MartG Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) Those of a certain age may remember the 'Project Sword' range of toys from the 1960s, which were loosely associated with Gerry Anderson. I had the one pictured below, which was based on a design from NASA's Ames Research Centre. The NASA version is mentioned here ( scroll down to near the bottom of the page ) http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns.php and was also the subject of this Ed Valigursky illustration in Arthur C Clarke's book 'Man and Space' Anyway, I have now started on a kit to resurrect the design - though at around 57cm long I think it will be larger than the original. While waiting for various sizes of plastic tube to be delivered, I made a start with the re-entry glider, which is a very simple delta-winged design. Moulds now taken from the above parts, and test shot curing. More later Edited April 28, 2015 by MartG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 First set of glider parts from the moulds Assembled, and a test fitting of the docking collar which will mount to the nose of the main rocket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowler0000 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 watchin & enjoyin.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 ditto to the above - great and very different topic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knikki Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 This looks interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Glider now painted and decals applied Three more parts fresh from the moulds - reactor cooling fin section, drop-tank body and end cap Mould for core body section currently curing. Just need to make the conical front & rear transitions and the engine now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 First fuel tank assembled - just another eleven to cast and glue together.... Fun while sanding some of the parts - sorry, couldn't resist, especially after seeing Blue Origin's new rocket..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) More new resin bits fresh from the mould - core fuselage section, aft transition section, rocket engine, nose transition section/ I've made the centre section of the rocket modular to a) keep the size ( and cost ) of the mould down, and b ) it gives the option of building a short version with only one ring of tanks or a longer version with three or more rings of tanks Edited May 1, 2015 by MartG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 How cool is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Lotsa resin bits - not bad considering I only started making a sketch of the design last Saturday night ! Edited May 5, 2015 by MartG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Started painting - not sure whether to go with the toy's grey/blue scheme or something more realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 The good ship 'H G Wells' - 62cm of resin goodness |http://thumbsnap.com/1nR9v4N1'>|http://thumbsnap.com/1nR9v4N1 |http://thumbsnap.com/MXtTiQQ3'>|http://thumbsnap.com/MXtTiQQ3 |http://thumbsnap.com/PVamUWgd'>|http://thumbsnap.com/PVamUWgd |http://thumbsnap.com/9Mh0wMDI'>|http://thumbsnap.com/9Mh0wMDI |http://thumbsnap.com/Yuk6Dg72'>|http://thumbsnap.com/Yuk6Dg72 |http://thumbsnap.com/OlML4Nd8'>|http://thumbsnap.com/OlML4Nd8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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