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This is Fantastic Plastic's resin and photoetch model of Space Station V from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. After trimming, filling, sanding and washing, the resin parts look like this: Surface detail is good in parts, but there's a little damage to detail here and there, particularly in the short rim sections. Also a missing corner from one of those sections, fragment not present in the bag, but I should be able to patch it with styrene sheet. Above, I've already assembled the two ends of the hub, each of which comes as two parts. Lots of pour stubs to be removed from the hidden surfaces, and quite a bit of sanding, trial fitting and then a little filling to get a good fit. Fantastic Plastic helpfully include a set of scaled diagrams, helpful for trial fitting. They suggest immersing the long rim sections in hot water if they don't have the correct curvature, and the plans are invaluable in getting that right, though I got them pretty soggy as I dipped, stressed and then checked each rim section! Getting the spokes and rims all neatly aligned with no gaps is going to be a challenge. Again, the plans are excellent templates. Here, I've discovered that the thick end of the spokes is just the right width to support the rim section as a height gauge to keep the positioned spokes level while glue dries. Given that the kit provides a spare spoke, I may actually be able to repeat this trick all the way through. Any guidance on washes to bring out surface detail will be appreciated. I'm more used to marking up panel lines and applying oil and grime to aircraft.- 50 replies
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Chinese Spaceship No.10 Item No.: 01671 Scale: 1:72 Trumpeter new release for all real space modellers- 6 replies
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Hi,doing some research on bob bigelow and his future plans for space,and this is worth a watch,even if you dont believe it,its still worth a watch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpkTTNKh26Q enjoy... Don
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GWH have dropped a bit o a shocker into their release schedule, with this fine pair of craft from the Chinese Space Programme. The Tiangong-1 Space Station will be available either as a stand-alone kit (GWH-L4805), or bundled with the Shenzou-8 Space Craft (GWH-L4804), for a shade under £24 and £35 respectively from Airbrushes.com once they arrive in the country. We haven't got a date for their entry to the UK yet, but as soon as we know, we'll update you
