saturnapollo Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Took a spare 1/144 Revell S-IVB and modified it to represent the Apollo 7 S-IVB. As luck would have it, finished it on the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 7. I like symetry like that :-). More photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemodelsphotography/albums/72157667646196676 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Very nice and perfect timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 A great build and a fantastic presentation! Now I know where they got the idea from for the spacecraft in 'Diamonds Are Forever'! Cheers Hans J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Nice display over earth 👍 gives it a very nice touch of realism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheather Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Wow, amazing presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnapollo Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks very much, folks! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 5:09 AM, HansReggelsen said: A great build and a fantastic presentation! Now I know where they got the idea from for the spacecraft in 'Diamonds Are Forever'! Cheers Hans J Actually, I think they might have got it from this: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnapollo Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 The film you are thinking of is "You Only Life Twice" released in 1967, so prior to Apollo 7 but after the flight of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (as shown above) which was in June 1966. You Only Live Twice script was written before the flight of ATDA, so it might be a case of fiction coincidently anticipating real life. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 7 hours ago, saturnapollo said: The film you are thinking of is "You Only Life Twice" released in 1967, so prior to Apollo 7 but after the flight of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (as shown above) which was in June 1966. You Only Live Twice script was written before the flight of ATDA, so it might be a case of fiction coincidently anticipating real life. Keith I stand corrected! I got the two movies mixed up because in 'Diamonds Are Forever' there is also a satelite involved, but in 'You Only Live Twice' they actually kidnap austronauts in space. Maybe this is a good reason to spend the evening watching the old Bond movies again! Thanks to VMA131Marine for the great picture! Cheers Hans J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnapollo Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 The James Bond films tend to merge together in my mind too as the title sometimes has little bearing on the story. cheers Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 having just watched First Man on the big screen - your model is well timed - very nice modelling there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad57 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Keith, Very impressive work my friend. Your Flicker album is equally impressive. Well Done!!!! Highest Regards, Gregory Jouette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Lovely work and pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnapollo Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Thanks very much guys! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Melo Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Like that a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Keith, I'm very impressed. I've been following your work on space-modelers, and the end result is superb. Which LM are you doing as the encore? I'll PM you with some questions on the s on the SIVB, if you don't mind. Regards Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnapollo Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Thanks Tim. not sure about which LM kit I will use as both aren't very accurate. The Airfix window areas are too large, but the Dragon LM windows are far too small. Got an old Airfix Ascent Stage someone gave me and I will build a spare Dragon oine and probably go with the one which best looks like LM to me and modify from there. I know I need to use the Airfix Descent Stage as the Dragon one is too small. Keith Edited February 9, 2019 by saturnapollo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi, Keith, if it helps, here is my list for the Dragon 1/72 LM Ascent Stage: Middle section sides taper - should be vertical. Probably too difficult to fix. Windows too shallow - need extending down about 1.5 mm No EVA rail Forward RCS clusters wrong. Too short vertically by about 3 mm Should taper to rear Horizontal nozzles are 45 degrees out from the correct angles. Rear RCS cluster should be extened the same amount. Docking tunnel and probe too narrow. Should be 32 inch so 11 mm dia Port side mid section tank cover too low by 1.5mm - horizontal top should align with bottom line of bulge on forward section. Again, probably too difficult to fix. Port side mid section tank cover incorrect at rear Port side mid section front lower corner needs a facet 2 small protrusions needed on starboard middle section. Umbilical connection needed. "Gills" to be added to forward hatch flanges. By the way, there 2 different versions of the Dragon LM. The J model H model ones have different profiles at the lower starboard side of the middle section. I have a bit of a production line going! I've not yet made all the fixes, but I'm working on it. I wish I could justify buying two more New Ware correction sets, but they are a bit expensive. There have been several cases of one step forward, 2 back but I think that they are now going OK. Trying to review various drawings and on line images has been a challenge, but I think I have the forward RCS quads about right now. I should be able to start painting/foiling soon. Regards Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnapollo Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) That is extremely helpful Tim (like the production line). Vincent Means just pointed out the top section is too high. It certainly looked it, but just measured it and it is 2mm too high (and that is a lot to lose at this scale) you would need to redo the triangular/pyramid bits either side. Also interesting about the various thruster quad problems.I hadn't got round to looking at them in detail. I was always skeptical of the Dragon LM and found the 1/48 just unuseable. Thought I might have got away with the 1/72 version, but increasingly looking like I need to use the Airfix one and maybe cannibalise a few Dragon bits. The rear compartment section might be useable. Really poor show from Dragon. They had a chance to do an accurate kit of the first and only vehicle to land on the Moon and they blew it. No-one will now. I'm afraid it confirms my original impression of the Dragon Apollo kits.; Someone had a look at drawings/photos and went away and worked from memory and made the moulds without refering to the reference material again. Some nice detail, pity it is either wrong, in the wrong place, the wrong size or the wrong shape. They couldn't even get the size of decals right.. cheers, Keith Edited February 10, 2019 by saturnapollo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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