1150811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_smQWzJqJJe5FzP2h3bYLCXwB9tQElVpBwImKe7DKKtByBoYb49l6rgbdjfwqJNJlXkCf9weR93PYGABHETx91eVw4RYwX8l5n8hQsVB2kHFI7FEtaz-YC42XKvzZqffii7eaD8U9gHcDBs-PLMgpp211OKasgVbgCCMx4yQgYxE95DjGI8J4YqUG/w640-h428/P1150811.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here with the wheel and the position of the mud guard.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTHTii1NwtxZNg11ZL-N8rztQklMDeG0uQUeJ_x2Y_6GrPTXuuByuok9RvmneSOL_1-_DGfdYwpHqNgFSRogMoY6PmvtKlMUQ0jtXk16FwpJv90LipqBzlwrFhVZkwrNK-gQO1C0HXyYslJhOpuuxVY9Le6I8-jyRF5mVlOD16jMDGztb7yVKLs3V/s1200/P1150812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTHTii1NwtxZNg11ZL-N8rztQklMDeG0uQUeJ_x2Y_6GrPTXuuByuok9RvmneSOL_1-_DGfdYwpHqNgFSRogMoY6PmvtKlMUQ0jtXk16FwpJv90LipqBzlwrFhVZkwrNK-gQO1C0HXyYslJhOpuuxVY9Le6I8-jyRF5mVlOD16jMDGztb7yVKLs3V/w640-h428/P1150812.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here's the port wheel in its position under the wing in the landing gear bay.<br />The starboard gear is made the same way but mirrored, of course.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2UiP25kF8sZh8XHpp2eoyDSF262Ufpx0y6f1Bofh1h_Mkwmx5vTCl5a0jHBwVMf-pFj0zh9baFWqt8q3NI9jzor5KHo_KIxhHoWUpfG7NM_nPvOZRXJr3ldiM-7VnzDAlLLrO4U0oHP69w-QxkrC3kWSLJ_uV8R58pIMpuilGB21RmWh1XlHeHld/s1200/P1150813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2UiP25kF8sZh8XHpp2eoyDSF262Ufpx0y6f1Bofh1h_Mkwmx5vTCl5a0jHBwVMf-pFj0zh9baFWqt8q3NI9jzor5KHo_KIxhHoWUpfG7NM_nPvOZRXJr3ldiM-7VnzDAlLLrO4U0oHP69w-QxkrC3kWSLJ_uV8R58pIMpuilGB21RmWh1XlHeHld/w640-h428/P1150813.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Front view of port main gear. The wheel has been made with<br />two solid little circles of super thick card inside.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-FoB0f96Ad3KenBYWJo_9BngUFmKhcFG-Ruy9YkHb36CFHMo-R1fKNceQ6VbR1g6Ud4czBBHZKA3s2Lu5Rdp_YJextuFfHzvReVkvnKgQA5qRo7fQRC2l2b-QmB0YCVqI23gqWeW2J3xXJbEUm_hUNkhxjvpRAb6emNngP4EqeW1Vb1dvSD6nRoU/s1200/P1150820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-FoB0f96Ad3KenBYWJo_9BngUFmKhcFG-Ruy9YkHb36CFHMo-R1fKNceQ6VbR1g6Ud4czBBHZKA3s2Lu5Rdp_YJextuFfHzvReVkvnKgQA5qRo7fQRC2l2b-QmB0YCVqI23gqWeW2J3xXJbEUm_hUNkhxjvpRAb6emNngP4EqeW1Vb1dvSD6nRoU/w640-h428/P1150820.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rolled boom-sticks for the ugly flying machine.</span></span> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I used needles to roll the machine gun barrels and my standard elements (tiny beads and sewing pins) for the propeller. I thought about making the turret able to rotate but in the end I found that too much of a hassle and abandoned that idea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The biggest 'burden' of this build was glueing the many double engine cowling pimples. (what is the official name for them? I think you know what I mean..) I had to use my magnifying lamp to help my eyes. The eye-hand coordination still is optimal but the old eyeball 1.0 is getting a little worn...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdLJLNbSmI4m6i3B4wm84xU4Vc_u15hmY6jOeZ29ncgjcceQQf0fPF2BoU3K-wMGzodjecqGhFLbr9siOl_OvIwWN8NS2hJl5uhJ7WIq3y9PV-VWGaCTbAvXyGzSULOPG0pjFQ9rgcRzS_4BjTR39mm4yOJJLSvRQxJ3iolrickDFhV2MdAhxFQog/s1200/P1150818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdLJLNbSmI4m6i3B4wm84xU4Vc_u15hmY6jOeZ29ncgjcceQQf0fPF2BoU3K-wMGzodjecqGhFLbr9siOl_OvIwWN8NS2hJl5uhJ7WIq3y9PV-VWGaCTbAvXyGzSULOPG0pjFQ9rgcRzS_4BjTR39mm4yOJJLSvRQxJ3iolrickDFhV2MdAhxFQog/w640-h428/P1150818.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYukUcsk20wGSAN_exE94BYH_XD0XHqckz2by45jUNliFaFm7H-eV7Z9IaCJ66_gjRzS6W2dfZWiY1PjgP5ozmDyoIwObrVJew4OS5phIG7dIYb_daRaR0mZRR6y5c_yLiSQ_g2XgfxO48515kbpL5C7eXSigYXamCSsdxjCWoJ_HH2MoT2Kk5foT/s1200/P1150821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYukUcsk20wGSAN_exE94BYH_XD0XHqckz2by45jUNliFaFm7H-eV7Z9IaCJ66_gjRzS6W2dfZWiY1PjgP5ozmDyoIwObrVJew4OS5phIG7dIYb_daRaR0mZRR6y5c_yLiSQ_g2XgfxO48515kbpL5C7eXSigYXamCSsdxjCWoJ_HH2MoT2Kk5foT/w640-h428/P1150821.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It magnifies and has two bright lights on both sides. Wonderful.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTeDRV_4NcjWZoU1ZF5RXDIvUZNo7e3YrYC5WSv6bA8ngJCb6691a5V4N8HKtYYjXG1x7pRASu6kaZJSfE-Uz_0QyTwn7b67Fg7Dd5A_B43ikBFb_w9RRswdoj5EMMzS-F_sLOzA_bjnsu56_SvHXIVEizh-9_vanPBgJpxyh01JBlmfXWjjp9L4B/s1200/P1150824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTeDRV_4NcjWZoU1ZF5RXDIvUZNo7e3YrYC5WSv6bA8ngJCb6691a5V4N8HKtYYjXG1x7pRASu6kaZJSfE-Uz_0QyTwn7b67Fg7Dd5A_B43ikBFb_w9RRswdoj5EMMzS-F_sLOzA_bjnsu56_SvHXIVEizh-9_vanPBgJpxyh01JBlmfXWjjp9L4B/w640-h428/P1150824.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSgytpB7rey25czuo86128oitQmCxVj4eLGJI7jRCGRva-yWzyKusChHsI6JvMlytuBUBRBaoppclmD1RiLRrYDwKIuParwIcRjvh3tFgHHaCdOEL698-6gyKgAFWZUsC60qk9ZZ6oQY2LoI4uUazWzuezqYnAOVfUMy9g-8pRARJ1QxFFcX72glG/s1200/P1150827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSgytpB7rey25czuo86128oitQmCxVj4eLGJI7jRCGRva-yWzyKusChHsI6JvMlytuBUBRBaoppclmD1RiLRrYDwKIuParwIcRjvh3tFgHHaCdOEL698-6gyKgAFWZUsC60qk9ZZ6oQY2LoI4uUazWzuezqYnAOVfUMy9g-8pRARJ1QxFFcX72glG/w640-h428/P1150827.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">close-up of the cowling warts.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOGfFTDYZQ7hi2mXaqQEYOM5cbTHPygYKwfciR_w_PXU5jvnNg9gLcMsyUgYvlEAValT6nebEcz2HLituI4LgEarbfZa7boRg8-DjBDl-l-mjqwMR8qIiJSD5SiQXUgdd0egEbcGnUh_AMGMWyN1cuKocB5FR-FkM2ROYQdKgm6UWKamNT3PSI7js/s1200/P1150837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOGfFTDYZQ7hi2mXaqQEYOM5cbTHPygYKwfciR_w_PXU5jvnNg9gLcMsyUgYvlEAValT6nebEcz2HLituI4LgEarbfZa7boRg8-DjBDl-l-mjqwMR8qIiJSD5SiQXUgdd0egEbcGnUh_AMGMWyN1cuKocB5FR-FkM2ROYQdKgm6UWKamNT3PSI7js/w640-h428/P1150837.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ready to stumble into the air.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcikne3HieOm9JgcnxTG8IaCwL7iYUtUG2jwJwZCeqwxhK31rUrsPVJlM-0IqPVG4AUaL3U-VUDizeOyvb9oEDiHUS8RZvU5YPyZTOrCuM76BW1S2wP0g1BCbt4vuN-o4Whpc1mW1h8lqry3XWx3DMmiN3XboTDpC04U2TwLoZSnDojc1wj2QWmKAu/s1200/P1150834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcikne3HieOm9JgcnxTG8IaCwL7iYUtUG2jwJwZCeqwxhK31rUrsPVJlM-0IqPVG4AUaL3U-VUDizeOyvb9oEDiHUS8RZvU5YPyZTOrCuM76BW1S2wP0g1BCbt4vuN-o4Whpc1mW1h8lqry3XWx3DMmiN3XboTDpC04U2TwLoZSnDojc1wj2QWmKAu/w640-h428/P1150834.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Start the engine! Andiamo! </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Anyway, the Breda joined its fellow paper model planes on the shelves a week ago, although it is not entirely in the same scale.<br /><br />Up next: Your guess is as good as mine. Something space-related? another plane? a train or a boat maybe? We’ll see.<br />Have a good year and until the next time. Peace.<br />—PK<br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-65179165680154261922022-12-31T12:38:00.000+01:002022-12-31T12:38:34.647+01:002022<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the last day of the year it is time for a short look back on what was my 2022.<br /><br />The thing that has cast a shadow over the whole year is the incredibly useless war in Ukraine. It worries me, I don’t know what that brain-cancer suffering selfish fuckwit in the Kremlin’s next step will be and I don’t like to see this meaningless conflict stretched another year. I hate all the disinformation Russia has spread over the world, I don’t want to witness the detonation of another atomic bomb. I hope Ukraine keeps standing tall, I hope NATO will keep supporting Ukraine with everything they have, I hope Russia will crumble and degenerate into a crippled and poverty stricken country with nothing left to threaten the world with for the coming centuries. I hope Putin dies soon. Slava Ukraini.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This decade is the worst I have experienced since the eighties. I don’t like what is happening around us. There is no sense of freshness, no feeling of a new dawning, like we are on the brink of new discoveries, there is a lack of unity, a sense of a bond between the peoples. Only unnecessary dissension, confusion and disarray.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Money isn’t everything. Being a
millionaire or a billionaire should be illegal. There is nothing wrong
with having a little extra money as long as you pay your taxes. Having
enough to be able to buy Africa as a whole and not paying taxes is.
Money should be shared. No one should have to sleep on the street while
two blocks down someone is able to bathe in hundred dollar bills. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> It often makes me conclude the world would really be better off without human beings messing everything up. You might conclude I am a bit of a dark person and maybe you're right. But I think I have all the right to be. After 52 years of living I think I have seen enough to come to these conclusions. And deep inside I still am a happy little fellow trying to think positive thoughts.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So. Let’s talk about my list of good things of 2022. It seems I got myself a steady job after more than twenty years of being a free-lancer. I still have time to be film maker but I do not have to worry about whether or not I will have food on the table next month. That’s good. I still am with the same woman I already love for over twenty years. That’s awesome. I made a couple of nice paper models. I started reading books again. My cats still are alive and healthy. I have friends, in real life and online. I still have a mother. I can enjoy the little (and bigger) things in life that make it all worthwhile: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">food. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Music. Panel shows. Walks in the park. Family. Friends. A rocket launch. A rocket landing. New boots. A new pair of trousers. A new coat. A silly cartoon. Reading bedtime stories to my girlfriend and making her laugh.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have no new year’s resolutions because I am convinced that if you want to change something, be it yourself or the world, you shouldn’t wait until a new year begins, you should take action right away. I just hope 2023 will be better than 2022.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">My wishes for 2023 are plain and
simple. Peace. Love. Freedom. Happiness. Equality. Tolerance. Climate
change awareness. It shouldn’t be that hard to reach those goals. Maybe I
should wish for some kind of revolution. A kind of turnaround in
consciousness about who we are, what we do and how we should live
together on this little planet, which is the only place we can live now.
We still have no other place to go. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wish you all a really good and prosperous 2023 with peace of mind and world peace.<br /><br />Take heart.<br />—PK<br /><br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-36218664099626026182022-12-11T21:31:00.002+01:002022-12-11T21:31:22.945+01:00Rant.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>I wrote the text below this paragraph somewhere in August last year. When I had trouble with my printer. I needed to vent. I never published it because I thought it sounded a little too aggressive. Tonight, I again had beef with the machine. <br />I couldn't take it any longer. <br />I actually beat it so hard that I destroyed it.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>I hate printers.</b><br /><br />I love paper modelling. The problem is that this hobby depends for a great deal on printed material. And that is when I get dark. Really dark.<br />I absolutely loathe printers. I detest them. I hate them, I wish them all to hell. Canon, Brother, HP, Lexmark, other brands, I don’t care. Screw them all.<br /><br />Printers are one of the epitomes of capitalism. Opposite from computers and lots of other electronics, printers never were meant to be reliable. Printers have the cheapest electronics, the flimsiest sensors, the lousiest plastics. Their designers must belong to the lowest scum on earth. Creating practically worthless pieces of junk just like themselves, mainly built to irate you.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">BEEP. YOU HAVE A PAPER JAM.</span> No, impossible. There isn’t any paper even near the printer. <span style="font-family: courier;">YOU. HAVE. A. PAPER. JAM. REMOVE THE TRAY. OPEN THE SCANNER LID. OPEN THE BACKDOOR. CLOSE THEM. PRESS OK. </span><br />There, I did it. Opened, closed, opened closed, You see? I said there is no paper j- <span style="font-family: courier;">BEEP. YOU HAVE A PAPER JAM. REMOVE THE TRAY. OPEN THE SCANNER LID. OPEN THE BACKDOOR. CLOSE THEM. PRESS OK.</span> There isn’t any pa- <span style="font-family: courier;">BEEP. YOU HAVE A PAPER JAM.</span><br /><br />They are made to get you to your boiling point. And make you go broke with consuming printer ink.<br />Because printer ink, which is - and I have told that a lot of times already - more expensive than blood, is the main reason printers mess your prints up. manufacturers do not give a damn about your printer. That hulk of cheap plastic and lousy micro-electronics doesn’t bother them at all. It is all about the ink. That is where the money is.<br /><br />Manufacturers don’t care about your delicate prints. They want you to buy more ink. They put chips on their ink cartridges to ring an alarm bell when it’s “empty”. That usually means you can easily print a hundred or more page- <span style="font-family: courier;">NO,THE CARTRIDGE IS EMPTY. </span>But, there still is about ten litres of ink in it. <span style="font-family: courier;">NO. IT IS EMPTY. BUY NEW ONES.</span> But it is yellow that is “empty”. I just want to print some text. <span style="font-family: courier;">NO. YOU. CANNOT. PRINT. BLACK. WITHOUT. ALL. OF. THE. OTHER. COLOURS. </span><br />**** you, you ****ing ****, you ****ing can. You just ****ing won’t. You inaccessible brainless untweakable miserable piece of ****ing junk.<br /><br />How many times I have been on the verge of taking the printer and throw it out of my three story high window onto the street. I don’t know what kept me from doing it. Oh yes. Littering, fines, and because I usually am a good law-abiding civilian. But sometimes. Sometimes.<br /><br />I still can remember the time when household machineries were built to last a lifetime. Or at least were fool proof, repairable, accessible and replacement parts were more or less universal. If your vacuum cleaner broke down, all you needed was a screwdriver and some spare parts from the shop around the corner. Now those shops are gone and replaced by Amazon and ebay and the household equipment is disposed of when the light in the on-off switch has died, causing the complete machine to stop working and turn into a piece of junk. <br />Why cant they build a decent printer, which gives great prints, is sensitive and precise but also won’t give a '<span style="font-family: courier;">I AM MISSING MY PAPER TRAY'</span> or '<span style="font-family: courier;">PAPER JAM</span>' -error every time my upstairs neighbour is doing his girlfriend of the week? Why is printer ink so ridiculously expensive? I hope that the executives who thought that up will have to pay a hundredfold for a blood transfusion when they ever need one.<br /><br />I hate printers. I absolutely hate printers.<br />And there is no exception to the rule. All printers are evil.<br /><br />PS. Oh yeah. The paper jam. Wonder how I solved it? Online, after some searching I finally read something about a super slight misalignment of the moving guides in the paper tray that can cause the printer (a Brother in my case) to believe some paper is jammed. The. Paper. Tray. Guides. Have you ever? No debris, no shreds, no snippets in the print head’s lefty-righty-movey-to-and-fro-machinery, no, the paper tray guides. Took the tray out while Printer still gave paper error alarm, fiddled a little with the green guides, fiddle fiddle fiddle, put it back, alarm gone. You ****ing ****. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>This time, I also tried. I fiddled with the paper tray guides. I really did. I didn't want to destroy it. ... Oh who am I kidding. I did want to destroy the f****r. I was so furious. It deserved to be destroyed. I had it for about six years so it was written off anyway. Now the quest for a new one will begin...</i><br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-52402458484313435662022-11-11T16:23:00.005+01:002022-11-11T16:23:40.448+01:00Shark.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Shark submarine from Tintin's "Red Rackham's Treasure" is just as iconic as the red-and-white chequered rocket. The latter is unavailable, the shark sub isn't. It's <a href="https://mega.nz/folder/zNRUWYKJ#MZ23Sy2TCu7w7d-SbPiaWA" target="_blank">here</a> somewhere. It's not mine. Scroll and find it. For as long as the files stay up.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is what I recently made of it, the trestles are of my own design. There is the option of a transparent cockpit and interior available in the kit but I chose to keep it simple this time. The fit is very good, I suggest you cut off the glue tabs and make glue strips yourself to keep the lines as clear as possible. I used clear gloss varnish on the canopy. Someone once wrote "In Hergé's universe nothing is shiny". That might very well be but I am not a supporter of that quote. Canopies are shiny. Rackham's treasure was shiny. I just think Hergé wanted to keep the drawings clean and clear. Nothing to do whether stuff was shiny or not. The Shark, well, it might have been very shiny all over. Maybe even Tintin's little quiff was shiny, full of hairspray lacquer. Maybe Haddock had a shiny nose. Who knows.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGk-_wRfK-Q58NsIZbCRfafBE0K-aHJpkDaF48ThIZ-znxQxbuewGXZSWCikLDNMt0tLKWevzB0Z0G8IAJI0QwqElrp0Vj5MVNE1mdchrp_o8M5npUN2Cna8wF9SRpjAfr6GxYGwU1k89SY5JmoxKRZMw2rrO1eblhmvIrphIcf6HynpaQZrAvZy7/s1200/P1150719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGk-_wRfK-Q58NsIZbCRfafBE0K-aHJpkDaF48ThIZ-znxQxbuewGXZSWCikLDNMt0tLKWevzB0Z0G8IAJI0QwqElrp0Vj5MVNE1mdchrp_o8M5npUN2Cna8wF9SRpjAfr6GxYGwU1k89SY5JmoxKRZMw2rrO1eblhmvIrphIcf6HynpaQZrAvZy7/w640-h428/P1150719.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdgr6QMIRPCWnYwVcNc4s3pAaR7LncSC1d1Z6v88jOwEdIC2aVx3mdWXVvKu2IaG57Ogpt160by-Z9tW6XF3AVRkU5T5v6w28OWiI43RmAPznJ4Ge20dbYxaDoohR6dIJAof3-hpCHluBpbEXCroidsZyVJBdvqj9_JnoOLcnMCjx8Bf52WoHnjgV/s1200/P1150721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdgr6QMIRPCWnYwVcNc4s3pAaR7LncSC1d1Z6v88jOwEdIC2aVx3mdWXVvKu2IaG57Ogpt160by-Z9tW6XF3AVRkU5T5v6w28OWiI43RmAPznJ4Ge20dbYxaDoohR6dIJAof3-hpCHluBpbEXCroidsZyVJBdvqj9_JnoOLcnMCjx8Bf52WoHnjgV/w640-h428/P1150721.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKWAa-aPYNK3UOl1nOzPi17MXvYg-DfPut8hkucbKPnv6gueBZzfB_LZ7ZKNpIzNyUAw_dpeTcskqvm5LnWGxKNA_peTH3QehpAgwg8wnLe-AmBlaD5atqrlDKWvst3RmBvjMU7iuaDSwhKBSGwPjH7vEpxKLUBd0pAZ0F-wv_TyLykWskVVLbdlU/s1200/P1150730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKWAa-aPYNK3UOl1nOzPi17MXvYg-DfPut8hkucbKPnv6gueBZzfB_LZ7ZKNpIzNyUAw_dpeTcskqvm5LnWGxKNA_peTH3QehpAgwg8wnLe-AmBlaD5atqrlDKWvst3RmBvjMU7iuaDSwhKBSGwPjH7vEpxKLUBd0pAZ0F-wv_TyLykWskVVLbdlU/w640-h428/P1150730.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Up next will be something cold and far away in space.<br />Stay tuned.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK<br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-18953471054751735692022-10-28T12:31:00.004+02:002022-10-28T12:31:58.585+02:00a Little Exposition in a Library<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you happen to come in the vicinity of Uithuizen, a village in the north of Groningen next month, I recommend you take a look in the local library, where from this afternoon up til 31 december a selection of my paper models will be shown.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have put some thought in which models I would like to show and what to tell about them. I decided upon this selection after I measured the showcase in which I had to display the models. That meant no vertically positioned models. I had to make a special little stand for the Shuttle stack and I unfortunately had to leave the Tintin rocket at home. Maybe next time!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For now, let's see what people will say about them. Next to the showcase I stuck a little text to the wall on why paper models are such fun to make. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8DlY62WgQmgzENnCbVNMfQjvvHBuZ4JfxVIYKbsXrCJz3OkaIPuQBMCb7-P-nugsspjUuVO_r6d7X0cnUmy5FflRCkc8O6QcKcRFI4nyiBspKGCQ3ebT9l0bnFrIQa82dEuZ2-X0PxxdQpbjxIpn58DZ5aYFGn9BiB9hm4_lXzMsejzOz2l5kJhf/s2248/P1150699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8DlY62WgQmgzENnCbVNMfQjvvHBuZ4JfxVIYKbsXrCJz3OkaIPuQBMCb7-P-nugsspjUuVO_r6d7X0cnUmy5FflRCkc8O6QcKcRFI4nyiBspKGCQ3ebT9l0bnFrIQa82dEuZ2-X0PxxdQpbjxIpn58DZ5aYFGn9BiB9hm4_lXzMsejzOz2l5kJhf/w428-h640/P1150699.JPG" title="The showcase in full" width="428" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSo2Kg302eNboGDmMNEUhrvPm5w7aA-sPDlm9_VoebEkcvUcqiSEkWFlKrd9vZ3MX3Ejj-LJfC6C-3-c-TTUTFlvCzvdd_tZwL7JueNoNkkfRcMkaG_rl8uDRvB6KjETx4Y0nXIEM7Z0jDcQDMzHhFidJs4jt_xW-89ka5auGLOuxfMZtZ2w7aLjz_/s1500/P1150696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSo2Kg302eNboGDmMNEUhrvPm5w7aA-sPDlm9_VoebEkcvUcqiSEkWFlKrd9vZ3MX3Ejj-LJfC6C-3-c-TTUTFlvCzvdd_tZwL7JueNoNkkfRcMkaG_rl8uDRvB6KjETx4Y0nXIEM7Z0jDcQDMzHhFidJs4jt_xW-89ka5auGLOuxfMZtZ2w7aLjz_/w640-h428/P1150696.JPG" title="packing stuff at home" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At home, carefully putting models in a plastic crate. Little scary. Stuff is a little fragile.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanNIdnaZFGBratzAjxa9I_-hrpjEr26rpknntjn1IBRcqYRsaTwaGrTqIu6MROuNJxDbvEc0Gri2zDQiQhXduKH-mlRQhVXIJOSqPAv01aJfGLDeVdlzdJrT797KzKSnqjiyxao360IjeTawt1abQipmAs3BclmQmQKPbhR9vt58vM1sj-x8wYKP_/s1500/P1150698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanNIdnaZFGBratzAjxa9I_-hrpjEr26rpknntjn1IBRcqYRsaTwaGrTqIu6MROuNJxDbvEc0Gri2zDQiQhXduKH-mlRQhVXIJOSqPAv01aJfGLDeVdlzdJrT797KzKSnqjiyxao360IjeTawt1abQipmAs3BclmQmQKPbhR9vt58vM1sj-x8wYKP_/w640-h428/P1150698.JPG" title="an overview" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Safely in the showcase in Uithuizen library.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnyYy5IuAFxAZYmXz1iYa_EjXsxOhntKuHAAKQGH9c_vaLlq3q7vHl856dnKhcuk9n-ESM_HMmqd5xIcAT3Apb84dJxFB2UYFlYl0ppHiZj6CX6S9TnHKtDydyzv1dBjkvNG2cW4b34vOupMveHNgzO5QQpw398liaPEIVlq08wk9JSzRd0zYLH39/s1500/P1150700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnyYy5IuAFxAZYmXz1iYa_EjXsxOhntKuHAAKQGH9c_vaLlq3q7vHl856dnKhcuk9n-ESM_HMmqd5xIcAT3Apb84dJxFB2UYFlYl0ppHiZj6CX6S9TnHKtDydyzv1dBjkvNG2cW4b34vOupMveHNgzO5QQpw398liaPEIVlq08wk9JSzRd0zYLH39/w640-h428/P1150700.JPG" title="The F-1 and the staging Saturn V" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">F-1 engine on transport trolley and Saturn V staging.<br />All models got a little card explaining what it is and in what scale.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UXFWpaL4TJ-h7U2Frdj2LGs83_W7ygDl8dOBuFcmLObQdAxnRvwfaFxNr3WZBF7Br_3p-2QJ4ra093Qm3885XqZAeBhA_nWJ9d-29SO9slYTKiLSjW4B5mt4K_8zTCZa0oj4VVDmp2as3XEFnEQ0hfO_d8oQtIJBhlqwB2i2nDob5pocT_te-LZs/s1500/P1150701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UXFWpaL4TJ-h7U2Frdj2LGs83_W7ygDl8dOBuFcmLObQdAxnRvwfaFxNr3WZBF7Br_3p-2QJ4ra093Qm3885XqZAeBhA_nWJ9d-29SO9slYTKiLSjW4B5mt4K_8zTCZa0oj4VVDmp2as3XEFnEQ0hfO_d8oQtIJBhlqwB2i2nDob5pocT_te-LZs/w640-h428/P1150701.JPG" title="Thiunderchild diorama" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thunderchild vs the Martian fighting machines<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZinYzR8mZ9kE6-hX5EUjGRSIuYANwmlnayGmOi3CIC1G_jYl1S_S6q1BTBDjD6a2DEn7BgfBAYCj654k1WoVhf9ZVhiVc6s0lgXY-wAOjsTLV4-o1McFYcSzLmpTO6ZAjYQBs94Byd-TA3tP-qT-jzZuu0iQJvCpRXEQm1yA98hjrHefcEgDhz-_z/s1500/P1150702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZinYzR8mZ9kE6-hX5EUjGRSIuYANwmlnayGmOi3CIC1G_jYl1S_S6q1BTBDjD6a2DEn7BgfBAYCj654k1WoVhf9ZVhiVc6s0lgXY-wAOjsTLV4-o1McFYcSzLmpTO6ZAjYQBs94Byd-TA3tP-qT-jzZuu0iQJvCpRXEQm1yA98hjrHefcEgDhz-_z/w640-h428/P1150702.JPG" title="Crevasse and the splashdown of Columbia and Verne's projectile" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Crevasse and dual splashdown diorama<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJiEV2RcR5IZ1LGS-CZOJWodBNPwsN7Yy7hBO9z99_TX0-oYoMLCt7imwk9SIUK3NITvX5mstZSkWqwTh5tmqdV8lS9Y0Fh8Wjbyl_tn41zN9IBwTWHZB57a_wk9srUwC0SKYXRE0lDt1d3azb3c03ZiKVpx_uvvK4BTk53VHr-yanb6APX-cVizh/s1500/P1150703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJiEV2RcR5IZ1LGS-CZOJWodBNPwsN7Yy7hBO9z99_TX0-oYoMLCt7imwk9SIUK3NITvX5mstZSkWqwTh5tmqdV8lS9Y0Fh8Wjbyl_tn41zN9IBwTWHZB57a_wk9srUwC0SKYXRE0lDt1d3azb3c03ZiKVpx_uvvK4BTk53VHr-yanb6APX-cVizh/w640-h428/P1150703.JPG" title="Endeavour on a horizontal stand" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shuttle Endeavour and stack horizontally on a stand.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MaGabDpAR9nfdOasaWddsdc_7D1YhwqljUC986D4kWajRLFxUG82bfmMSCYORuOo82koub4MOrexjfM6Xe0n-XSbfvCWOxyIPsi9CgLzN6oEQQ14KvqbdpA4Rrzv4JapkVpiDGwtq-nBAHIfv_6pDQi3FfU3P8RRk1gqHgvrPbSPOaTG_w2gypcE/s1500/P1150704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MaGabDpAR9nfdOasaWddsdc_7D1YhwqljUC986D4kWajRLFxUG82bfmMSCYORuOo82koub4MOrexjfM6Xe0n-XSbfvCWOxyIPsi9CgLzN6oEQQ14KvqbdpA4Rrzv4JapkVpiDGwtq-nBAHIfv_6pDQi3FfU3P8RRk1gqHgvrPbSPOaTG_w2gypcE/w640-h428/P1150704.JPG" title="Groningen Station and a T-38 with an example of an uncut model sheet" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Groningen "Hoofdstation" and T-38 with an example of an uncut model sheet.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />A nice little birthday present to myself, since I became 52 yesterday. Pff. Time flies when you are busy. (-: Let's hope people like what they see.<br /></span><p></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-12967414774798280272022-10-18T18:22:00.004+02:002022-10-28T12:38:44.727+02:00Heldere hemel, Lodewijk - and: Clear skies, Jim.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week we have to deal with the passing of two astronauts. The first Dutch-born man in space Lodewijk van den Berg and James McDivitt, both over 90 years old. Respectable ages, if you ask me.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/JamesMcDivitt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Lodewijk_van_den_Berg.jpg" width="256" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/JamesMcDivitt.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Left: Lodewijk van den Berg, Right: James McDivitt. Both pictures: Wikimedia.</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Lodewijk van den Berg was born in Sluiskil and emigrated to the US for his study and his work thereafter. His job got a secretive character and he had to become an American citizen to continue what he did. NASA asked him to do his job on board of a spaceshuttle, because no one else knew as much as he did about his line of work. So he became payload specialist and flew on board of Challenger, in the same year Wubbo Ockels would fly, in the same spacecraft. But although Lodewijk was first, Wubbo was the first Dutch astronaut. Lodewijk kept on visiting his birthplace almost every year. He was 90 years old when he passed on.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Korea veteran pilot James McDivitt was one of the second class of astronauts, the New Nine. His first flight was Gemini 4, with Ed White. He commanded the spacecraft and Ed White made the forst U.S. spacewalk. McDivitt later also commanded the Apollo 9 mission that successfully tested the Lunar Lander in Earth orbit. He stayed at NASA as Apollo program manager up til 1972. he was 93.<br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-16640101801918253312022-09-25T21:27:00.003+02:002022-09-27T22:13:06.682+02:00Fokker S.14 - and a whiffy followed.<p>I do not want to write a lot about this build itself. The original Paper Trade model has a really bad fit, in my opinion. All pages were printed at the exact same scale but the hull parts differ widely in cross section and are too big one time, too small the next time. The canopy is too small in general and it needed to be enlarged at 102% to become even close to fitting. I redid the model twice. And I almost called it quits.</p><p>But the plane was too nice to quit. Look at it. Those straicht stubby wings. That wide canopy. And unique in that it was the first jet trainer not derived from an already exisiting fighter jet. Fokker still had their firsts in those years.</p><p>The plane itself was a little hard to sell abroad and the Dutch airforce only bought 21. Demonstrations abroad didn't cause the sales to rise and so it stayed with just those 21 planes.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxu8coNvxsDelV-IDDaLdh7J20ZFUBnprO3gcBYlprnoIQ-lwQ7Kmyql76ZwAHMwwXNhSJu37FyTnixRw55cQ2LsKnhH7jMzsZvrC1etReOuDBIIOvvbQn1xmjfNvy4JIJNt5RRgaXlGqHuK20lB1GUMmX0V4D7vfaZOlfN3430mcHcyz8ZOLBJ4b/s1200/P1150657.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxu8coNvxsDelV-IDDaLdh7J20ZFUBnprO3gcBYlprnoIQ-lwQ7Kmyql76ZwAHMwwXNhSJu37FyTnixRw55cQ2LsKnhH7jMzsZvrC1etReOuDBIIOvvbQn1xmjfNvy4JIJNt5RRgaXlGqHuK20lB1GUMmX0V4D7vfaZOlfN3430mcHcyz8ZOLBJ4b/w640-h428/P1150657.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />While building I pondered about the slightly euphemistic name the S.14 got. <i>Machtrainer</i>. And how the plane with those wings never ever could get close to any mach number in general. (781 Km/h) While the Dutch Airforce still used Gloster Meteors and were considering buying Republic Thunderjets with Marshall-plan money, this almost obsolete looking jet trainer was presented on paper in 1949 and for real in 1951. It had the same type of engine as the Meteor and was a sturdy looking thing. But still nowhere near anything Mach-y.<p></p><p>So I thought it would be nice to see how this stove pipe would look with swept wings. I took the wings, empennage and canopy of an F-86 of TSMC and fiddled with the shapes, colours and roundels. I also liked the livery of the prototype S.14, callsign K-1, and recoloured the original model in that livery.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjAWW7KzMzZvYsIDY9y9NQhaMepoihXmuo2YTCJvEMYt0t858CUqM0wVxLNXPH9ujOCtoUCW1rxZqxu1MZ-kyjg0RNiCf9bBvRjxUPH-ZQgyp1CJ0Glpr0M05pQbkU9I3g07GtHISHZDXVT4MoPGNE8AHtczKG01yIOhm_oHdBbJhGQClN-WOC5t9/s1200/P1150658.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjAWW7KzMzZvYsIDY9y9NQhaMepoihXmuo2YTCJvEMYt0t858CUqM0wVxLNXPH9ujOCtoUCW1rxZqxu1MZ-kyjg0RNiCf9bBvRjxUPH-ZQgyp1CJ0Glpr0M05pQbkU9I3g07GtHISHZDXVT4MoPGNE8AHtczKG01yIOhm_oHdBbJhGQClN-WOC5t9/w640-h428/P1150658.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />The bad fit was still there but now I knew it and I just worked my way around it. This was just a fun try anyway. Amazingly, the wings not only suited the plane well but they fitted like a glove. I lengthened the Sabre-tail a little with the yellow part of the original tail. I closed the nose wheel well. A skewer was used as a pedestal and a small upside down peanut dish as the plinth.<p></p><p>It looked faster than the original S.14. But the longer I looked at is, the more generic the plane became. It looks exactly the same as The MiG-15, The Ouragan, the Mystere, the F-86, the F-84, the Pulqui, you name them. It immediately lost the charm it had as the straight winged plane it was. Hahaha! So in the end, I prefer the original model. But I still think it was a bad fitting model.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4awl4Zc0op5HHeLUHADAO-fZzmChj9C1TlZTiZmqjzBuio-eaJxsPsBUMYR3PeVvGSV2BaJSjJMhUjglDvEHK1ht7ShrxTcxvddSPzttpTupND-HA1CbuSCYtkUt_AdU8hwB2DjcimOTzvqGx9hCOKL3Qg-42BNIZCJpqBFy2xRF5n0sme4Oxyafl/s1200/P1150654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4awl4Zc0op5HHeLUHADAO-fZzmChj9C1TlZTiZmqjzBuio-eaJxsPsBUMYR3PeVvGSV2BaJSjJMhUjglDvEHK1ht7ShrxTcxvddSPzttpTupND-HA1CbuSCYtkUt_AdU8hwB2DjcimOTzvqGx9hCOKL3Qg-42BNIZCJpqBFy2xRF5n0sme4Oxyafl/w640-h428/P1150654.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Well, so far for this grumpily built inbetweenie. Next time we speak you will see something space related again.<br /><p></p><p>Greetings, Slava Ukraini and stay safe, people.</p><p>--PK<br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-51400872698813768382022-08-26T16:50:00.004+02:002022-08-26T16:50:48.952+02:00STS-61A: Challenger's last full flight<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMy2-f4Jnym9FjgDw2idWOXBQkdbAgypX87KVqXqEUIDLo5GUFgeHxtYWr5vUWiU_TFv-Lz-m1cBzAaZB8Ah81B4_C5mgGbgwmu6GIM3mGTSB-6Tf5it2FzCDZUaFoNoWLpU1Tl9e42KAKvTgIIkSETvXlG81dZAGU8pJWXPhUtl-ovgGdsKXVGOj/s1200/P1150573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMy2-f4Jnym9FjgDw2idWOXBQkdbAgypX87KVqXqEUIDLo5GUFgeHxtYWr5vUWiU_TFv-Lz-m1cBzAaZB8Ah81B4_C5mgGbgwmu6GIM3mGTSB-6Tf5it2FzCDZUaFoNoWLpU1Tl9e42KAKvTgIIkSETvXlG81dZAGU8pJWXPhUtl-ovgGdsKXVGOj/w428-h640/P1150573.JPG" title="Booster sep" width="428" /></a></div> <br />I haven’t built in 1/400 in a long time. <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For more reasons than one. </span>The main reason was I thought it had become too small for my eyes to handle. But I still had some unfinished business in that scale. My plan was to build all shuttles in 1/400, each on a milestone mission. I did Enterprise (ALT), Columbia (STS-1), Atlantis (First docking to Mir) and Endeavour (its last ISS mission with most spacecraft attached to the station).<br />But I still had to do at least two more. I wanted to show Discovery, the workhorse of the fleet, while deploying the Hubble Space Telescope. And Challenger. Which will be this build.<br /><br />When Challenger lifted off from LC39A the 30th October of 1985, it was another milestone in the Shuttle program in many ways. With eight people on board, it was the largest ever crew launched in a single spacecraft. It also was the launch of the first Dutch astronaut, Wubbo Ockels. And it was the last time Shuttle Challenger made a full flight from launch to wheel stop, at Edwards AFB on November 6. On the next occasion, 26 February 1986 and well, we all know what happened, I don’t have to elaborate on that…<br />More story and many more photos after the jump:<br /><br /></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For long, I had this plan to show Challenger during ascent, preferably at booster separation. But aside from all the drawings I still puzzled on how to actually do that in a way without too much clutter around the separating stack parts. And then I got this idea. Thin wires through the ET to the SRB’s camouflaged with fluff to imitate the separation rocket plumes, and suspend the stack from the booster plumes with rods of some kind inside the SRB’s to the base plate. Like this:<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVbTgiinANyW6R1O-8Q2fnTiKALkVM-LzZCVA9h26nMEVrnF3DP14igt6U9tasqwxbYlfZm_qu3KBFdP5F2EuVqTxdOpmPXY2u2S3RnlZicsfrj7WshVtpJpUtfgLCV0dGxJinqNhGWlQGzPnBpb-RKt-Uuoy-uXtMnzW9h8CjUZbqGi60a6DQDpz/s1200/P1140552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVbTgiinANyW6R1O-8Q2fnTiKALkVM-LzZCVA9h26nMEVrnF3DP14igt6U9tasqwxbYlfZm_qu3KBFdP5F2EuVqTxdOpmPXY2u2S3RnlZicsfrj7WshVtpJpUtfgLCV0dGxJinqNhGWlQGzPnBpb-RKt-Uuoy-uXtMnzW9h8CjUZbqGi60a6DQDpz/w428-h640/P1140552.JPG" title="© Jasper Huizinga" width="428" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Now what to use?<br />I experimented with some metal wire I had, but it was too thick for my liking. I had some used mandolin strings that were looking ideal but they were just too thin and flexible. While there was a heatwave going on, I cycled to the model hobby shop in town and bought some steel spring wire. Very thin but sturdy.<br /><br />So, this will be the first time in actually years that I will build in 1/400. But against my expectations, it was easy. I could see what I was doing, the parts were cut out with precision and I again was amazed by the great fit of the shuttle parts in 1/400.<br />Of course I used AXM’s model of Challenger with a very slight mod to the ET to make it a little darker to better resemble STS-61A’s tank. Alfonso’s shuttle model is so good. It still is very doable at 36% of its actual scale.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLmrLywIjFsR1Q7CVG-tq25DZaHYa0HFgvFnDNZH9WSsobMeLi6L9Zsb6VVbcZR4bfZfe3jduqSWIKofTaNnjv0ySU-cRLexUXGObio17Aj-FVNnRHdnxJWW5SYXp2Cjp68i-PySP91TZftPTe2GPzsxNUQi6x6cHIsxUX6qz7aKMWV-BGyj3oYez/s1200/P1150434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLmrLywIjFsR1Q7CVG-tq25DZaHYa0HFgvFnDNZH9WSsobMeLi6L9Zsb6VVbcZR4bfZfe3jduqSWIKofTaNnjv0ySU-cRLexUXGObio17Aj-FVNnRHdnxJWW5SYXp2Cjp68i-PySP91TZftPTe2GPzsxNUQi6x6cHIsxUX6qz7aKMWV-BGyj3oYez/w640-h428/P1150434.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVPv09EiIEZP3fvOKdZVtiPZpgaSBzp8HP7VxPoKUWwWHGZwXDLCgeIYRLjX6ekmlp2xz41qgFGQVQmJSj1WabwpchtW9qvNrd-0LpZsC8YuWTKSEEhz7SZMn5PFGTTOO1G_0gs_UfRqt1vN2bzI-GeTuXamYOVSQvl5fyLqXC50HsrZEBsk4JJ6F/s1200/P1150452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVPv09EiIEZP3fvOKdZVtiPZpgaSBzp8HP7VxPoKUWwWHGZwXDLCgeIYRLjX6ekmlp2xz41qgFGQVQmJSj1WabwpchtW9qvNrd-0LpZsC8YuWTKSEEhz7SZMn5PFGTTOO1G_0gs_UfRqt1vN2bzI-GeTuXamYOVSQvl5fyLqXC50HsrZEBsk4JJ6F/w640-h428/P1150452.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xopW1U2rdsUOk94sk6ffajmX8jlvbfnJ-PDJZ7FololIF_KbBHEamFPk6AYik6KE5Y4g7-jVcBoqHmfbWD7l2M47AyhinfIHrAw9OMT9ADfcSboFK2qgAnNbNxBWJqwI7IDxr4_4qfKHr8CmGea8wqmwbGeo-BLmMeG9RBLY8pz_VL222dgfy96l/s1200/P1150497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xopW1U2rdsUOk94sk6ffajmX8jlvbfnJ-PDJZ7FololIF_KbBHEamFPk6AYik6KE5Y4g7-jVcBoqHmfbWD7l2M47AyhinfIHrAw9OMT9ADfcSboFK2qgAnNbNxBWJqwI7IDxr4_4qfKHr8CmGea8wqmwbGeo-BLmMeG9RBLY8pz_VL222dgfy96l/w640-h428/P1150497.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The shuttle was an utter joy to build. I left out some parts because edge glueing was enough to keep it all together. The cockpit part was slightly sanded on the edges to get a thinner edge. In this scale, paper thickness can be a nuisance but again, the fit is almost perfect. And the almost might just be because of my slightly ageing eye-hand coordination.<br />In the end I held a very pretty tiny Challenger in my hand.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Z5ltchDZ3Iue6yDTTTxP7PEjb6vjsdyVMXev_LQ0jVM8KmeI9b41wyA7dvRJCKjDZ7zjLfZ4jcubzce5Gm2RBIAFfROGneaw_nzY1PTRFn0euWzfBo4-hvt7VbRoexSbgof8R51oFRrEjbgPctxqpwq0cXVdQhk9c_8LjV-CawhZ0uIwYP3X-5QP/s1200/P1150506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Z5ltchDZ3Iue6yDTTTxP7PEjb6vjsdyVMXev_LQ0jVM8KmeI9b41wyA7dvRJCKjDZ7zjLfZ4jcubzce5Gm2RBIAFfROGneaw_nzY1PTRFn0euWzfBo4-hvt7VbRoexSbgof8R51oFRrEjbgPctxqpwq0cXVdQhk9c_8LjV-CawhZ0uIwYP3X-5QP/w640-h428/P1150506.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlOQsLN4WN-0GA0bKdY6a04S4Cwx-6udJUTPjbXZlL_tLQ-t_wSGyfcD1r2zGxqPhvg9EQT1F9xcOCTDOjQlgN_M6mkzyCTBKf474lEuMAJbHCXLQ90b9_x9E_KFW9Lu3BKxiemGx_wmt5ruDaM8MesNvXSocZjk7GJfGrZC4mWoIoB3UMdX4Xc_P/s1200/P1150512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlOQsLN4WN-0GA0bKdY6a04S4Cwx-6udJUTPjbXZlL_tLQ-t_wSGyfcD1r2zGxqPhvg9EQT1F9xcOCTDOjQlgN_M6mkzyCTBKf474lEuMAJbHCXLQ90b9_x9E_KFW9Lu3BKxiemGx_wmt5ruDaM8MesNvXSocZjk7GJfGrZC4mWoIoB3UMdX4Xc_P/w640-h428/P1150512.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI9jEZMFceYyn1F2z6HH5WMdtc6gIXssqXKziArDGCEOTGAwmhJNNwMwJXVyady-wfMJ49B0AVRL6sEPkzKdjUXvU7S6Yxp9e24bhDiHQoHclXMyeu4_qp2LqN1L5OqGtd8zQEF2XnIlns_tPfp1YN_IgCN71hVHejsuP_aliTwSbUGZ-ZFgOUCsO/s1200/P1150510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI9jEZMFceYyn1F2z6HH5WMdtc6gIXssqXKziArDGCEOTGAwmhJNNwMwJXVyady-wfMJ49B0AVRL6sEPkzKdjUXvU7S6Yxp9e24bhDiHQoHclXMyeu4_qp2LqN1L5OqGtd8zQEF2XnIlns_tPfp1YN_IgCN71hVHejsuP_aliTwSbUGZ-ZFgOUCsO/w640-h428/P1150510.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The ET. Quite an uneventful build. I recoloured the skin to a little darker colour to better mimic the actual ET of STS 61A. I left out the triangular glue tabs here for the ogive part. Just edge glueing and an occasional small 80 gram glue strip inside. The ET’s innards have a strip of rolled up piece of 80 gram regular printing paper and inside of that, three cardboard rings with a hole in the middle.<br />At the intertank SRB attachment points I made tiny holes. on the bottom of the central cylinder I cut out two notches where the SRB’s attach.<br />Here the ‘magic’ has to happen. I left the bottom cap off of the constructed ET to be able to fiddle with the wire later on.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7Rh_kNYLxfqOFU-aqN9ZSZALnC0Fd-6_AjnpRCdCi7bLGqH8wwLDGM9L3FmM5UGE1-JI1KGicXcd6LYa4Y7nQCN9obf9q0g-L2fGPiEUAQI0S-uaMhxsSGPCIxHDKGPCokOCGB7nTJUxmQSjkimJxqLZnev2FTUuOXnynVoBXcYPwlLCoQWjGJEF/s1200/P1150516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7Rh_kNYLxfqOFU-aqN9ZSZALnC0Fd-6_AjnpRCdCi7bLGqH8wwLDGM9L3FmM5UGE1-JI1KGicXcd6LYa4Y7nQCN9obf9q0g-L2fGPiEUAQI0S-uaMhxsSGPCIxHDKGPCokOCGB7nTJUxmQSjkimJxqLZnev2FTUuOXnynVoBXcYPwlLCoQWjGJEF/w640-h428/P1150516.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3YlKjVq-HKKPp8ssl4coD7fFN-gIl-uGvVGwowETcULXWta6KSuO5lJSGWv0kReBUMM5bcag4kjrOXPM1hgbd7gri124n4Q1uSsCeu9cbjNSRNhggkQtCuMnahhc5caGDZBPqfi-l0h4SxFIe-SrBYKsVhUPeWyMDxFPBQSJovRuNULbRFx7oQYk/s1200/P1150522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3YlKjVq-HKKPp8ssl4coD7fFN-gIl-uGvVGwowETcULXWta6KSuO5lJSGWv0kReBUMM5bcag4kjrOXPM1hgbd7gri124n4Q1uSsCeu9cbjNSRNhggkQtCuMnahhc5caGDZBPqfi-l0h4SxFIe-SrBYKsVhUPeWyMDxFPBQSJovRuNULbRFx7oQYk/w640-h428/P1150522.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Cv4G_WLvvIyoNZjrgXKD8HcFV8dXU6bJANCt7h4GPrCWZYzdVyULBdi3_6r540tAUf_xMgdNaQtotftntDf_Lbc6Qi0pwkjCHR9ozImexFEjE0H4xepFiRS6gBtD0ToK1sHY7PmWLZRk2ZVUBtRW0CKZgebxL7g9dtr-LBRDS31oxYkbZ3y-G0fd/s1200/P1150528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Cv4G_WLvvIyoNZjrgXKD8HcFV8dXU6bJANCt7h4GPrCWZYzdVyULBdi3_6r540tAUf_xMgdNaQtotftntDf_Lbc6Qi0pwkjCHR9ozImexFEjE0H4xepFiRS6gBtD0ToK1sHY7PmWLZRk2ZVUBtRW0CKZgebxL7g9dtr-LBRDS31oxYkbZ3y-G0fd/w640-h428/P1150528.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The diorama setup is like this:<br />At first I wanted to try and ‘suspend’ the whole stack on the SRB’s. With one piece of bent wire going from the base plate through both the SRB’s and the ET. But it would be quite tricky to build the parts around that wire. Maybe I should try that later on a less intricate model. I settled for this:<br />Two transparent perspex rods, slightly bent in a curve. (a Tajine top did the trick to get two equally curved rods!) </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4A3QL9JsOQL4FLYuFnHUas25lBFNNCgCV_I629PN7rcBWkrzuT782zvD1RoZUGj3gyLf4LrtzOq-9b7Sc5p1vvq7rh5PAzOqP3v7CctCjCi9xenfX_RX2jMT4bvsjejleeEPlkxx8yDS2Q47y4VKl7mgBwFLjpVGWFkFsbxxduK7LOwJRnr0u1SAp/s1189/P1150548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="794" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4A3QL9JsOQL4FLYuFnHUas25lBFNNCgCV_I629PN7rcBWkrzuT782zvD1RoZUGj3gyLf4LrtzOq-9b7Sc5p1vvq7rh5PAzOqP3v7CctCjCi9xenfX_RX2jMT4bvsjejleeEPlkxx8yDS2Q47y4VKl7mgBwFLjpVGWFkFsbxxduK7LOwJRnr0u1SAp/w428-h640/P1150548.JPG" title="don't mind the mess" width="428" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />They will be inserted into the SRB engine nozzles., camouflaged by fiberfill fluffiness. The ET will house two pieces of wire, one at the top and one at the bottom, providing the sturdier bit in the construction. These wires then will be connected to the separation motor locations on the SRB’s with some CA glue. And again camouflaged with some fiberfill to imitate the exhaust plumes of the separation rockets.<br /><br />Now, the SRB’s. Second time I made them this size. In the STS-1 setup I detailed the boosters around the outside with thinly cut paper strips, so I did the same again. I used my remodeled version of AXM’s boosters; Mine have the seam disappearing underneath the cable run over the fuselage. I reinforced the inside with a sturdy rolled-up piece of card, in which the transparent rod had a snug fit. I capped the inner tube off inside to make sure both SRB’s would be equally high up.</span><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMIVy06Nf-rvclRMSnUMU4b3mynb5pNRVuLAcfXtfywnD55ZiR7rXpOJsyJzuxRNay7JtS42S_HMobWXz2VlVLYzvxSrQzjIl9hjEEjw9epPpQMWfMLriQg-TWA1w_g27RjFQarO0cxqyCtJT_b5OyCaQ5-qng28HJsHo--0S9I9adND4yQZOYLwd/s1200/P1150544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMIVy06Nf-rvclRMSnUMU4b3mynb5pNRVuLAcfXtfywnD55ZiR7rXpOJsyJzuxRNay7JtS42S_HMobWXz2VlVLYzvxSrQzjIl9hjEEjw9epPpQMWfMLriQg-TWA1w_g27RjFQarO0cxqyCtJT_b5OyCaQ5-qng28HJsHo--0S9I9adND4yQZOYLwd/w640-h428/P1150544.JPG" title="remake-remodel" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The base plate. A slightly large one because I needed some space for the curved trajectory. First I thought I would use a photo of the Florida Space Coast but I wanted to do something a little more creative, I guess. I used paint with birdcage sand, fiberfill for clouds and some paper to create this suggestion of the Space Coast with a little more depth in the landscape. It isn’t 100% realistic but I like it for now. I can always change it to something else. Two 3.2 mm holes were drilled in the edge of the base plate ( a photo frame). Convenient, because the perspex rods have the same cross section.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK7A49Wdk9Cfee20zyTSOkRktZmFeW-cx_DsD-f_X5QGmDZvmgoVGJ0t8pjctoKo75YMiYvMFZ5slp_ff3E8pfKGUqKuBB8S7sHc4xeRPjjRdnO7JjUsv4_aIlUTrTTOL2oC-dX3gQ61Yb5dhn2EJMdrgJYFeQbwOQ7Jc-dDdq6D_6WpNp7o90WWC/s1200/P1150469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK7A49Wdk9Cfee20zyTSOkRktZmFeW-cx_DsD-f_X5QGmDZvmgoVGJ0t8pjctoKo75YMiYvMFZ5slp_ff3E8pfKGUqKuBB8S7sHc4xeRPjjRdnO7JjUsv4_aIlUTrTTOL2oC-dX3gQ61Yb5dhn2EJMdrgJYFeQbwOQ7Jc-dDdq6D_6WpNp7o90WWC/w640-h428/P1150469.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HiGMYVzuxqUk3QtqULFudm_BN9XO90E_qeDEfY_PqkW2jdObJMGqgpZHcfwBqL9g3ezW5Og0vqxt6H4nw8j9ovlTJequHo3issYCmlfTEDQ-nQmrbbve3hfg_jQtqcra-YAMJO64aZu1m63ExXIL3zTvTSv-6KS1dbz77EZCyp10LWJDPuhYmh9z/s1200/P1150472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HiGMYVzuxqUk3QtqULFudm_BN9XO90E_qeDEfY_PqkW2jdObJMGqgpZHcfwBqL9g3ezW5Og0vqxt6H4nw8j9ovlTJequHo3issYCmlfTEDQ-nQmrbbve3hfg_jQtqcra-YAMJO64aZu1m63ExXIL3zTvTSv-6KS1dbz77EZCyp10LWJDPuhYmh9z/w640-h428/P1150472.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnpCfzHFw0pMKwvXHxjIBeBD8pzQ14cqh_XPeteXjD_t_FXB6VXcoCFfz9A_TRY-npn-7dRZJz48_qxJCYjqX6F29frHEU-NskAC_ayfhbmmls41VNbiStVfo4aid6BtJeffdCriCpd_SQ1dBgUtK9uoEMxHGGAWPEkmt8dk3IE1oTCZPIHLpx7PR/s1200/P1150477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnpCfzHFw0pMKwvXHxjIBeBD8pzQ14cqh_XPeteXjD_t_FXB6VXcoCFfz9A_TRY-npn-7dRZJz48_qxJCYjqX6F29frHEU-NskAC_ayfhbmmls41VNbiStVfo4aid6BtJeffdCriCpd_SQ1dBgUtK9uoEMxHGGAWPEkmt8dk3IE1oTCZPIHLpx7PR/w640-h428/P1150477.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">When placed on the rods, the wire protruding from the ET needed a little trimming. With some fluffy fiberfill around it, it immediately was hardly noticeable. I coloured some fiberfill with yellow fluid paint (We call it 'ecoline' in The Netherlands, but that might be a brand name, I don't know). The fibery stuff was glued to the rods with a little drop of CA here and there. Some japanese art paper with big fibres was used for flames of the extinguishing boosters. A little bunt umber gave the flames and the smoky bits some depth.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WodBokZGyV_6ZjMrlwEsJiwTZMJEC_j2_S27IE5ZthZcoU2dMvJ2X9xaQoT0YK52D7LREYeszYmUrpzW8mz2ng7_Q28Y4sXoc9vijtP1hwzMmpy0nLNou19VRVSO6w0m2Q5wGbBVw0Zzpc2Q8pArVSoV_yV3YyadnpWCI_Ue-PFD9sp2nkETZ2k3/s1200/P1150598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WodBokZGyV_6ZjMrlwEsJiwTZMJEC_j2_S27IE5ZthZcoU2dMvJ2X9xaQoT0YK52D7LREYeszYmUrpzW8mz2ng7_Q28Y4sXoc9vijtP1hwzMmpy0nLNou19VRVSO6w0m2Q5wGbBVw0Zzpc2Q8pArVSoV_yV3YyadnpWCI_Ue-PFD9sp2nkETZ2k3/w640-h428/P1150598.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />And so, after some modelling of the fiberfill fluff, there it was. Challenger separating from its boosters, on her way to orbit with Wubbo Ockels on board.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fDgmBkHZQQpj0Mr72RNt5L2VtO9C_MSWYgW3TlcRmZdz01ITtj64ummwi3DtbRHzHFaqoXYfkga3zHbbtcJDVrJppFjwA2CrnrL1fwDUeT8YFiiQSaxPsU9MYt8vA12o9TDphOb-L2wkcJMiQl0QLVArozmp37dT-OZCLASj3ztZDbeMOWbp2xMd/s1200/P1150575.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fDgmBkHZQQpj0Mr72RNt5L2VtO9C_MSWYgW3TlcRmZdz01ITtj64ummwi3DtbRHzHFaqoXYfkga3zHbbtcJDVrJppFjwA2CrnrL1fwDUeT8YFiiQSaxPsU9MYt8vA12o9TDphOb-L2wkcJMiQl0QLVArozmp37dT-OZCLASj3ztZDbeMOWbp2xMd/w640-h428/P1150575.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXuSZmzU6QMV-oM56CQ7UiMmyuXhYAmcwsEQSSTMDT1qUzgHdMw7oybquepynFEyHj2lyp8YdEguzO6LU2q3FULM5byD7DyGmAXLHseHYU5bB5cs_Y5W6CVA5NkTvX2aLCHZYAcd21qPAhyf91dDnJeOfg1mL8w6XWuE5QQK4_W8DAUtBpZ5pbFfm/s1200/P1150580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXuSZmzU6QMV-oM56CQ7UiMmyuXhYAmcwsEQSSTMDT1qUzgHdMw7oybquepynFEyHj2lyp8YdEguzO6LU2q3FULM5byD7DyGmAXLHseHYU5bB5cs_Y5W6CVA5NkTvX2aLCHZYAcd21qPAhyf91dDnJeOfg1mL8w6XWuE5QQK4_W8DAUtBpZ5pbFfm/w640-h428/P1150580.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqKdrkgA9BBbl18mPyt91jjsjkfb4sA-wnRMt81cI4RIaXuswZNeKxvKno5I3e0kMe1SYX5hDPKiyDO36L2huRLzLbLxgiGqlrRpMAMUMUcz4jBPDWW4zY5mAV9XXipti7T-kEhFlWh6077464NlJvfAGa_KTQUbA16EozxNQt1QihaAxvyugslVX/s1200/P1150590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqKdrkgA9BBbl18mPyt91jjsjkfb4sA-wnRMt81cI4RIaXuswZNeKxvKno5I3e0kMe1SYX5hDPKiyDO36L2huRLzLbLxgiGqlrRpMAMUMUcz4jBPDWW4zY5mAV9XXipti7T-kEhFlWh6077464NlJvfAGa_KTQUbA16EozxNQt1QihaAxvyugslVX/w428-h640/P1150590.JPG" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJtO0mby5UNSFbHz5fg_DbL05iwqsc5Zern3dFQ7aZsatkduTwTZwNEZpaBLtQXLp_cx5DSjLDgH6gKCKFjQN2Phku4qFsqiDDX-uvOb0Fd04ZYSfJRO4y8I-xhnbGgyAMKlDhzAVIbZFg8bmMYmbyD7CvaWOce1ZI-N5v3qn95KvMBwe0qhSLODW/s1200/P1150603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a> <br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw7TZnH1z0N4fromPJf9gnP_BqfInALwtMGyVpsvqTLbyuS2TQHqCQhtzTCOZPnRY82XCbvt8vjYuWRAftPHjaF5yr9NNWKVhK31gom7FrLZMq-hp-9WZ4c6o91nCVGsdfkW2mAZantp4iC_mADm3gEBx_1cPtuCeWx61UCC4gCedeY3MbAO2KDDL/s1200/P1150596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw7TZnH1z0N4fromPJf9gnP_BqfInALwtMGyVpsvqTLbyuS2TQHqCQhtzTCOZPnRY82XCbvt8vjYuWRAftPHjaF5yr9NNWKVhK31gom7FrLZMq-hp-9WZ4c6o91nCVGsdfkW2mAZantp4iC_mADm3gEBx_1cPtuCeWx61UCC4gCedeY3MbAO2KDDL/w428-h640/P1150596.JPG" width="428" /></a></div></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkL2Bbc8uMQO6y44jWOr9ITM3CzDQOQy8P9QWKpYnWRPfNLV2c7NAodnRq2s3zahKvjPb2ocV_X9Aaqx4Aqgi_DhsdRH7UEx-j4Jpjc4bks2IK7bs9OA3EakvHKZo-_s65pyvLY3vajPDq4jJCMMFID2pZPa9rsbz2dmcyzRqEqKBYhynG_406ShN/s1200/P1150603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkL2Bbc8uMQO6y44jWOr9ITM3CzDQOQy8P9QWKpYnWRPfNLV2c7NAodnRq2s3zahKvjPb2ocV_X9Aaqx4Aqgi_DhsdRH7UEx-j4Jpjc4bks2IK7bs9OA3EakvHKZo-_s65pyvLY3vajPDq4jJCMMFID2pZPa9rsbz2dmcyzRqEqKBYhynG_406ShN/w428-h640/P1150603.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I loved working in 1/400 again, next one might be small as well!<br /><br />See you soon,<br />—PK</span><br /><br /><p></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-41191204906727879002022-07-30T17:32:00.006+02:002022-07-30T17:32:57.501+02:00Could-have-been-Stuka: The Blohm und Voss Ha-137<p> Hi there! Another airplane it is. Unbelievable. Five models in one month. Wahey!<br /></p><p>Blohm und Voss were later on in the National Socialist period quite well known for their flying boats but they started out when they purchased the Hamburger Flugzeugbau (the Ha- part in the name of the plane). Uninvited but nevertheless with the "best" intentions, they entered the competition in the mid-thirties to build Germany's new dive bomber. The Ha-137 was competing against and eventually lost out to the equally archaic looking Ju-87. Both sported inversed gullwings to keep the non-retractable landing gear short. And there the comparison stops. The Ju-87 had room for two, the Ha-137 carried just the pilot. The Ju-87 was large, the Ha-137 looked more like a fighter, albeit with an open cockpit, something the Ju-87 didn't have. Anyway, bla bla bla. Ju-87 won, Jericho trumpet, bla bla bla, obsolete, bla bla bla, Allies won.<br />But the Ha-137 looked to me like a nice little plane to build. But to me it looked better without the nazi-parafernalia on its hull and wings. So I removed all lettering and emblems.<br />The very nicely designed model is created by <i>Der Kampfflieger</i>, Roman Vasiliev, from Ukraine. The parts fit very well. I built it 1/72 and that's smaller than originally intended.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLO1dFFCkk0x8WxMjXZeGur1XjpkMZZj5V6amRaxXt8i5lt1cqsHUycTJEvCRtlGjj541Op-9zW0Bz_Zn8ClZZFE_4h7xtxew0fPO0t0myF7UswVuiva2DKi96on0iM9Bf_lLmS5LCwb3-3hBkX8Loep8IRjxrU4lvYHwITSl4SIO89aIe0NDR9XZ/s1200/P1150427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLO1dFFCkk0x8WxMjXZeGur1XjpkMZZj5V6amRaxXt8i5lt1cqsHUycTJEvCRtlGjj541Op-9zW0Bz_Zn8ClZZFE_4h7xtxew0fPO0t0myF7UswVuiva2DKi96on0iM9Bf_lLmS5LCwb3-3hBkX8Loep8IRjxrU4lvYHwITSl4SIO89aIe0NDR9XZ/w640-h428/P1150427.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcqlFC5TwmUNKS8kYyF1NGSfI3Z1E06mIe381K6_Y0sfoMVxy2A5KBnPsJQe_eyc1c1DTwp4wM-VzHUynOy-uWDUSh-YWBbTGOrmPAPRJBPPbBbyJlhBJhUU0-HK6WYhbV9FKzDxnvl8n0xKS9UQFRyjGPSyW879J46EHaLCTMjKar9thVW6nglOJ/s1200/P1150423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcqlFC5TwmUNKS8kYyF1NGSfI3Z1E06mIe381K6_Y0sfoMVxy2A5KBnPsJQe_eyc1c1DTwp4wM-VzHUynOy-uWDUSh-YWBbTGOrmPAPRJBPPbBbyJlhBJhUU0-HK6WYhbV9FKzDxnvl8n0xKS9UQFRyjGPSyW879J46EHaLCTMjKar9thVW6nglOJ/w640-h428/P1150423.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawqnVRZH2GLO3OBnRs3u2adHRZbrmMal5cCkBFkukZhwPqTXwJHDB-rmS62usXQS15Zdri-xYvbSjqpv1igSkjQ5Si0qE1vRJYKjcYI6Sdax0AdjZNvjS4r2YAaWa7LNNa5bQIJ9j8F7bFhWO-YVFSm-UW1LJlnmA9kVoxqmQ0Wa4n9B-3xJ6tQrl/s1200/P1150421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawqnVRZH2GLO3OBnRs3u2adHRZbrmMal5cCkBFkukZhwPqTXwJHDB-rmS62usXQS15Zdri-xYvbSjqpv1igSkjQ5Si0qE1vRJYKjcYI6Sdax0AdjZNvjS4r2YAaWa7LNNa5bQIJ9j8F7bFhWO-YVFSm-UW1LJlnmA9kVoxqmQ0Wa4n9B-3xJ6tQrl/w640-h428/P1150421.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3GTgsaWNdTbs-eJ_tTNRTJTaLdGO16q1x9PRvd247H6ot4SgZFCcHmfhydGm_ncfdVtXpqibohT9DWjIxePyT5eWHd43HnFCuYq9FTDYav8UEtRDA9PsjujBH2rMawGHiIN7egk7rviFrtXaBcWEWEVYBZa96cOnhBby1ObXv5G3I68tmZH5Y0jf/s1200/P1150431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3GTgsaWNdTbs-eJ_tTNRTJTaLdGO16q1x9PRvd247H6ot4SgZFCcHmfhydGm_ncfdVtXpqibohT9DWjIxePyT5eWHd43HnFCuYq9FTDYav8UEtRDA9PsjujBH2rMawGHiIN7egk7rviFrtXaBcWEWEVYBZa96cOnhBby1ObXv5G3I68tmZH5Y0jf/w640-h428/P1150431.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />It received a spinning propeller and well, it was an easy and straightforward build. And that's pretty much it, actually. <br /><p></p><p>I already am working on the preparations for the next model. It will be very small, and - finally - something space-related again.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-82821804478760840322022-07-21T11:50:00.001+02:002022-07-22T08:34:01.265+02:00 Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero (Prototype)<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Long before I went on vacation, this Zio aircraft was waiting for me for a long time already. I had it printed out in the stash as a quickie for a rainy day or holidays.<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtooiGGQnOJ6cVnu974o1TefusadVGpx8K-RuMMYfwZZB6p0AuLvmvB8ArCQczI0jwPE3eIMaQa7TD30qFYWCcpNq-kq91f_vgPXBfPYYoaZvdTLkA6m46q0x2XIcWabJdxddtSlJ5XGc-gX6Ae2ybqrRcfq1eq_kof2bSTPqVdnI8CuRwYC6Whn6c/s1200/P1150284.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtooiGGQnOJ6cVnu974o1TefusadVGpx8K-RuMMYfwZZB6p0AuLvmvB8ArCQczI0jwPE3eIMaQa7TD30qFYWCcpNq-kq91f_vgPXBfPYYoaZvdTLkA6m46q0x2XIcWabJdxddtSlJ5XGc-gX6Ae2ybqrRcfq1eq_kof2bSTPqVdnI8CuRwYC6Whn6c/w640-h428/P1150284.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />It was a bit more elaborate plane and I had started work on the fuselage in the end of june. But from the beginning, I slowly grew to dislike the amount of guns protruding from the hull.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGzeRdWE-g_5YR82OL-aTQG2KwWGKGCrq2Jx7_cbctpgoUAJ1uQ5gEHUqXytVWDiYFRzXA72bGNpPlqHCCv1o3U7WPHYF4e0CQGy14b98ComTUVMqv3bL8w4MUG3SUOZxCJn3_6OVg-xZLWUzvEL8NaR0pi0D4xHc6VAv_OzVQGlhG6nllBIa8ozR/s1200/P1150293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGzeRdWE-g_5YR82OL-aTQG2KwWGKGCrq2Jx7_cbctpgoUAJ1uQ5gEHUqXytVWDiYFRzXA72bGNpPlqHCCv1o3U7WPHYF4e0CQGy14b98ComTUVMqv3bL8w4MUG3SUOZxCJn3_6OVg-xZLWUzvEL8NaR0pi0D4xHc6VAv_OzVQGlhG6nllBIa8ozR/w640-h428/P1150293.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC967SFlxGwIgkKJAWnEufIYJGgoSkr1kh9oI7tA065qOq8fdq4zyRxCdXjtQnazQo_J97mHzQI-JFZLtf3zFdcS7ch7o58xJXBf91VHRK9tXlvZJ5MSmeP7dO9iH-SfKbLm901BkzVSpSry0jCLgln3UFTbE9-iMRsPpHkFHCI1mTjOxvk8C0IRtR/s1200/P1150292.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC967SFlxGwIgkKJAWnEufIYJGgoSkr1kh9oI7tA065qOq8fdq4zyRxCdXjtQnazQo_J97mHzQI-JFZLtf3zFdcS7ch7o58xJXBf91VHRK9tXlvZJ5MSmeP7dO9iH-SfKbLm901BkzVSpSry0jCLgln3UFTbE9-iMRsPpHkFHCI1mTjOxvk8C0IRtR/w640-h428/P1150292.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Now don’t get me wrong, I have built a lot of war planes before but this one has all its guns so… well, obviously displayed. And with all that war in Ukraine going on, it just felt not right. It was just too much... well... in your face for my taste.<br />But I kept building anyway. The fuselage was made and I liked its shape. The weird hump and the curves are quite unique and I liked the overall shape. On holiday, I worked a bit on the mid-engine before changing moods and working on the Johan Scherft Bee-eaters, a Zio Spitfire and the VFW 614.<span><a name='more'></a></span>Back at home I picked up the Marchetti build again. And it went wrong when I tried to join the wings. That and my growing dislike of those displayed guns led to, let's call it an apotheosis. This was the result:</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMNfMx7-6DrO8hcyjYY2azW53KKMzxcoxFCYl5kXtcdOmJCyr_tydtwCCxMEtQdGYeXlluhDvO1Mxa8Sq7wUcpFK9jovqpwD0BLbe6QGSsaXbkEtPJSyEqnA0aoHqTM_vwpCsKDveeiS81hb6DLwTbnZ98iurbdE6wRnH6YSoeI5Cq1JyV6CX4XFi/s1200/P1150312.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMNfMx7-6DrO8hcyjYY2azW53KKMzxcoxFCYl5kXtcdOmJCyr_tydtwCCxMEtQdGYeXlluhDvO1Mxa8Sq7wUcpFK9jovqpwD0BLbe6QGSsaXbkEtPJSyEqnA0aoHqTM_vwpCsKDveeiS81hb6DLwTbnZ98iurbdE6wRnH6YSoeI5Cq1JyV6CX4XFi/w640-h428/P1150312.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Main reason was that I couldn’t get the wings off of the fuselage in one piece and well, that was that.<br /><br />I reprinted the Sparviero but in another civilian version: the 1935 prototype. No guns, no camouflage, just “Imago” and the curved hump. Cream and red, I already liked this one a lot better.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf_qnPpyCQXzTtiZOn70AZ22vld7LOmCfdNhgmH1oMZOEu1DxPiHls3HsTB7HGEVz9LbF4a0STV4AFRnhmMH5VRXyvw9GqZXnjBScNbtiOLsIn9iY3HaRn04y8lHyW9HEBuXQI8PcYIZj2-V6GyKoJ-x47kTzGZHfli3ETnRoHkKjvMg__I7tauly/s1200/P1150313.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf_qnPpyCQXzTtiZOn70AZ22vld7LOmCfdNhgmH1oMZOEu1DxPiHls3HsTB7HGEVz9LbF4a0STV4AFRnhmMH5VRXyvw9GqZXnjBScNbtiOLsIn9iY3HaRn04y8lHyW9HEBuXQI8PcYIZj2-V6GyKoJ-x47kTzGZHfli3ETnRoHkKjvMg__I7tauly/w640-h428/P1150313.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbulNAA1chQIRiZL4LPPK7VA0XqjhUS-NFXjy3zNvOV4CnlOd3RGmtoIn29ma9CJVsapQXBr7ZWmr3oHKG-SgaBxmPBqRRuFTLC0Kg791Rzz4Lc3Axr-_Lmlm9S6Q_cp4N14a-kLTnX-f0E56LWzHWDat_NFMzAc4eCjd-_lNkWHJCqrjMBlnta8A/s1200/P1150314.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbulNAA1chQIRiZL4LPPK7VA0XqjhUS-NFXjy3zNvOV4CnlOd3RGmtoIn29ma9CJVsapQXBr7ZWmr3oHKG-SgaBxmPBqRRuFTLC0Kg791Rzz4Lc3Axr-_Lmlm9S6Q_cp4N14a-kLTnX-f0E56LWzHWDat_NFMzAc4eCjd-_lNkWHJCqrjMBlnta8A/w640-h428/P1150314.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">With the experience of the previous incarnation I restarted building. And I also smuggled. I usually build Prudenziati’s planes as-is. But I wanted to try something different. So I cut off all the tabs and used strips so the seams would be much tighter. And they were. <br />The shaping of this fuselage is complex. It is not just a round fuselage. it has the start of the chines that curve their way into the wing incorporated (like the Spitfire has) and the fuselage is a little flatter on the belly. You also need to take care and not make the notches along the fuselage too wide. If done right, you can actually join the curved parts together and get a continuous curve. Also true when you use the original glue tabs.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DHm00IOCh8VDe-GbZtKqZsUYefqIQzfdIgWIzIBu6ONXepfjGhbGugQLHQe0dcZ0hWX6OvC3FeKISTsRqki41aScC-M6t5RU9pDz5DMX39qG8iP8m0veBYYheekwIRKoYPy9JZwggWG_2Oqlg4gTWyYAdfXzPUJDy5WZTUpTvaYK_bLeAcrCq8Ib/s1200/P1150323.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DHm00IOCh8VDe-GbZtKqZsUYefqIQzfdIgWIzIBu6ONXepfjGhbGugQLHQe0dcZ0hWX6OvC3FeKISTsRqki41aScC-M6t5RU9pDz5DMX39qG8iP8m0veBYYheekwIRKoYPy9JZwggWG_2Oqlg4gTWyYAdfXzPUJDy5WZTUpTvaYK_bLeAcrCq8Ib/w640-h428/P1150323.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaW2c880Z7AXDGk1c3cNE5klBEq22Gr7l1-TkiSEUwrUvHsNJQv5Py8ULhCz5UeF7howvvoCAfp5F9ZrnSztew1pmFXFYxcE5nRASxIF-bmhssfwaH1PXF7HPSPS8K1wYb2kPM99R9cI9cZ7Z-2PYK67z1EX692ABYVJOa9PwO79auR0fcLbUwMf-/s1200/P1150324.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaW2c880Z7AXDGk1c3cNE5klBEq22Gr7l1-TkiSEUwrUvHsNJQv5Py8ULhCz5UeF7howvvoCAfp5F9ZrnSztew1pmFXFYxcE5nRASxIF-bmhssfwaH1PXF7HPSPS8K1wYb2kPM99R9cI9cZ7Z-2PYK67z1EX692ABYVJOa9PwO79auR0fcLbUwMf-/w640-h428/P1150324.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wings are the trickiest. The instructions don’t tell you which part to glue to what other part. I screwed up the first time by making the wings as a separate unit and trying to join them with the fuselage. The trick is to first do the upper wing (see the pictures above). Gently curve the top surface, give the leading edge a more bulbous curve, glue them to the fuselage. Then, cut out the bottom parts of the wing and glue them to the front parts of their designated wing. Follow the curve which comes into existence. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFvmJJajil5Q3F92QkKuzEhiT73gkn4AsEDgO0PvFRGzjuUZy-fLj3VmTQlUyUu09_6dVCi4FHsv8sqH-MWU71Dh3vuiEjKItCjdXy-rLC-E_CdSxbYqrDm8pw4dUhQjLViV4JN3y8eG9udPKninEtjZ3s2zp083yOeDMng6N_xpuLn6DtIbVaPI7/s1200/P1150325.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFvmJJajil5Q3F92QkKuzEhiT73gkn4AsEDgO0PvFRGzjuUZy-fLj3VmTQlUyUu09_6dVCi4FHsv8sqH-MWU71Dh3vuiEjKItCjdXy-rLC-E_CdSxbYqrDm8pw4dUhQjLViV4JN3y8eG9udPKninEtjZ3s2zp083yOeDMng6N_xpuLn6DtIbVaPI7/w640-h428/P1150325.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAaafcdrA52_p1XNcMuic5mCLQlbR89A9Okq240p3Dp-VUevGa1VIEhYcHAs6sYgdJZlRFPb9xG39-_gJObreUCIYryzoGf1c2Dp0zJPbdlk8cdnCpjLeMn5P3bXGsKsaGFWYUH328b1wueIL5Dzf-h1hAu52gfyTpbnIXohuo1EoeDDsrcCe0-5s/s1200/P1150328.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAaafcdrA52_p1XNcMuic5mCLQlbR89A9Okq240p3Dp-VUevGa1VIEhYcHAs6sYgdJZlRFPb9xG39-_gJObreUCIYryzoGf1c2Dp0zJPbdlk8cdnCpjLeMn5P3bXGsKsaGFWYUH328b1wueIL5Dzf-h1hAu52gfyTpbnIXohuo1EoeDDsrcCe0-5s/w640-h428/P1150328.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp_ANuuxX-lYFEQzS-u09JNUcHBILxyJxsUAAtalZ9nNG3JTK0gpUCAc3aVhvN21A3Z8aqybkO1lx4oHKAMsd0LeEwGF0BbIRVt5Jdob2gkWyE7g-4u8AMAc1m2OVNSzuFwfExHIPIN-3XebPmdBaMonhxDcgoXNsyZYOVitga0LDdX4S5CLWEcb8/s1200/P1150331.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp_ANuuxX-lYFEQzS-u09JNUcHBILxyJxsUAAtalZ9nNG3JTK0gpUCAc3aVhvN21A3Z8aqybkO1lx4oHKAMsd0LeEwGF0BbIRVt5Jdob2gkWyE7g-4u8AMAc1m2OVNSzuFwfExHIPIN-3XebPmdBaMonhxDcgoXNsyZYOVitga0LDdX4S5CLWEcb8/w640-h428/P1150331.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next, glue the wing parts together on the trailing edge side. The gap in the middle will be covered with the center part. Do not glue that to the lower wing any time before now. It actually is too wide. Its length is good though. I first glued the center section to the aft part of the fuselage, then I glued it to the front. Only then I glued the sides to the wing. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRc1Q2SLPvgHiwKszqP_N3MGafKjTSHEg1fCJ11op8_0-AMhs8iHowlxnzUXK-CCnGUlSZExCYi6k5mAafySsIft86_yPKnWjhWnRa77DkJAw-DpuZVR335fXiZDUB2SFiahIX2ZecQb47mtzh89EBB3dcRc0FOFagRwwJtscu9-YNoOcQKXcfzt8w/s1200/P1150336.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRc1Q2SLPvgHiwKszqP_N3MGafKjTSHEg1fCJ11op8_0-AMhs8iHowlxnzUXK-CCnGUlSZExCYi6k5mAafySsIft86_yPKnWjhWnRa77DkJAw-DpuZVR335fXiZDUB2SFiahIX2ZecQb47mtzh89EBB3dcRc0FOFagRwwJtscu9-YNoOcQKXcfzt8w/w640-h428/P1150336.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As you can see, the center part of the wing section is wider than the gap it needs to bridge. <br />Usually these things are measured out meticulously, so that is what I assumed in my first attempt. <br />I Assembled the wing's lower section and tried to attach it to the upper section which already was<br />glued on to the fuselage. Of course it didn't fit at all. So: this part here needs to come last<br />and just has to overlap the coloured part of the lower wings for a bit. Not ust the glue tabs.</span> <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BLsJBUappDj5LbEOfTHz4dIm8qOUIgBeZ6cr1GZ0hGvATYk0y11r0ovDCVlTl5In5bnma-igUWRmFbJFD7Ufl0RLGUpzQl4HJ3xJYY-E9cVOHFVoL-CTX1PWnUc0XFZgTt5kyoaLYh4GP5yZNheNqS9DJ2aPRcxNprbab8WOUPRXvT9IhvhAfKmE/s1200/P1150338.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BLsJBUappDj5LbEOfTHz4dIm8qOUIgBeZ6cr1GZ0hGvATYk0y11r0ovDCVlTl5In5bnma-igUWRmFbJFD7Ufl0RLGUpzQl4HJ3xJYY-E9cVOHFVoL-CTX1PWnUc0XFZgTt5kyoaLYh4GP5yZNheNqS9DJ2aPRcxNprbab8WOUPRXvT9IhvhAfKmE/w640-h428/P1150338.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwvrVDG6rVcwtvCF0naOCHoP6Fi2MK6497y__-79Uu8POz_WMvcMhlKgxNfd6pNnc5YHGS1kBSf6NV345KVywrTRc8l5j6XmER6kNkmImmR_50avMTlnkNhtbjw4NOzrhjVGNvV0FyQCtigXuJneeRTOMT7JMyWMSfH-kfUWoEtasL9hWiDov_rYB/s1200/P1150341.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwvrVDG6rVcwtvCF0naOCHoP6Fi2MK6497y__-79Uu8POz_WMvcMhlKgxNfd6pNnc5YHGS1kBSf6NV345KVywrTRc8l5j6XmER6kNkmImmR_50avMTlnkNhtbjw4NOzrhjVGNvV0FyQCtigXuJneeRTOMT7JMyWMSfH-kfUWoEtasL9hWiDov_rYB/w640-h428/P1150341.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDg0HGvPf7eMSyCfFeKk5_3LPNAz551CR94zRK-OmY0aqq1cXFrgqoglFBbCsVucrPEZTNKU7X3-1P26DSigZ85lE3nG0s7mswN8TgOknDaC2Hvcd93uoXO6Mls2jlOzz6mIqzi2KUKB-PbUZiR5KfuEz2RdoEvgZSOJrpIhKnRq4Cn06TB-YS3lM0/s1200/P1150343.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDg0HGvPf7eMSyCfFeKk5_3LPNAz551CR94zRK-OmY0aqq1cXFrgqoglFBbCsVucrPEZTNKU7X3-1P26DSigZ85lE3nG0s7mswN8TgOknDaC2Hvcd93uoXO6Mls2jlOzz6mIqzi2KUKB-PbUZiR5KfuEz2RdoEvgZSOJrpIhKnRq4Cn06TB-YS3lM0/w640-h428/P1150343.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I used a knitting needle to apply some pressure to the glued parts. There are enough holes to do so. Oh yeah, I also glued a coffee stirrer to the wing’s lower parts on the inside to help the wing keep straight. Another little smuggle. (-:<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_A8mvZkznnvMGrTP5gjhgLhGIiiw9UGZQsc21pD9PCpDt6sZijRGcZxjCEzhO4QPmNg92g5Hi5nXmGUEp1dqQPMdTLHyw5_-F87s3DknzjWQGk9rOyaK1PGNs_qoBJAPUmCGLjcnQ-JfhB1FnnEBDW6-XvOohQxHnirqQG8MNYL0IlqpCr1qm3WD/s1200/P1150347.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_A8mvZkznnvMGrTP5gjhgLhGIiiw9UGZQsc21pD9PCpDt6sZijRGcZxjCEzhO4QPmNg92g5Hi5nXmGUEp1dqQPMdTLHyw5_-F87s3DknzjWQGk9rOyaK1PGNs_qoBJAPUmCGLjcnQ-JfhB1FnnEBDW6-XvOohQxHnirqQG8MNYL0IlqpCr1qm3WD/w640-h428/P1150347.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yi_cRBuoKe28T0Ej5UrjCVttZ8lozuZOs2YUunEnSuWSE9dTQOQjsOmdLAkITjrbQA87-PdSy9_bBfaLJ3GfHM_FHUv3vhdfoGf_KCp9Vs-OeEmzRJhEaacBbocD7z4DAT5hwnKH8t_vH6d548ehUIEZPs3wLBXIa8rbr1FTvaDPGb3jqVCZ2EH6/s1200/P1150349.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yi_cRBuoKe28T0Ej5UrjCVttZ8lozuZOs2YUunEnSuWSE9dTQOQjsOmdLAkITjrbQA87-PdSy9_bBfaLJ3GfHM_FHUv3vhdfoGf_KCp9Vs-OeEmzRJhEaacBbocD7z4DAT5hwnKH8t_vH6d548ehUIEZPs3wLBXIa8rbr1FTvaDPGb3jqVCZ2EH6/w640-h428/P1150349.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now here is another thing to note: The yellowish 'cuticle' underneath the windscreen. <br />When you curve and glue all the parts of the fuselage, you will end up with a small but <br />very visible gap between the glass of the forward cockpit section and the hull in front of it. <br />I cut out a small bit of a spare print and shoved it through the gap and glued it to both sides. <br />Result: gap gone and a nice continuation of the yellowish curve around the window section.<br />(Of course I did this earlier in the build, when the wings weren't even cut out yet.)<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-56Av14u37EQjsT0EHhu2Fa-Six-f9WZcgOh9D81cENr2pS4Dz-Bo75WZDjeQbRekMiJlToYsm0P2t2qbbTiQLJMviwea5u0t6dvkgXMibL5yQBc04bNikKA-r16tF1rdkiCkR8pZGk2e0R6Qic8yvwpY-Q-h04dRkw5OcfU-57EDAJGxIJ55sAWu/s1200/P1150362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-56Av14u37EQjsT0EHhu2Fa-Six-f9WZcgOh9D81cENr2pS4Dz-Bo75WZDjeQbRekMiJlToYsm0P2t2qbbTiQLJMviwea5u0t6dvkgXMibL5yQBc04bNikKA-r16tF1rdkiCkR8pZGk2e0R6Qic8yvwpY-Q-h04dRkw5OcfU-57EDAJGxIJ55sAWu/w640-h428/P1150362.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The engine cowlings looked like they had a metallic shine to them. So I used metallic paper to make them. I edge-glued the cowlings. As usual, I played with some pins and beads to make the propellers spin. The spinners were made from glossy metallic card.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph7wfMkxY5SPKVGks2lrMGhA_9O6zxoaZMMqZcyTMd-gRmxoPjuqs1sRIt1c2f0RtW2HOe0DbridEqJwYVQvz2wHHvAV5OCCj5ceaG_nnRS0xDir419G9kM9p_cxqb02Foglqb6spuiPticC-hLfXuYAsvj1mJnALOfDqvjmKbxGiEsneEcrH_k8x/s1200/P1150364.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph7wfMkxY5SPKVGks2lrMGhA_9O6zxoaZMMqZcyTMd-gRmxoPjuqs1sRIt1c2f0RtW2HOe0DbridEqJwYVQvz2wHHvAV5OCCj5ceaG_nnRS0xDir419G9kM9p_cxqb02Foglqb6spuiPticC-hLfXuYAsvj1mJnALOfDqvjmKbxGiEsneEcrH_k8x/w640-h428/P1150364.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The landing gear. It was a little simplified of course, and as with all Zio planes, it has no wheel wells at all, just the suggestion of it. I made the landing gear from partially the given parts, but made the struts from metallic rolled paper and the wheels got an actual axle to let them roll. The wheels were strengthened by a couple of layers of card inside.<br />And there it was, the Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero. A Sparrowhawk without its claws. But elegant nonetheless. A fun build!<br /> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHLa5IYDPf-w8UT5N_7jTLeqdl06JEyPZDC6LzelNjrIdGOo3WBUieUHUsvoPD753H6HSvhsJm6haEmI06Gth8cXKf5dr5J5KGCkh5zKgbdylEc6JjonXTGq600rQzpdJ0_YgcbvK6hUaw3upHQCL8ryf2X-NFNbL1iWaK9DxueIHR5G5WjNP0uP2/s1200/P1150368.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHLa5IYDPf-w8UT5N_7jTLeqdl06JEyPZDC6LzelNjrIdGOo3WBUieUHUsvoPD753H6HSvhsJm6haEmI06Gth8cXKf5dr5J5KGCkh5zKgbdylEc6JjonXTGq600rQzpdJ0_YgcbvK6hUaw3upHQCL8ryf2X-NFNbL1iWaK9DxueIHR5G5WjNP0uP2/w640-h428/P1150368.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8ZkY5-ntsnU4QU_Oa_8KHrqsTtE4CWRXcIsg-KQEzQj-JCqQB6j2h6kz4geVZ1PpSJfp_4ieHAV1ikafjkAMNIqAdcy6en-Ki0GXruj5KvD0gxjP0fJbMncJaO22NsTn7U_RPf1dd7wJNjhYiWlRkHekJMaErV8LOsVQ8J3pzANZXmH4z7kISRFB/s1200/P1150372.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8ZkY5-ntsnU4QU_Oa_8KHrqsTtE4CWRXcIsg-KQEzQj-JCqQB6j2h6kz4geVZ1PpSJfp_4ieHAV1ikafjkAMNIqAdcy6en-Ki0GXruj5KvD0gxjP0fJbMncJaO22NsTn7U_RPf1dd7wJNjhYiWlRkHekJMaErV8LOsVQ8J3pzANZXmH4z7kISRFB/w640-h428/P1150372.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbTYtS3r_DKhnrDNQ5ubJ8wI9pGOxyG4q75O-6aL5bgX7VeK_x-UXkr7JOhYKi4zXyG1yz-WRNG5w4Y9sF2udM5JIRY5LkCYP1ZYEmjCWoazYcOLYlPHXcLjABOtROwEUuVPyaSHUtNn12Q78oPkLXYX8WogI_9ISRJv2NL_t_ujgESuhZZRpJjWy/s1200/P1150375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbTYtS3r_DKhnrDNQ5ubJ8wI9pGOxyG4q75O-6aL5bgX7VeK_x-UXkr7JOhYKi4zXyG1yz-WRNG5w4Y9sF2udM5JIRY5LkCYP1ZYEmjCWoazYcOLYlPHXcLjABOtROwEUuVPyaSHUtNn12Q78oPkLXYX8WogI_9ISRJv2NL_t_ujgESuhZZRpJjWy/w640-h428/P1150375.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Up next: Who can say? Not me.<br /><br />Until next time, stay safe, be kind to one another.</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />—PK<br /><br /> </span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-59863648122660074372022-07-10T10:55:00.000+02:002022-07-10T10:55:04.393+02:00Three models. In two weeks.<p>On the last day of my short two-week vacation I can say that I actually have made three models. So far for thinking I am not inspired or not motivated any more.<br />I won’t bother you with build reports (I haven’t made them anyway) but I will show you the end result.<br />First I built the Bee-eaters trio of Johan Scherft. It’s the (African) dwarf-bee-eater, so it actually is full-scale. I found a nice twig at the compost heap in the garden they could sit on and the only things I added myself were the 3D-feet (rolled and coloured paper) and a three-part blob of transparent glossy acrylic paint for the eyes. It makes the model so much more come to life. It will be left as a present to the people whose house we are house-sitting.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltFw3pZdHvKzuIYmE1FnymPhBjSZsMqVC98WsfoVWu6uqcBmZNHrn5ulr0JSDWDRZtOe-b5EC3YFO1bpmmkLLZ--w0f4zVv7GdtTlmkD3lBc5wQiZL3MgZm_sxExuYZPVYnDnfYYrrkLKTq788tZAJ6hCL-cT3PMCMnZZGnpCtMfeMHtoXhgYgG_1/s1200/P1000110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltFw3pZdHvKzuIYmE1FnymPhBjSZsMqVC98WsfoVWu6uqcBmZNHrn5ulr0JSDWDRZtOe-b5EC3YFO1bpmmkLLZ--w0f4zVv7GdtTlmkD3lBc5wQiZL3MgZm_sxExuYZPVYnDnfYYrrkLKTq788tZAJ6hCL-cT3PMCMnZZGnpCtMfeMHtoXhgYgG_1/w640-h428/P1000110.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />The second one was a relative quickie and a favourite of mine, Zio’s Spitfire. This one also will be left in the house. As always, Fabrizio Prudenziati’s model is an utter joy to build. The fit is great and the result always makes me smile. The propeller on this build already spins when just walking with it. A sigh makes it move.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpA4sJF3B_oEsDbPRiz0sCejyaEdZ8xhzj6g7DiSv3GP6P-dooVFlxZwe74ac_Li4wuJDNmVsvuy18E0Vs0I5OXn_oGQ8COf1_-4DcaodhC2pbTTtMuJziGFZBxYuZsv2RwBI18q91rgxi8ksRaVLVPRbdoIiJZbTE40N4oBrAcGVW7-Dhq_sRZOq/s1200/P1000118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpA4sJF3B_oEsDbPRiz0sCejyaEdZ8xhzj6g7DiSv3GP6P-dooVFlxZwe74ac_Li4wuJDNmVsvuy18E0Vs0I5OXn_oGQ8COf1_-4DcaodhC2pbTTtMuJziGFZBxYuZsv2RwBI18q91rgxi8ksRaVLVPRbdoIiJZbTE40N4oBrAcGVW7-Dhq_sRZOq/w640-h428/P1000118.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />The third build was this German curiosity, the VFW 614. A cooperation between several joined Greman aircraft manufacturers and the Dutch Fokker company. The small commuter plane had its engines on top of the wing. An idea which nowadays has regained momentum since it significantly reduces engine noise. A straight forward build without any difficulties. The model has no landing gear so it is placed on a pedestal. It is by no means perfect but it was a nice build and I might do it again some day. This one is going back with me.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIL-M1unKBnj9IWh3zVjiBBnqwxKQOLJmreXRz9wKy05yvMnWVyCHFAFO9yRaxIeUHuZHsEuQRZ2mELpaVQVK-eQQy8gSWh7tzV5xJNxyIRqqeGItY258BJ4zc_2D2BlHk2QFqybzuhAiOLo-6vvTh-8rdaopBAiqnOIkYxthRPIFsxViuxtmddrT/s1200/P1000132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIL-M1unKBnj9IWh3zVjiBBnqwxKQOLJmreXRz9wKy05yvMnWVyCHFAFO9yRaxIeUHuZHsEuQRZ2mELpaVQVK-eQQy8gSWh7tzV5xJNxyIRqqeGItY258BJ4zc_2D2BlHk2QFqybzuhAiOLo-6vvTh-8rdaopBAiqnOIkYxthRPIFsxViuxtmddrT/w640-h428/P1000132.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Tomorrow it’s back to work again. And I actually am looking forward to it. Weird, eh?<br /><br />Stay safe and healthy, take good care.<br /><br />—PK</p><br />Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-84484325414421270632022-05-15T10:52:00.005+02:002022-07-22T21:41:25.866+02:00It's getting almost too regular: I'm still here.<p> Hi there.</p><p>I felt kind of obliged to do an update.<br />Of course, I am still here. It's just that I started a new day job to provide some income so I am quite occupied by that at the moment.<br /></p><p>I still am a filmmaker by profession. That is something I will always be. But nowadays it has become really hard to make a living out of making films. About 5 years ago it still was possible. We were stuggling then too, but we managed. After that, the pond dried out, hard to catch any fisn in it.</p><p>In those times of scarcity, I had an an amazing stroke of luck and got a freelance job in the regional archives, describing and working with archival films, lots of them from before the second world war. I learned a lot about archival work and since history always was one of my interests,<i> </i>I really wanted to make the freelance job a steadier one. One that I could do to provide me with a steadier income ans still being able to make films. Unfortunately, that job wasn't possible at the regional archives in my province.</p><p>A little more than a month or so ago I applied for a comparable, but much more extensive job at the regional archives in the neighbouring province and... I got accepted!</p><p>So, since a week or two now, I am managing the film and video archives in the regional archives in the province of Drenthe. There is so much to learn and to do. Due to illness of my predecessor, the collection was more or less neglected for more than two years. There is a considerable backlog to be dealt with and we also have to move the archive itself to another place in the depot. A big task and I really am enjoying it. So with all that, there is little time - and I must admit also little interest in doing a lot of paper model building at this time. I hope you can forgive me for that.</p><p>Other news is that the latest film we made, ANS - The first Dutch space adventure, will be shown on the island of Texel in september and there are negotiations going on to get it on national TV. Keep your fingers crossed!<br />The second premiere in Groningen went great, the carillion concert was touching. Satellite of Love, Across the Universe, Rocketman, All for this film and the little satellite. The film was very well-received. There was a little Q&A afterwards and people were genuinely interested in the history of ANS. ANd a newspaper review said the film felt like "a boy's adventure book". I remembered that backin the days we tried to get the film off of the ground, an executive producer of a TV program we tried to get involved in broadcasting the docu, told us he didn't think the subject was exciting enough to make film out of. We proved him so wrong. HA!<br /></p><p>I do have some model plans, I want to do a bigger model (in 1/48 or larger) of the Dragon capsule and trunk, there is this little model of the Blue Origin New Shepard I still want to finish for the National Space Museum and I am working on a Triumph Sprite (Frog Eye) model which is on the workbench as we speak. All that will be postponed util I feel there is time again. But for now I really have to concentrate on my job for a while. There's so much to learn and get acquainted with...</p><p>See you soon, stay safe, healthy and from the Netherlands a heartfelt 'long live Ukraine!'<br /></p><p>--PK<br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-26389217888223564332022-04-09T14:07:00.004+02:002022-07-22T21:36:07.767+02:00SN20 cancelled; P-40 finished.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I was working on SpaceX's Starship SN20 with eventually the plan to add its BN4 booster to create the whole giant stack. But recently, after watching some space news channel on YT, I heard both of the stages already are obsolete. And, well, of course. SpaceX is letting their their rockets evolve faster than I can build a model. Faster than they can actually build an launch them themselves. <br />And now the whole stack apparently is rendered obsolete. As someone on Reddit said: “The designs have iterated so far away from a flying corn silo to an actual spaceship that the only use in launching the old design would be to see something crash or blow up.” And although I find the technology of SN20 hardly compares to that of a corn silo, of course that isn’t enough to launch something. I only hope they still put those brilliant but also quickly ageing Raptor 1-engines to use.<br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqskitGRr7S9dI7BoleDBLZepXk4GBiuLNUH7wQRDr6VGhpKaib08-U6LxzSebg4c9OLRF9LW1ogKgXREpQmDsmp5SCWdP3_IiwHm-RggCFuDyZTpnKSJTvL776ZM9SeNJd1YEOcQhC7nuDfazfUFgUzalOAui-M_n-u_0x9G2KYxssUlgdUvjEcZ/s1200/P1150180.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqskitGRr7S9dI7BoleDBLZepXk4GBiuLNUH7wQRDr6VGhpKaib08-U6LxzSebg4c9OLRF9LW1ogKgXREpQmDsmp5SCWdP3_IiwHm-RggCFuDyZTpnKSJTvL776ZM9SeNJd1YEOcQhC7nuDfazfUFgUzalOAui-M_n-u_0x9G2KYxssUlgdUvjEcZ/w640-h428/P1150180.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nice shiny metallic card and detailed heat shield tiles.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6VEhussr6plZYYpMQy7c6WZR_7XchooFIXG9dq9QDcCs9atz1J7iGCEQ8FPYWn9TJ-rc2gNZn_0HW4q2zFNM_v3CONNGpEYJgnfyhQAaXWWQHWMrTPG8wFn5Agqn7EY1LiLvMTjCkPUu9s8eIfO-sOznD_L3cnu-Hnhln-KZH6jf_KHkfz8k8k7A/s1200/P1150182.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6VEhussr6plZYYpMQy7c6WZR_7XchooFIXG9dq9QDcCs9atz1J7iGCEQ8FPYWn9TJ-rc2gNZn_0HW4q2zFNM_v3CONNGpEYJgnfyhQAaXWWQHWMrTPG8wFn5Agqn7EY1LiLvMTjCkPUu9s8eIfO-sOznD_L3cnu-Hnhln-KZH6jf_KHkfz8k8k7A/w640-h428/P1150182.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Proof of concept. Just one ring and the tilework glued over the metallic stuff to create some relief.<br />Edges coloured. It looks damn good. The relief is exactly how it should look.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The latest version of Starship has different vents that simultaneously function as manoeuvring jets. The booster has them too and an entirely different layout of the COPV-tanks around the outside, They now apparently are placed in a long row and with an aerodynamic cover they act as chines to improve the flight characteristics of the rocket during the return. I like seeing those changes happening on the fly. It is a little reminiscent of how NASA in the sixties improved their designs on the go. It is exciting and mind-boggling how they solve problems, how quickly they do it and how they improve the design on the fly, while working towards a launch. But the SN20 / B04 stack now apparently is nothing but an addition to the growing unused rocket garden. I'd say, museum stuff.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJ9bJfk4NnBx6Cf2Zn_51mZi2K47xIwNhx5-habuuEvi-8on7uyocHnib3_Yyfjvzs14Rw9caTMTFWHQtqJk-IWQXb3x_RCvJH7A4ynlkWHxbBsgsHzNHmOuXut18RpmGSsTMXdBFeEIpFj8md9Wjso0uM2qsiRzFwtLjz64URWQS22RY8H4eO0nF/s1200/P1150208.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJ9bJfk4NnBx6Cf2Zn_51mZi2K47xIwNhx5-habuuEvi-8on7uyocHnib3_Yyfjvzs14Rw9caTMTFWHQtqJk-IWQXb3x_RCvJH7A4ynlkWHxbBsgsHzNHmOuXut18RpmGSsTMXdBFeEIpFj8md9Wjso0uM2qsiRzFwtLjz64URWQS22RY8H4eO0nF/w640-h428/P1150208.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I slightly cut the metallic card to create panel lines. I used AXM's model as a template, <br />but I enlarged it 104% to get 1/96 scale to fit right in with the rest of my rockets.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPa1vVC7KoOKUFcpf_Vhxg7rLVGh3TSeuIkKhKZFlsgkukjdhkQtpQuduVuPJLWnNdFRHeJthrF6bOXUJ8wLzPigyTAHouFQ5bm4lOGHdouSjzJpG-s_DPtfXFl2sVIiOkA_jAoLbDVb_e3bZNKaic2LWvxfb9HW8lgLkEZbl9HEFThD24j4KGBL4/s1200/P1150215.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPa1vVC7KoOKUFcpf_Vhxg7rLVGh3TSeuIkKhKZFlsgkukjdhkQtpQuduVuPJLWnNdFRHeJthrF6bOXUJ8wLzPigyTAHouFQ5bm4lOGHdouSjzJpG-s_DPtfXFl2sVIiOkA_jAoLbDVb_e3bZNKaic2LWvxfb9HW8lgLkEZbl9HEFThD24j4KGBL4/w640-h428/P1150215.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It looks neat from here. I know. It does. But the strips with the heat shield tiles (not seen here cause they're <br />on the back) were quite messy. The seams were very visible and left some notable gaps. I couldn't camouflage it all with just coloured pencil. It wasn't wobbly but the amount of rings in this ogive shape I think, also played <br />a role in the messy look. And also because I wasn't able to easily test fit the tile strips on to the metallic card, because I had to use CA glue to stick it to the smooth surface. Lesson for the next try. Test fit first.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />A long time ago, I decided I would only build stuff that actually has flown or at least flew once to keep the shelves free from clutter (i.e. unflown and untested spacecraft - apart from What-ifs of course.), I will wait for the final first flown prototype. <br /><br />Luckily, I wasn't too far in with building the rocket, I only finished the nose cone. The result was not bad, but far from good. The seams were too visible and the whole matter was quite messy, at least to my eyes. It was a good lesson, and I still really want to build the giant stack. Bit now i'll wait until there has been one that actually flew.<br /><br />So I am diverting again, making a little… <i>Prudenziative</i> evasion. This time it’s a Curtiss P40 to add to the collection. As usual, I take Zio's planes in a quite
light manner. I don't go for detail, I don't go for perfection, I just go for
the sheer joy of building a little paper plane that looks the part. For more, click on the "read the rest" thingy below the photo.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwDTEZFwemAFg9BGQ6J7n4x5aq2WyzWzU_2LpaPs_vXeD_uZYT6cc32G1HyPq4P5MdbU-rWZ5iBIQxu4oxEpjlD8pTINQJ9gTfLPpdopBDeweNpIWKACdmCBOPSStPlu0-SxsNcn3piEsOF5cOeizlvR0xZZkhK4B8O37Ql8skD3YyXAvaHED9AZH/s1200/P1150221.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwDTEZFwemAFg9BGQ6J7n4x5aq2WyzWzU_2LpaPs_vXeD_uZYT6cc32G1HyPq4P5MdbU-rWZ5iBIQxu4oxEpjlD8pTINQJ9gTfLPpdopBDeweNpIWKACdmCBOPSStPlu0-SxsNcn3piEsOF5cOeizlvR0xZZkhK4B8O37Ql8skD3YyXAvaHED9AZH/w640-h428/P1150221.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">As with all Fabrizio’s models, it is quite intuitive how things need to be shaped and where stuff needs to go. But it also is amazing how beautiful the shape is when working on it. Fabrizio was an artist.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1B6Eb8kYlUzado9JVtnBvTkAr32QLvsKjTjO43U93bZWswuC8-V_GPwdn-V078yAzCY6B7-rLjEBiPdY_6wL2KjIHNoCZbFTzxD5BESOjttNAFC2i3SYEZ-n9G-O2gimYVYX0INuezzy5BnVNXq_tU4OFUbd3g983w7FZ4EvsR4TrxxDYxVvPpPX5/s1200/P1150224.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1B6Eb8kYlUzado9JVtnBvTkAr32QLvsKjTjO43U93bZWswuC8-V_GPwdn-V078yAzCY6B7-rLjEBiPdY_6wL2KjIHNoCZbFTzxD5BESOjttNAFC2i3SYEZ-n9G-O2gimYVYX0INuezzy5BnVNXq_tU4OFUbd3g983w7FZ4EvsR4TrxxDYxVvPpPX5/w640-h428/P1150224.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wings are a little harder to get them to join the fuselage part but the end result is pretty neat. I first glued the chines (hull-to-wing-section) to the hull and then put the wings together. The upper part of the wing joiner was not fitted to the wings but to the fuselage. I used the same strips as where the chines were glued to as the reference of where it should go. It gave the hull its final shape. The wings then were shoved in position and carefully glued. Some trimming was done afterwards. The empennage is, as usual, edge glued to the fuselage and the cockpit canopy is a piece of cake. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG3X9IhUsLk3HjiPPv-6XRvGSGB7qncF6uUzG9zyTzBlxUHcLDu_g6oiz5NdSwmoyHlEcWRLvZsmNlh10PHROImzt8paZ3Jqty9jkFKlakB-VK7qq76GY14noXkeIskajv32kRXPWQarWy95Wd9inqbIdP_hMhqwvADTEsCOrSBNQ2etcQp298bkt/s1200/P1150234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG3X9IhUsLk3HjiPPv-6XRvGSGB7qncF6uUzG9zyTzBlxUHcLDu_g6oiz5NdSwmoyHlEcWRLvZsmNlh10PHROImzt8paZ3Jqty9jkFKlakB-VK7qq76GY14noXkeIskajv32kRXPWQarWy95Wd9inqbIdP_hMhqwvADTEsCOrSBNQ2etcQp298bkt/w640-h428/P1150234.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The engine is a sewing pin, rolled into a strip of regular 80 gram paper, with a small 12mm card circle at both ends. The pin now is secured inside the rolled strip. The point sticks out of the front end of the plane. The prop was reinforced with some CA glue. A 12mm circle cut from a Lee gel lighting filter sample book (ugly colour pink I never use for my models) was used as a lubricant washer between the fuselage and the spinner.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Engine exhausts were doubled up (base) and considerably thickened up with a bit of passepartout-card (exhaust pipes) I had laying around.<br />I left off the fuel tank to keep the plane's lines sleek. The landing gear was the only tweaked thing because I added some silver tape to the struts and used passepartout card for the wheels.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some beauty shots:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31pF4Hq8UHkYni-liA1RIlYAgclRTTidvVrJxxHXpvP-D06_oYjbSB2bjQmBCpXV40IDhvqDvPqip3hZnrgpHKltSqu82ONF_wca8lGU_upZWnIix855tcd2RXS2Cbw_8JbWbjtj6kNV2O-impcLzMR8sq6KP6HUpGIX9Q7aqsMFcayepXREGoGpI/s1200/P1150249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31pF4Hq8UHkYni-liA1RIlYAgclRTTidvVrJxxHXpvP-D06_oYjbSB2bjQmBCpXV40IDhvqDvPqip3hZnrgpHKltSqu82ONF_wca8lGU_upZWnIix855tcd2RXS2Cbw_8JbWbjtj6kNV2O-impcLzMR8sq6KP6HUpGIX9Q7aqsMFcayepXREGoGpI/w640-h428/P1150249.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp-G9KkE1hwa4Zb9eR-sah8KT4oGGn4Ojrc0_v1uRZPKnv-XnvnUg_E6yEG0-payH7YHbR1wNuFIl2HzKe1BTjJTNFaILih6E8Iq7Oss8UW4bjuT7ziwiHs7Ll8hIzoWU4zsbP6xADIO3_cbWIm_YL5e2zzhTyttCOthuN1dUpFwy7EvAVN9S-I_W/s1200/P1150244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp-G9KkE1hwa4Zb9eR-sah8KT4oGGn4Ojrc0_v1uRZPKnv-XnvnUg_E6yEG0-payH7YHbR1wNuFIl2HzKe1BTjJTNFaILih6E8Iq7Oss8UW4bjuT7ziwiHs7Ll8hIzoWU4zsbP6xADIO3_cbWIm_YL5e2zzhTyttCOthuN1dUpFwy7EvAVN9S-I_W/w640-h428/P1150244.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80y8IFFo9aVa6ECuTpiKEF3a-uqJByRDg0CQE05zZTKnHsGacfwzO5NG2VJAWajs4Z6Jz6pxxhmwSnx7OEVFl532Rgh5k0zezDeJwkRhSx1W6gqA0Ks1PtaOMZxerSLOSAGQaOeW86C9ln-ujAsvbLjqJm3QS08o8xu9EElQPhuQHB1ETPyxPWtKb/s1200/P1150240.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80y8IFFo9aVa6ECuTpiKEF3a-uqJByRDg0CQE05zZTKnHsGacfwzO5NG2VJAWajs4Z6Jz6pxxhmwSnx7OEVFl532Rgh5k0zezDeJwkRhSx1W6gqA0Ks1PtaOMZxerSLOSAGQaOeW86C9ln-ujAsvbLjqJm3QS08o8xu9EElQPhuQHB1ETPyxPWtKb/w640-h428/P1150240.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf46sH1_gCDb5p3kSNBUPsWvcy7F54Fy_b4e399q9D1VVPOiP7Bo9xHsEEV4nbVBvt868FtJhOJxLC4rjsxrxum4SERpiHvxURCJHLjvwsjheMhPj2QTr54X-Xuf_CwNsQpZTZTFWxl_Y02JxeWImUtNzN7eFHGKY475PO0rwGrC3C_Ew2wVcYnj1/s1200/P1150237.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf46sH1_gCDb5p3kSNBUPsWvcy7F54Fy_b4e399q9D1VVPOiP7Bo9xHsEEV4nbVBvt868FtJhOJxLC4rjsxrxum4SERpiHvxURCJHLjvwsjheMhPj2QTr54X-Xuf_CwNsQpZTZTFWxl_Y02JxeWImUtNzN7eFHGKY475PO0rwGrC3C_Ew2wVcYnj1/w640-h428/P1150237.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yeah, I put the aerodynamic covers of the wheel wells on the wrong wing. The hinges should have been facing inward. No one sees it. Oh shoot. You did. Oh well. Have a cry. (-:</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><b>Other stuff:</b><br />For the rest, I can tell that the premiere of the ANS film was good, lots of compliments and in the aftermath also lots of other people in the mail telling us how they enjoyed the film, or that they heard about it and when the film would be playing in a theatre near them. That is so nice to read. People actually wanting to see your film.<br />We actually have some shows that will be arranged for us in Eindhoven (where Philips HQ is, and Philips was one of the two main builders of the satellite), and in the summer we might have another one on the island of Texel, where astronomer Kees de Jager lived and his family has arranged something with the local flm theatre. That's so great. I love how this film has taken over.<br />It took eight years of my life to finish it but now it looks like it is paying back!<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my hometown the film will have its premiere next weekend (16 april 2022). By special request, the carrillion in the 97 meter high Martini Tower will play space-related pop songs in advance of the movie. We'll be able to listen on the rooftop of the Forum Groningen building, very close to the tower, in which the movie theatre is. More on that maybe in the next post.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Keep safe, be nice to one another.<br />and <span class="VIiyi" lang="uk"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="uk" data-language-to-translate-into="nl" data-number-of-phrases="1" data-phrase-index="0"><span><i>Слава Україні</i> 🇺🇦!</span></span></span><br />--PK<br /></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-69994750469611598902022-03-22T19:24:00.009+01:002023-05-27T18:13:45.709+02:00Still here but quite occupied..<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like the title says, I am still here. I even started a build (but I am not that happy about it so I might just abandon it). I also am very very busy at the moment. The ANS-documentary is finished and will premiere this month. Hectic times, moreso because I found a new day job. I will start in May.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I don't have that much time right now to build any paper model...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can however, show you the trailer of the documentary:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/666098802/013c883e94" target="_blank">Here is a link to Vimeo</a> for the English subtitled trailer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stay posted for new projects. Stay safe, be nice to one another and <span class="VIiyi" lang="uk"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="uk" data-language-to-translate-into="nl" data-number-of-phrases="1" data-phrase-index="0"><span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="uk"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="uk" data-language-to-translate-into="nl" data-number-of-phrases="1" data-phrase-index="0"><span>Слава Україні! 🇺🇦!</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="zEswK"></span></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-49028424000668004392021-12-31T16:16:00.003+01:002021-12-31T16:16:46.649+01:00A Happy 2022<p>Another year over, a new one about to begin.</p><p>I wish you all lots of wisdom, health and prosperity for 2022.</p><p>--PK<br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-31323819882108597352021-11-21T23:28:00.003+01:002021-11-22T16:47:42.663+01:00X-20 Dyna Soar (part 4): What if?<p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Spring, 1980. On the long runway of Kennedy Space Center a horde of photographers stands around two small space planes together with one impressive big one behind them. One of the small planes is faded black all over, the other one looks like it is a child of the big one, although it is the other way around.<br />This photo-op is the last chance to see the two Dyna Soars and the result of their effort, the Rockwell Space Shuttle Orbiter OV101, together. The black Dyna Soar is shown in its former USAF livery. The black and white one is called Enterprise and the big Space Shuttle Orbiter is called Constitution.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFfMMve68ywbj3V3utfwTZdVSYGJB43SHtH6tFfyyzVBip6JWGN0X1l7f8VF18g2hnbHqDRtUPI2Tmm0iC0C7F4L52_4pnbajMcBLHb9Dt4zZVGsXVm_uG4Zo5ZxxtsyiOCqzjrO65J5h3o7M4G4gz3uPDRufupzD3QWTLN6yUqbDONQVEp7Jl878l=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFfMMve68ywbj3V3utfwTZdVSYGJB43SHtH6tFfyyzVBip6JWGN0X1l7f8VF18g2hnbHqDRtUPI2Tmm0iC0C7F4L52_4pnbajMcBLHb9Dt4zZVGsXVm_uG4Zo5ZxxtsyiOCqzjrO65J5h3o7M4G4gz3uPDRufupzD3QWTLN6yUqbDONQVEp7Jl878l=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More on the story and the build after the jump.</span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></span><p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>NOTE:</b><br /><i>This is the LONG version of the story I conceived, and I don't care about people with the attention span of a chihuahua with ADHD, so buckle up. The photos will have comments below them about the build.<br /></i></span></span></p><p>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica-Bold, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What-if…When
Dyna Soars roamed the skies</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica-Bold, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>
</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">The
X-20 was conceived by the U.S. Department of Defense in the late
1950's. It was designed to become an orbital spy plane, much like
the X-37b is now, maybe even a space bomber like the Silbervogel thought up by Eugene Sanger. In the time the X-15 was breaking altitude and
speed records, the thought of an actual space-going orbital cousin
was obvious. Several aerospace companies came with ideas and designs
for such a plane. Boeing finally got the contract and started
building a prototype in 1962.<br />Unfortunately,
because of the ongoing space race, in which Project Mercury and
Gemini thereafter were making a good point in capsules being cheaper,
proven in action and in fact just as good as what Dyna Soar would be,
senator McNamara cancelled the project in the end of 1963. The
actual airframe, already being built by Boeing, which was 40% finished, was
scrapped. End of story, curtain. Small applause. Footnote in history.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">But.
What if.<br />What
would have happened if the project would have continued. Keeping in
mind that in the late 60's NASA (and the DOD) actually were looking
for a reusable (and winged) solution to their expensive space program
and the data obtained by the X-15 was considered very helpful in
designing this new spacecraft, what would have happened if Dyna Soar
actually flew? Let's just roughly sketch a fictitious timeline here.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }</style> </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica-Bold, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Dyna
soar alternative timeline</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">In
1963 Gemini developments were well on its way. It yet had to be flown
but still, evidence seemed this craft would be more than capable of
also functioning as a great spying platform. In the Senate, McNamara
announces he'd like to cancel Project Dyna Soar in favour of researching military Gemini options. Immediately, he gets
some resistance from NASA executives. Spaceflight, they now know,
turns out to be really expensive. A study concerning a reusable
spacecraft would be welcome. There may be some good use for that in
the near future. So, McNamara eventually only decreases the budget
for the Dyna Soar project. There will be only 2 ships built and they
will be for testing and research purposes only.</span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> So, Boeing
continues the development of Dyna Soar (DS) Ship 1. The emphasis will
be on reusability. Its main task in space will be manoeuverability
and re-entry flight pattern tests.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGJg-JfNgGONhgNvAEW60DAf6RQcRc7BCzKN9WVETEy14WiO1nRVvSs7-cG7b8PqDIln9tCFVl70Hnjkq82D7ciHzTZgCLZ9hFQjMvPIEC45cquMlvRan2Wma6w_5IKX7d1y1Ip3BENrtaYn9JbdsslR7QGLQASCDnDijhmj2wD3tkJqyf-PI5D3rY=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGJg-JfNgGONhgNvAEW60DAf6RQcRc7BCzKN9WVETEy14WiO1nRVvSs7-cG7b8PqDIln9tCFVl70Hnjkq82D7ciHzTZgCLZ9hFQjMvPIEC45cquMlvRan2Wma6w_5IKX7d1y1Ip3BENrtaYn9JbdsslR7QGLQASCDnDijhmj2wD3tkJqyf-PI5D3rY=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The second Dyna Soar in NASA outfit. White parts made of Canvas textured paper, black parts (tiled) are smooth.<br />Visible is the top window for the co-pilot. Yes, this Dyna Soar is a two-seater.</span> <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNpsoPyW78jr_zOcNEqpbp7x-QtmBf6Ee33JRG_0_7-stYVbRnk73cB7FWszi-pBGv5ZdqNg9hWtEJibEWeFJR9lJ5gR_cs2LHqRRyO3IzcFLN45GGzlK8SbmOtFR0qtnHsnqaT2HoHtnPAOzgDacEy8xT6GrirX0pyjkHoazMwHCF2FMpnvKE8Y_z=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNpsoPyW78jr_zOcNEqpbp7x-QtmBf6Ee33JRG_0_7-stYVbRnk73cB7FWszi-pBGv5ZdqNg9hWtEJibEWeFJR9lJ5gR_cs2LHqRRyO3IzcFLN45GGzlK8SbmOtFR0qtnHsnqaT2HoHtnPAOzgDacEy8xT6GrirX0pyjkHoazMwHCF2FMpnvKE8Y_z=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I actually love the texture. It looks really cool and gives the plane the look I hoped it would get.<br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Soon,
still in 1963, Boeing also starts building DS2, which will be a two-seater. In
the end of 1963 the finished DS1 is transported to Edwards AFB and
readied for test flights. </span></span></span>
</span></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">During
1964, DS1 undergoes ground and flight tests. Flights consist of drop
tests from the wing of a B-52. All tests are performed on Edwards
AFB. Mid-year the first powered high-atmosphere flights with an
add-on rocket engine take place. DS1 holds well and performs good.
DS2 development goes according to plan.<br />Also
in 1964, two boilerplate full scale, full-weight Dyna Soars are
successfully test launched with a Titan IIIC booster from KSC. Tests
are done for flight characteristics of the complete stack and stress
measurements of the test article itself during ascent. Flight article
1 is suborbital and saved (parachute in ‘payload bay’ canister), flight
article 2 makes a couple of orbits before it intentionally burns up
on re-entry over the Pacific. Meanwhile, flight tests of DS1
continue, also to get pilots to know the ship.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dyna-Soar_on_Titan_booster.jpg/500px-Dyna-Soar_on_Titan_booster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="500" height="670" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dyna-Soar_on_Titan_booster.jpg/500px-Dyna-Soar_on_Titan_booster.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dyna Soar on a modified Titan 2. Source: Wikipedia<br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />It's
1965 and the first manned launch and successful suborbital flight of
DS ship 1 takes place in early june. From a Vandenberg launch site.
The modified Titan 2 flies up to 110 KM before Dyna Soar 1 separates, experiences
microgravity in the top of the parabola, falls back and re-enters
like the X-15 before her did. Only from higher up – and faster. DS1
approaches very fast and makes a couple of steep S-shaped turns to bleed off
speed. This beforehand suggested theory actually turns out to be very
effective. DS1 lands on its skids at Edwards AFB, accompained by
three F-104 Starfighters. </span></span></span>
</span></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }</style> </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXBsZD8sEuyhMQRXEMdLI48aJ3rP1AdZ7kGgDsGj_ewbJDhTvow3F06B2sbilVijfgCpQohKD3QqVrXQ4CONkqfa3z7I2xWr9vb-aFXVJf4_hMtk0rltWwuMuhYigrafAHvlHq51EWBQOU4PgMwgHqCbQPR45tsyt6C5wU9fZReAYVSgYZ8KnNmJEz=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXBsZD8sEuyhMQRXEMdLI48aJ3rP1AdZ7kGgDsGj_ewbJDhTvow3F06B2sbilVijfgCpQohKD3QqVrXQ4CONkqfa3z7I2xWr9vb-aFXVJf4_hMtk0rltWwuMuhYigrafAHvlHq51EWBQOU4PgMwgHqCbQPR45tsyt6C5wU9fZReAYVSgYZ8KnNmJEz=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNeznzZDDvL4SpdpUdgwzB39V1bD7e9k6gknKcd6YmNCWyv1u9C8bn7ZDnExc7P6r0GYJKkXljqdv8d0w0HHJIHmDrEpp3byp_X0tKAg6ieW1S4Hq-1hrvwi3xoJE39Xc1e35R2wMdTHUqmG3mmJJmN8H44flVZ6zbTTBDM65NH3gVViFUPR7qnJXB=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNeznzZDDvL4SpdpUdgwzB39V1bD7e9k6gknKcd6YmNCWyv1u9C8bn7ZDnExc7P6r0GYJKkXljqdv8d0w0HHJIHmDrEpp3byp_X0tKAg6ieW1S4Hq-1hrvwi3xoJE39Xc1e35R2wMdTHUqmG3mmJJmN8H44flVZ6zbTTBDM65NH3gVViFUPR7qnJXB=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The build actualy was quite easy, although there was more cutting with separating the black<br />and white partsfrom their respective sheets and joining them together as tightly as possible.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <br />DS2
is readied and paced through the tests a lot faster but just as
thorough. </span></span></span>
</span></span><p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">The
first successful launch into orbit of DS1 is in November. From the
Cape DS1 is launched on a Titan III, spectacularly aided by the two
large solid boosters. Three full orbits are made and upon re-entry,
there is only the expected superficial and foreseen damage to the
heat shield. The launch and flight itself is covered by television.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/d-s24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="800" src="https://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/d-s24.jpg" width="533" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image: © Buran.ru<br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />In
1966, DS1 is launched to orbit two times, both times successfully.
Both flights last two whole days with lots of tasks set out for the
pilot. DS ship 2 has its first two-crew suborbital test launch from
Vandenberg planned on a Titan 2 later that year. Despite the reasonably successful
achievements so far, DOD still announces their deisinterest in the
X-20 project due to costs (the Vietnam war has started and needs
lots of DOD funcing) and a fading interest in its value. Mainly
because new spysats have proven to be a just as reliable and
certainly a much cheaper platform for spy photography. The rest of
the DS testflights are immediately cancelled. NASA being unable to carry the costs alone, has to step back too. Ships 1 and 2 are
preserved and stored in a hangar at Edwards AFB, awaiting
decommissioning and an inevitable eventual scrapping.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2U0sz4UxZ7YCx26XjasP0ckposraesL4fGgM9CQTprUFi2QA63z6sWwYUqxNSWgNIp2nnI5YFdi-CiERfBdwbndYJ9NtvJg6dwXpdpBurl46tvt2R-ijMauWxs8zeNCPfs8WkwPUmdLMrZEhtUl79WHIRu41myYL8hFUK05MjtkENgz0GSq1RM_Vu=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2U0sz4UxZ7YCx26XjasP0ckposraesL4fGgM9CQTprUFi2QA63z6sWwYUqxNSWgNIp2nnI5YFdi-CiERfBdwbndYJ9NtvJg6dwXpdpBurl46tvt2R-ijMauWxs8zeNCPfs8WkwPUmdLMrZEhtUl79WHIRu41myYL8hFUK05MjtkENgz0GSq1RM_Vu=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />1967
and 68 pass. Nothing happens. DS1 and DS2 are stored under a blue
tarp in a well - secured hangar. Meanwhile, Apollo takes flight.
But
in the end of 1968 NASA already starts to feel the first results of
budget cuts. They start to look for a cheaper solution to go to space
after Apollo. A reusable spacecraft, preferably in the shape of a
plane indeed seems the best solution after all. The Space Task Group is
initiated for the program that soon will be called The Space Shuttle
program. </span></span></span>
</span></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">They
need test equipment and experience in reusability. Theories are all
very nice, but how would a real reusable spacecraft fuction over
time? </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">NASA
immediately shows interest in taking over DS ships 1 and 2 for
research and testing purposes and obtains both ships spring 1969. In spite of the well-prepared storage, the ships are in an all
but flight ready state. Ship 1 is in need for repairs due to some
leakage in the fuel lines and some electronic malfunctions. Boeing is
put to work. </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ship
2 however, is ready to go. It immediately is used for atmospheric
drop tests in early Shuttle flight characteristics and landing
methods with NASA’s B52. (</span></span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica-Oblique, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">consequently,
due to the shape and size of the X-20, the X-24 is not rebuilt as the
X-24B in this alternate timeline and remains the chubby little
potato-plane it alwasy was.</span></i></span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span>
</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkSPPlUwcxr3VOGwM5juauOsNGhQ_uNhmlPVlA8OQZcEkBhfkd7cAWXdzuXSH3uYwSrSPQxe2p_udqgZekI3pdMR1q2lCb--XQsPALjaweHQ2yYZGBho1Vcln__5262rBlxR4T0OdO9NgLt3IEgc5yGDKY3cfierrW-rUykfl9o9UNtEbcwrpYDL54=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkSPPlUwcxr3VOGwM5juauOsNGhQ_uNhmlPVlA8OQZcEkBhfkd7cAWXdzuXSH3uYwSrSPQxe2p_udqgZekI3pdMR1q2lCb--XQsPALjaweHQ2yYZGBho1Vcln__5262rBlxR4T0OdO9NgLt3IEgc5yGDKY3cfierrW-rUykfl9o9UNtEbcwrpYDL54=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An airlock? a docking ring? Who knows?</span> <br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />In
1970, both DS1 and DS2 make zoom flights to the upper atmosphere from
B52 using add-on rockets to study flight characteristics of delta
winged aircraft on re-entry trajectories. Discussions are underway
for thorough modifications on both ships and manned space flights on
man-rated Titan IIIe's. After some final hurdles, it's all “go”
and NASA orders a couple of Titans for this purpose.</span></span></span>
</span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">In
1972, Apollo 18-20 are definitely cancelled, the Shuttle-project is
given a "go". Now there finally is more budget for speeding
up the tests with the X-20's. DS1 continues as trainer in Approach
and Landing Test flights. Also they will use the ships to test new heat-resitant
material for in-orbit and during re-entry. Because
of their now new function of pathfinders for the Rockwell Shuttle,
NASA decides to name the ships and involves the public in the
decision. DS1 is named Kitty Hawk, ship 2 will be named Enterprise,
after lots of Star Trek fans get involved in the naming. DS2
(Enterprise), will be first to receive its new outer skin while tests
with DS1 (Kitty Hawk) continue.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span>
</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSaJp9vFLo7laYKmDfKDKr5Q7BDJc6wUrgkdiARQeoZiRE0hf0ykGc_U0rGJvfHHooGl0TNp_AnpYd90D2NUl0XGMz8P39dnobDNj7tQ05Wfj86GBIx-BAP99kch3429FQ3QVyNNLEKDWgFUXI_TeoQqj7WpT-icW_AN34BjDDlhFa2lk-pKwd0n9Z=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSaJp9vFLo7laYKmDfKDKr5Q7BDJc6wUrgkdiARQeoZiRE0hf0ykGc_U0rGJvfHHooGl0TNp_AnpYd90D2NUl0XGMz8P39dnobDNj7tQ05Wfj86GBIx-BAP99kch3429FQ3QVyNNLEKDWgFUXI_TeoQqj7WpT-icW_AN34BjDDlhFa2lk-pKwd0n9Z=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Elevon / body flap, left black, and tiled underneath.</span><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0kyxASnMZQgpOZEoQiCuS6BfdnLeakWW7rF6zAIJ82uf-hbLx-RpfbgoQKY5-5kf_Pge51d_FXsMhYbL_o_3KYWpfhHcaBBOhKyL15M7aswMdhl_RwSeTiV_AxAa4GP_S9CP7FNJAi-W-SosYtAKelGMjnHwvcy9lxBVOCExanjhmljlf8hP2YWfr=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0kyxASnMZQgpOZEoQiCuS6BfdnLeakWW7rF6zAIJ82uf-hbLx-RpfbgoQKY5-5kf_Pge51d_FXsMhYbL_o_3KYWpfhHcaBBOhKyL15M7aswMdhl_RwSeTiV_AxAa4GP_S9CP7FNJAi-W-SosYtAKelGMjnHwvcy9lxBVOCExanjhmljlf8hP2YWfr=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Port stabilo, combined canvas textured and regular paper. The RCC leading edge is curved here<br />and protects the side and the underside of the stabs.<br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN83uRq_a28O-dsETU8qLY3kpnfT6Wzj3MAr13ODgcvDu_wLsIIFfcKvQcBHUHdvGGk7AALPoqz82qeclulfv623wzMjIi_mf2xNbirVm8ghyPldr88dMqFx506IvtDElolzk9vCZXQZ2G9DRh6oKGM0vimnnoM8BmSaQORpe_y3jbhPpIHgLpvnBE=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN83uRq_a28O-dsETU8qLY3kpnfT6Wzj3MAr13ODgcvDu_wLsIIFfcKvQcBHUHdvGGk7AALPoqz82qeclulfv623wzMjIi_mf2xNbirVm8ghyPldr88dMqFx506IvtDElolzk9vCZXQZ2G9DRh6oKGM0vimnnoM8BmSaQORpe_y3jbhPpIHgLpvnBE=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The starboard stabilo in the making. The grey is the glueing strip section on the inside.<br />It also reinforces the RCC leading edge of the stab. <br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />It's
1973. While DS1 Kitty Hawk is getting its necessary overhaul, DS2
Enterprise has gotten its dark tiled heat shield belly and white
thermal shielding top layer. In nice black letters in a clean
Helvetica font, the name is painted behind the cockpit window. Those
windows, by the way, now are the same construction as the soon-to-be
Rockwell Shuttle and so now it really is looking like a small
Rockwell Shuttle. There is no need for the window shield any more.
The most innovative is the leading edge. I'ts made from Reinforced
Carbon Carbon, RCC for short, which is the best way of heat
protection for the upcoming Space Shuttle, they have theorised.
Atmospheric flight tests with the new seating configuration and
shielding start immediately and are successful. All equipment
intended for use on the Shuttles is thus being tested in the real.
After its overhaul, DS1 Kitty Hawk too is refitted with new skin and
after a couple of landing tests, ready to fly again. Both ships are
tested in heat chambers, freeze rooms and thoroughly shaken. The
tiles on Enterprise deem to fall off here and there and hastily a new
compound is created for glueing the ceramic tiles.</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">In
the summer of 1974, after waiting 8 years, DS2 Enterprise is finally
launched into orbit on a Titan IIIC with a transtage. It performs
brilliantly with its new computer system, the shielding holds well in
re-entry. Some of the white upper fuselage thermal tiles are lost on
the upper structure but they are no cause for worry. A second launch
happens later that year. Because of the aforementioned upper
fuselage tile loss, Kitty Hawk bears another experimental type
of insulation; instead of white tiles, it has a much lighter thermal
blanket covering its upper side. Soon thereafter, Enterprise too gets
a thermal blanket top surface.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile,
building on Rockwell Shuttle OV-101, soon to be named “Constitution”
by NASA, has started in June of 1974. The experiences with the two X-20s are
immediately incorporated in the Rockwell shuttle. The new compound
for attaching the tiles and the upper thermal protection blankets
are there from the beginning. The nose and cabin section get a dark
appearance, just like the small Dyna Soars. </span></span></span></span></span>
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1975 and 1979, 12 flights are made with the DS ships. Enterprise
makes 7, Kitty Hawk makes 5. DS Kitty Hawk is mainly used for testing
materials and re-entry flight paths for the Rockwell Shuttle. DS
Enterprise has a meticulously planned rendezvous with the abandoned
Skylab on its 4th flight in 1977 and with it, it proves the
maneuvering abilities of the ship. The 5th flight of
Kitty Hawk gets hairy very quickly: Due to a computer error the
re-entry becomes very steep and almost ballistic. Only because of a
lot of stick and rudder work, luck and knowledge of orbital mechanics
the Dyna Soar pilot manages to complete the re-entry in one piece. When it emerges from the
fireball it appears to be in good shape. However,
it overshoots its initial landing spot at Edwards AFB and that causes
the ship to have to use the emergency landing strip at White Sands.<br />Upon
landing one of the skids won't come out and it results in a
controlled all skids up belly landing. The astronauts escape without
serious injuries and Kitty Hawk has not broken up, but the airframe
suffered a lot of damage by the fine sand, in fact too much to resume
flight any time soon. Upon return to the Cape, the decision is made to permanently ground
Kitty Hawk.<br />Enterprise
finishes the rest of its planned flights, plus some of Kitty Hawk's
designated flight projects, the last being in january 1979. Because
the end of the tests is in sight, NASA already anounces plans to give
away the two ships. NASM and the Air Force Museum are of course
interested. </span></span></span>
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the aid of the National Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio and NASA, the grounded Kitty Hawk is
cosmetically restored to its former glory as DOD ship with its
original USAF appearance. The damaged tile surface is carefully
removed and the dark Inconel skin is cleaned. </span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />In
the meantime in 1977, OV-101 "Constitution" has
successfully completed its Approach and Landing Tests. With it,
the research that was needed for the shuttles is completed. Having
served as test beds for a lot of shuttle materials, the Dyna Soars'
efforts were used in making OV-101 a completely space worthy Shuttle:
Thermal blanket, tiled belly, real engines and computer systems. The Dyna
Soars also significantly sped up the development of the building of
OV-102, Columbia, which is nearing completion in spring 1978.</span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> It's
1979, July 11th, exactly 10 years after the launch of Apollo 11,
when Space Shuttle OV-101 Constitution lifts off from LC39A on its maiden
trip. It is piloted by Gemini and Apollo veteran John Young and Dyna
Soar veteran Bob Crippen. The flight is successful. Crippen pays a
nice tribute to the two little Dyna Soars during the flight. In late
December of that same year, Columbia makes her first flight.</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">In the spring of
1980, Dyna Soars Kitty Hawk and Enterprise are officially retired.
The Smithsonian gets Enterprise, the National Air Force Museum in
Dayton gets Kitty Hawk.</span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> In a carefully
planned goodbye ceremony, </span></span></span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica-Bold, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Both
ships are rolled to KSC's runway one last time for a final photo-op.
Kitty Hawk in its new "old" look and Enterprise in its now
well known and well-worn NASA-livery</span></span></span></span><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
Not entirely coincidentally, Shuttle Constitution has returned for the third time from
space the day before, and NASA takes this opportunity to put all
three spacecraft together on the ramp for a unique family photo
opportunity.</span></span> After
that, Constitution is rolled back to the OPF, and the Dyna Soars are
carefully loaded into a C-5 Galaxy waiting further down the runway
and consequently delivered to their respective final homes in DC and
Ohio. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4ezoBFy7QISupb8AMQpbvgw1hIh6-r4Jo18KqtvHtE67I8cSbt6QJx1rRPIf_0OqQndqvYFcl4a1poPwIcc3SmZWbr-gkmaAG_WOKBQnCWe-nkvyDuNJWP6cElZncztySJYWtyrhQKW03f5KrdkMC5guDqY7VoeoR11MB0ZpNrIijDRzW-bJOWmdT=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4ezoBFy7QISupb8AMQpbvgw1hIh6-r4Jo18KqtvHtE67I8cSbt6QJx1rRPIf_0OqQndqvYFcl4a1poPwIcc3SmZWbr-gkmaAG_WOKBQnCWe-nkvyDuNJWP6cElZncztySJYWtyrhQKW03f5KrdkMC5guDqY7VoeoR11MB0ZpNrIijDRzW-bJOWmdT=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A nice little blue flashlight on top of a pole would be a good ides for such a trolley. So there. And a cool box with buttons.<br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA0GHEpoX-lwsxs0uSBiQhVt1C5x3_Y7de0-TA6PafU-BOXaAMbGafNrPqHdwKWtNv9mbwi9-DlyQnYXC9NMyW9OZtzABfx3cHwxTDTJTyAVJ54hTxPdeLv-C22upMZQx7IaFdUyJfX4gAxVn-XW_CC3NCHEhfIHDEOj_hTNiKWoX_OFA4A06bQsfv=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA0GHEpoX-lwsxs0uSBiQhVt1C5x3_Y7de0-TA6PafU-BOXaAMbGafNrPqHdwKWtNv9mbwi9-DlyQnYXC9NMyW9OZtzABfx3cHwxTDTJTyAVJ54hTxPdeLv-C22upMZQx7IaFdUyJfX4gAxVn-XW_CC3NCHEhfIHDEOj_hTNiKWoX_OFA4A06bQsfv=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And Enterprise fits well on its trolley. Now for some beauty shots.<br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYLcFwOyTmjrvQBcFg8xpV5zDw1c3YtQ075XW3KqmtLjdVecF7kP9vbG4mb8dUjwhnzmnShjEmtSTaDKP5QkL_Q2eqmM7X6RJohSDQny3VL_FXtSTCLNYRN75SJi31Ct8vptwXlJxfbRiihn-xQnEsa8ve8E0m7TAGA4-zoKWCnQtMA590owopvcKC=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYLcFwOyTmjrvQBcFg8xpV5zDw1c3YtQ075XW3KqmtLjdVecF7kP9vbG4mb8dUjwhnzmnShjEmtSTaDKP5QkL_Q2eqmM7X6RJohSDQny3VL_FXtSTCLNYRN75SJi31Ct8vptwXlJxfbRiihn-xQnEsa8ve8E0m7TAGA4-zoKWCnQtMA590owopvcKC=w640-h428" width="640" /> </a></span></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy4-g3VatTxJlH_wc_Qxt8UlVsiJml5abkhGZkW7A8zRPlsgm6grSE9uUsb4RlPyrIQXGp9Pk2QK4VGjTp_6pA-FqTOIvSvJ5bIgSG-SKfm_Goz_WDVjG2ruO2Um2GgMqzmcTPiUf-oPnb_3xcvVZD3Dbbsx08SKt5YmszaAP1G4KXkwbWvQmCZt9h=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Well, that was it. I might once do a 1/144 Constitution shuttle which fits this storyline one day, and I also might once do a Titan IIIc with this Mark Cable Dyna Soar model on top, but for now I think it has been enough Dynasoarcery. Now I will be doing something new of which I yet have no idea of what it will be. <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>See you next time and thanks for stopping by. Stay safe. <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>--PK</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0. </style></span></span></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401236675799724196.post-2694065555605046692021-10-31T17:51:00.007+01:002021-11-01T13:45:32.870+01:00X-20 Dyna Soar with Transtage 1/48 (3)<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, one moment you have all the time in the world and next it's like a pandemonium. We're working on the last bits of the documentary film about ANS, the first Dutch satellite, and we both have our daily jobs to do too. So there's little time to glue some paper there days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, it did so happen this week I actually made some time and the Dyna Soar is finished.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJaFRzQmGR_OQvRHZz6lCUjdFZQ4n4SaGPVG_xRsWfrgSqOPoprxMc7mFFWLAT1HGtpOTHxQVL8DmdSQrzPGq6Dfe87p3gfVaT8R5eFdgwA8BXnTswt8BlbsI8b7C8BYhDBU3zeYdWDZkIRdTODCdykD6ES9wRpjMVIF7UcrI4V_4RIsAkMtv4SWbD=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJaFRzQmGR_OQvRHZz6lCUjdFZQ4n4SaGPVG_xRsWfrgSqOPoprxMc7mFFWLAT1HGtpOTHxQVL8DmdSQrzPGq6Dfe87p3gfVaT8R5eFdgwA8BXnTswt8BlbsI8b7C8BYhDBU3zeYdWDZkIRdTODCdykD6ES9wRpjMVIF7UcrI4V_4RIsAkMtv4SWbD=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br />Here's a picture of the finished model, for those who want to see more, just click on where it says "Click here to read the rest of the story!" and voilà.</span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name='more'></a></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will cointinue where I left in the last post on the X-20, I worked on the engines. After two of them, I put them together and made tubes from thin metallic paper. I used a piece of welding wire to bend it all. I first wanted to use paper elbow pieces in the plumbing, but in the end I really couldn't be bothered, this looks a lot better anyway and is much faster. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiw8iMz3ITfLQSQV-r8xxVq1wWbdXqSgUn0wZuo1AHGgDmTj1K5u27-zy4NmXWcSRRhGd103p4wqoj5q2-XP5_VRnTwnaRLxDIjfycZilE-83VoZB7U50QRFJdJcsiM6cRrr8zA4Jrk2E1TgZ_0RD7WRHPb9LVmaLRXqtEdnm-QndCRySIQh0WnESA=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiw8iMz3ITfLQSQV-r8xxVq1wWbdXqSgUn0wZuo1AHGgDmTj1K5u27-zy4NmXWcSRRhGd103p4wqoj5q2-XP5_VRnTwnaRLxDIjfycZilE-83VoZB7U50QRFJdJcsiM6cRrr8zA4Jrk2E1TgZ_0RD7WRHPb9LVmaLRXqtEdnm-QndCRySIQh0WnESA=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used the few obtainable drawings of the Transtagr design I could find on the internets to follow and get the plumbing right. It looks busy and genuine anyway, so I do not think anyone will notice distinctive mistakes in the construction. I like how it turned out. Next up was gettin gthe engines stacked into the Transtage. This was done by a kind of trusswork, that placed the engines inbetween the two fuel tanks. From the pointy ends of the pressurized tanks, the combustible (hypergolic) components were pushed into the fuel lines to the engines where they mixed and directly ignited. Simple and efficient. (But immensely toxic.) I used CA to get the flimsy scaffolding in place and quickly cured with the engines attached. Once set, it was very sturdy and the Transtage could easily stand upright on its own engines.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiupoOJ77af7p53SHvbra0o3O25FX5U-4wIDEsyZbJjfxBOZ-WiuAYmA07o4sg5qEsa5XYD__Ly_tWPAwz4h9KpiE0j3gHHBMAHBSiIoXr-d5A26K6oSXuQ-m3gqtMoqUX9FtyN7_8EIGlGG1zK7pCEjfD8fy-eBQGU2fZavWnspbNJYHquf_dTn1m-=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiupoOJ77af7p53SHvbra0o3O25FX5U-4wIDEsyZbJjfxBOZ-WiuAYmA07o4sg5qEsa5XYD__Ly_tWPAwz4h9KpiE0j3gHHBMAHBSiIoXr-d5A26K6oSXuQ-m3gqtMoqUX9FtyN7_8EIGlGG1zK7pCEjfD8fy-eBQGU2fZavWnspbNJYHquf_dTn1m-=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next, I finally could close up the Transtage and the spacecraft adapter and glue them together. In the forward facing part of the adapter I put a strong magnet, and in the X-20 was another one. So they still are detachable but also held together very tightly by the magnets.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieVS8l3EIQTdBATeEH62G8D-Z3VfLl9kBfRpEYsaL0vxf2z04an2MqNQEV6gIGX4rkgi8B3iusr6lWmp_ScXXVmNotDjgw_MfKWVbnVnkTFz_zD4T10W8T_46WRfb6vTRSOnYBXWbVVEdbEcioczUuC7wm3rJKf7mOYj9ZnW-ee_vnX4QYWlrEyPez=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieVS8l3EIQTdBATeEH62G8D-Z3VfLl9kBfRpEYsaL0vxf2z04an2MqNQEV6gIGX4rkgi8B3iusr6lWmp_ScXXVmNotDjgw_MfKWVbnVnkTFz_zD4T10W8T_46WRfb6vTRSOnYBXWbVVEdbEcioczUuC7wm3rJKf7mOYj9ZnW-ee_vnX4QYWlrEyPez=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtbncZ5tdhFpaDxyOSrKAPG7qSReIQNPJZy7GX-AxCtwafPctnBkYTP_PC4Q7SCdAHTwo0Y1zJKk9hhnX9ymO5RjjVKd8ozdQnsPcng9t6w7kKhhbKqP1cFZVU7gILxzPxc1bJfS8pdqEzENz9NIlG5vtEjSg16pqL_H0eVETbjWT6EYoAcotWsX5i=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtbncZ5tdhFpaDxyOSrKAPG7qSReIQNPJZy7GX-AxCtwafPctnBkYTP_PC4Q7SCdAHTwo0Y1zJKk9hhnX9ymO5RjjVKd8ozdQnsPcng9t6w7kKhhbKqP1cFZVU7gILxzPxc1bJfS8pdqEzENz9NIlG5vtEjSg16pqL_H0eVETbjWT6EYoAcotWsX5i=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And finally some more photos of the stack together. Up next might be another part of the what-if I was planning around this model. But you never know. It might be something different as well.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFe4klOGBC7EeCVbG5WbBFIpiCGSE1J8uEAuPnyWE-xuCRcSjPYK_07lLYhTEatTKsGUspJeCXQDpHLCwX0oS0jN6O2mL9d-1woCRAyH2z07YprZkYaXIa1-Wc05M514UOZnpPJ6TyNoLYEXNU-RZUa-wOlp8BsNNlY0kqi05rl3-ojQBjV8Y8hmJV=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFe4klOGBC7EeCVbG5WbBFIpiCGSE1J8uEAuPnyWE-xuCRcSjPYK_07lLYhTEatTKsGUspJeCXQDpHLCwX0oS0jN6O2mL9d-1woCRAyH2z07YprZkYaXIa1-Wc05M514UOZnpPJ6TyNoLYEXNU-RZUa-wOlp8BsNNlY0kqi05rl3-ojQBjV8Y8hmJV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcWcUhxECnjla1G7hmdeLMBbrqZdGyCDPDNQ8WwasxDNNao_ROzT7vQcYtnGlMi5DBZKwxOag7rLOqbvtWssnl7m4XY8-jqkATS2kzx2aIxOlnTZahVnfiU6UMd-OhBGhjjSN2G4wvq7lLmlK_CeQjykaDxgtSyC4_zKEGzrzjX2Hp1mEqqsnnWUd2=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcWcUhxECnjla1G7hmdeLMBbrqZdGyCDPDNQ8WwasxDNNao_ROzT7vQcYtnGlMi5DBZKwxOag7rLOqbvtWssnl7m4XY8-jqkATS2kzx2aIxOlnTZahVnfiU6UMd-OhBGhjjSN2G4wvq7lLmlK_CeQjykaDxgtSyC4_zKEGzrzjX2Hp1mEqqsnnWUd2=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDXABEA39LdVOucqHblXa5qmuuPiqKIOY-jv4UUfVQSiYMtuX7au0U1UM83WQ0uoGZ0jkigsYlIOsYoDooFn6Cxtz0_cqM7i_6ce6nB7SmNHgS8OMbzWwEHdYk4n4G7dxBl-34FyA51tVqXhjM0X5tQMc1bpNiwu9MenEElpgAXr6A_O9e-XeMQYrB=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDXABEA39LdVOucqHblXa5qmuuPiqKIOY-jv4UUfVQSiYMtuX7au0U1UM83WQ0uoGZ0jkigsYlIOsYoDooFn6Cxtz0_cqM7i_6ce6nB7SmNHgS8OMbzWwEHdYk4n4G7dxBl-34FyA51tVqXhjM0X5tQMc1bpNiwu9MenEElpgAXr6A_O9e-XeMQYrB=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furthermore, we're close to getting the film out off the edit room into the big world. So there are some very special moments and days coming up. The première of the movie is planned in early January but there's enough to do in the time leading up to that moment... We'll see. Hopefully I will be back soon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stay safe and be kind to one another.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">--PK</span></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Paper Kosmonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752804726511051169noreply@blogger.com0