I used Bare Metal Foil. This from my HST article on Sven's site This surface is covered in rivets and presented somewhat of a problem until a fellow modeller...
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tom.dahl@...
tom.dahl...
Jun 16, 2013 8:34 pm
I've recently scanned a few nice drawings of the Titan IIIE rocket and Viking orbiter/lander spacecraft from a document by General Dynamics/Convair Aerospace...
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Keith McNeill
saturnapollo
Jun 16, 2013 10:27 pm
There is also Mr. Metal Color, Chrome Silver. Although I have a couple of bottles I've not so far needed to use it, but I've seen it demonstrated. You brush...
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Karl D Dodenhoff
spacey8me
Jun 16, 2013 11:00 pm
Tom - I think we should dub you "Mr. Viking" (or maybe "The Viking") like I did with another member of this group whom I call "Mr. LM"!! Karl [Non-text...
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Joy Cohn
oshiricohn
Jun 17, 2013 12:02 am
Zounds, thank you. Joy From: "tom.dahl@..." <NikonDahl@...> Reply-To: <space-modelers@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sunday, June 16, 2013 13:34 To:...
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jmchladek
Jun 17, 2013 5:02 am
I've also found that the Tamiya clears work rather well when airbrushed over foil with different tints. Orange clear worked wonders when I airbrushed it over...
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Pascal
heckerpascal...
Jun 17, 2013 6:40 am
I have place some photo,s of my hubble projeckt , i did use first bare metal foil for the blanket look around tube , and than it got a real zilver plating...
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atdensley99
Jun 17, 2013 11:44 am
I managed to pick up the kit version for $138 from my local dealer the other day to add to the two pre-builts I have already got. Agreed they need upgraded...
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sandy55961
Jun 17, 2013 12:03 pm
I got my Dragon Saturn V at Tower Hobbies for $107.99 shipped. I took advantage the $15 off promotion code along with their free shipping for the kit. So, if...
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Vincent Meens
meensv2000
Jun 17, 2013 3:00 pm
Hello group I just finished this week-end the interior of my 1/48 Tiangong model. Construction pictures are here : ...
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Robert Schmitt
robveedubb
Jun 17, 2013 3:12 pm
Impressive Vincent! Rob Iwata Padawan To: space-modelers@yahoogroups.com From: vincent.meens@... Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:01:46 +0200 Subject:...
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David Erbas-White
derbas7
Jun 17, 2013 3:13 pm
... Yes, but don't wait too long. They ran out of stock on their first shipment pretty quickly (I procrastinated a bit too long upon receiving notice that it...
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Schorry, Robert E.
robspace54
Jun 17, 2013 3:14 pm
Very nice! Here I am floating in my tin can. I like the floating manual with the pages splayed out. ... From: space-modelers@yahoogroups.com ...
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JJ HOWARD
jjhoward...
Jun 17, 2013 3:23 pm
where did you find the discount code? JJHoward [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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David Erbas-White
derbas7
Jun 17, 2013 3:52 pm
... If you sign up for their mailing list they send out different offers every few weeks... David Erbas-White...
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Rick Sternbach
saturnvguy2001
Jun 17, 2013 4:24 pm
I've got an unopened Dragon "Buck" 1/6 astronaut and another one as Buzz Aldrin. I don't see any on ebay to get an idea of current value, though Amazon sellers...
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sandy55961
Jun 17, 2013 4:42 pm
Yep, that is how I got the code. If you look at the link I gave for the kit, you will note that the kit ships for free anyway. They had the $15 off code...
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Thomas General
pokeys
Jun 17, 2013 6:41 pm
Hello Friends, I volunteer at the "Frontiers of Flight" Museum in Dallas. One of our central displays is the Apollo 7 Command Module. In the process of...
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David Erbas-White
derbas7
Jun 17, 2013 6:56 pm
On 6/17/2013 11:41 AM, Thomas General wrote: Very interesting! The image of the Urine Dump Nozzle also appears to be different. I wonder if they were using a...
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spacey8me
Jun 17, 2013 8:04 pm
I would venture a guess that there was no waste water dump port - if you look there is no penetration of the heat shield where it would've been. As Dave said,...
Hi Tom: I don’t see any indication of a missing waste water dump port in the picture that you send. There is no strange “hole” on that side of the...
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Karl D Dodenhoff
spacey8me
Jun 17, 2013 9:53 pm
Here's a pre-flight photo of the Apollo 7 CM: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a410/ap7-68-H-536.jpg It appears as though there's only 1 port...
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T.B.
thepartyslammer
Jun 17, 2013 10:06 pm
Karl D Dodenhoff wrote: Here's a pre-flight photo of the Apollo 7 CM: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a410/ap7-68-H-536.jpg It appears as...
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Ricardo Salam€ ¦é P€ ...
ricardo_apollo
Jun 17, 2013 10:18 pm
You nail it buddy. An other Apollo first Ricardo Salamé Páez http://astronomyspaceflights.blogspot.com/ ... From: "Karl D Dodenhoff"...
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HUGH GILMARTIN JR
hjgil510jr
12:19 am
I think the fact that Apollo 7 had only one vent for waste water was one issue identified that needed to be solved before the Moon landings-IIRC the issue was...
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Scott Brotherton
scottbro41
12:39 am
Vincent, As always, I have to pick my jaw up from the ground. Simply fantastic! ! ! I only with I could muster up that much effort to do one of my models....
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Scott Brotherton
scottbro41
12:41 am
Vincent, I meant to ask, how do you make the white quilted panels? Is this some pre-made material you purchase, or is it also made by you? Scott Brotherton...
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tcastronuo
3:23 am
bare metal foil works best it comes in utra chrome and satin finish the hubble had many variations of silver finishes. there is a solar panel upgrade available...
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Thomas Castronuova
tcastronuo
3:40 am
For gold foil, I have used rolo's wrappers. after eating the candy you can flatten out the foil, clean the back with windex, and use thinned white glue to...
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Bobby Cole Jr.
warprider
4:17 am
Hi Gang, just wanted to let everyone know that Hobby Masters has Polly S paints on sale for $2.99 a bottle. Stock up. Best wishes and happy modeling. Bob Cole ...
