andymoore Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I was determined to build a lunar module before the 20th of this month - unfortunately Airfix haven't released the 50th Anniversary kit yet, so acquired the 40th anniversary edition - looks to me that the 50th anniversary edition won't be any different. I first built this kit way back in 1969, hopefully I've achieved a better result this time. I've made a few modifications to the kit - the hatch was cut out & replaced by numerous layers of PVS until it looked right. I didn't use the foil in the kit - I bought gold & copper foil sweet wrappers on Ebay. The plume deflectors are attached to the 'down' nozzles in the kit - so these were cut apart & I made support frames for the deflectors using stiff wire soldered together. I also used kitchen foil for the legs - these are backed with copper foil & have thin slivers of Kapton tape wrapped round them. The tape doesn't hold too well, so I'm re-fixing these with CA as they pop off. The windows have a coating of Tamiya clear green painted on the inside. For display purposes I have used the old round base - but some of the later pictures in here use the larger base to give a better depth to the images. The plinth was taken from Thingiverse & 3d printed. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAF Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Well done, Andy! Happy 50th Anniversary! Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamiltonian Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Nice result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Look's great Andy well done,never built a space subject before might have to put that right with all the recent re-releases out right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majorjim Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Amazing work! How did you do the silver edging? I see what looks like foil but the sides I’m not sure about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Juliet Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 50 years eh? I remember watching the landing at school in the assembly hall! Showing my age, or what?! Lovely build and a fine tribute 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Majorjim said: Amazing work! How did you do the silver edging? I see what looks like foil but the sides I’m not sure about. For the edges I used a fine tipped silver pen, and in some parts very finely cut pieces of tin foil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majorjim Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 5 hours ago, andymoore said: For the edges I used a fine tipped silver pen, and in some parts very finely cut pieces of tin foil Thank you for the reply! I bought a paint pen but it puts down too much paint and I can’t find a finer tipped one.. what pen did you use for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Missed this first time round. Lovely update on the original kit. I had a go at this on the 10th Anniversary (which shows MY age) but it turned out nothing like as good as this. The main problem (there are others 😀) with the Airfix kit is the absence of the support struts for the downward firing RCS thrusters. Your solution is elegant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 1:40 AM, Majorjim said: Thank you for the reply! I bought a paint pen but it puts down too much paint and I can’t find a finer tipped one.. what pen did you use for this? I've hunted high and low, but I suspect one of my kids may have borrowed the pen! It has been a while since I see it, but I would guess that it was a gundam product. If it ever resurfaces I'll let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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