Supercuber Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 WIP Here: 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 It looks very good! A really nice build. I remember building the Revell kit in my childhood and thinking it was way cool (except of course the word 'cool' wasn't invented yet! ) Cheers Hans J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Excellent interesting work 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) Nice, very nice indeed. The Pasticart kit, I presume. Tommo. Edited March 10, 2021 by The Tomohawk Kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventsislav Gramatski Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Great build and a really interesting WIP thread! The added hexagonal heat tiles look out great. I didn't know that the 'official' polished chrome Vostok with the white rocket stage wasn't the 'real' thing - there's a full-sized Vostok (replica or real, not sure) in the Russian Cultural Center in my country but it's the Party-approved one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercuber Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Displayed replicas , even in full scale, are mostly white, simplified and without external communication and measuring equipment. Real third stage was gray, and landing capsule is as shown on this photo, taken after Gagarin's landing, Thanx for comments, 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DStewart Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I love seeing factual spacecraft models. This is a good model. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 3/13/2021 at 10:00 PM, Ventsislav Gramatski said: with the white rocket stage Being an ICBM R-7 booster was initially painted protective green. But because of cryogenic oxidizer its surface got quickly covered with frost during fueling that made it look white 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 That is beautifully done - especially the addition of the heat resistant tiles on the exterior of the re-entry capsule, which are missing on the kit. I would like to build one of these this year as 2021 is the 60th anniversary of Gagarin's flight. Indeed, the actual anniversary is only two weeks away - 12 April. I built one of these kits back in the early 1980s (probably around the 20 anniversary - now I feel REALLY old) but nothing like as well as this. I have another kit in the stash so have the chance to build it again - properly this time. The VEB and Plastikart Vostok kits are one and the same - as far as I am aware. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 8:37 AM, Eric Mc said: The VEB and Plastikart Vostok kits are one and the same - as far as I am aware. VEB is not a firm but just a form of property in East Germany like "GmbH" or "Ltd" or "PLC" or "OY" or "S.A" etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkseigener_Betrieb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Obviously us lot in the West didn't really understand that but the letters VEB appeared big on the box so that is what they were referred to. We were more familiar with the West German letters for a limited company, Gmbh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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