Days with just a few hours of good working light and a very demanding film scheme for the documentary I work on, led to some delay in the build of Mir. The amount of über-tiny pieces I made has been extended, sometimes as much as just one handrail a day, and I started with Kvant-1 today. I got quite far, compared to the last week's results.
The model itself is the one Zoltan designed for this occasion. I happily took the chance to use it for my model as well. I did some colouring and it still needs a lot of detailing. However, the basic shape is there. I used a solid filling by rolling up a small strip of paper. The last strip was copper coloured, and around that I rolled the eventual skin layer of the module.
more pictures after the jump.
I painted the octagonal section at the end and also used some silver paper to accentuate. Okay, colourwise I might be a bit freewheeling at the moment but I guess in the end it'll all look quite nice.
I also managed to drill a neat little hole perpendicular to the main brass tube. I inserted a small rod on which both of the vertically placed modules, Spektr and Kvant-2 will be placed. The straight forward pointing part is for Kristall and Atlantis and will be trimmed when time is there.
Unfortunately, twilight is setting in, so I have to leave it all for what it is for today. Tomorrow's another day.
Very nice and good. All the good things goes slowly.
ReplyDeleteLooks great. If you need any reference information have a look at my blog. I can send screen shots if you need any particular information on a part of Mir
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Thanks! I will surely try and use your 3D renderings when I get stuck. They look very good!
ReplyDeleteAnd like you said on your blog, obtaining nice hi-res imagery of Mir is a royal pain in the neck indeed. Luckily, building in 1/400 has its advantages with that... I also sent the link to Zoltan, who is also doing a build of Mir as we speak.