Having complete RealSpace Models’ Block II Command/Service Module (CSM), I’ve moved on to the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) provided in the Revell kit. The SLA was a fairing that contained the Lunar Module (LM), and supported the CSM. It was composed of two sections, the upper and lower SLA, which sat on top of … Continue reading Revell 1/96 Saturn V: Spacecraft/Lunar Module Adapter & Instrument Unit
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RealSpace Models 1/96 Apollo Block II Command/Service Module: Part 3
Go to Part 1 of this build log In the first two parts of this build log, I’ve been describing my experience with RealSpace Models‘ 1/96 Apollo Command/Service Module, which is intended to replace the CSM provided with Revell’s classic 1/96 Saturn V model kit. Revell unfortunately provides only a “Block I” CSM, which was never flown … Continue reading RealSpace Models 1/96 Apollo Block II Command/Service Module: Part 3
RealSpace Models 1/96 Apollo Block II Command/Service Module: Part 2
Go to Part 1 of this build log Having finished with the Service Module detailing, I had a little bit to do on the Command Module before I could start applying foil. I sanded down the original undetailed cabin hatch on the resin model, and added the photoetched detail from New Ware’s Saturn V Detail … Continue reading RealSpace Models 1/96 Apollo Block II Command/Service Module: Part 2
RealSpace Models 1/96 Apollo Block II Command/Service Module: Part 1
So this is the first part of my slow assembly of the Revell 1/96 Apollo Saturn V. One of several shortcomings in that kit is that the Apollo Command/Service Module provided is a Block I version. That kind of CSM only ever sat on top of a Saturn V for the unmanned Apollo 4 and … Continue reading RealSpace Models 1/96 Apollo Block II Command/Service Module: Part 1
Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 5
Go to first post of this build log Well, if you’ve been fretting about what was happening with this kit, I can only assure you that I haven’t been frittering away my time. Not been having a lot of fun, either. You’ll maybe recall that I planned to use my own printed decals to put … Continue reading Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 5
George J. Marrett: Contrails Over The Mojave
Some pilots, though probably due to the luck of the draw, always seemed to get the plane that comes apart in the air. George J. Marrett was a United States Air Force (USAF) test pilot in the Fighter Test Branch of Flight Test Operations at Edwards Air Force Base during the 1960s, and Contrails Over … Continue reading George J. Marrett: Contrails Over The Mojave
Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 4
Go to first post of this build log So, much masking later, I got the black, silver and red detailing done on the body of the helicopter. Gad, that’s hard work on something with so much rivet detail—very difficult to mask effectively without one pesky rivet being right on the edge of the masked region, … Continue reading Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 4
Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 3
Go to first post of this build log So there’s another weird, reclusive model-builder featuring in Fringe, season 5, episode 11. But, hey, he’s helping to save the world, so that’s all good. Here’s a good view of how the canopy turned out, after the blue glass paint: Things have gone a little slowly since … Continue reading Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 3
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Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 2
Go to first post of this build log I’ve just been watching the second episode of season four of Fringe, which features a serial killer whose apartment is stuffed with plastic model kits, for no reason that involves the plot. In fact, no-one comments on it. They’re just there, in the background on all the … Continue reading Airfix 1/72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King: Part 2
Gene Kranz: Failure Is Not An Option
Gene Kranz is the most famous of NASA’s Flight Controllers, having led Mission Control on both the Apollo 11 first Moon landing, and the Apollo 13 crisis. This, his insider memoir of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo years, was published in 2000. As an Apollo buff, it’s odd that it has taken me fifteen years … Continue reading Gene Kranz: Failure Is Not An Option
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