qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Looks like I’ll be doing an accidental companion build to @Enzo Matrix‘s Saturn V with my focus being on the splashdown/recovery. Old 66 Sea King & the module I’m armed with Airfix HAR 3 Sea King to be guddled about with as per the excellent Tailhook resource and have been playing with tinkercad to get a splashdown module which I’m currently planning to 3D print at my local library 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Looks like a great idea. How the world turns, somewhere in the bottom of my stash is the original Airfix boxing of 'Seaking 66' which I was half way to converting into an RN HAS1 when I went to Uni and never finished it. I like the sound of 3d printing the command module so watching with interest Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Cool to see this! Far out you have patience if you can finish that Airfix Sea King though. I ditched mine, I have to admit, as it was pretty rough around the edges. instead I recently bought the Sweet 1/144 Sea King which comes with 66 markings. Looking forward to your build and especially the 3D printed module. Cool idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Cheers folks. Have made a start to the changes necessary to backdate the Sea King . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 An interesting build. If your 3-D printing doesn't work out I have a paper pattern somewhere! Wait, 3D printing at the local library ?? I don't think South London libraries run to that... Regards, Adrian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, AdrianMF said: An interesting build. If your 3-D printing doesn't work out I have a paper pattern somewhere! Wait, 3D printing at the local library ?? I don't think South London libraries run to that... Regards, Adrian Thanks, I think you previously gave me a link to a paper pattern and I’ve got that saved for transferring to styrene sheet as my fallback. The 3D printers are at https://theworduk.org/explore/fablab/ - big new library hub built as part of the efforts to regenerate this corner of Tyneside Edited February 16, 2018 by LostCosmonauts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Time for my (no patent applied for) Sea King mounting method. 2 small rare earth magnets A couple of holes to fit cut in the blanking plate where the sonar would normally go and then embedded in some epoxy putty And then a really thin bit of styrene sheet covering the magnets and refacing the blanking plate That should grab nicely to a steel washer glued to the top of an acrylic rod. Easily removable for separate display or moving 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 It looks like some thought has gone into this. I'll be watching to see how this turns out. How will you spin the rotors? Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Nice trick - Don't forget to recalibrate the navigation instruments though, or they may never find their way back to the ship... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 6 hours ago, Colin W said: How will you spin the rotors? I'll just leave them free spinning and hope a firm breeze helps with verisimillitude. The trick worked nicely on a build last year - this is just a bit of a refinement 2 hours ago, Kirk said: Nice trick - Don't forget to recalibrate the navigation instruments though, or they may never find their way back to the ship... Odd, no matter which way we turn it still seems we're heading south 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Steady progress in removing the Westland lumps and bumps and adding in the 60s equivalents I decided to have the door closed - I rejigged the interior to the Apollo configuration and it was a bit spartan. Crew were stolen from an Airfix kit and given a bit of cosmetic rework 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 ~~intermission~~ Due to a day out last week to see the Soyuz reentry capsule at York railway museum I got a bit side tracked Normal Apollo 10 service will resume shortly 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Great looking Vostok/Soyuz collection 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 How are you getting on with this? We're not far off the half-way point in the GB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Black Knight said: How are you getting on with this? We're not far off the half-way point in the GB Otherwise occupied building a new shed/gym in the back garden. Oodles of time left (I hope) Foundations in 1:1 scale Edited March 11, 2018 by LostCosmonauts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Hmmm...similar project for me sometime this year, Unfortunately I don't have any access to the rear garden so a fair bit of head scratching going on at the mo! May have to do a 1:1 shed scratch build!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 @MarkSH All in 8’x4’ sterling board and lengths of timber so passing through the house with an intermediate workshop in the dining room. The rebar and concrete for the base go in tomorrow so that will have to come round the side. You could get it craned over your roof? Meanwhile to allay folks fears I’ve done some more tidying of the model and started flinging paint around and scratching bits Some day I’ll find a white matt that sprays nicely and has good opacity 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) Having laid 10T of concrete Exhibit A While that sets properly and I take it easy for a couple of days to steel myself for the rest of the build that gives me time to go to the model shop and muck around with plastic Exhibit B Edited March 25, 2018 by LostCosmonauts 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) Since I have the saw out I made a start on a base Strip pine, a 30cm square of plywood and a bit of pre-mixed general purpose filler results in: The paper capsule is about 60% oversize for now: Edited March 26, 2018 by LostCosmonauts 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good luck with sea - that's something I always struggle with Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 hour ago, CliffB said: Good luck with sea - that's something I always struggle with Cliff I was thinking of just copying what I did with my previous Sea King. I put down a base colour then built up a few layers gradually diluting the colour with varnish so that the surface has a bit of depth and it isn't just opaque immediately. It worked ok (to my eyes) but f you've had other ideas or things that have worked then I'm all ears 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 hour ago, LostCosmonauts said: I was thinking of just copying what I did with my previous Sea King. I put down a base colour then built up a few layers gradually diluting the colour with varnish so that the surface has a bit of depth and it isn't just opaque immediately. It worked ok (to my eyes) but f you've had other ideas or things that have worked then I'm all ears Unfortunately I've got no solution to the problem! My last attempt used acrylic gel (which came highly recommended, but didn't work for me) and I'm just having a go with plasticine. The base in your last Sea King build looks very effective - particularly the downwash Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Visting family & with some styrene sheet and time to kill I decided to rough a 1st draft module up A bit more work and some milliput gives something headed in the appropriate direction I might finish this off in styrene and do a compare and contrast with the intended 3d print 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Roughing together still going. Flinging some paint around to see how these are coming together Over in Real Space discussion @GordonD & @Eric Mc helped out with the info that Apollo 10 landed and stayed right side up so the top floatation bags didn’t deploy. Accordingly I’ve cobbled together another capsule without float collar and no inflated bags to depict the scene just as old 66 arrives and before divers go into the water 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 After a bit of beating up 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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